Tue. 08/18 - The Lost Colony Was Never Lost

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Debunking some misconceptions about women’s suffrage on the hundredth anniversary of American women gaining the right to vote. Busting the myth of the Lost Colony. Facebook and NYU are trying to make MRIs better for patients using artificial intelligence. And a website that will replicate the white noise of your office.

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Facebook and NYU use artificial intelligence to make MRI scans four times faster (The Verge)
Myths About the 19th Amendment and Women's Suffrage Debunked (TIME)
Suffrage at 100: A Visual History (The NY Times)
‘Finish the Fight’: A Special Digital Theater Performance Celebrates 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote (The NY Times)
‘The mystery is over’: Researchers say they know what happened to ‘Lost Colony’ (The Virginian Pilot)
The Mystery of the 'Lost Colony' Has Been Answered; What Really Happened to Them? (Tech Times)
Sound of Colleagues
Kottke.Org
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