WEIRD FACTS
A portion of a map that erases the borders Colonial powers drew, and shows instead the Indigenous territories, treaties and languages of North America. Native Land Digital, CC BY-SA – By Elisa J. Sobo, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, San Diego State University and …
Members of a civil society group participate in a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched by a Muslim mob in Pakistan. AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary – By Ahmet T. Kuru, Porteous Professor of Political Science, …
The pagan tradition of celebrating the winter solstice with bonfires on Dec. 21 inspired the early Christian celebrations of Christmas. Gpointstudio/ Image Source via Getty Images – By Thomas Adam, Associate Professor of International and Global Studies, University of Arkansas 2021 Dec 06 …
You never know where Uncle Sam will make an appearance. David McNew/Getty Images – By Paul Bruski, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Iowa State University 2021 Dec 06 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a …
Plastic debris on a beach on Lanai, a sparsely populated Hawaiian island. Matthew Koller, CC BY-ND – Authors Matthew Savoca, Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University Anna Robuck, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Lauren Kashiwabara, Master’s Degree Student in Biological …
(Museums Victoria) – By Jacinta Bowler 2021 Nov 22 – In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. – Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock resting …
Xenobots are the world’s first AI-designed biological robots that can self-repair and self-replicate. What is an AI-designed organic robot that can self-repair and make babies? Getty Images – Andrea Morris Contributor Science Science, Robots & The Arts – The year was 1948 when …
In the past rock art research has been the domain of non-Indigenous academics but a group of Bininj people are now documenting it as they seek to preserve their history. Traditional owner Ricky Nabarlambarl, and other Bininj, search for rock art in remote …
Image of snow covering Hawaiian peaks courtesy https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/89356/snow-capped-summits-in-hawaii – By Ryan Adamson, AccuWeather meteorologist Updated 2021 Dec 03 – A potent storm system has begun to wallop the Hawaiian Islands with gusty winds and widespread flooding rain, with blizzard conditions expected at some …
In first on-camera interview since accidental film-set shooting, actor says there is only one question: ‘where did the live round come from?’ “I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them. Never,” said Alec Baldwin of the Rust …
