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io9Summer Camp Island‘s Season 3 Arcs Cast Everything in a Magical New Light
Based solely on camp counselor Susie’s characterization throughout Summer Camp Island’s first and second seasons, you got the sense that, aside from her vast magical powers, she was more or less your typical childhood bully. Despite being tasked to look after impressionable young minds, nothing delighted her more than tormenting campers like Oscar and Hedgehog … Continued
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ScienceHuman HistoryShipwreck Filled With Treasure and Elephant Tusks Sheds Light on 16th-Century Ivory Trade
A trove of elephant tusks found in the cargo hold of an old Portuguese shipwreck is yielding new insights into the 16th-century ivory trade and lost African elephants. In 2008, workers with a diamond mining company, while bulldozing a beach in Namibia, accidentally discovered the Bom Jesus, a Portuguese merchant vessel that disappeared in 1533. … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsJohns Hopkins, Famous Philanthropist and Abolitionist, Actually Owned Slaves
Johns Hopkins, the 19th century philanthropist whose name graces some of the most prestigious scientific and academic institutions in America, was long thought to be a man who deplored slavery and fought to abolish the ownership of human beings in the U.S. But as it turns out, Hopkins actually owned other people over the course … Continued
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ScienceHuman HistoryDivers Accidentally Stumble Upon Nazi Enigma Machine in Baltic Sea
Divers searching for discarded fishing nets in the Baltic Sea have discovered a rare Enigma encryption machine used by the Nazis in World War II. As AFP reports, a team found the Enigma machine last month in Germany’s Gelting Bay, which is about 90 miles (150 km) north of Hamburg. The device, famously used by … Continued
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ReviewsThe Most Intriguing Archaeological Discoveries of 2020
Archaeology is the closest thing we have to a time machine. Instead of using flux capacitors, however, archaeologists rely on technology like ground-penetrating radar, scanning electron microscopes, DNA sequencing, and of course, the good-old-fashioned shovel. Equipped with the right tools and techniques, the work of these scientists allows us to reconstruct the past and imagine … Continued
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io9Steven Universe‘s Latest Anti-Racism PSA Is for All the History Buffs Out There
Keeping in-theme with thefirst PSA’s self-awareness, the newest Steven Universe short features Pearl of the Crystal Gems as she breaks character while recording an educational video about the inventive minds behind the lightbulb. While most everyone knows Thomas Edison to be the inventor of the light bulb, the reality is that the innovation wouldn’t have … Continued
