Archive for July 30th, 2020

Using Emoji for Digital-Age Language Learning

Now that children operate smartphones and computers long before they learn to read, we have a new phenomenon: pre-literate children communicating digitally with the language of emoji. Parents of children ages 2-5 report...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/Using-Emoji-for-Digital-Age-Language-Learning/

How Hurricanes Shaped The History of the United States

<p>Natural disasters have always been with us, ever since the formation of our planet. Countless times have they shaped the landscape, and countless times have they helped change the course of history. It i...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/How-Hurricanes-Shaped-The-History-of-the-United-States/

Who Wants A Cotton Candy Burrito?

<p>With candies, sprinkles, spoonfuls of gummy bears, and some scoops of ice cream, all wrapped up in cotton candy, this food, called a “cotton candy burrito”, would surely make a person’s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/Who-Wants-A-Cotton-Candy-Burrito/

50 Years Ago, This Man Terraformed Texas

David Bamberger made a fortune in the fried chicken business. When the company sold, he became rich. In 1969, he chose to use that fortune to buy the worst piece of scrub land in Texas that he could find--5,500 acres of...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/50-Years-Ago-This-Man-Terraformed-Texas/

The Titanic Orphans

Michal Navrátil married Marcelle Caretto in 1907. The couple lived in France, had two sons, and separated in 1912. The boys, named Michel and Edmond, stayed with their father over Easter weekend that year, but Nav...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/The-iTitanici-Orphans/

This Is The World’s Largest Underwater Station

<p>It’s like the International Space Station, but underwater. PROTEUS, introduced as “the world’s most advanced underwater scientific research station and habitat to address humanity&rsquo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/This-Is-The-World-s-Largest-Underwater-Station/

Animal Crossing Adventures In Real Life - Crafting

<p>Look, there are certain game mechanics that seem cute at the beginning of your playthrough, but it gets annoying the longer you play a game. Personally, Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ (ACNH) crafti...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/Animal-Crossing-Adventures-In-Real-Life-Crafting/

This Museum Is Wrapped In Diamond Scales

<p>The US Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado is as grand as the history it holds. The structure is wrapped in a steel structure that is almost like an Olympic athlete’s costume stretched over t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/This-Museum-Is-Wrapped-In-Diamond-Scales/

Smog-Eating Building

<p>De Castilla 23 is a building complex in Milan that has special special self-cleaning, anti-odor, anti-pollution and antibacterial surfaces&nbsp; that can counteract nitrogen oxide. It’s “...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/Smog-Eating-Building/

All The Buildings In The Most Dangerous Places In The World

<p>There are specific places readied for different kinds of structures. But some will go outside the box and build houses in unorthodox (not to mention dangerous) locations, such as cliffs and steep mountai...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/All-The-Buildings-In-The-Most-Dangerous-Places-In-The-World/

Man Balances Spinning Top on Dagger in His Mouth

<p>Malcolm Gladwell's book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930" target="_blank"><em>Outliers</em></a> popularize...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/Man-Balances-Spinning-Top-on-Dagger-in-His-Mouth/

The City Built Upon Tuberculosis

United States. 1800s. Tuberculosis is plaguing the land, and people didn’t know how to deal with it. At this time, the disease, which primarily attacks the lungs, was incurable, as antibiotics were yet to be discov...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/The-City-Built-Upon-Tuberculosis/

This Hydrogel Acts Like A Brain

<p>Scientists at Hokkaido University in Japan have developed this hydrogel that can somehow “memorize” and “forget” information fed into it, much like how the human brain works. Acco...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/This-Hydrogel-Acts-Like-A-Brain/

It’s Time People Did Something About Research Fraud

Back in 2016, bone researcher and physician Sophie Jamal was found to have manipulated data and submitted fabricated evidence to investigators, and then blamed a research assistant for the fabricated evidence. She was th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/It-s-Time-People-Did-Something-About-Research-Fraud/

These Creepy Crawlies Can Be Seen on Google’s AR Search Results Soon

<p>With Google to add 23 creepy crawlies in their ever-expanding roster of augmented reality search results, people will soon be able to interact with beetles, butterflies, moths, and other insects and anim...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/These-Creepy-Crawlies-Can-Be-Seen-on-Google-s-AR-Search-Results-Soon/

The 25 Best Movie Endings of All Time

How should a movie end? When you are a kid watching Disney films, you learn that they all lived happily ever after. But later you come to appreciate the possibility that a realistic sad ending can be more satisfying. Or...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/The-25-Best-Movie-Endings-of-All-Time/

Custom Face Mask Fails

the good news is my custom facemask arrived, the bad news is that they printed my face 20% too large pic.twitter.com/jBaVM7nbYI— Cameron!! (@cameronmattis) July 27, 2020 The moment face masks became an accessory...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/30/Custom-Face-Mask-Fails/
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