新奇文共賞 (201)
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How cars went from boxy to curvy (Vox)
油價影響車殻的設計並不新奇。奇就奇在為何美國人喜歡起角的車款。The Four-Letter Code to Selling Just About Anything (The Atlantic)
荷里活最賣座電影,全是改編小說漫畫或續集。其實人的主流口味都是喜愛新瓶舊酒,太超前現狀未必最好。產品設計大師稱之為 MAYA: Most Advanced Yet Acceptable 。Behind the Scenes With the World’s Top Feather Detective (Audubon)
為何有鳥類驗屍專家?因要證明屍體屬於什麼鳥,及殺害者是否違反受保護動物法。The chilling stories behind Japan’s ‘evaporating people’ (New York Post)
日本每年有十萬人選擇人間蒸發,以逃避種種恥辱。總比自尋短見好吧。A Lot of People Are Overestimating How Many Muslims There Are in Their Country (Science of Us)
我相信在香港做類似試驗,市民都會遠遠高估新移民或大陸遊客數目。
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Angelina Jolie’s breast cancer op-ed cost the health system $14 million in unnecessary tests (Vox)
名人效應令人做既晒錢又無用的醫學檢查。Cuba offers rum to pay off $276m Czech debt (BBC)
欠債還錢天經地義,但無錢還你也可以學古巴以酒抵債。How Today's Toys May Be Harming Your Daughter's Brain (National Geographic)
玩具大不同,會造成男女思維有所差異。