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2026-01-19 16:48:50 GMT

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow. Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, using different orientations and motions, an example of multi-purpose tool use. This suggests scientists may have underestimated cows' cognitive abilities. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/meet-veronika-the-tool-using-cow/

2025-10-15 21:17:17 GMT

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World photomicrography contest. It's an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative. See the top 20 images. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/meet-the-2025-nikon-photomicrography-winners/

2025-08-17 20:47:30 GMT

MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI. After a review process, MIT stated that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.” https://gizmodo.com/mit-backs-away-from-paper-claiming-scientists-make-more-discoveries-with-ai-2000603790

2025-08-16 19:30:04 GMT

Celebrating 50 years of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," which remains a significant cultural touchstone. Linus O'Brien (son of Rocky creator Richard O'Brien): "It's had a profound impact on our culture, especially on people who've felt different and marginalized." https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/celebrating-50-years-of-the-rocky-horror-picture-show/

2025-07-22 15:18:43 GMT

LA’s delightfully quirky Museum of Jurassic Technology damaged by fire. The fire gutted the museum's gift shop and caused significant smoke damage to several exhibits. Donations to weather the damage welcome. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/las-museum-of-jurassic-technology-damaged-by-fire/

2025-07-02 11:20:37 GMT

RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions. The move comes after RFK Jr. called top medical journals "corrupt." [Translation: Science, stop telling me things I don't want to be true!] https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/07/rfk-jr-s-health-department-calls-nature-junk-science-cancels-subscriptions/

2025-06-19 20:28:46 GMT

New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory. Results are consistent with two earlier studies dating the footprints to between 22,000 and 24,000 years ago. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/study-confirms-white-sands-footprints-are-23000-years-old/

2025-05-30 19:27:06 GMT

Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care. A growing number of incels are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). That should concern us all. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/why-incels-take-the-blackpill-and-why-we-should-care/

2025-04-29 12:17:51 GMT

Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50. Ars staffers reflect upon the things they love most about this masterpiece of absurdist comedy. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-turns-50/

2025-02-10 10:09:06 GMT

Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring https://www.newscientist.com/article/2467413-stunning-image-shows-the-closest-ever-einstein-ring/

2025-02-09 17:53:27 GMT

Nazi demonstrators waving swastikas flee after fierce confrontation by Cincinnati locals https://boingboing.net/2025/02/08/nazi-demonstrators-waving-swastikas-flee-after-fierce-confrontation-by-cincinnati-locals.html

2025-02-08 09:25:12 GMT

Donald Trump And Elon Musk, Who Have Claimed To Be Restoring Free Speech, Call For Media Figures To Be Fired https://deadline.com/2025/02/trump-musk-media-fired-1236281585/

2025-02-08 09:09:53 GMT

Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/02/measles-outbreak-erupts-in-one-of-texas-least-vaccinated-counties/

2025-02-07 11:16:25 GMT

I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know. We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/opm-fork-musk-trump-federal-personnel-management-employee.html

2025-02-06 14:49:00 GMT

Warner Brothers Is Mysteriously Dumping Obscure and Wonderful Movies on YouTube for Free https://gizmodo.com/warner-brothers-is-mysteriously-dumping-obscure-and-wonderful-movies-on-youtube-for-free-2000559739

2025-02-06 14:36:46 GMT

After More Than 20 Years, Katie Hargrave Lets Her Paintings Leave the Nest https://hyperallergic.com/988103/after-more-than-20-years-katie-hargrave-lets-her-paintings-leave-the-nest/

2025-02-05 14:51:26 GMT

Ice Age hunter-gatherers may have had cheek piercings, even as children https://www.popsci.com/science/ice-age-piercings/

2025-02-05 14:50:04 GMT

Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/internet-archive-played-crucial-role-in-tracking-shady-cdc-data-removals/

2025-02-04 18:12:29 GMT

Elon Musk’s Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and—Yes—a Coup. What do we call it when the president is too lazy to gut the government himself, and gives away his power to a zealous and unaccountable friend? https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/elon-musk-power-grab-trump-coup.html

