Just Plain WEIRD #2
Animals that shared the landscape with humans disappeared as the ice age ended. Mauricio Antón/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY – By Christopher R. Moore, Research Professor and Director of the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey (SEPAS) at the South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology, University …
Scientists have demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a new navigation system that can work underground and underwater by tracking particles from cosmic rays. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2023 Jun 18 – GPS is a powerful navigation technology, but it doesn’t work as well inside …
Sego Innovations is looking to launch a solar panel that instantly compacts to 1/8 its expanded size. Sego Innovations View gallery – 10 images – By C.C. Weiss 2023 Jun 16 – Reaching far beyond the cutesy paper sculptures of grade school, the age-old …
A woman teaches a dance form, known as bhangra, during a 3HO gathering. Gurumustuk Singh/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA – By Simranjit Khalsa, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Memphis Published: 2023 Jun 14 – Throngs of people, most wearing white clothing and many adorned …
Wiping away tears, Nita Battise, vice chairperson of the tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, reacts to the Supreme Court ruling upholding a law that gives Native American families priority in adoptions and foster care placements of tribal children. Mandel Ngan/AFP …
Has he got news for you … Bryan Cranston stars as the Host in Asteroid City. Photograph: Pop. 87 Productions/Focus Features – Movies Interview – By Xan Brooks His role as The Host in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City sees the actor return to …
An AI-generated image constructed by the researchers illustrates what the lifeforms in the “Protosterol Biota” may have looked like. Orchestrated in MidJourney by TA 2023 – By Michael Irving 2023 Jun 14 – Scientists have discovered evidence of a “lost world” of previously unknown …
The 13-foot-long Cedar Ridge Vega 2.0 XT packs tiny and expands into a comfy base camp upon arrival. Cedar Ridge Campers View gallery – 14 images – By C.C. Weiss 2023 Jun 13 – Cedar Ridge Campers has released one of the most functional …
Travel to Miami, and you might hear people say ‘get down from the car’ instead of ‘get out of the car.’ Miami Herald/Getty Images – By Phillip M. Carter, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Florida International University Published: 2023 Jun 12 – “We got …
Olmec culture deeply shaped later Mesoamerican civilizations like the Aztecs. Danny Lehman/The Image Bank via Getty Images – By Karl Taube, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside Published: 2023 Jun 07 – An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by …
