What’s Trending: The Return of the Whales
Trending today: the resurgence of the humpback whale population off the remote coast of South Georgia Island. (Don’t tell anyone!)
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What’s Trending: Really Really Complicated Robots
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 25, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: the difficulty of creating a robot, and the disappearance of friendly robots from popular culture. What’s up with that?
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: 23 And Me And Also Maybe Identity Theft
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 24, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: the ancestry site 23 And Me is hacked, with data stolen for 6.9 million users. What’s the likely consequence?
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: And Everything Under the Sun Is In Tune
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 23, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: anticipation is building for the total eclipse on April 8, the last one we’ll see in the US for a long time.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Sears, Google, and…Roku?
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 22, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: potentially big news from the streaming service Roku, which is now starting to manufacture smart TVs.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Pity the Mountain Snail (Because Apparently No One Else Does)
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 19, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a study showing that we spend a lot to save endangered animals – but most of the funds go to just two species of fish.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Mason and Dixon
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 18, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: an effort to save some of the markers from the original Mason-Dixon line – a survey of the Maryland/Pennsylvania border.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Giving Harris Teeter Bad Ideas
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 17, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: new numbers on the rise of self-checkout in grocery stores, and Victor’s idea to lower our prices a little bit.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Nice Canadian Garter Snakes
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 16, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a study finding that garter snakes are social animals – but they’re Canadian, so you know they’re nicer anyway.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Targeted Ads and Smart TV Prices
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 11, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: the extent to which your smart TV costs as little as it does because corporations can use them for targeted ads.
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