By W.H. Auden
Everything Everywhere Daily - Mitochondrial Eve
On January 1, 1987, a paper was published in the journal Nature which rocked the world of anthropology.
Researchers Allan Wilson, Mark Stoneking, and Rebecca Cann used the then-new science of genetic analysis to analyze the DNA in human mitochondria.
What they found was evidence that humans on Earth can trace their ancestry back to a single woman who lived approximately 180,000 years ago.
Learn more about Mitochondrial Eve, the mother of everyone, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Gospel
By Fleda Brown
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Elevator
Some of the things we use every day were invented in the distant past. Other things were invented quite recently.
However, there is a category of inventions that have been known forever, but no one ever had any practical use for it until recently.
Learn more about the elevator, and how it helped create the modern world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Alteration Finds
By Geoffrey Brock
Everything Everywhere Daily - Space Junk
In 1957, Sputnik was launched into orbit as the world’s first artificial satellite.
Today, 64 years later, there are more than 1,000,000 objects larger than 1 centimeter floating around the Earth.
Almost all of those objects in orbit were not put there intentionally.
Learn more about space junk, the problem, and possible solutions, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Last Love
By Mary Karr
Everything Everywhere Daily - Who Was the Richest Person in History? (Encore)
Jeff Bezos, the founder, and CEO of Amazon was recently named the richest person in the world. This is primarily a function of the stock he owns in the company and the company’s valuation in the stock market.
How would Jeff Bezos stack up against other wealthy figures from history? Are business titans of today in the same league as the famously wealthy from antiquity?
Learn more about who the richest person in history was on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Why are French Fries called French Fries? (Encore)
Everyone loves french fries. It is one of the few things which most people can agree on in the world today.
The average American consumes over 16 pounds of them every year, and they have become a staple part of the cuisine in countries all over the world.
Yet, why do American’s call them “french” fries? What do the French have to do with it?
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