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Android News
Here's our first look at WhatsApp's dark mode
androidpolice.com - Rita El Khoury
There are few things in life more certain than Android users getting excited about an app adding a dark mode. Personally, white text on black/dark …
Culture
How the Music of Hawai’i’s Last Ruler Guided the Island’s People Through Crisis
smithsonianmag.com - Jane Recker
Oahu, Hawai'i, 1877. Queen Lili’uokalani, the last monarch of the Hawaiian Islands, prepared her party to leave for Honolulu after spending time at …
Hair Color
“Chocolate Cake” Hair Is the New Brunette Color Trend — Photos
Allure - Marci Robin
With so many celebrities going brunette recently, it's clear that brown hair is having a long-overdue moment. Perhaps it's because people are finally figuring out that while it's very common, it's not
World Economic Forum
Data bias: the dangers of being female in a world designed for men
weforum.org - Karen Boyle
Feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez’s latest book is an essential if enraging read. It might seem ironic that the central figure in Invisible …
Cherry Blossom
Can the legacy of trauma be passed down the generations?
BBC Future - Martha Henriques
Our children and grandchildren are shaped by the genes they inherit from us, but new research is revealing that experiences of hardship or violence can leave their mark too. In 1864, nearing the end of
World Economic Forum
These are all the world's major religions in one map
weforum.org - Frank Jacobs
• At a glance, this map shows both the size and distribution of world religions. • See how religions mix at both national and regional level. • There's one …
Latino News
Spain hits back at Mexico in row over colonial rights abuses
The Guardian - Stephen Burgen in Barcelona and David Agren in Buenos Aires
A diplomatic row has broken out between Mexico and Spain after the Mexican president wrote to King Felipe VI demanding he apologise for crimes committed against Mexico’s indigenous people during the conquest
Business Administration
Life lessons from someone who survives on $3 a day
MarketWatch - By Holly Lawrence
This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. Like many of us approaching retirement age, just hearing the word retirement triggers my …
Technology
Humans can make new brain cells into their 90s, scientists discover
The Guardian - Ian Sample Science editor
Humans can make fresh brain cells until they are well into their 90s, but the production of new neurons falls in those with Alzheimer’s, even when the disease has recently taken hold, scientists have The
Culture
1,500-year-old garbage dumps reveal city’s surprising collapse
National Geographic - Megan Gannon
Culture & History Archaeologists thought Elusa, a popular Roman wine center, collapsed with Islam’s arrival. Its trash reveals a very different—and alarming—reason. 4 Minute Read By Megan Gannon Some years
Extreme Sports
These Beautiful Maps Capture the Rivers That Pulse Through Our World
smithsonianmag.com - Anna White
A rainbow of tiny furrows spreads across a map of the contiguous United States, the lite-brite hues popping against a black backdrop, giving the …
Counterintelligence
'In plain sight': Counter-intelligence expert lambastes Barr claim that there was 'no collusion'
rawstory.com - Sarah K. Burris
Counter-intelligence expert Malcolm Nance said that he witnessed “collusion and conspiracy in plain sight,” but special counsel Robert Mueller’s bar …
World Economic Forum
Sir David Attenborough defects from BBC to Netflix to warn millions of an ecological disaster with new series
thesun.co.uk - By Rod McPhee, Senior Showbiz Reporter
HE is the most famous naturalist on Earth — and Sir David Attenborough hopes to save our world after taking his new show to Netflix. At 92 he has …
New Jersey
Everyone's Talking About This Scrappy High School Play That Went Viral for Being Cool
TIME - Ashley Hoffman
A high school play is scoring some major buzz staging an unlikely flick: Ridley Scott’s 1979 hit movie Alien. And from the looks of the lighting and costume design, New Jersey’s North Bergen High School
Technology
How much space does all of humanity's knowledge take up?
Popular Science - By Sara Chodosh
It takes a lot of data storage to know it all. No one can know everything all the time—but we humans sure like to pretend we do. So it’s no wonder our species has a long-standing tendency to compile information.
Donald Trump
Robert Reich: Trump cornered
Salon - Robert Reich
(Getty/Mark Wilson) Shares x March 24, 2019 8:00AM (UTC) This originally appeared on Robert Reich's blog. What does a megalomaniacal president of the United States do when he’s cornered? We’ll soon find
Liberal View
Barr summary of Mueller report is quite narrow, possibly slanted, and still very, very disappointing
opednews.com
See original here - Advertisement - By Mark Sumner Mueller report delivered to AG Barr (Image by YouTube, Channel: NBC News) Details DMCA Neither the …
Sarah Sanders
George Conway Hilariously Fires Back At Sarah Sanders’ Mueller Report Exoneration Claims
The Inquisitr - Kristine Lofgren
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders claimed on Sunday that Robert Mueller’s recently completed report exonerates the president from any claims …
Opinion
Mueller investigation was no 'witch hunt'
CNN - By John Avlon
(CNN) — A witch hunt. That's what President Donald Trump called the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation over 250 times, according to Factba.se. He attacked Mueller over 80 times on Twitter trying
Liberal View
Barr's summary was probably putting 'lipstick on something ugly': Watergate lawyer John Dean
rawstory.com - Sarah K. Burris
John Dean, the former White House counsel for Richard Nixon, suspected Attorney General Bill Barr was trying to polish Robert Mueller’s report so it …
Donald Trump
Explainer: Why Trump's legal woes go beyond the Mueller report
Reuters India - By Jan Wolfe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The closure of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election does not mark the end of legal worries for President Donald Trump and close
Technology (India)
Unlike the US, the Indian constitution has been amended 103 times
Quartz - Samir Chopra
The United States and India, two of the world’s largest and oldest democracies, are both governed on the basis of written constitutions. One of the inspirations for the constitution of India, drafted 1947
Robert Mueller
Mueller Report Has Moscow in Ecstasy, Opening the Way for More Putin Plots
The Daily Beast - Julia Davis
When news broke that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation “did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated …
Opinion
Sunday wrap: Trump’s troubles are just beginning
The Washington Post - By Jennifer Rubin
Who said it? 1. “Once you say that a president cannot be indictable, no matter what the evidence as a matter of law, to then follow the principle that you cannot then comment on the evidence or publicize
Politics
Mueller report: Donald Trump was never going to be forced out
Vox - Dylan Matthews
It was never up to Robert Mueller. It was always up to Mitch McConnell. Special counsel Robert Mueller will not be recommending the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He will not be indicting Donald
Xiaomi
Xiaomi's upcoming laptop weighs only 1.07kg - Tech
Mashable
Looking for a Windows 10 laptop in a MacBook Air form factor? Popular phone maker Xiaomi has announced that they will be unveiling their fourth Mi Notebook Air running on Windows 10. The company released
The Many Meanings of Dharma
tricycle.org - Robert E. Buswell, Jr.
The Sanskrit term dharma—dhamma in Pali, chos (pronounced chö) in Tibetan, fa in Chinese, ho in Japanese, and pop in Korean—is a term of wide import in …
Opinion
Republicans trapped by transparency
The Washington Post - By James Downie
A little more than a week ago, the House of Representatives voted 420-0 to recommend a public release of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report. This call for transparency was so unobjectionable
Recipes
Spicy Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow Gai) Recipe
allrecipes.com
Spicy Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow Gai) 62k Recipe by: Chef John "My version of this classic Thai dish has spectacular taste even with regular basil …
Language Learning
Just speaking English won’t get us very far in the world
The Guardian
Language learning is inextricably bound up with history, culture, business and economics. It is also a mental exercise that delays dementia – and many children find it fun, too. Readers’ responses to Jenkins’