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The discovery of <i>Homo floresiensis</i>: Tales of the hobbitnature.com
In 2004, researchers announced the discovery of Homo floresiensis, a small relative of modern humans that lived as recently as 18,000 years ago. -
The Fire Phone Is Officially a Failure | WIREDwired.com
Amazon's Fire phone now only costs $1 if you buy it with a 2-year AT&T contract. That's a $198 discount over what it cost yesterday. -
Porsche: The Hedge Fund that Also Made Carspriceonomics.com
The story of how Porsche tried and failed miserably at its hostile takeover of Volkswagen. -
This Game Has Huge Potential. So Why Is Its Kickstarter Tanking? | WIREDwired.com
Former <em>BioShock</em> developers know that it's possible to turn around a failing Kickstarter, but it requires tons of work and the odds aren't good. -
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Hailo says Uber blocked potential investorsm.bbc.co.uk
After pulling out of the US, taxi app Hailo complains that rival Uber is blocking potential investors from offering funding. - cs.dartmouth.edu
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The Beard That Wasn’t: Abe Lincoln’s Whiskers—Vol. 2, No. 2theappendix.net
The origins of the sixteenth President’s facial hair are more tangled than you might think. -
A New Answers App Aims to Succeed Where Quora Failed | WIREDwired.com
Yahoo Answers. Quora. JustAnswer.com. Over the years, countless sites have offered to answer all your random questions with help from “experts” across the net. They’re called expert networks, and in some cases, they can be kinda helpful. But these myri... -
Billionaire Donates Over $65 Million to UCSBdailynexus.com
Charles Munger, Vice President of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has donated just over $65 million dollars in stocks to UCSB to house visiting physicists. -
Nest Acquires Home Automation Hub Revolv, But Will Stop Selling Itrecode.net
Whether or not people are buying smart-home hubs, there seems to be a market for the companies. -
The Fourier Transform, explained in one sentenceblog.revolutionanalytics.com
If, like me, you struggled to understand the Fourier Transformation when you first learned about it, this succinct one-sentence colour-coded explanation from Stuart Riffle probably comes several years too late: Stuart provides a more detailed explanati... - matthewckeller.com
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Now Everyone Wants to Sell You a Magical Anonymity Router. Choose Wisely | WIREDwired.com
Maintaining your privacy online, like investing in stocks or looking good naked, has become one of those nagging desires that leaves Americans with a surplus of stress and a deficit of facts. So it's no surprise that a cottage industry of privacy marke... -
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The wacky geopolitics of ‘Civilization: Beyond Earth’washingtonpost.com
There's an obscure backstory explaining why humanity goes to space, and it's totally insane. -
Midterm Malarkey with Military Surplus | Public Affairs Data Journalism at Stanford Universitypadjo.org
A casual midterm covering the range of data analysis and programming skills acquired so far. -
Alan Eustace Jumps From Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner’s World Recordnytimes.com
A helium-filled balloon lifted Mr. Eustace to 135,908 feet. Fifteen minutes after he cut himself loose using a small explosive device, he was on the ground.
