The Daily Populous

Friday July 28th, 2017 morning edition

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HBO has now confirmed that Westworld season 2 will premiere next spring.

The hour-long, sci-fi/western hybrid that is Westworld finally bucked that trend and quickly earned a season 2 renewal.

It even earned some Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama, as the only HBO show in the category.

The second season of Westworld, which is currently in production, will air in the spring of 2018 – as confirmed by a PR overview of the premiere dates for all of the current HBO/Cinemax TV series.

The Westworld season 2 Comic-Con trailer hinted at some dramatic developments (and lots of bloodshed) to come, in the episodes ahead.

Westworld’s spring scheduling is significant for HBO because it puts the series in the schedule spot that was held for years by Game of Thrones. »

Ancient DNA offers clues to the Canaanites’ fate

Authored by sciencenews.org
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By comparing five Canaanite genomes with those of other ancient and modern populations, the researchers identified the Canaanites’ ancestors and discovered their descendants, modern Lebanese people.

The Canaanites emerged in the Levant, a region east of the Mediterranean Sea, 3,000 to 4,000 years ago.

The researchers also determined that modern Lebanese people can attribute about 93 percent of their ancestry to the Canaanites. »

Jeff Bezos was briefly the world’s richest person

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But over the past two years, as Amazon's stock has soared, so has Bezos' fortune.

In his commencement speech at Princeton, Bezos said he had the idea of selling books on the internet while he was working at a New York hedge fund.

Bezos may not only be the richest man in the world today — he might become the richest man ever, at least measured in pure dollars. »