The tiny Veracruz mountain town of Piedra Parada feeds the international craze for amethysts.
The tiny Veracruz mountain town of Piedra Parada feeds the international craze for amethysts.
↩︎ Atlas Obscura
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Analysis of Israel’s leadership, made up of the “annexation camp” and the “control camp.” (The “equality camp” is long gone.)
Both Israeli and Palestinian leadership have basically accepted the painful political status quo in Gaza, seeing the violence and humanitarian suffering it causes as bad but basically tolerable.
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In case you’ve ever thought a website’s terms and conditions pop-ups were trying to torture you—there’s a game for that.
In case you’ve ever thought a website’s terms and conditions pop-ups were trying to torture you—there’s a game for that.
↩︎ Terms and Conditions
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Even highly-trained mathematicians are initially confused by the probabilities.
A hotel with an infinite number of rooms… eventually fills up (when an “infinite party bus” shows up). Via kottke.
If this sort of puzzling goes well with your coffee break, the Monty Hall problem is fun to think about.
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Dwayne Johnson accounts for a third of all Asian or Pacific Islander protagonists in Hollywood films from 2007-2019.
Dwayne Johnson accounts for a third of all Asian or Pacific Islander protagonists in Hollywood films from 2007-2019.
↩︎ The Los Angeles Times
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Seoul’s sewage treatment plants are “unable to handle” the amount of erectile-dysfunction drugs showing up in wastewater.
Seoul’s sewage treatment plants are “unable to handle” the amount of erectile-dysfunction drugs showing up in wastewater.
↩︎ CNA
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“The magic of quantum computing happens when you entangle qubits.”
Quantum computing is something we struggle to even begin to understand. This video helped.
What makes quantum computing special is also what makes it challenging. To use quantum computers, you have to maintain the entangleme…
Incredibly dense, imaginary cityscapes from Japanese pencil artist Yota Tsukino.
Incredibly dense, imaginary cityscapes from Japanese pencil artist Yota Tsukino.
↩︎ Spoon & Tamago
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Japan is developing intercontinental passenger spaceships that could fly between the world’s major cities in two hours.
Japan is developing intercontinental passenger spaceships that could fly between the world’s major cities in two hours.
↩︎ The Mainichi
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