Slate The Vault Historical Treasures, Oddities, And Delights In 1839, Edgar Allan Poe accepted a somewhat sketchy writing job: remixing and condensing an existing book, Thomas Wyatt's Manual of Conchology, into a cheaper version that would be useful to students. Wyatt's Manual was beautiful and…

A 6,000-year-old temple holding human-like figurines and sacrificed animal remains has been discovered within a massive prehistoric settlement in Ukraine. Built before writing was invented , the temple is about 60 by 20 meters (197 by 66 feet) in size. It was a "two-story building made of wood and…

It’s hard to imagine a global force strong enough to change natural patterns that have persisted on Earth for more than 300 million years, but a new study shows that human beings have been doing exactly that for about 6,000 years. Related Content Video: What Is the Anthropocene and Why Does It…

A sculpted pencil by the Russian miniature artist Salavat Fidai.Photograph: WENN O n the night of 7 January 2012, a stationmaster at a provincial railway station in central India discovered the body of a young woman lying beside the tracks. The corpse, clothed in a red kurta and a violet and grey…

Deputies clash in Ukraine's parliament during a debate prior to a vote on the country's budget for 2014. Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA Currently doing the rounds on Twitter is the image below, taken from Facebook by artist James Harvey, whose tweet has been shared thousands of times. It depicts…

Matter A golden snub-nosed monkey. The peculiar sleeping patterns of humans may have contributed to the power of our minds, a study says. Credit Cyril Ruoso/Minden Pictures Over the past few million years, the ancestors of modern humans became dramatically different from other primates. Our…

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused web search engine startup , continues to grow rapidly. But it has also struggled to crack the mainstream. Through Dec. 15, DuckDuckGo received 3.25 billion search queries this year, according to its publicly posted traffic statistics . That’s up 74% over the same…

Concerned about the militarization of law enforcement, a source within the intelligence community has provided The Intercept with a secret, internal U.S. government catalogue of dozens of cellphone surveillance devices used by the military and by intelligence agencies. Some of the devices are…

All of the World’s Money and Markets in One Visualization Enjoy this graphic? You can also find it in our new infographic book – it’s available until Oct 31st, 2017 on Kickstarter . Millions, billions, and trillions… When we talk about the giant size of Apple, the fortune of Warren Buffett, or the…

Bernie Sanders has accused Hillary Clinton of encouraging Islamic extremism in Libya, in a prelude to a Democratic debate on Saturday during which he is expected to go on the attack for the first time over the unintended consequences of the former secretary of state’s more interventionist foreign…

Apple ( AAPL ) CEO Tim Cook didn't stray far from his own image on Thursday when he promoted Jeff Williams to be his top lieutenant. The newly named chief operating officer has been called "Tim's Cook Tim Cook" and even a clone of Cook. "Jeff is hands-down the best operations executive I’ve ever…

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To anyone who has protested the sweeping, vague, and privacy-killing iterations of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act or the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act over the last several years, sorry, lawmakers have heard you, and they have ignored you. That sounds bleak, but…

During Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate, the candidates argued over how the United States should be protecting itself from terrorists, but not everyone on stage had a firm grip on the facts. While criticizing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s stance on immigration , Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul…

December 15, 2015 The “Chinese wall” phenomenon is named — somewhat mysteriously — for the Great Wall of China ( Severin Stalder ) The biggest financial firms of the world — like Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs — are multifaceted entities, with many roles. They consult the financial…

The Stack Archive Cloud IBM to lead open-source semi-private blockchain for banking giants Thu 17 Dec 2015 Share 85 Share 78 167 Shares In March we reported that IBM was maintaining ‘informal discussions’ with the U.S. Federal Reserve whilst investigating the application of blockchain technology for…

I could tell he didn't get it. Despite his polite smiles and nods, despite my frequently-rehearsed and carefully-refined explanations of what my company did and why it was so great, I could tell that this prospective investor just didn't really "get it." For weekly recaps of The Macro, sign up here…

Watch the world’s first Drone Light Painting Video “The Christmas Edit”. With this film Ascending Technologies wishes to express its sincere gratitude to all drone enthusiasts and operators, friends, customers and partner companies. Moreover we wish you a Merry Christmas and a good takeoff into a…

Marcos Godoy of Mexico City manufactures car dash mats at a maquiladora belonging to the TECMA group in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.Photograph: Ivan Pierre Aguirre/AP Printer and software giant Lexmark has fired dozens of workers from its factory in the Mexican city of Ciudad Júarez after they demanded a…

Protests against police violence raged on in Chicago over the weekend, with some demonstrators demanding Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s resignation over the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by a police officer who is now charged with his murder. The charges came more than a year after officer Jason Van…

Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL Press Inquiries Share Press Contact Adam Conner-Simons Email: aconner@csail.mit.edu Phone: 617-324-9135 MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab Share Leave a comment Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have…

Space miners Who will get that water? It’s not just Moon Express. Shackleton Energy plans to develop robotic systems to prospect for water and then use humans on the Moon to deliver that water, as fuel, into orbit around the Moon or back at Earth. Other firms, such as Planetary Resources, believe…

place in history. Still others were simply captivated by how the baby’s brain is different from his mother’s; it’s smaller, smoother and darker—literally, because there’s less white matter.

BBC health editor James Gallagher answers your questions on a new cancer study Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests. Earlier this year, researchers sparked a debate after suggesting two-thirds of cancer types were down to luck…

A MINUTE’S walk from the Louvre museum, just a hop across the Rue de Rivoli, is an antiques centre called the Louvre des Antiquaires. Until recently hundreds of dealers had galleries here, selling Louis XVI chairs, Renaissance jewels and other delightful old objects to customers keen to own a piece…

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Arrested Thursday, accused of Ponzi-like scheme Martin Shkreli, center, and attorney Evan Greebel exit the federal building in Manhattan where the FBI is located on Dec. 17, 2015. Photographer: John Taggart/Bloomberg Martin Shkreli, a boastful pharmaceutical executive who came under withering…

How big is WhatsApp? It's enormous , we all know that, and sometimes there's a nice round number to illustrate the point. Brazil's decision to shut down the Facebook-owned messaging app for 48 hours has resulted in more than 1.5 million new users joining direct competitor Telegram. This major influx…

HOW THE UNIVERSAL SYMBOLS FOR ESCALATORS, RESTROOMS, AND TRANSPORT WERE DESIGNED

In a rapidly changing world those who copy the past have doomed their future. When companies or agencies search for disruptive and innovative strategies they often assemble a panel of experts to advise them. Ironically the panel is often made up of people whose ideas about innovation were relevant…

The new system is being tested in the US so that developers, led by product manager Todd Gage, can work out bugs and determine how best to expand the system globally.Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Facebook unveiled changes to its controversial “real name” policy on Tuesday after criticism…