Archive for March 25th, 2024

The Aluminum Foil WiFi Hack You Probably Didn't Know

<p>Subscribing to a high-speed internet plan may be all well and good, but it won't matter that much if there are places in your house where you can't get any WiFi signal at all. WiFi behaves similarly to r...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/The-Aluminum-Foil-WiFi-Hack-You-Probably-Didn-t-Know/

American Teenager is the New World Figure Skating Champion

I don't know a lot about figure skating, but 19-year-old Ilia Malinin of Reston, Virginia, is very good. They tell us that it is nigh impossible to jump in the air and spin around four times, but he does it over and over...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/American-Teenager-is-the-New-World-Figure-Skating-Champion/

Plato's Cave, The Matrix, and Our Online World

The nature of reality is explored in the movie The Matrix, which turns 25 years old this month. Do we really know what reality is, or are we forever doomed to think of reality as only what we experience? It's no...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/Platos-Cave-iThe-Matrixi-and-Our-Online-World/

Stumpy's Final Cherry Blossom Festival

Climate change has come to Washington, DC. The National Cherry Blossom Festival opened over the weekend and will run until April 14. However, the blossoms reached their peak on March 17th, the earliest on record, due to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/Stumpys-Final-Cherry-Blossom-Festival/

200 Waiters Race through the Streets of Paris

The Course des Cafés is a traditional race in Paris in which professional waiters must briskly walk 2 kilometers in uniform while carrying a glass of water, a cup of coffee, and a croissant--a traditional French b...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/200-Waiters-Race-through-the-Streets-of-Paris/

Life in Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

When we hear Antarctica, we probably think of igloos, glaciers, and blizzards. It's a cold and vast wilderness, but it's also a very important location for scientific research. At the moment, there are about 18 countries...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/Life-in-Rothera-Research-Station-Antarctica/

The Tale of Two Time-Traveling Oxford Professors

<p>It would be nice to be able to travel to the past if only to experience what it was like to live in an era completely different than the one we're living in, but time-travel is mostly confined to the rea...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/The-Tale-of-Two-Time-Traveling-Oxford-Professors/

Extinct Gray Whale Spotted in Atlantic Ocean

Many whales are endangered, and the gray whale in particular was believed to have been extinct from the Atlantic for more than 200 years. So, the sighting of one by a group of aquarium scientists off the coast of New Eng...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/Extinct-Gray-Whale-Spotted-in-Atlantic-Ocean/

The World's Oldest Bread?

Bread is often recommended to be eaten at most within a week after baking, since exposure to air and moisture would cause the growth of molds. If you plan on eating bread beyond a week, it is best to keep it sealed in an...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/The-World-s-Oldest-Bread/

The World's Largest Art Fraud in History

According to Mariana Custodio, the biggest art fraud in the United States was committed by Knoedler, one of the most reputable art galleries in New York. They had sold 60 fake artworks in a span of almost 20 years which...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/25/The-World-s-Largest-Art-Fraud-in-History/




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