Researchers mapped out the inflows and outflows of food at the national, state, and county level. The results are astonishingly complex.
Then again. Maybe not so.
Source: FastCompany
The difficult life of North Korean defectors
With the recently declining tensions between North Korea and the United States, the possibility of reunification is beginning to show up peppered into conversations about the region.
For defectors to South Korea, the reality can be compounded by their own reality: suicidal thoughts and depression.
Red Delicious apples are bad
And you should feel bad for liking them. Then again, how did things get like this?
Surely they weren’t always this flavorless, were they?
Source: The Atlantic
How Raspberries Turned Blue | TASTE
On the origin of flavor
In defense of offensive speech
Offensive and provoking speech has been proliferating in our current political climate. Here’s a defense of that offensive and provoking speech.
Source: BBC News
Why truckers tie stuffed animals to their trucks
Every now and then you see cute little teddies lashed to a truck, why?
Basically, because.
Read more at: The New York Times
The real reason Switzerland stays neutral
The reality is very Game of Thrones
Source: BBC Travel
How the Internet Changed Time
A look at how collective memories have become longer thanks to the internet.
https://longreads.com/2017/10/03/is-the-internet-changing-time/
Why trucks have stuffed animals lashed to their fronts
Source: The New York Times
China’s citizen scores are a dangerous reminder of the freedom we need to protect in the US
With the election of Donald Trump, people in the US and abroad began to worry about the effects of Trump executing on his campaign promises. Even before his election, there were claims that Trump was a fascist and that his ideas did not respect human rights.
But what China was considering implementing was even worse–and should serve as a reminder of what the world is dealing with both at home and abroad.
Click to read more at: American Civil Liberties Union
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