Reality Checks: Ancient Astrolabe, Fake Thefts, Sensing the Magnetic Field, and Digital Colonialism

Elizabeth — March 19, 2019

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Oldest known astrolabe. (via Ars Technica)
Famous (fake) painting stolen. (via NPR)
Some humans might be able to sense the earth’s magnetic field.(via Gizmodo)
Digital Colonialism. (via Al Jazeera)

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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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Reality Checks: Phone Scams, Earplugs, New Snake Discovered, and Fossilized Monkey Teeth

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