Between the 1840s and early 1900s, loops on roller coasters were perfectly circular. Now they’re not. Here’s why. A Vox video.
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Global Warming is changing the border between Switzerland and Italy. A melting glacier is moving an Italian ski lodge into Switzerland. A Vox video.
More:
“The Uncertain Fate of an Alpine Mountain Lodge,” Zoey Poll, The New Yorker
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Every high-income country in the world has some form of universal or subsidized child care for all families. The United States doesn’t. Anymore. a Vox video.
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New buildings are often covered in rectangular panels. They’re part of the rainscreen cladding system that saves modern buildings from rot and decay. A Vox video by Phil Edwards.
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At the end of every year, the U.S. Congress and White House play a game of chicken with the federal spending bill, getting closer and closer to a shutdown of the United States government. It’s usually avoided in the final hour, but sometimes they don’t agree on a spending bill and the federal government actually shuts down. No other country does this. WTF?
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Linoleum, the miracle flooring, was invented by Frederick Walton in 1863. Linoleum was in the Titanic, the British Houses of Parliament, your grandma’s kitchen, and under spinning break dancers. Thought tacky in the late 20th century, “Lino” is hip again. A Vox video by Marie Cascione.
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If you’ve seen lots 1970s vinyl album covers, you’ve seen many photos of Peacock wicker chairs. Estelle Caswell explains in a Vox video.
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“The Development and Effects of the Twentieth-Century Wicker Revival,” Emily A. Morris, thesis, Corcoran College of Art & Design, Department of History of Decorative Arts, 2012.
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Studios are intent on streaming their films, and COVID only intensified that. But big movies still come out in theaters first. A Vox video by Edward Vega.
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Since World War II, the U.S. Navy has used the Hawaiian island of Kaho‘olawe for bombing practice, though native Hawaiians venerate it as a kinolau (body form) of the sea god Kanaloa, and it had many fishing shrines. The island was returned to Hawaii in 1996, and has been undergoing restoration since then. A Vox video by Ranjani Chakraborty.
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If you don’t have money on the game, maybe the 3-point shot has made basketball boring. Maybe the league should move the 3-point line back a few feet. A Vox video by Edward Vega.
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