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2000-Year-Old Skeleton Found on Antikythera Shipwreck
Posted on: 20 Sep 2016
A research team recovered a 2000-year-old human skeleton from the ancient Greek shipwreck near Antikythera, the journal Nature announced on Monday. Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) made the discovery on August 31 during their ongoing excavation of the famed wreck, which was found in 1900. They discovered the human remains buried under about half a meter of potsherds and sand. The team excavated a partial skull with three teeth, arm and leg bones and several ribs. DNA from the deep? Antikythera shipwreck yields ancient human bones https://t.co/KMF8oj5HG1 #Greece pic.twitter.com/HP1s2fJoHu —…
Native American Student Gets Lower Grade for Sitting During Pledge of Allegiance
Posted on: 20 Sep 2016
A Native American high school student in Northern California who received a lower grade for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance has got the school district involved. Leilani Thomas, a 14-year-old belonging to the Elem Indian Colony, has been sitting during the pledge since the second grade. “Most of my teachers, they respected my decision and my right and belief,” she told CNN. “So they never said anything about it. I think the pledge is a lie to me and it’s a lie to my people.” During the first…
Study Suggests That Pokémon Go is a Health Hazard for Drivers
Posted on: 19 Sep 2016
Pokémon Go took the world over by storm when it was released in July this year. But a recent study in the U.S. shows the game is actually a health hazard. The study published on Friday in the JAMA Internal Medicine reported the game caused over 110,000 driving incidents over a 10-day period. A team of researchers from San Diego State University, the University of California – San Diego School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Southern California and AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety conducted the study shortly after…
100 Robots Lined up for the iPhone 7
Posted on: 18 Sep 2016
People all over the world camped outside Apple stores for the release of the iPhone 7. But a bunch of robots is taking things to a whole new level. New Zealand firm Spark purchased 100 Alpha 1 robots to queue for their human counterparts. Our robots are standing at attention bright & early this morning! #roboqueue pic.twitter.com/ysJKAbKOv1 — Spark NZ (@SparkNZ) September 15, 2016 “Technology these days is so much more advanced than it used to be,” Clive Ormerod of Spark said, according to Mashable. “So why shouldn’t our customers…
Guggenheim Wants Visitors to Do Their Business on its 18-Karat Gold Toilet
Posted on: 17 Sep 2016
A New York City museum is offering visitors a chance to use an 18-karat-gold replica of a Kohler toilet starting this Friday. The fully functional potty is installed in a unisex restroom on the fourth floor of the Guggenheim Museum. Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, 55, who created the masterpiece, named it “America.” http://www.instagram.com/p/BKYU6xWA6_1/?taken-by=guggenheim Viewers are invited to use “America” individually and privately. According to the museum’s website, the artwork is “making available to the public an extravagant luxury product seemingly intended for the 1 percent” and “”evokes the American dream of…
