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Broadway stars and drag queens to unite...

October 1, 2020

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NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway and the world of drag will combine later this month for a streaming variety show to promote voter participation that promises plenty of show tunes and a lot of fierce lipstick. “Divas For Democracy: United We Slay” will feature Broadway stars such as Chita Rivera and Stephanie J. Block singing theater songs while their drag counterparts from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” “match their vocal prowess with lip sync passion and style,” according to organizers. The…

Slave Market Memorial in Zanzibar, Tanzania

October 1, 2020

In 1873 the world’s last open slave market closed. The last vestige of this horrific institution was located in Stone Town, Zanzibar. Slaves were transported to Zanzibar via overcrowded dhows. With little food, rampant disease, and appalling conditions, not all slaves made it to Zanzibar. Those who didn’t were thrown overboard. For those that did make it, another ordeal awaited, as they were sold at this site and then were likely shipped off to various Arab countries. Zanzibar was……

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Pleasley Pit in Pleasley, England

October 1, 2020

Pleasley Pit is a former coal mine at Pleasley in Derbyshire, England. It was originally sunk during the 1870s. This remarkable site was saved from dereliction by a team of dedicated volunteers, who preserved and restored the two magnificent steam winding engines famous to the site. They were once used to move both coal and miners up and down the two shafts. One of these enormous machines was constructed in 1904, the other in 1922. Mining operations ceased in……

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Antarctic sea ice may not cap carbon...

October 1, 2020

The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica is a region where many of the world’s carbon-rich deep waters can rise back up to the surface. Scientists have thought that the vast swaths of sea ice around Antarctica can act as a lid for upwelling carbon, preventing the gas from breaking through the ocean’s surface and returning to the atmosphere. However, researchers at MIT have now identified a counteracting effect that suggests Antarctic sea ice may not be as powerful a control……

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Revamped MIT Climate Portal aims to inform...

October 1, 2020

Stepping up its ongoing efforts to inform and empower the public on the issue of climate change, MIT today announced a dramatic overhaul of the MIT Climate Portal, climate.mit.edu, which provides timely, science-based information about the causes and consequences of climate change — and what can be done to address it. “From vast wildfires to an unusually active hurricane season, we are already getting a glimpse of what our climate-changed future looks like,” says Maria T. Zuber, MIT’s vice……

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World leaders, virtual meeting 1.0: Was anybody...

October 1, 2020

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In the space of a few minutes, on a prerecorded video filmed thousands of miles from where it was shown, the tech-savvy president of El Salvador captured the two strikingly different sides of this year’s unprecedented — and virtual — “gathering” of world leaders “at” the U.N. General Assembly in 2020. On one hand, Nayib Bukele said, humanity holds in its smartphone-clutching hands a 21st-century miracle: “In a world which is almost completely connected, I can say a few…

3 Questions: Nancy Hopkins on improving gender...

September 30, 2020

Over the course of her exceptional career, Amgen Professor of Biology Emerita Nancy Hopkins has overturned assumptions and defied expectations at the lab bench and beyond. After arriving at MIT in 1973, she set to work mapping RNA tumor virus genes, before switching her focus and pioneering zebrafish as a model system to probe vertebrate development and cancer. Her experiences in male-dominated fields and institutions led her to catalyze an investigation that evolved into the groundbreaking 1999 public report……

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Did Early Humans Invent Hot Pot in...

September 30, 2020

You’d be hard-pressed to find a cradle as old and dusty as Olduvai Gorge. Located in northern Tanzania, the arid archaeological sites at Olduvai have disgorged some of the earliest hominin fossils, from our ancient ancestors Homo habilis and Homo erectus all the way up to Homo sapiens, or modern humans. The gorge has also given up some of the earliest-known tools, particularly Acheulean stone handaxes that scientists consider a formative step in human development. But Olduvai Gorge wasn’t……

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Investors give Baltimore’s Facet Wealth $25 million...

September 30, 2020

Yesterday, Baltimore-based fintech company Facet Wealth said it raised $25 million in financing as it readies a new business line pitching financial planning as an employment benefit to businesses looking to recruit top talent. Employment benefit packages are expanding beyond the basic gym membership and healthcare to include subscriptions to Netflix, discounts on delivery and rideshare services, and other perks. So why not financial wellness? The thesis certainly managed to attract a big-money backer, with Warburg Pincus, the multi-billion-dollar……

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What Will Mexico City Do With 2,000...

September 30, 2020

For the past year, the construction site of a new airport in Mexico City has been the talk of the mammoth world. Heaps of fossils started turning up there in October 2019. “There are hundreds,” archaeologist Pedro Sanchez Nava told Phys.org. “There are too many.” Scientists now sit alongside backhoe operators as they break new ground, monitoring the soil of the ancient lake bed for molars, ribs, and tusks. While excavation is ongoing, the 2,000 bones unearthed thus far……

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The roadmap to startup consolidation in Southeast...

September 30, 2020

While Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystems are still young compared to those in China or India, it has matured over the last five years. Unicorns like Grab, Gojek and Garena are continuing to grow, and more competitive startups are emerging in sectors like fintech, e-commerce and logistics. That leads to the question: Will consolidation start to pick up? The consensus by investors interviewed by Extra Crunch is: Yes, but slowly at first. In the meantime, there are still roadblocks to……

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Leith Mural in Edinburgh, Scotland

September 30, 2020

The year 2020 marked the 100 year anniversary of a piece of a city ordinance that saw the incorporation of several outlying suburbs being assimilated into the confines of Scotland‘s capital. These separate municipalities included: Liberton, Colinton, Corstorphine, and Cramond. However, Leith, a residential neighborhood to the north and the area’s thriving port district, voted on a referendum to remain an independent entity. The people of Leith voted 26,810 to 4,340 against the merger. Unfortunately, Leith lost the battle……

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Milo Phillips-Brown receives inaugural MAC3 Society and...

September 30, 2020

Milo Phillips-Brown, a postdoc in the ethics of technology in MIT Philosophy, was recently named the inaugural recipient of the MAC3 Society and Ethics in Computing Research Award, which provides support to promising PhD candidates or postdocs conducting interdisciplinary research on the societal and ethical dimensions of computing. Phillips-Brown is being recognized for his work teaching responsible engineering practices to computer scientists. At MIT, he teaches two courses, 24.131 (Ethics of Technology) and 24.133 (Experiential Ethics), and has been……

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Sơn Mỹ Memorial in Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam

September 30, 2020

March 16, 1968, will forever be remembered as “the most shocking episode of the Vietnam War.” On that day, a battalion of the United States Army deliberately engaged in the mass murder of unarmed civilians. This event became known as the My Lai Massacre. The official purpose of this operation was to kill Viet Cong soldiers who were supposedly hiding in the area. Following on the orders of Captain Ernest Medina, soldiers entered the village of Sơn Mỹ and started……

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‘Saint Bartholomew Flayed’ in Milan, Italy

September 30, 2020

Saint Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. After the Ascension, it’s said the saint traveled to the east, and then onto Greater Armenia. According to traditional hagiography, he was flayed and beheaded there for converting the king to Christianity. Other accounts attest that after his flaying, Bartholomew was crucified. Due to this grisly tale, Saint Bartholomew is often depicted alongside his flayed skin (or severed head) in art, including “The Last Judgment” by Michelangelo. Sixteenth-century……

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