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How the US Navy's ice cream ships boosted morale aboard warships during World War II
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 18 hours agoIn 1945, the Navy retrofitted the Army's refrigerated barges into the world's first maritime ice...
Federal court rules Mississippi must add new Black-majority state districts
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoA federal court has ordered that the state of Mississippi must redraw its state Legislative...
Ilana Novick, AlterNet
The Raw Story· 1 day agoA British jeweler named Stuart Hughes out-blinged everyone with his creation, made of 24-karat gold, a 26-carat black diamond and 600 precious stones. According to an article on mobile phone ...
The Upper Class Has Taken Over These 30 Cities
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 day agoThe gap between the middle and upper classes appears to be shrinking. A surprising 50% of Americans made up the middle class as of 2021. If that seems...
Scientists may have discovered how to diagnose elusive neuro disorder
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoProgressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a mysterious and deadly neurological disorder, usually goes undiagnosed until after a patient dies and an autopsy is performed. A study appearing in Neurology ...
Amateur Historians Unearth a Long-Lost Tudor Palace Visited by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoIf not for Margaret Beaufort, England’s most notorious dynasty might never have claimed the throne....
How Deep-Sea Comb Jellies Hold Their Shape Under Crushing Pressure
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoFor us land-dwellers, being crushed under several miles of ocean water wouldn’t end very well....
Interest grows in fly agaric—but here's why you shouldn't confuse it with 'magic mushrooms'
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoPsilocybin, a compound found in many types of mushrooms, is an antidepressant with potential use in...
From diagnosing brain disorders to cognitive enhancement, 100 years of EEG have transformed...
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoElectroencephalography, or EEG, was invented 100 years ago. In the years since the invention of this device to monitor brain electricity, it has had an incredible impact on how scientists study ...
Why Ernest Hemingway's Younger Brother Established a Floating Republic in the Caribbean
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoWhile towns across the United States held Independence Day parades, and Alabama Governor George...
