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An autonomous robot captured detailed images of the treasure-laden “Holy Grail of Shipwrecks”
In 2015, an underwater search effort led by a robot found the San José, one of the richest sunken treasures in maritime history. The government of nearby Colombia promptly declared the location a state secret.<p>This week, one of the organizations behind the hunt shared detailed images of the wreck, …
ShipwrecksBeekeepers are stealing each other’s hives to survive the cutthroat industry
Nearly a million-dollars worth of honeybees stolen from almond orchards in Fresno, California were located last spring. Police caught one of the thieves while he was tending to 100 of the pilfered hives; they later found his accomplice—and the 2,000 other hives the duo stole—in two other local …
InsectsThe biggest challenge facing Colombia’s next president will be the bureaucracy of peace
Colombians vote for a new president on Sunday (May 27). Regardless of who wins, the next president’s primary objective—and biggest challenge—will be consolidating the nation’s peace process between the government and the FARC rebels.<p>The current pool of contenders comes from a broad ideological …
South AmericaMeet "las escaramuzas charras," Mexico's female rodeo stars who inspired Dior's latest collection
Dior’s first female creative director, Maria Grazia Chiuri, has made strong women part of her storytelling. Since taking the reins at Dior in 2016, she has paid tribute to <b></b>Peggy Guggenheim, Georgia O’Keefe, and the sexually liberated 1960s student protesters with her designs.<p>The 2019 Cruise …
Maria Grazia ChiuriEven the sealife in the US is testing positive for opioids now
Mussels are the filters of the sea. A single one of the mollusks filters up to two liters (about half a gallon) of water each day to extract microscopic algae and bacteria to eat. Pretty much whatever ends up in the sea eventually ends up in a mussel.<p>They’re so effective, in fact, that humans use …
Puget SoundIreland has voted to legalize abortion in a landslide
In the weeks leading up to Ireland’s referendum on legalizing abortion, polls indicated that up to one-fifth of the country’s population was undecided, putting a question mark next to the vote’s probable outcome.<p>But an exit poll late Friday (May 25) from the Irish Times showed that Ireland voted in …
IrelandA timeline of all the foreign payments to Donald Trump’s moneymen, Elliott Broidy and Michael Cohen
In recent months, special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump administration has shifted to a broad web of payments from foreign governments and corporations to major players in Donald Trump’s orbit. Primary among them are Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney and …
Donald TrumpComplete list of Star Wars spinoffs, from the year 2043
It is the year 2043. Lots of things have changed since 2018, when you are reading this. Nations have fallen. Nuclear missiles have been launched. AI is threatening a hostile takeover.<p>But one thing hasn’t changed: Disney is still releasing Star Wars spinoffs. You already know about the Han Solo …
Star WarsRosé is still the drink of the summer, and no, it's not going anywhere
Rosé undeniably took first place for last year’s drink of the summer. With Instagram-ready varieties like White Girl rosé to several high-end options, wine-watchers marveled at the pink drink’s unlikely rise from tacky to chic. The Hamptons even gave the beverage its stamp of approval by setting up …
RoséHarvey Weinstein’s $1 million get-out-of-jail card shows the injustice of bail
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was charged today (May 25) with rape and several counts of sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. Because Weinstein could shell out $1 million for bail, he was allowed to walk free before his trial. It’s a privilege not afforded to tens of thousands of people who …
Harvey WeinsteinSan Francisco is sweeping its streets of electric scooters to make the industry legit
The residents of San Francisco are used to “disruptive” startups invading their city. Since 2008, Lyft, Uber and other ride-sharing services all arrived unannounced and local agencies responded with a mix of threats, “citizen arrests,” and eventually (with state legislators’ help) regulations. The …
San FranciscoSee Meghan Markle’s royal coat of arms and all of the symbols hiding within
Some newly married couples get monogrammed towels; others get personalized stationery. The new Duchess of Sussex, aka Meghan Markle, got her very own royal coat of arms—a classy but standard gift for spouses of British royalty.<p>Thomas Woodcock, who oversees such assignations, said in a release from …
Meghan, Duchess of SussexScience shows just how traumatizing it is to separate kids from parents at the US-Mexico border
This spring, the White House implemented a new “zero-tolerance policy” intended to crack down undocumented immigrants attempting to enter the US along the country’s southwest border. Among the central targets of this policy are the children of immigrants, some as young as 18 months old.<p>US attorney …
ImmigrationHarvard Business School is shutting down its co-working space in New York
