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How does the summer solstice affect animals?
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NASA picks 3 new science experiments for commercial moon missions
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Earth's fifth ocean just confirmed
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Wacky wooden buildings, a message in a bottle, and more.
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June 23, 2021

Stunning Fractal Landscapes
This undulating, ghostly landscape of dead trees rooted in sand dunes might bring to mind the surrealist art of Salvador Dalí or the always striking Namib Desert, but it’s actually a zoomed-in view—just a few yards across—of an Icelandic glacier’s meltwater, illustrating a geological process seldom captured in such mesmerizing, dynamic detail. This is an example of nature’s favorite math art: fractals, which are patterns that repeat infinitely, at different scales.
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ATLAS OBSCURA EXPERIENCES
The History of Off-Limits Places
For years, quarantine measures have been used to safeguard not just people, but also plants, animals—and in some cases, chocolate. This Thursday, join Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley, authors of the forthcoming book Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine for a deep-dive into sites of quarantine from around the world, including ruined lazarettos around the Mediterranean Sea and a suburban greenhouse charged with safeguarding the world’s chocolate supply.
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Tulip Menus
Introducing the latest food craze—tulip bulb soup. The history of tulip bulb soup, however, stretches back to World War II. Many Dutch survivors of the Second World War have a story about tulip bulb soup. As food supplies dwindled, the Dutch turned to their abundant tulip fields, and ingenious cooks grated the tulip bulbs into soup, boiling them into syrup, and grinding them into flour. Today, tulip bulbs are appearing on fine-dining menus across the Netherlands.
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GODALMING, ENGLAND
Witley Wonder Underwater Ballroom
Well… we only call it an “underwater ballroom.” In reality it was a subterranean smoking room built beneath a roof aquarium. Either way, it was spectacular, and like everything else on Whitaker Wright’s Lea Park estate, including the man who commissioned the room itself, it was doomed.
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Wyoming’s Wacky Wooden Buildings
Picture Wyoming during its Wild West days. What do you think of? Saloons? General stores? Likely you’re imagining wooden structures, ones thrown hastily up as settlers headed west. You wouldn’t be wrong; the Wild West had a meaningful impact, so it’s no surprise that the most unusual structures in Wyoming are wooden buildings that date from the frontier era or hearken back to it. From a dizzyingly tall mansion that a man was compelled to keep building to a creaky, wooden coal tipple, here are some places that we wood like to introduce to you.
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Jewish Food: Past, Present, and Future
Join James Beard Award-winning culinary historian Michael W. Twitty on a three-part whirlwind tour through the meaning, migrations, and mishegaas of global Jewish food. We’ll be answering some thorny questions, like why who “owns” falafel can start a world war; why kosher Chinese and kosher soul foods are just as valid as kubbeh, burekas, babka, and “Miami” ribs; and how gefilte fish became a thing worthy of mystical thought.
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A Landlocked Message in a Bottle
Many bottled messages start and end their lives on boats or shores—someone releases the stoppered dispatch into the water, and it drifts until it breaks or sinks or a lucky someone scoops it up. But in Detroit, one bottled message apparently never left land: Construction crews recently recovered it from a wall of Michigan Central Station, intact with a rolled-up note and everything.
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OJAI, CALIFORNIA
Matilija Dam
Few dams are as widely despised as the Matilija Dam. Designed in 1947, the 200-foot wall of concrete was constructed in the rugged Matilija Canyon to manage water in the Ojai Valley, despite warnings that sedimentation would render it useless. In 2011, activists painted scissors and a dashed line down the dam in support of its removal.
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The Rise of Brassica Rapa
A new study digs up the origin of Brassica rapa, the species that gives us turnips, bok choy, broccoli rabe, and more. The paper’s findings pulled together genetic sequencing, environmental modeling, and the largest number of wild, feral, and cultivated samples ever collected, but the team’s results are important for more than knowing the genealogy of your next stir-fry: The paper is also a significant step forward in understanding how one of the planet’s most important agricultural species might weather climate change.
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ATLAS OBSCURA TRIPS
Exploring Hidden Traditions in Japan
Japan is well known for its thriving, modern cities and an incredible array of cultural and culinary experiences. But in spring 2022, we’re setting out to explore another side, including beautiful coastal scenery, a slower pace of life, and the fascinating history of Sado Island—a place that has sheltered political exiles, birthed a gold rush, and preserved thriving cultural traditions.
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Climate Change Is Coming for Your Wine, Study Says
A brutal cold snap befell French vineyards in April, devastating hectares of gullible grapevines that had already begun to grow.
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These 100 Sq. Ft. ‘Smartpod’ Offices Are Available By Subscription
It is an interesting business model that works in Europe.
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Consider These Nut Trees for Cooler Climate Zone Gardens
While many of the nuts we may be most familiar with require warm climates to grow, there are plenty that can be grown in cooler climate zones.
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How To Study Diversity: A Few Gallons of Water or Thousands of Photos?
Scientists find that sampling large amounts of stream water, looking for environmental DNA, can measure the diversity of terrestrial mammals just as effectively as camera trap monitoring.

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Soaring food prices squeeze family budgets around the world
As COVID-19 took away jobs, world food prices hit record highs. From India to Costa Rica, we ask how families are coping with soaring food costs

Fossil fuel firms face new challenge over 'greenwashing' ads
Rather than going through the courts, green groups have filed a false advertising complaint against Chevron with the U.S. agency which enforces rules against deceptive ads

Watermills grind to a halt as erratic weather hits Kashmir grains
Dwindling harvests of wheat and corn mean less demand for flour, forcing thousands of watermills across the region to close as their owners look for other work

 

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The government’s idea of ‘national environment standards’ would entrench Australia’s global pariah status

Martine Maron, The University of Queensland; Brendan Wintle, The University of Melbourne; Craig Moritz, Australian National University

Australia has one of the worst track records in the world for species extinctions. The federal government's proposed changes could weaken our already inadequate environment law.

 

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9 feet of snow in Nevada near Lake Tahoe.

 

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