Celebratory coins provoking fury, very unconventional health advice and a way to chart your stools: the week in weird Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933244-600-at-least-the-mary-anning-coin-doesnt-have-a-tripod-with-four-legs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Greek ship carrying parts of the Parthenon is giving up more secrets
The latest expedition by divers to the wreck of the Mentor, which sank just off the island of Kythera (also spelled Kithira and Kythira) in 1802, has recovered several pieces of the ship's rigging, coins, the leather sole of a shoe, a metal buckle, a token for playing cards, two chess pieces, fragments of cooking… Continue reading Greek ship carrying parts of the Parthenon is giving up more secrets
Researchers produce beams of entangled atoms
Heads or tails? If we toss two coins into the air, the result of one coin toss has nothing to do with the result of the other. Coins are independent objects. In the world of quantum physics, things are different: Quantum particles can be entangled, in which case they can no longer be regarded as independent individual objects, they can only…
Dogecoin Has a Top Dog Worth $2.1 Billion
The dogecoin market has a pack leader. From a report: Records show that a person, or entity, owns about 28% of all of the cryptocurrency in circulation — a stake worth about $2.1 billion at current prices [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source]. The holder’s identity isn’t known, which is common in the opaque world of digital currencies….
Darknet Crypto Kingpin JokerStash Retires After Illicit $1 Billion Run
The kingpin or kingpins of the world’s biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency, according to research by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic shared with Reuters. From the report: The “Joker’s Stash” marketplace, where stolen credit cards and identity data traded hands for bitcoin and other digital coins, ceased operations this…
Stash of more than 600 Roman-era silver coins discovered in Turkey
A newly discovered coin hoard features Roman emperors engraved on the sides. Source: https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-silver-coins-turkey.html
6,500 medieval coins and rare gold rings unearthed in Polish cornfield
With the help of a priest, a medieval hoard containing silver coins and gold rings was found in Poland. Source: https://www.livescience.com/medieval-polish-hoard.html
Stash of late medieval gold coins discovered on a farm in Hungary
In the 16th century, an attack from the Ottoman Empire may have prompted panicked Hungarians to bury a stash of valuable silver and gold coins. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-gold-coins-discovered-hungary.html
Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes
Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million. From a report: The password will let him unlock a small hard drive, known as an IronKey, which contains the private keys to a digital wallet that holds 7,002 Bitcoin. While the price…
$200 Billion Wiped Off Cryptocurrency Market In 24 Hours As Bitcoin Pulls Back
Bitcoin and other digital coins tanked on Monday, wiping some $200 billion off the cryptocurrency market. CNBC reports: The market capitalization or value of the cryptocurrency market was $880 billion at 9:20 a.m. ET, down from $1.08 trillion a day earlier, according to Coinmarketcap. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, fell over 12% from a day earlier to $32,576, according to Coin Metrics…