Post Overview
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Analysis
1 year ago
+27 27 0Pigeons in the Arctic: Part III: Sir John Ross’s 1850-51 Search for the Lost Franklin Bay Expedition
“Royal Navy personnel brought homing pigeons with them as they searched for the Lost Franklin Bay Expedition in the 1850s. Given that homing pigeons were very much a novelty amongst the British public at the time, this represents an early usage of pi ...
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Analysis
1 year ago
+23 23 0What a Wine Opener Tells Us About a Wine Drinker
Meet the Durand, the most influential wine opener of the moment.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+23 23 0Special Report: Studio Musicians Are Still Waiting For Credit In The Streaming Era
In a world where public-facing databases can track 20 million UPS packages a day, baseball career statistics from 100 years ago to last night, and millions of global Bitcoin transactions, musician credits remain incomplete and hard to access.
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Review
1 year ago
+31 31 0I ate the Subway Footlong Cookie so you don’t have to
Subway has a new Footlong Cookie. I bought one and now it looks like a Candyland murder scene.
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Current Event
1 year ago
+43 43 0GitHub Issues Patch for Critical Exploit in Enterprise Server
The vulnerability affects all GHES versions prior to 3.13.0 and achieves the highest possible CVSS score of 10. Instances with SAML SSO authentication are at risk.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+41 41 0The Most Mispronounced Brand from Every Country
Kodak. Ikea. Sony. Sometimes, a brand name just sounds like what it represents — even if the name doesn’t actually mean anything at all.
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Current Event
1 year ago
+24 24 0Scholars discover rare 16th-century tome with handwritten notes by John Milton
Poet crossed out one racy passage, deeming it "an unbecom[ing] tale for a hist[ory]"
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Current Event
1 year ago
+31 31 0French post office releases scratch-and-sniff baguette stamp
‘Bakery scent’ added via microcapsules to postage stamp celebrating ‘jewel of French culture’
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Current Event
1 year ago
+31 31 0Meet Max, the cat receiving an (honorary) doctorate from Vermont State University this weekend
The tabby will become a "Doctor of Litter-ature" in recognition of his contributions to the Castleton campus, where he has become a regular visitor for the past four years.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+39 39 0VFCFinder Highlights Security Patches in Open Source Software
VFCFinder analyzes commit histories to pinpoint the most likely commits associated with vulnerability fixes.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+16 16 0Study: Conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
A major international study has shown that conservation efforts to reduce biodiversity loss are working, with two out of every three measures making a positive impact.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+14 14 0The Case Against Charles Darwin
How the investigation into a grisly murder shocked 19th-century France and framed the scientist as an accomplice.
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Current Event
1 year ago
+12 12 0WV agency won’t release docs showing where money was spent putting foster kids in hotels
West Virginia agency denies newsroom's public records request: The West Virginia Department of Human Services failed to give more than five months of financial documents related to temporary housing for foster children.
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How-to
1 year ago
+28 28 05 family photo ideas for a Mother’s Day project
All those family photos in your phone can help you make a great keepsake for Mother’s Day. Not sure what to do? We asked two experts for gift ideas that Mom will love. Here’s what they suggest.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+20 20 0Novel LLMjacking Attacks Target Cloud-Based AI Models
It was probably inevitable. Threat researchers detected bad actors using stolen credentials to target LLMs, with the eventual goal of selling the access to other hackers.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+24 24 0The Hidden, Magnificent History of Chop Suey
Discrimination and mistranslation have long obscured the dish's true origins.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+9 9 0The Herculean task of digitizing Mexico’s vast Indigenous history
The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples faces a monumental challenge: preserving over a century of documentation before it deteriorates.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+15 15 0Like Monstrosities from Another World
The gas mask's grip on our collective consciousness.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+22 22 0Mind the Shift: Answering Common Questions About OpenTofu - DevOps.com
A lead contributor to OpenTofu answers the (truly) frequently asked questions about the open source project.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+28 28 0Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry
Our investigation into AdVon Commerce, the AI contractor at the heart of scandals at USA Today and Sports Illustrated.




















