Interview with the UK’s only professional death-mask maker. “Nick tells me that when you die, you look amazing.”
Interview with the UK’s only professional death-mask maker. “Nick tells me that when you die, you look amazing.”
↩︎ Lithub
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Whiskey is tied to climate. As makers get better at tracking environmental fluctuations, they achieve more consistent results.
Whiskey is tied to climate. As makers get better at tracking environmental fluctuations, they achieve more consistent results.
↩︎ BBC Future
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A massive ice sheet in Greenland is set to raise global sea levels by nearly a foot by 2100.
A massive ice sheet in Greenland is set to raise global sea levels by nearly a foot by 2100.
↩︎ MSNBC
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Do other animals have our emotions? The idea’s compelling, but it says more about our desires than what other animals feel.
When you experience another animal as fearful, you are not “detecting” fear in any objective sense. It is a construction in your brain that happens automatically, and faster than you can snap your fingers.
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Republicans from Michigan to Arizona are taking softer stances on abortion, fearing backlash to previously stated beliefs.
Republicans from Michigan to Arizona are taking softer stances on abortion, fearing backlash to previously stated beliefs.
↩︎ CNN
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Congress’s first Gen Z member is likely to be a Black anti-gun activist from central Florida. “It was the Sandy Hook shooting.”
Congress’s first Gen Z member is likely to be a Black anti-gun activist from central Florida. “It was the Sandy Hook shooting.”
↩︎ The Root
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The strange, “sinister” history of the Huntington Library’s “gas chamber for bookworms.”
The problem with assembling a massive collection of books is that you necessarily collect the very organisms that feed on books.
↩︎ Lapham’s Quarterly
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