The Ghost Hunter - The Atavist Magazine

For hundreds of years, there were rumors of a shipwrecked treasure on the Oregon coast. But no one found anything, until Cameron La Follette began digging.

The Great Heavy Metal Hoax

This down-on-his-luck headbanger fabricated a persona, faked a tour and promoted himself as a hard-rock savior

Attracted to Attractors

Visualizing three, 3-dimensional strange attractors with a fractal structure as well as the differential equations that generate them.

Meteor 1.9 (Node.js 12) and new Roadmaps

Node.js 12, Meteor and Galaxy roadmaps, and more

How to Give a Great Presentation: Timeless Advice from a Legendary Adman, 1

“No speech was ever too short.”

This Split Squat Hellset Blasts Every Single Leg Muscle In Minutes

Blend three kinds of Bulgarian split squats into one monstrous set for glute, quad, and hamstring gains.

A Guide to Payment Tokens for Ecommerce

Innovation in electronic payments has always balanced risk and convenience. Generally, a payment method that's convenient for consumers is risky for merchants. The use of "tokens" can reduce that risk by protecting credit card details.

‘The Story of a Weird World I Was Warned Never to Tell’

Pauline Dakin's childhood in Canada in the 1970s was full of secrets, disruption and unpleasant surprises. She wasn't allowed to talk about her family life with anyone - and it wasn't until she was 23 that she was told why.

Who Wants to Play the Status Game? | The Point Magazine

We seem to be less interested in either of these games than in exploring the connection between them—or rather, the philosophical question to which that connection points.

An Introduction to Rope: Construction and Materials

Despite the profound impact rope has had on humanity, you probably know very little about these mighty functional cords. Here's your starter guide.

A Battle for the Soul of Marfa

What happens when a wealthy patron wears out his welcome?

This Is the Secret Michelin-Star Capital of the World

The best place to eat in Germany is in a little village in a forest.

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3 tricks to start working despite not feeling like it

Ever wish you felt like creating that presentation? Felt like doing that research? Felt like doing the dishes?

Sunday Strategist: Why So Many Things Cost Exactly Zero

Breaking down the boldest bets in business

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Netcat – A Unix Utility You Should Know About

This is the second post in the article series about Unix utilities that you should know about. In this post I will introduce you to the netcat tool or simply nc. Netcat is often referred to as a Swiss Army knife utility, and for a good reason. Just like the multi-function…

The Untold Story of the Vegetable Peeler That Changed the World

The origin story of one of the great icons of 20th-century industrial design.

A Pilgrimage to the Pub at the End of the World

For decades, the Old Forge was the holy grail of the British outdoors community. The UK's remotest pub, it could only be reached via boat or a three-day walk through one of Britain's last true wildernesses, the Knoydart peninsula in Scotland. A dispute between some locals and a…

How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town

Newnan, Ga., decided to use art to help the community celebrate diversity and embrace change. Not everyone was ready for what they saw.

Why it only costs $10k to ‘own’ a Chick-fil-A franchise

In the U.S, the majority of fast-food restaurants aren’t owned by the corporation itself, but by franchises who pay for the right to use a brand name. A Chick-fil-a franchise fee is only $10K!

A Unix Utility You Should Know About: Lsof(2009)

This is the third post in the article series about Unix and Linux utilities that you should know about. In this post I will take you through the useful lsof tool. If netcat was called the Swiss Army Knife of Network Connections, then I'd call lsof the Swiss Army Knife of Unix…

The Most Dangerous Job: The Murder of America’s First Bird Warden

When the hunting of a profitable bird is outlawed, enforcing the law means dealing with armed and angry lawbreakers.

The Scientific Swap Meet Behind the Gene-Editing Boom

How one nonprofit’s mailroom is making tinkering with genomes as easy as shopping at Amazon.

The newest gene editor radically improves on CRISPR

Researchers have developed “prime editing,” a true search-and-replace function for DNA.

