Nassau County forced to admit children’s picture book pulled from schools was not ‘obscene’ in lawsuit settlement

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Nassau County forced to admit children's picture book pulled from schools was not ‘obscene’ in lawsuit settlement

Nassau County recently settled a book-banning lawsuit, which included acknowledging that 'And Tango Makes Three' is not 'obscene.'

Old Easter Island genomes show no sign of a population collapse

Ars Technica

Old Easter Island genomes show no sign of a population collapse

Native American DNA in the genomes dates to roughly when Rapa Nui was settled.

How Audrey Hepburn Risked Death to Help the Dutch Resistance in World War II

Open Culture

How Audrey Hepburn Risked Death to Help the Dutch Resistance in World War II

Audrey Hepburn may not have had the most prolific Hollywood career, but a fair few of her characters still feel today like roles she was born to pl...

AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans, study finds. Co-author Gordon Pennycook: "The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies."

Ars Technica

AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans

Co-author Gordon Pennycook: "The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies."

The Big Map of Who Lived When Shows Which Cultural Figures Walked the Earth at the Same Time: From 1200 to Present

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The Big Map of Who Lived When Shows Which Cultural Figures Walked the Earth at the Same Time: From 1200 to Present

We could call the time in which we live the 'Information Age.' Or we could describe it more vividly as the era of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Martin...