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  • Amazon’s Newest Warehouse Workers Will Never Unionize

    Amazon’s Newest Warehouse Workers Will Never Unionize

    Amazon has faced lots of public scrutiny and backlash for the dangerous working conditions in its warehouses. And rightfully so. Amazon warehouses seem like bad places to work. As a consequence, there’ve been hints that the company is struggling to find enough people to fill all the warehouse jobs.


  • X-Rays Help Scientists Read ‘Letterlocked’ Renaissance Mail

    X-Rays Help Scientists Read ‘Letterlocked’ Renaissance Mail

    In July 1697, Jacques Sennacques of Lille, France, scribbled off a missive to his merchant cousin, Pierre le Pers, in The Hague. The subject of discussion was a death certificate for their relative, a topic which the cousins had discussed previously but le Pers had neglected to follow up on. The letter was the Renaissance…