Bring up the bodies: the retired couple who find drowning victims

The long read: Gene and Sandy Ralston are a married couple in their 70s, who also happen to be among North America’s leading experts at searching for the dead

14 Towns Near Asheville, North Carolina, That Are Just as Cool

Known for its beautiful setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville, North Carolina, is a charming metropolis for those seeking a mid-sized city to call home (its population is just a hair under 94,000). Aside from abundant natural beauty and a temperate climate, Asheville…

Sound Decision | The Verge

Inside the world of audio branding with Skype’s new pings, bounces, and pops

Here's Some DDR5-4800: Hands-On First Look at Next Gen DRAM

Overtaken by Frigid Seas, Hours From Help, There Was Little Chance of Survival (Published 2020)

For an Alaskan fishing industry with an improving safety record, the sinking of the Scandies Rose was a devastating loss. It also began an astonishing tale of endurance.

16 Tools to Grow a YouTube Channel

Here is a list of tools to grow an audience on YouTube. There are tools to produce and distribute content, manage campaigns, improve search engine optimization, find the right influencers and consultants, and track results.

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DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

How to Spot a Perfect Fake: The World’s Top Art Forgery Detective

Forgeries have become so good – and so costly – that Sotheby’s has brought in its own in-house fraud-busting expert.

The Verbatim Effect: Why People Remember Gist Better than Details

The Secret History of Paris’s Catacomb Mushrooms

In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital.

On Creating A Health Care Website Used In 190 Countries

Hi! My name is Gerald Diaz. I’m a physician and co-founder of GrepMed.com. GrepMed is an image-based medical reference platform that leverages images as an alternative to traditional text-based medical resources. We’re trying to make it easier for doctors and other clinicians to…

Canva’s Digital Growth Strategy

Canva are one of Australia's most successfull startups. In this case study we analyse how they use digital channels to attract and acquire new users

How To Spot A Spook - John Marks

How New York’s Bagel Union Fought — and Beat — the Mafia

The mob saw an opportunity. Local 338 had other ideas.

Elad Blog: A Brief Guide To Startup Pivots (4 Types Of Pivots)

Most of the times, startup don't work. At some point it may make sense to either (1) give up on your original product and to sell the company, (2) shut down what you are doing and return money to investors, or (3) to pivot. You can read more on making the decision to give up in…

Italy's Great Garlic Divide

In the United States, garlic is woven into every pizza, pasta, and breadstick. But in Italy, it's more complicated.

This Flood-Savaged Hamlet Proves Climate Change Isn’t Just a Coastal Concern

Nine inches of rain nearly wiped Richwood, West Virginia, off the map. As waters rise around the globe, this tiny town offers a terrifying vision of our future—if we don’t act.

Explainer: What is post-quantum cryptography?

The race is on to create new ways to protect data and communications from the threat posed by super-powerful quantum computers.

They Started a Ned Flanders Metal Band. Then ‘The Simpsons’ Called

What started as a joke between friends has become official Simpsons lore.

The Polio Dilemma

In 1988 there were 350,000 cases of polio worldwide. Polio is a virus that attacks the nervous system and can cause paralysis. Effective vaccines had already significantly reduced polio cases in developed nations, but it was still a scourge in poor countries. The World Health…

The Chef Restoring Appalachia's World-Class Food Culture

A coal fortune is fueling the revival of a cuisine it nearly destroyed.

[2001.03147] Age-Partitioned Bloom Filters

Bloom filters (BF) are widely used for approximate membership queries over a set of elements. BF variants allow removals, sets of unbounded size or querying a sliding window over an unbounded...

14 Paris Museums Put 300,000 Works of Art Online: Download Classics by Mone

First trips to Paris all run the same risk: that of the museums consuming all of one's time in the city. What those new to Paris need is a museum-going strategy, not that one size will fit all.

Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts?

Pulling up to a parking spot and finding a shopping cart there can be pretty frustrating. Why do people ignore the receptacle?