Washington Post Researchers who study human morality - and, its intersection with human psychology - have long noted that we are frustratingly inconsistent beings.…
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Discovery News: Elaborate Neanderthal Structure Found
Elaborate Neanderthal Structure Found
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Circular heated structures built by Neanderthals have been discovered deep inside a cave in France and are now among the world's oldest known human-made constructions, a new study has found. The structures, dated to around 176,000 years ago and described in the journal Nature, provide evidence that Neanderthals were clever about using fire, had complex spatial organizational abilities, and explored at least one extensive cave system. They additionally indicate that humans began occupying caves Read the full story
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Discovery News: DNA Captured From 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician
DNA Captured From 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician
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Researchers have sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician, showing the ancient man had European ancestry. This is the first ancient DNA to be obtained from Phoenician remains. Known as "Ariche," the young man came from Byrsa, a walled citadel above the harbor of ancient Carthage. Byrsa was attacked by the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus "Africanus" in the Third Punic War. It was destroyed by Rome in 146 B.C. 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck Discovered Ariche' Read the full story
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Saturday, June 4, 2016
Discovery News: DNA Captured From 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician
DNA Captured From 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician
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Researchers have sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician, showing the ancient man had European ancestry. This is the first ancient DNA to be obtained from Phoenician remains. Known as "Ariche," the young man came from Byrsa, a walled citadel above the harbor of ancient Carthage. Byrsa was attacked by the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus "Africanus" in the Third Punic War. It was destroyed by Rome in 146 B.C. 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck Discovered Ariche' Read the full story
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Men’s Health: The Jump Rope Workout That Challenges Your Calves, Cardio, and Coordination
The Jump Rope Workout That Challenges Your Calves, Cardio, and Coordination
Men's Health
DAILY FIT Grab a stopwatch and get to work By Jill Fanslau May 18, 2016 This jump rope countdown workout from Men's Health Fitness Director B.J. Gaddour isn't complicated or tough. But it will challenge your calves, cardio, and coordination, while boosting your metabolism and improving your bone density at the same time. Plus, it's fun as hell. To see how to perform the workout, and to receive bonus jumping rope tips from Gaddour, watch the video above. How to do it: Start a timer. Jump on two Read the full story
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
The Limits Of How Far Humanity Can Go In The Universe
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DeepStuff.org: Handwriting analysis provides clues for dating of old testament texts
Handwriting analysis provides clues for dating of old testament texts
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Scholars have long debated how much of the Hebrew bible was composed before the destruction of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Judah in 586 BCE. While scholars agree that key biblical texts were written starting in the 7th century BCE,… Read the full story
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
FBI searches property of man at center of Gardner heist case
The Boston Globe MANCHESTER, Conn. - For the third time, the FBI on Monday searched the property of aging mobster Robert Gentile, who is linked to the investigation into the notorious 1990 theft of $500 million worth of paintings from the Isabella Stewart Gardner ...…
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Thursday, April 21, 2016
Handwriting Study Finds Clues on When Biblical Texts Written | US News
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than what some scholars think. http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-04-12/handwriting-study-finds-clues-on-when-biblical-texts-written
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the guardian: Alien ‘Wow!’ signal could be explained after almost 40 years
Alien 'Wow!' signal could be explained after almost 40 years
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A former analyst with the US Department of Defence is on the trail of an astronomical 'cold case' – an unexplained signal that some believe could have come from extraterrestrials Read the full story
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Smithsonian: “Hobbits” Disappeared Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
"Hobbits" Disappeared Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
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If the tiny hominins ever coexisted with modern humans, the arrangement apparently didn't last long Read the full story
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'Hobbit' found in Indonesia may have gone extinct earlier than thought | Fox News | FOX Business
It turns out a tiny hominin nicknamed the "Hobbit" may have disappeared from the Indonesian island of Flores much earlier than scientists originally thought.
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TED: How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts | Gregory Heyworth
How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts | Gregory Heyworth
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Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist; he and his lab work on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology. In this fascinating talk, watch as Heyworth shines a light on lost history, deciphering texts that haven't been read in thousands of years. How could these lost classics rewrite what we know about the past? Read the full story
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Daily Mail: Were Neanderthals CANNIBALS who caused their own extinction? Early humans may have wipe...
