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Issue 27: Links to amazing stuff /

Nanny’s Got Skills

Sometimes gambling pays off. Like when you buy hundreds of rolls of undeveloped film for $380 at an auction, and it turns out to contain the previously-unseen work of one of the world’s most important street photographers. Such is the story of buyer John Maloof and photographer Vivian Maier, a Chicago nanny who kept her camera hobby secret. Enjoy the photos and the novelty of the story.

Drone’s-Eye View

For those of us who haven’t had the opportunity to take in the glory of ancient pyramids in person, this drone footage gives an overview of a set in Sudan—and aids archaeologists. A simple, small modern helicopter helping illuminate a 3,000-year-old royal burial site.

Chipmunk Espionage

Canadian scientists are now studying chipmunk communication by strapping Russian spy equipment onto the tiny creatures. Yes, you read that right. Chipmunks donning the world’s smallest microphones (each one inch long) are giving researchers unprecedented footage and insights. Listen in—and enjoy some adorable photos—here.

The Large-Hearted Whale

Did you know that the heart of a blue whale weighs 1,300 pounds? Or that “no terrestrial animal can be nearly as big as the blue whale, for it would be impossible for a skeleton to support this much weight out of the water”? Read more about this delightful animal (whose migratory patterns we previously covered), as it’s represented in a new children’s book, here.

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Also in this Issue

Issue 27 / July 23, 2015
  1. Editors’ Note

    Issue 27 (our first anniversary!): Peregrine falcons, the storm that changed Western Christianity, and a wonderful word after waiting. /

  2. Finding Flight with the Falcons

    Considering the peregrine, who are we to think we belong in the air? /

  3. ‘God Blew, and They Were Scattered’

    God may or may not have played a role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. What mattered is that everyone at the time thought he did. /

  4. Perhaps This Mid-May

    28 cycles of waiting. Then a final message. /

  5. Width, Length, Height, Depth

    ‘I can look nowhere / but up the sheer red walls’ /

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