Like all MBA programs, Harvard Business School teaches its students the value of time and money. It may have taught them a bit too well.<p>Alumni entrepreneurs weren’t willing to commit enough of their own resources to support a co-working space HBS ran in New York. The space will close amid …
Harvard Business SchoolDisney already made a better version of "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
<i>This review contains no</i> <i>spoilers.</i><p>There are a lot of movies released nowadays that the world didn’t ask for or need. Just this summer, we can look forward to a fourth sequel to <i>Jurassic Park</i>; a sequel to <i>The Incredibles</i> released 14 years after the original; <i>Ocean’s Eleven</i>‘s numerically confusing third …
Star WarsThese passports have become more powerful in 2018
The title of the world’s most powerful passport changes hands week to week. One moment Germany reigns supreme, then suddenly Japan edges through to clinch the top spot.<p>The ranking is based on the number of countries a passport holder can enter without a visa or for which they can obtain a visa on …
WarAmerican men, it’s time to start talking about your abortions
Sometimes, men and women have sex, but don’t want to have a baby together. And no method of contraception is 100% effective, except not having sex. Consequently, humans have been aborting unwanted pregnancies since at least Biblical times. By age 45, about one in four American women will have had …
FeminismAmazon is taking its package-delivery tracking to the next level
We have all, on the day we’re expecting a package, gone to Amazon’s “track package” page and refreshed, only to be rewarded, every time, with “Delivery expected by 8pm.”<p>But this week Amazon is rolling out a new feature that allows customers to track packages on a map when the package is within 10 …
eCommerceNancy Pelosi’s NFL shrug shows Democrats still take black votes for granted
The NFL doesn’t think football players have the right to kneel in protest while the national anthem is playing at games. Teams with players who kneel will now have to pay fines.<p>The gesture, intended to condemn racist police brutality, had been criticized by Republicans as disrespectful to the …
Black Lives MatterMichael Cohen met a Russian oligarch in Trump Tower, then took $1 million from his cousin
It’s been a rough few months for Viktor Vekselberg. The Russian oligarch, who has long sought to keep away from the public eye, has found his name beamed across the world as part of US law enforcement’s investigations into Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.<p>First, Vekselberg was questioned by special …
Donald TrumpResearchers think they’ve found the oldest continuous Antarctic ice cores ever
When most of us look at images of Antarctica’s ice, we see a cold, uniform landscape that evokes thoughts of penguins, seals, and an immediate need for hot chocolate. Climate scientists see potential portals into our planet’s past.<p>This week, researchers from the University of Washington and the …
Earth ScienceThe 24 hours that doomed the Trump-Kim summit
Since Donald Trump announced in a bizarrely worded letter addressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he didn’t think it was a good idea to meet on June 12 in Singapore after all—even if the commemorative coins had already been minted—reporters have tried to pinpoint how things unraveled.<p>This …
North KoreaCompanies are using California homes as batteries to power the grid
Every new home in California is going solar by 2020. If solar-energy companies have their way, those homes also will come with batteries.<p>Companies like Tesla and SunRun are starting to bid on utility contracts that would allow them to string together dozens or hundreds of systems that act as an …
Natural GasAmericans' coffee habit is clogging landfills with millions of coffee cups each year
Breakfast in America doesn’t look like it used to. Among other big changes in the American diet, consumption of breakfast cereal, orange juice, and dairy milk are all the decline, thanks to on-the-go options like breakfast bars and the Greek yogurt explosion. But there’s one morning staple that …
CoffeeThe accidental trick of light that made a master cinematographer’s career
What made James Wong Howe one of the greatest Hollywood cinematographers of all time was talent, perseverance, and innovation. But he caught his biggest break by accident.<p>Today’s (May 25) Google Doodle is on the Chinese-born American cinematographer and master of lights who revolutionized …
Film FestivalsA secret weapon for your next barbecue: yogurt
Yogurt is a bit of a miracle in the kitchen. It’s high in protein, probiotic, and incredibly versatile—and it’s a serious workhorse as an ingredient. The tub of full-fat Greek yogurt that is always in my fridge isn’t just the base for a quick breakfast or lunch, it’s my secret weapon for …
BBQHarvey Weinstein is reading up on another legendary filmmaker who fell hard
This morning, Harvey Weinstein arrived at the 1st precinct police station in New York City to turn himself in to face charges of rape and sex abuse. As he left his car and entered a throng of flashing camera lights, the former movie mogul clutched three books under his arm, like a shield.<p>Scores of …
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