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Why the Roman Lycurgus Cup Changes Color

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The Lycurgus Cup changes from green to red because small metal particles in its Roman glass affect light, leaving questions about what its makers understood. The British Museum dates the carved vessel to the fourth century and identifies the myth of King Lycurgus in its decoration.

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Why the Roman Lycurgus Cup Changes Color
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Michał Kalecki and Challenging the Norms of Capitalist Theory

Jacobin

Michał Kalecki was a self-taught Polish economist who independently developed many of the same macroeconomic insights as John Maynard Keynes, yet remains far less known today. Working from a Marxian class perspective, Kalecki built models of business cycles, effective demand, and income distribution that challenged the assumption that households, not firms, are the key economic decision-makers.

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The Mystery of Element 115 and Its Alien Connection

HowStuffWorks

Element 115, now officially named moscovium, gained notoriety long before its scientific discovery through the claims of Bob Lazar, who alleged in 1989 that he had worked at a secret government facility near Area 51 reverse-engineering alien spacecraft powered by the element. Lazar claimed it had unique gravitational properties that allowed advanced propulsion systems to bend space-time.

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