Monday, June 22, 2020

Miss Cellania's Links

In Mongolia, a Mysterious Island Ruin Is Finally Giving Up Its Secrets.

Malala Graduates.

Brain Gene Tops the List for Making Humans, Human. We know from a cringe-inducing experiment.

30 Years Ago, Romania Deprived Thousands of Babies of Human Contact. Here’s what’s become of them. (via Metafilter)

The real story behind the Chinese immigrant homework picture.

Before Ellis Island: Entering America Through Castle Garden 1855-1890. (via Strange Company)

Harlem’s Forgotten Fight to Save Africa’s Last Uncolonised Nation from Mussolini.

The Crazy Story of the Fake Burger King In Pittsburgh.

The Lesser Known Perks of the Medal of Honor are Better Than Being Knighted by the Queen.

A blast from the past (2011): 10 Mind-Blowing Art Quilts.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's the cringe inducing part?

Miss Cellania said...

Splicing human genes into a marmoset. How many genes can you transplant before they are human?

Anonymous said...

Thanks for passing on the article about the Romanian kids. A