Scientists have long thought that avian migration is guided by the magnetic field, but how, exactly? The search has led to three very different hypotheses. https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2020/earth-birds-take-next-left
"The main problem is perhaps in the result of the makeovers, which almost always shows a standard and narrow idea of beauty" https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200716-how-clueless-transformed-the-movie-makeover
Someone replaced every image on the BBC News website with pictures of cats
http://bbcmews.co.uk/news
You can finally see your home team play baseball on a streaming service--but not all teams offer the same choices.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robpegoraro/2020/07/23/finally-every-baseball-teams-sports-network-is-available-on-at-least-one-streaming-service/#45418ed314a8
Robert Frost was 82 years old when SI handed him an assignment: cover the 1956 All-Star Game in Washington. It might as well have been played on Mount Olympus. Four home runs were hit that day: by Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle, all with Frost playing the role of scribe. https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/07/23/baseball-preview-rob-manfred-robert-frost
I'm ready to take armchair travel to the next level. https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/07/23/lets-window-shop-for-french-fairytale-homes/
Crazed fans in Poland have rented 21 cranes to abide by social-distancing rules to watch their team race at the local speedway. https://au.sports.yahoo.com/motorway-fans-rent-cranes-watch-sport-team-023214845.html
A website dedicated solely to news about potatoes. https://www.potatonewstoday.com
For over a year, NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has been investigating the clay-bearing unit in the Gale Crater. Now the intrepid explorer is on the move, starting a summer-long journey to a higher part of Mount Sharp dubbed the "sulfate-bearing unit." https://newatlas.com/space/curiosity-mars-rover-mount-sharp-sulfate-bearing-unit
Hive mind: What is your company actively doing to reset or rethink its corporate culture?
Beyond changing work-at-home policies, that is. Diversity? Work/life balance? Team dynamics?
I'm looking for anecdotal examples for an article. So tell me a story. I don't (necessarily) have to quote you, but I do want a solid, "This is how others are changing" before I go into detail on "What experts say business execs should do."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflects on her nine female classmates at Harvard Law School and the divergent paths their lives all took from there.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/ruth-bader-ginsburg-interview-transcript.html
What makes this "Filing Saucer Cow Clips" a giggle _and_ a practical office item is the "filing saucer" theme. Honestly, I have to give it a star just for the pun.
https://amzn.to/32MomFB
Reclaiming Indian Food from the White Gaze
"For many people of color, food can be a source of pride and shame. Growing up, I was mocked for how Indian food affected white people’s digestion."
https://www.eater.com/2020/6/30/21307238/taking-back-indian-food-from-the-white-gaze-cookbook-recipes
The #CuratorBattle began in April, but it was June’s theme, #BestMuseumBum, that has had people enthralled for weeks.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jul/22/race-to-the-bottom-museum-curators-in-battle-for-bestmuseumbum
Attempting to decode cat behavior can lead to madness. But we do have some idea of why cats like blinking at us. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/626583/why-do-cats-slow-blink-at-people
Compare the vocal ranges of today’s top artists with the greatest of all time. https://www.concerthotels.com/worlds-greatest-vocal-ranges
The Future of Our Food Supply: From grocery stores and online delivery to farms and restaurants, how and where we get our food may never look the same.
“When we look at the big picture of what’s happening I think even within the food industry, this is not new information. It’s more of a reveal,” said Vivian Barad, managing director at IDEO, a design consulting firm focused on what is known as human-centered design.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-20/how-covid-19-is-changing-local-food-system-design
In awe we hold fast to nature’s strangeness and open up to the unknown. No wonder it’s central to the scientific imagination https://aeon.co/essays/how-awe-drives-scientists-to-make-a-leap-into-the-unknown
Amazon is sponsoring Camp Handmade, a virtual four-week event filled with free online crafting workshops. Classes range from candle-making to needle felting. https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/amazon-camp-handmade-virtual-crafting-classes-36791540
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