State Secrets & A Mother's Love
"I don't know anything about the world.”
Spanish athlete Beatriz Flamini who lived in a cave for more than 500 days as part of a project studying the impacts of isolation. The mountaineer wasn’t quite ready to come out of the cave when the experiment was up on Friday, telling reporters, "When they came in to get me, I was asleep. I thought something had happened. I said: 'Already? Surely not.' I hadn't finished my book."
As part of an experiment closely monitored by scientists seeking to learn more about the capacity of the human mind and circadian rhythms, Spanish elite mountaineer Beatriz Flamini completed a 500-day challenge living in a cave https://t.co/rPmhMotGjG pic.twitter.com/6xgB2BZ0ku
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🗓 THE WEEK AHEAD
Monday: About 30,000 people will run in the Boston Marathon. On Saturday, a ceremony was held remembering the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three people and injured at least 264. Interesting fact: The Boston marathon is the oldest annual marathon in the world. Meanwhile in NYC, the House Judiciary Committee (led by Republicans) will hold a field hearing in New York: "Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan"(more about the politics involved in our special report). Also, National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs begin.
