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A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences claims one of its cloned monkeys has lived more than two years, the longest any cloned rhesus macaque has survived yet. sciencealert.com/a-cloned-rhes

Uber has decided to shutter Drizly, an alcohol delivery service it bought three years ago for $1.1 billion.

(Insert clever comment about drinking up the profits?)
axios.com/2024/01/15/uber-driz

When published in 1939, Alva Johnston suggested that there was perhaps no greater literary creation within the 20th century than Tarzan, brought to life by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a man who preferred his stories to society. saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/1

Privacy and AI policies to watch in 2024: In 2024, policymakers and businesses will face significant discussions around AI regulation and data privacy. worklife.news/technology/priva

Uncovering the Forgotten Female Astronomers of Yerkes Observatory... whose work as astronomers was forgotten, but came to light recently from a photo of an Einstein visit.

atlasobscura.com/articles/yerk

Today I saw someone use the term "rage farming" for "posting shit to drum up dissent and anger" and now I'm planning to use that term.

From the post: 'The main thing I find interesting here is how women and men perceive these words differently: about 50% of men (+ other) think that “Java guys” is gender neutral, while only 25% of women do.' jvns.ca/blog/2013/12/27/guys-g

It was on this day in 1831 that Victor Hugo finished his novel Notre-Dame de Paris, known to us as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. ... Hugo was asked to compose a poem in honor of Louis-Philippe, France's first constitutional king... Because of the distraction, Victor Hugo had to keep asking his publishers for deadline extensions for The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Once he finally sat down to write it, he finished it in only four months. writersalmanac.publicradio.org

What did your area look like 1,000 years ago? Well, people in the year 3023 might have the luxury of finding out, thanks to an art/science project called the Millennium Camera, which will take an extremely long-exposure photo of the Arizona desert. newatlas.com/photography/mille

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