In September, the Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S.) signed a two-million-dollar contract with Paragon, an Israeli firm whose spyware product Graphite focusses on breaching encrypted-messaging applications such as Telegram and Signal. Wired first reported that the technology was acquired by […]
Archaeologists in the Iberian Peninsula have discovered a 65,000-year-old tar-making “factory” engineered by Neanderthals — a feat pulled off 20,000 years before modern humans (Homo sapiens) set foot in the region, a new study finds. The sticky tar helped Neanderthals
A 200-year-old sweater in a traditional Faroese knit has been found in a stash of 19th-century letters at The National Archives in our Prize Papers collection. The jumper, handknitted in vibrantly coloured fine wool, was intended for a woman in
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
SHOW NOTES: Sources:“Living: Onward, Women! The Superwoman Is Weary, The Young Are Complacent, But Feminism Is Not Dead. And, Baby, There’s Still A Long Way To Go” by Claudia Wallis Monday, TIME, Dec. 04, 1989 “The President’s Manhood” by Asa
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The First Amendment. Book bans, disinformation, the wild world of the internet. Free speech debates are all around us. What were the Founding Fathers thinking when they created the First Amendment, and how have
A graphic of Nimitz’s plan at the Battle. Copyright Dale Jenkins. Printed with permission. After-action report The after-action report of Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher confirms the intended movements of the carrier force in conformity with the Nimitz plan: ENTERPRISE
Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. What is the sound of one hand clapping? You may have encountered this cryptic question at some point. It is
At a wide desk in a bedroom somewhere sits a figure, her back facing the camera, supported by an ergonomic white office chair. Her head is bracketed by puffy, white noise-cancelling headphones. Her wrists rest on a foam cloud as
Some modern Japanese people may have a higher body mass index, or BMI, thanks to DNA they inherited from prehistoric hunter-gatherers. In a new study, researchers analyzed the genomes of more than 170,000 people living across Japan, from Hokkaido in