2025-02-04 15:56:17 GMT

The Edwin Smith Papyrus Sheds Light on Ancient Egyptian Medicine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-edwin-smith-papyrus-sheds-light-on-ancient-egyptian-medicine

2025-01-31 13:47:21 GMT

Trump’s FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to defund them https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/trumps-fcc-chair-investigates-npr-and-pbs-urges-congress-to-defund-them/

2025-01-30 16:47:16 GMT

Corrupt U.S. Senator Bob Menendez off to prison for 11 years https://boingboing.net/2025/01/29/corrupt-u-s-senator-bob-menendez-off-to-prison-for-11-years.html

2025-01-28 16:13:35 GMT

Purple is a mix of red (long) and blue (short) wavelengths.
The problem: Those colors are on opposite ends of the spectrum. To cope, the brain improvises. It takes the visible spectrum — usually a straight line — and bends it into a circle. This puts blue and red next to each other. https://www.snexplores.org/article/color-purple-exists-only-in-brain

2025-01-24 15:09:07 GMT

Where Do You Put the Camera? Every Frame a Painting Presents Insights from Famous Directors https://www.openculture.com/2025/01/where-do-you-put-the-camera.html

2025-01-23 16:16:40 GMT

Meteorologist Fired for Criticizing Elon Musk Over Nazi-Like Salute: Report https://gizmodo.com/meteorologist-fired-for-criticizing-elon-musk-over-nazi-like-salute-report-2000553885

2025-01-23 14:28:20 GMT

Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body. https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/01/florida-man-eats-diet-of-butter-cheese-beef-cholesterol-oozes-from-his-body/

2025-01-21 14:18:39 GMT

Mushrooms and Plants With Bionic Arms Play a Variety of Musical Instruments https://laughingsquid.com/mushrooms-play-musical-instruments/

2025-01-20 17:37:21 GMT

Life is thriving in the subsurface depths of Earth https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/life-is-thriving-in-the-subsurface-depths-of-earth/

2025-01-15 13:42:05 GMT

Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finish: Every Episode from 31 Seasons in Chronological Order https://www.openculture.com/2025/01/watch-bob-ross-the-joy-of-painting-from-start-to-finish.html

2025-01-06 22:05:51 GMT

Biden Awards Three Climate Experts Nation’s Highest Science Honor https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biden-awards-three-climate-experts-nations-highest-science-honor/

2025-01-03 14:41:55 GMT

Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” https://www.openculture.com/2025/01/laurie-andersons-mind-blowing-performance-of-c-p-cavafys-poems-waiting-for-the-barbarians-ithaca.html

2025-01-01 15:57:28 GMT

Happy Public Domain Day 2025! https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/01/public-domain-day-2025

2024-12-29 13:50:41 GMT

The World’s Largest Natural Underground Musical Instrument Took Thousands of Years to Form https://laughingsquid.com/the-great-stalacpipe-organ/

2024-12-27 21:18:13 GMT

IRS goes after gig workers instead of billionaire tax dodgers https://boingboing.net/2024/12/27/irs-goes-after-gig-workers-instead-of-billionaire-tax-dodgers.html

2024-12-23 23:12:38 GMT

Flu surges in Louisiana as health department barred from promoting flu shots https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/flu-surges-in-louisiana-as-health-department-barred-from-promoting-flu-shots/

2024-12-18 14:37:20 GMT

The Public Distrusts Scientists’ Morals, Not Their Science. Reaction to a recent Pew survey on the public’s trust in science shows that the scientific community is not ready to address the real problem https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-public-distrusts-scientists-morals-not-their-science/

2024-12-17 21:56:08 GMT

Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/companies-issuing-rto-mandates-lose-their-best-talent-study/

2024-12-16 14:01:48 GMT

The True Story of St. Nicholas Is Way More Disgusting Than You’d Think. The tale includes local rivalries, violence, cursed sailors, and a whole lot of holy oil. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/christmas-2024-santa-claus-history-carols.html

2024-12-10 12:47:44 GMT

Paleolithic deep-cave compound likely used for rituals. A boulder engraved with a turtle, good acoustics, and torch lighting—what more do you need for a good time? https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/paleolithic-deep-cave-compound-likely-used-for-rituals/

