The 2020 Olympics may have medals made from electronic waste

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are hoping to source the gold, silver and bronze needed to make medals for the games from millions of discarded smartphones and other small consumer electronics. Japan, one of the world's most gadget-obsessed nations, has 16 percent of the world's gold and 22 percent of the planet's silver currently sitting inside its consumer electronics.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/the-2020-olympics-may-have-medals-made-from-electronic-waste/article/475612?source=Snapzu

Mike Rowe of ‘Somebody’s Gotta Do It’ confronts peeping drone while nude, wielding shotgun

Mike Rowe, America’s favorite “everyman,” warned his Facebook followers this week that a peeping drone has footage of him wielding a shotgun in his birthday suit. CNN’s “Somebody’s Gotta Do It” host took to social media Tuesday with a posted titled “Leave Me Adrone!” What followed was the story of an invasive drone that appeared outside Mr. Rowe’s window, his mad dash for a weapon, and a brief stare-down between he and a camera’s red light.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/22/mike-rowe-of-somebodys-gotta-do-it-confronts-peepi/?source=Snapzu

We Are the American Heartbreak: Langston Hughes on Race in a Rare Recording

Reflection on “the rock on which Freedom stumped its toe.”
Read more: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/09/23/american-heartbreak-langston-hughes-reads/?source=Snapzu

How One Woman Photographed Every Library in New York

When architectural photographer Elizabeth Felicella was not working for clients, she spent her free time photographing all 210 branches of New York City’s Public Library system. Five years later, the resulting work, Reading Room, is essentially an enormous catalog covering libraries in all five boroughs.
Read more: http://lithub.com/how-one-woman-photographed-every-library-in-new-york/?source=Snapzu

Researcher finds evidence that the 'world's most mysterious book' is an elaborate hoax

For hundreds of years, the world’s best cryptographers have dedicated their lives to solving the mystery of the Voynich Manuscript - a 15th century book written in a mysterious coded language that no one has ever managed to crack.
Read more: http://www.sciencealert.com/this-researcher-says-he-has-evidence-that-world-s-most-mysterious-book-is-an-elaborate-hoax?source=Snapzu

The Last Guardian Has Changed Over The Last Year - A Graphics Comparison

There’s an interesting video to be seen at the channel of the YouTuber ‘Cycu1’ that compares footage of The Last Guardian from E3 2015 to last week’s footage. The first thing that can be noticed right off the bat are the changes made to Trico: smaller wings and tail, and his feathers have been made darker. It’s interesting to see there are changes still being made to the main character even in a game that’s been in development for 10 years – it could be about development or simply character design.
Read more: http://www.varietynewsclub.com/2016/09/the-last-guardian-has-changed-over-last.html?source=Snapzu

See Dazzling Botanical Imagery Through the Ages

"Plant: Exploring the Botanical World" is a glorious visual compendium of plants and flowers that spans thousands of years.
Read more: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/see-dazzling-botanical-imagery-through-the-ages?source=Snapzu