AI learns to read ancient Japanese pottery with 93% accuracy

Classifying ancient pottery has always depended on the trained judgment of an archaeologist. Identifying the subtle ...
Polygon

In defense of the object Pokémon

Object Pokémon got a bad rap, and have had a tough time shaking it. When Pokémon Black and White ushered in Pokémon’s fifth generation, there was a bit of consternation around the new monster designs.
Game Rant

Solo Leveling: A Complete Guide To All The Abilities Of Sung Jinwoo's System

Solo Leveling is already arguably one of the best anime of this decade, as it has been able to capture traditional shonen ...
The Guardian

Campaign seeks 50 objects to ‘take the heat’ out of Englishness debate

Billy Bragg, Caroline Lucas and Kojo Koram among those encouraging people to share cultural artefacts For some people it’s a Morris Minor, for others, a beach windbreak, chicken tikka masala or Magna ...
The New York Times

Pokémon Company Objects to White House’s Political Memes

“No permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property,” the company said. The Trump administration frequently promotes policies with content from video games. By Zachary Small Reporting ...
Live Science

Scientists tracked faint signals from the stars — and may have turned up hundreds of undiscovered planets

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Philippine Daily Inquirer

Women are not objects

If you did not know the name Quezon City Rep. Jesus “Bong” Suntay last week, you almost certainly do now. It is difficult to remain anonymous after making a sexual innuendo during a congressional ...
The Guardian

‘The moon is safe’: asteroid is not on collision course, scientists confirm

ESA’s Planetary Defence team allays fears 100-metre-wide object could hit Earth’s moon and disrupt satellites Fears that a 100-metre-wide asteroid could be on course to collide with the moon appear to ...
The Jewish Exponent

At This Jerusalem Museum, Everyday Objects Tell the Story of the Holocaust in a Unique Way

Hebrew prayers scrawled on the back of Romanian wine labels are displayed as part of the “Living Memory” exhibit at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. (Larry Luxner) JERUSALEM — A guitar played by Jewish ...
Wired

Drip Coffee Was My First Taste of Adulthood. The Ratio Four Brewer Offers It Pure

I test a lot of coffee machines. Like, a lot of them. The Ratio Four is the small-batch brewer I use to try new kinds of coffee. Coffee is the original office biohack and the nation’s most popular ...
BBC

First writing may be 40,000 years earlier than thought

A 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine with engraved rows of crosses and dots The history of writing down thoughts and feelings could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, ...