Fri. 08/13 - Woolly Mammoth Adventures & Goodreads Pages Held For Ransom

The groundbreaking study that has basically given us a daily diary of the entire life of a 17,000 year old woolly mammoth. Why coffee prices are spiking. And a ransom scam targeting authors that says a lot about the state of the world.
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A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life (NY Times)

Ice Age mammoth's life story reconstructed in stunning detail (National Geographic)

Mammoth's epic travels preserved in tusk (Nature)

A Mammoth Tusk Reveals a Woolly (and Unprecedented) Tale (Wired)

Your Daily Coffee Habit Is About to Get More Expensive (NY Times)

Coffee Jolt Gets Pricier as Costs of Beans, Labor, Transport Rise (Wall Street Journal)

The summer of writing scams continues with a series of Goodreads ransom notes. (Literary Hub)

How the alt-right are resurfacing old tweets to get Trump's critics fired (The Guardian)

Number of twins in Inverclyde schools hits 80 (The Scotsman)

Fifteen sets of twins to start schools in Inverclyde (BBC)

The number of twins in the world is the highest it has ever been (New Scientist)

Countries With Most Twins Identified (Live Science)
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