quote [ And humans ritualistically copy in a way that chimps do not. Psychologists call this over-imitation.

It may seem like the chimps are the smart ones here. But if you are processing cassava roots, over-imitation is exactly what you should be doing. ]

quote [ Scientists are trying to keep one of the world?s last great wildernesses intact. ]

quote [ the Marchetti Constant -people have always been willing to commute for about a half-hour ?
The city of bicycles and streetcars: 1880s-1950s
streetcars and bicycles could cover about 4 miles in a half-hour ?It was the first great mass-market suburban boom
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The city underground: 1900s-1950s
A person can navigate New York City almost perfectly with a fifty-year-old map. ]

quote [ Researchers with the Smithsonian found a new species of a leech in ponds in Southern Maryland. ]

quote [ The Amazon rainforest is burning?but Google News just wants to tell you about Amazon.com?s tablet. ]

quote [ Once this wetbulb temperature threshold is crossed, the air is so full of water vapour that sweat no longer evaporates. Without the means to dissipate heat, our core temperature rises, irrespective of how much water we drink, how much shade we seek, or how much rest we take. ]

quote [ Dozens of the large black birds are reportedly defecating and vomiting all over a New York couple?s pricy Florida house. ]

quote [ Fresh powder can worsen light pollution, according to new research from Germany. ]

quote [ Where your local trees tell you their story. ]

quote [ The biologist David Sischo has a tragic assignment: keeping vigil over a species? sole survivor, then marking its extinction in real time. ]