An archaeologist is racing to preserve Sudan's heritage as war threatens to erase its cultural past

Archaeologist Shadia Abdrabo is working to create an online database of Sudan's archaeological sites and museum collections.

MacKenzie Scott's college roommate once loaned her $1K. Now it's the billionaire's turn to invest

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is one of the world’s wealthiest women. As a Princeton University sophomore, ...
New Food Magazine

Nestlé maps cocoa diversity to safeguard future chocolate production

Nestlé and global researchers have created a 96-variety cocoa collection covering 95 percent of worldwide genetic diversity ...
Filmmaker Magazine

From Mail-Order to Online: Tom Davenport on Founding Folkstreams, the Pioneering Online Streaming Site

When I first discovered the works of Jean Rouch, Robert Gardner, and Timothy Asch—academic anthropologists who opted to make ...
Business of Apps

Hypothesis-driven development: the smarter way to get your product on track

Why SaaS Founders Should Care About HDD Building a startup means constantly navigating trade-offs: limited capital, ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN

Gov. Abbott, long a defender of states’ rights, embraces Trump’s push to expand presidential power

Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority ...
How-To Geek on MSN

5 open-source projects that secretly power your favorite apps

OpenSSL is why you see that little padlock next to a web address in your browser. It's one of the core implementations behind ...
Opinion

From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers

On the Hawaiian island of O’ahu, up to 40% of agricultural land is unmanaged and unplanted pasture that is often invaded by non-native grasses. These grasses increase fire risk as the islands face ...

EasyWP review

A very affordable management tool to help you set up, organise and maintain your WordPress websites, wrapped in a package to ...

These strange historical markers reveal Texas' wild and weird past

Here a few of the strange historical markers you'll find in the Texas Hill Country. Dead Man's Hole in Marble Falls, Texas. The historical marker is believed to have been a dumping ground during the ...