There are now three monoliths of unknown origin around the world, with the third appearing in California on Wednesday. @thisisinsider has been keeping tabs on each structure, and explored the (small) possibility of alien involvement. 👀
The metal monolith recently documented in the Utah desert on November 18 vanished after sparking comparisons to "2001: A Space Odyssey." insider.com/strange-metal-…
A Utah state helicopter crew was counting sheep when it discovered the mysterious metal monolith in a red-rock desert area. Google Earth maps showed the structure appeared sometime between August 2015 and October 2016. insider.com/utah-helicopte…
A second monolith was discovered in Romania, on the same day the Utah monolith vanished. insider.com/second-monolit…
On Wednesday, the third metal monolith appeared in California, almost exactly matching the previously found monoliths. insider.com/third-monolith…
The mysterious appearances of the monoliths immediately drew theories of extra-terrestrial origins... so why haven't we found aliens yet?
If we were able to find aliens, could we even communicate with them? A computer scientist weighs in.
Scientists have acknowledged that alien life likely exists, or has existed in the past.
In a new study, two astronomers have identified 1,004 sun-like stars that could all have habitable Earth-like planets in their orbits. businessinsider.com/aliens-on-near…
And a @NASA scientist discovered that Jupiter's oceanic moon Europa (a prime candidate for alien life) might glow in the dark. businessinsider.com/nasa-jupiter-o…
The conventional wisdom blames social media for the widening divide as the timing lines up. But scientifically, it's been surprisingly hard to make the charges stick, Adam Rogers (@jetjocko) writes. ⬇️
Maybe the problem isn't that social media has driven us all into like-minded bubbles. Maybe it's that social media has obliterated the bubbles we've all lived in for centuries, Rogers says.
According to a model developed by Petter Törnberg, a computer scientist at @UvA_Amsterdam, social media twists our psyches and clumps us into warring tribes for two simple reasons.
We sort ourselves into two camps with sharply drawn lines, Roger writes.
Rebecca Hessel Cohen's tunnel vision — a world of parties and parasols, confetti and Champagne — is what turned LoveShackFancy into the success it is today.
But as it grew to a bona fide fashion empire, its founder’s blind spots turned glaring. 👇
LoveShackFancy has never needed to be anything other than exactly what it is: pretty, pink clothes for skinny, rich girls who want to have fun, no matter what's happening in the world around them. Which is, of course, a statement in itself.
"I was struck by the imagination and creativity of that," said the 60-year-old, who asked to be referred to as "Your Excellency" or "President Baugh," during a phone interview with @thisisinsider.
🗝 One of the most powerful legislators in modern US history acknowledged to @leonardkl that President Ronald Reagan, while conducting a meeting at the White House, once seemingly forgot who he was. 🧠
What's the hardest college in America to get into?
You're probably thinking it's @Harvard, which admitted just 3% of applicants this year, but you're wrong. It’s @Tulane, whose official acceptance rate is 0.7%.
The only way Tulane can afford to reject 99% of its applicants in the regular round is if it's confident it has already locked down most of its class through early decision.