Were Neanderthals CANNIBALS who caused their own extinction? Early humans may have wipe...
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Scientists at the University of Rovira Virgili in Tarragona, Spain, say cannibalism played a 'major role' in the demise of the Neanderthals as they resorted to it to survive food shortages. Read the full story
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Daily Mail: Our ancestors roamed further than first thought: Fossils suggest early humans ventured ...
Our ancestors roamed further than first thought: Fossils suggest early humans ventured ...
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Paleontologists in Kenya found fossilised teeth and forearm bone of Australopithecus afarensis, revealing the species roamed much further than previously thought. Read the full story
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
DeepStuff.org: Study finds that aging warps our perception of time
Study finds that aging warps our perception of time
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Much like trying to watch a video with the audio out of synch, older adults may have difficulty combining the stimuli they see and hear, and it could have implications for rapid decision-making tasks such as driving, according to new… Read the full story
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Saturday, February 27, 2016
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Daily Mail: 'Hobbits' were NOT deformed modern humans: Bone layers in 15,000-year-old skull has no ...
'Hobbits' were NOT deformed modern humans: Bone layers in 15,000-year-old skull has no ...
Daily Mail
The new study, based on an analysis of the skull bones found in Indonesia, shows once and for all that the pint-sized people were not Homo sapiens, according to the French researchers. Read the full story
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Friday, February 12, 2016
Quartz: The single most important thing an economics course can teach you
The single most important thing an economics course can teach you
Quartz
Two extraordinary things happened to the economics profession in the last 20 years. Economics became the most popular course at many universities and the financial… Read the full story
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Lifehacker: Consider Going the Extra Inch Instead of the Extra Mile
Consider Going the Extra Inch Instead of the Extra Mile
Lifehacker
Going the extra mile is a great way to separate yourself from the pack, but it's not the only way. Instead of going the extra mile every once in a while, consider going the extra inch with every single thing you do. There's certainly nothing wrong with going the extra mile, but Josh Linkner at Inc. suggests the advice has become a little cliche and difficult to act on. Not to mention the fact that going the extra mile sounds exhausting when you already feel overwhelmed by the work you already Read the full story
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Inc. : 3 Time Management Tips From a Google Exec
3 Time Management Tips From a Google Exec
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A few small attitude adjustments could drastically improve your productivity at work. That's froma Google executive to his staff. Read the full story
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Discovery News: Rare Giant Salamander Found in Cave in China
Rare Giant Salamander Found in Cave in China
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The enormous amphibian is nearly 5 feet long and may be extraordinarily old. Read the full story
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Lifehacker: Identify Your Values to Create Healthy Habits That Last
Identify Your Values to Create Healthy Habits That Last
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From learning how to cook homemade meals to guzzling daily kale-salmon smoothies, any good, new habits require a fair amount of energy and time. But if they don't connect with what you believe in, then you'll fail to create the habits that matter, plain and simple. Your values, your priorities, are the things that you truly believe deep-down are important to your life. These values certainly aren't confined to your health—they can involve family, career, money, fame, skill development, or all of Read the full story
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Thursday, December 3, 2015
Underground man
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/338/metro/The_underground_man_finds_world_= clos ing_in_on_Nantucket+.shtml =46WD Boston Globe 12/04/98 page A01 THE UNDERGROUND MAN FINDS WORLD CLOSING IN ON NANTUCKET By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff NANTUCKET, MA - For 10 years, Thomas Johnson lived cocooned in an underground bunker he called ''my self-help tank.'' Yesterday, the world began to intrude. As news of Johnson's life as a subterranean hermit spread around this island yesterday, federal and state law enforcement agents made their way to his hideaway. Armed with a pistol, the agents approached Johnson as he was about to reenter his 8-foot-deep, three-room home yesterday afternoon and asked for the barn owl's wings and the talons of a red-tailed hawk they saw photographed in yesterday's Globe. Both are illegal keepsakes. Johnson surrendered what he called ''priceless totems'' to the agents, but only after a distraught, angry exchange with an agent from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and an armed sergeant from the state Environmental