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African rainforests vanished for 600 years, then bounced back—why?

African rainforests vanished for 600 years, then bounced back—why?

Three thousand years ago, dense old-growth rainforests covered most of central Africa. But around 2,600 years ago, an event that ecologists call the Late Holocene Rainforest Crisis occurred, and the forests suddenly gave way to savannas dotted with islands of trees. Six hundred years later, the forests grew back almost as swiftly as they had vanished.

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The Poignant Gulag Art by Stalin’s Doomed Meteorologist

The Poignant Gulag Art by Stalin’s Doomed Meteorologist

Imprisoned for ‘false weather forecasts’, Alexey Wangenheim sent sketches to the family he’d never see again.

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We can learn to be more creative

We can learn to be more creative

You’ve probably heard someone say “I’m not really a creative type…”? When people say that, it’s quite rarely a positive thing. Probably never.

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Western science catching up to Indigenous Traditional Knowledge

Western science catching up to Indigenous Traditional Knowledge

The latest discovery has taken this assessment to new heights, literally. A team of researchers led by Mark Bonta and Robert Gosford in northern Australia has documented kites and falcons, colloquially termed “firehawks,” intentionally carrying burning sticks to spread fire. While it has long been known that birds will take advantage of natural fires that cause insects, rodents and reptiles to flee and thus increase feeding opportunities, that they would intercede to spread fire to unburned locales is astounding.

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A Statistical Search for Genomic Truths

A Statistical Search for Genomic Truths

The computer scientist Barbara Engelhardt develops machine-learning models and methods to scour human genomes for the elusive causes and mechanisms of disease.

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List Of High Profile Cryptocurrency Hacks So Far

sendai’s take: I wonder if we should have a virtual prison where we can lock up cyber criminals. They would have to break rocks in Minecraft all day. There’s been quite a few large, high profile cryptocurrency hacks over the past few years.

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