Many people think they see ghosts. Dean Peterson explains why. A Vox video.
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Exposing anonymous companies could cut down on crime, but the firms and governments that help disguise their ownership (looking at you, Delaware) and the wealthy who claim to need them are blocking efforts at disclosure. a TED-Ed video by Global Witness, animated by Kozmonot Animation Studio.
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Before the U.S. entered World War I, German spies blew up the munitions works on Black Tom Island in New York Harbor. A Vox video.
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Architect Takeshi Hosaka built himself a house that would supply the five elements that ancient Romans said were needed for a perfect life: knowledge, bathing, drama, music, and food. He did it in 190 square feet.
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Joss Fong explains the real costs of facial recognition. a Vox video.
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“Meet the scholar who diagnosed ‘surveillance capitalism,'” Frank Bajak, Associated Press
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Grist makes the case for wooden skyscrapers.
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A century of Coney Island, as seen by The New Yorker.
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“What Are You Doing New Years Eve?” written by Frank Loesser, performed by Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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“Driving Home For Christmas,” written and performed by Chris Rea. Another version is here. Despite 24 albums and 72 hit singles in the UK, the British artist is not well-known in the USA.
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Millennials are fuelling a resurgence of astrology though social media and phone apps. Christine Smallwood explains in this New Yorker video. More here.
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