Monkeys Can Make Stone Tools Too

Stone flakes made by capuchin monkeys look remarkably similar to stone tools made by early humans 2-3 million years ago, raising questions about the archaeological record.

Climate Change (Among Other Issues) Shut Out of Presidential Debates

Peter Dykstra Environmental Health News
A few decades from now, when the realities of climate change have hushed even the loudest, densest deniers, we may look back on October 2016 as the month political journalism died. Amid the relentlessly tawdry campaign news, there has been a near total absence of any discussion of substantive issues, including global warming and the environment. TV news celebrities, and horse-race coverage, driven by Twitter, bluster and clickbait, have left them all in the lurch.

Friday Nite Videos -- October 21, 2016

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John Oliver | Third Parties. Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker. Where Does Complexity Come From? The Park of Friendship in Tijuana. Monkeys Can Make Stone Tools Too.

Third Parties

Third party candidates want to be serious contenders, so John Oliver considers them seriously as potential presidents.