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As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the...

Testing a female captive’s teeth in an eastern slave market. The horrors of the trans-Atlantic slave trade have left an ineradicable mark on history. In the course of a little more than three and a half centuries, 12.5 million prisoners – at least two...

The architects of the Middle Ages were geniuses. They built castles which combined astounding opulence and a rare practicality. The fact that many of them still stand today despite war, the ravages of the elements and the carelessness of their owners...

Rauan Klassnik Book: I don’t read anymore Chapbook: ditto Poem: Ha Ha Ha. Novel: CNN Memoir: Twitter Website: Violence Film: Sicario TV series: Telenovela Videogame: Solitaire Political moment: Miss Universe Sporting moment: Rowdy Celebrity...

Reposted from THE ATLANTIC   As the great research ship Chikyu left Shimizu in January to mine the explosive ice beneath the Philippine Sea, chances are good that not one of the scientists aboard realized they might be closing the...