Police. The authorities said they would recommend that he not be prosecuted. To Johnson, such news is small comfort for a man who fears reemerging from a world where he purposely shunned a materialistic society he abhors. After spending 2 1/2 years in an Italian prison for carrying heroin in a drug deal, Johnson said, he fled back to the United States to fashion an uncomplicated, self-dependent life. Underground in the woods, Johnson explained, he could commune with nature and create a radical lifestyle that would free him from the routine burdens of modern life and allow him to grow stronger morally. ''I'm not a religious nut - I'm not another Randy Weaver,'' said Johnson, referring to the antigovernment zealot whose wife and son were killed in a standoff with federal agents in Idaho. An FBI agent was also killed. ''I'm a dignified person. I'm not a dog. I'm not an animal - and that's what some people would like to make me.'' ''This is my self-help tank,'' he added, looking admiringly around his comfortable home. ''I've gone into the earth, almost like a seed to regerminate.'' Even as authorities intensified their scrutiny of Johnson, the travails of the sometime-woodworker and house painter generated considerable support on an island where building development has made housing less and less affordable. ''Everybody I've talked to so far has said, `All right!''' said Wayne Viera, a former selectman who drives a cab, sells real estate, and carves scrimshaw to make a living. ''The year-round people know the hoops you have to go through to get housing.'' Chet Curtis, the WCVB-TV anchorman who owns about 5 acres of undeveloped land close to the bunker, said he is inclined to support Johnson's wish to remain in his home. ''He's not bothering anybody,'' said Curtis, who arrived on Nantucket yesterday. ''I thought it was incredible that he had accomplished this.'' Authorities informed Curtis and his wife and co-anchor, Natalie Jacobson, a couple of weeks ago that Johnson's dwelling might be on their land. At the time, Curtis said, his feeling was that ''if he's on our property, and he's not hurting anybody, why not leave him alone.'' A surveyor later placed Johnson's structure within the Boy Scouts' Camp Richard. Nantucket officials said the bunker has health code violations and poses a danger to people who might walk on top of it. They have drawn up a list of violations, such as inappropriate toilet facilities and no water under pressure, but appeared to have taken no other steps to force him to leave. The home, which is furnished with a queen-size bed, TV, stone stove, refrigerator, kitchen, and makeshift shower and toilet, was discovered by a deer hunter who stumbled over a stovepipe that protrudes a foot above ground. Boy Scout officials from the Cape Cod Council, which also covers Nantucket, could not be reached for comment. Nantucket health inspector Richard Ray has said he believes the Scouts plan to begin eviction proceedings that could take up to 90 days to complete. However, Police Chief Randolph Norris said it is his understanding that the Boy Scouts intend to let Johnson stay. Johnson said he has chosen another underground site on Nantucket if he is forced to move. Such a prospect wouldn't distress Steve Tornovish, co-owner of the Thrifty car rental agency here. ''I'd let him do it in my yard, but my family and dog might be upset,'' Tornovish said. ''I'm something of the opinion: No harm, no foul.'' However, he added, Nantucket has many well-to-do landowners with big tax bills who ''will be riled up'' about Johnson's tax-free alternative. Dennis Kelley, a construction worker from Hyannis who works on Nantucket during the week, empathized with that thinking. ''He's been here for 10 years? How about paying back some rent or giving some money to the Boy Scouts?'' Kelley said. ''Some townspeople are very upset. They've got a $2 million to $3 million house, and here's this guy living tax-free.'' Whatever the outcome of Johnson's saga, the emergence of what some townspeople are calling ''the subterranean guy'' is viewed as one more colorful chapter in island lore. ''This takes the expression of `going underground' to a whole new level,'' Tornivish said. ''But you know, Nantucket is an island of characters. And the story of this guy is just another example.'' Johnson shudders at the thought that he might become an island attraction. As the environmental authorities approached him, Johnson tossed aside camouflage brush from the hatch to his home, pointed to the earth-covered dwelling, and said, ''This is the trouble I went to for peace, and the last thing it'll get me is peace.'' END FORWARD - ** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. ** HOMELESS PEOPLE'S NETWORK <http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/> Home Page ARCHIVES <http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/archives.html> read posts to HPN TO JOIN <http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/join.html> or email Tom <wgcp@earthlink.n= et> --============_-1299250119==_ma============ Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/338/metro/The_underground_man_finds_world_=Jeremy
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Discovery News: Prehistoric Home Sketch Found: Photos
Prehistoric Home Sketch Found: Photos
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A newly unearthed engraving is like a prehistoric home selfie, since hunter-gatherers are thought to have drawn their own campsite. Read the full story
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