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2 years ago
Current Event CatLadyLeaked Chinese police data is giving Uyghurs answers about missing family members
A giant cache of files has been made accessible to the public with a new online search tool that enables people to discover what details the Chinese state has about their loved ones in Xinjiang.
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2 years ago
Analysis CatLady
What’s in Store-Bought Chicken Stock, and Why Are Brands so Secretive About It?
A long, winding journey to find out why companies treat their chicken broth recipes like state secrets.
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6 years ago
Analysis CatLady
Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards
A schoolteacher created the popular board game, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, for quarantined children.
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6 years ago
Analysis CatLady
The Disturbing Sound of a Human Voice
Hearing people talk can terrify even top predators such as mountain lions, with consequences that ripple through entire ecosystems.
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6 years ago
Expression CatLady
The US land forever leased to England
Every May, the US Coast Guard and the Royal Navy hold a ceremony on a sliver of North Carolina land where four English World War Two soldiers are buried.
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6 years ago
Video/Audio CatLady
Bra clasps save turtles lives
A North Carolina wildlife rescue came up with an ingenious way to mend cracked turtle shells.
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6 years ago
Analysis CatLady
Archaeologists unearth more evidence that when a civilization drinks together, it stays together
The Wari empire, an ancient Peruvian civilization that predated the Inca, made advances in agriculture, art, architecture, and warfare. They also drank a ton of beer.
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6 years ago
Current Event CatLady
Lost ancient palace appears in reservoir
A 3,400-year-old palace has emerged from a reservoir in the Kurdistan region of Iraq after water levels dropped because of drought. The discovery should yield more light on the mysterious Mittani Empire.
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6 years ago
Expression CatLady
The Pearly Wonders of Renaissance Bling
Pearls have always been in a league of their own. As souvenirs from the depths of New World waters in the 15th century, they were simply something diamonds, emeralds, and rubies could never be: alive.
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6 years ago
Analysis CatLady
Is this the birthplace of written Spanish?
More than 1,000 years ago in Spain’s La Rioja region, monks made notes in the margins of Latin texts. These are believed to be the Spanish language’s first steps onto the page.
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7 years ago
Analysis CatLady
Why is wombat poop cube-shaped?
Wombats are the only animals in the world that produce cube-shaped scat. But how and why do they do it? Scientists now have a better idea.
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7 years ago
Expression CatLady
The last velvet merchant of Venice
Velvet was once among the most coveted fabrics in the world, but now only one family in Italy produces it the traditional way – and can trace its textile tradition back to 1499.
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7 years ago
Analysis CatLady
A war hero returns to Germany to solve a mystery -- and meet an enemy
He was a legendary tank commander in WWII who returned to the scene of a battle 68 years later to meet a former enemy and answer one question about a woman he encountered in a battle: Did she live?
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7 years ago
Analysis CatLady
Dirty Jokes in Latrine Mosaics Entertained Ancient Romans
Men using the public toilets in Antiochia ad Cragum would have gotten the dirty jokes in the floor mosaics.
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7 years ago
Comment CatLady
I especially liked the part of the story where a TV game show host demands a public apology, insisting he didn't make the mistake she claims he did. He then told her to lose 20 kg or she would have back problems in the future. Not only did she give a full apology, she praised him as a "respectable, cultured man worthy of the [Culture] television channel for which he works." And then she promptly pointed out another, more basic language mistake he made on his program. Oh, snap!
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7 years ago
Current Event CatLady
One Russian Teacher's Online Crusade To Get Proper Russian Back On TV
A language teacher ruffles feathers among leading TV personalities with a popular YouTube channel relentlessly nitpicking at grammatical blunders.
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7 years ago
Comment CatLady
I'm in Arizona and it's been quite a while since I've noticed Vernors on the store shelves. Canada Dry, Schweppes and store brands seem to rule the ginger ale market here.
Posted in: Vernors Ginger Soda
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7 years ago
Comment CatLady
This was an intriguing read and the comments were interesting as well. I can remember learning reading through phonics. I don't see how someone can learn to read well without phonics being part of the learning process.
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7 years ago
Analysis CatLady
Trove of newly released NASA audio puts you backstage during Apollo 1
A team of engineers spent years giving new life to old NASA tapes with behind-the-scenes audio from the Apollo era.
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7 years ago
Expression CatLady
The year's best astronomy photos
Some of the winning images from the Royal Observatory Greenwich's annual competition.
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7 years ago
Video/Audio CatLady
The art museum entirely dedicated to cats
Fluffy felines may have ruled the internet for years, but they have influenced the art world for centuries. Amsterdam’s KattenKabinet exclusively showcases the art inspired by cats.
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7 years ago
Comment CatLady
That was a really fun read! Thanks for sharing!
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7 years ago
Analysis CatLady
Half-life
Chad Walde believed in his work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Then he got a rare brain cancer linked to radiation, and the government denied it had any responsibility.