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A look back on how trains laid the tracks for American history
Science
Great Apes Laugh Like Us — And Have Been Giggling for Millennia, Study Finds
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If you could use another reason to smile today (who couldn’t?), a recent study found that laughter may be more universal than we thought — with great apes like chimps, gorillas, and bonobos chuckling in a similar way to how we humans do. Not only that, but this way of laughing could go back 15 million years, revealing a window into the evolution of speech. For the study, researchers observed 13 great apes as they received a gentle tickle and then compared the sounds to those of human children laughing while they were tickled at home. They found that all the laughs followed a surprisingly similar rhythmic pattern, with evenly spaced intervals between successive sounds. The researchers noted that human laughter has evolved over the years to be variable depending on context (e.g., an uncontrollable belly laugh differs from a polite chuckle). But the essential structure of a laugh has not. “By comparing how different species laugh, we can see that a basic rhythmic structure has remained unchanged since our last common ancestor,” study co-author Chiara De Gregorio said in a statement. “That’s extraordinary.” Listen to the great apes’ laugh tracks.
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19 Bills to Cut If Money Feels Tight
Your money is getting tight. Prices are going up. And figuring out what to cut back on can feel overwhelming. Here’s what you can do: Read FinanceBuzz’s list of money-saving strategies, and start with one or two today. The list includes tips for reducing your car insurance payments, tackling credit card debt, and more. Even doing just one can help you breathe a little easier.
Inside a Santa Fe School’s Commitment to Preserving Native Voices
Santa Fe Indian School
When the Santa Fe Indian School was established in the New Mexico capital in 1890, it was a boarding school known for forced assimilation of Native American youth and harsh punishment for students who spoke their Indigenous languages. The school still exists today, but it has done a 180 from its founding mission and is now committed to safeguarding Native culture. “It’s still a boarding school, but not how people would expect,” Kyle Shutiva, a junior at the school, told NPR. Rather than erasing Native voices as it once did, the campus curriculum is now set by local tribes. In stark contrast to the original stance on languages, the school offers classes for roughly a dozen different tongues. It also seeks to integrate Indigenous traditions and Western education, like by using weaving lessons to teach math — so it’s not one or the other, but an acknowledgement that two things can exist at the same time. As Shutiva said, “Native Americans are history, but we’re still here, truly.” See what the school looks like today.
Sports
Nonprofit Brings Excess Food From World Cup Events to People in Need
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After the World Cup refs blow a match’s final whistle, Table to Table gets to work. The New Jersey-based nonprofit has launched the Kick Hunger out of New Jersey tour to collect extra meals from World Cup fan festivals, food trucks, and restaurant watch parties — and then distribute them to those in need. “We realized that there was a real opportunity to get even more of that food out into our community and make sure that those celebrations benefited as many people as possible,” Executive Director Heather Thompson told CBS News. Throughout the 39-day tournament, the nonprofit’s van is traveling across the Garden State to pack up prepared, ready-to-eat meals (all made in commercial kitchens) and deliver them to local partners. In addition to feeding the hungry, the initiative also helps the environment by cutting back on food waste — a win-win.
In Other News
Today, a limited‑edition set of coins to mark America’s 250th anniversary will be released — see the lineup (read more)
An inexpensive classroom tool is among the ways Europeans are staying cool amid record temperatures (read more)
Indigenous cultural practices hold lessonsfor more climate resilience, a recent study found (read more)
Calling all car lovers! Peek into Pontiac’s 100th anniversary celebration(read more)
A bald eagle was released back into the wild after months of care for signs of electrocution and other injuries (read more)
Inspiring Story
Meaningful movie night
An Arizona summer school field trip to see Toy Story 5 almost got canceled due to a lack of funding — that was until a police officer named Sean Reavie took it upon himself to rent out all 144 seats at a local movie theater and buy popcorn and candy for everyone. For several of the students, it was their first time inside a movie theater: “Some of them live in a different life than most of us would comprehend, and they just haven’t seen a lot of good things with their own eyes,” Reavie said.
Photo of the Day
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Last Friday, 270 couples signed up to marry at San Francisco City Hall and receive commemorative Pride-themed licenses in honor of the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling establishing same-sex marriage as a constitutional right. And two lucky couples got Mayor Daniel Lurie as their officiant. “It’s always heartwarming and thrilling to see when people commit themselves to each other,” Lurie said. “I’m just happy and excited for those couples, and I’m happy and excited for our city to show off what makes San Francisco so great. Our LGBTQ+ community is a huge part of why San Francisco’s so special.”
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