Just Plain WEIRD #2
For cybersecurity, your best bet is to assume that the enemy has already slipped inside. clu/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images – By Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Executive Director, Ostrom Workshop; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University 2021 May …
A microscope image of the cacti-inspired spines that line the new membrane and collect water from thin air. Caltech – By Michael Irving 2021 May 20 – Water scarcity is one of humanity’s most pressing problems. Now engineers at Caltech have developed a new …
Scientists have used a monomer made from a component in citrus fruit peels called limonene to produce entirely sustainable transparent wood. Céline Montanari – By Nick Lavars 2021 May 04 – For tens of thousands of years, humans have been drawn to wood as …
Newly-calved iceberg A-76 is now the largest iceberg in the world. – By Sophie Lewis CBS News / 2021 May 20 – A massive slab of ice, roughly the shape of Manhattan but more than 70 times larger, has sheared off from Antarctica …
When there’s only space for one meat-free option on the menu, chefs often now ditch dairy for vegan alternatives. Is this the end of veggie dining? Plant-tastic … the new dairy-free landscape. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Getty Images – By Tony Naylor Last modified on …
The author, known as the “Lord of Misrule,” had the audacity to erect a maypole in Massachusetts. Circa 1620, American colonist and leader of the Plymouth Colony Myles Standish (1584 – 1656) and a colony of English settlers follow a Native American scout. …
Plastic Waste Makers index identifies those driving climate crisis with virgin polymer production. A woman collects recyclable plastics washed up on the beach in Bali, Indonesia. Photograph: Agung Parameswara/Getty Images – By Sandra Laville Last modified on 2021 May 18 – Twenty companies …
Confederate currency had images of enslaved people, historical figures and mythical deities. elycefeliz/Flickr, CC BY-ND – By Robert Gudmestad, Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University 2021 May 03 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If …
Against all odds, 28 percent of Scottish people still use it. How the English Failed to Stamp Out the Scots Language – by Dan Nosowitz 2018 Sep 28 – Over the past few decades, as efforts to save endangered languages have become governmental …
The black market for stolen personal information motivates most data breaches. aleksey-martynyuk/iStock via Getty Images – By Ravi Sen, Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, Texas A&M University 2021 May 13 – Data breaches have become common, and billions of records are …
