Reality Checks: Pleistocene Mandibles, the Exercise Gap, Owning the Moon, and Legally Defining Consent

Elizabeth — June 12, 2018

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The rugged mandibles of early humans. (via Ars Technica)
Women, particularly of color, have much lower exercise rates than young men after high school. (via NPR)
Woman sues to keep possession of lunar dust. (via Washington Post)
About half the US doesn’t have any legal definition of consent. (via Vice)

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Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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