2024-12-08 15:14:55 GMT

Innie rebellion is brewing in trippy "Severance" S2 trailer. "There'll be no honeymoon ending for you." https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2024/12/innie-rebellion-is-brewing-in-trippy-severance-s2-trailer/

2024-12-06 13:23:12 GMT

A Cozy NASA Yule Log Video That Features a Rocket Engine Taking Off Inside the Fireplace https://laughingsquid.com/nasa-rocket-yule-log/

2024-12-06 13:19:14 GMT

‘Any military that turns away talent makes itself weaker’: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin defends women in combat as Pete Hegseth threatens to remove them https://www.themarysue.com/any-military-that-turns-away-talent-makes-itself-weaker-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-defends-women-in-combat-as-pete-hegseth-threatens-to-remove-them/

2024-12-05 13:43:12 GMT

The BBC Creates Step-by-Step Instructions for Knitting the Iconic Dr. Who Scarf: A Document from the Early 1980s https://www.openculture.com/2024/12/the-bbc-creates-step-by-step-instructions-for-knitting-the-iconic-dr-who-scarf.html

2024-12-04 15:05:26 GMT

It was always rough to be a woman on Twitter. It’s even worse on X. "If you can’t even post about your greatest accomplishments without enduring heaps of harassment, what’s the point of a social network at all?" Indeed. https://www.vox.com/culture/389480/twitter-x-harassment-women

2024-12-04 00:05:02 GMT

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun. Ireland’s far-right candidates expected to succeed on a wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric, but the people rejected them wholesale. https://www.wired.com/story/ireland-far-right-election-conspiracy-theories/

2024-12-03 15:36:05 GMT

Luminous Skies Star in the 2024 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year Contest https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/12/2024-northern-lights-photographer/

2024-12-03 13:09:19 GMT

‘There will be consequences for failing to follow the law’: Texas governor threatens children’s hospital with immigration fearmongering https://www.themarysue.com/there-will-be-consequences-for-failing-to-follow-the-law-texas-governor-threatens-childrens-hospital-with-immigration-fearmongering/

2024-12-03 13:03:31 GMT

People will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage” https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/people-will-share-misinformation-that-sparks-moral-outrage/

2024-11-28 13:32:46 GMT

World’s Greatest Masher Gets Retrospective of His Lifetime of Inaccessible Work. The darling of a new class of crypto-billionaires, G’ptein has transformed holiday meals in the homes of the superwealthy around the world as the foremost sculptor in the medium of mashed potatoes, or “liberated tubers,” as he prefers to call them. (When you have money to burn, I guess this is "art"). https://hyperallergic.com/970600/worlds-greatest-masher-gets-retrospective-of-his-lifetime-of-inaccessible-work/

2024-11-26 19:24:42 GMT

Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated. A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated. AKA, Why I Almost Never User LinkedIn. https://www.wired.com/story/linkedin-ai-generated-influencers/

2024-11-23 14:57:56 GMT

Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-scramble-to-save-climate-data-from-trump-again/

2024-11-23 14:49:42 GMT

The Right Has a Bluesky Problem. "Liberals and the left do not need the right to be online in the way that the right needs liberals and the left. The nature of reactionary politics demands constant confrontations—literal reactions—to the left. “Triggering the libs” sounds like a joke, but it is often essential for segments of the right. The more liberals leave X, the less value it offers to the right, both in terms of cultural relevance and in opportunities for trolling." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/11/twitter-exodus-bluesky-conservative/680783/

2024-11-18 21:50:14 GMT

Study confirms Egyptians likely used hallucinogens in rituals https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/study-confirms-egyptians-likely-used-hallucinogens-in-rituals/

2024-11-18 21:39:32 GMT

To invent the wheel, did people first have to invent the spindle? Twelve-thousand years ago, people in a coastal village in the Levant used stone weights on their spindles to spin thread faster and more evenly—and, some archeologists are arguing, in the process they pioneered the basic mechanics that eventually made cart wheels possible. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/to-invent-the-wheel-did-people-first-have-to-invent-the-spindle/

2024-11-15 14:03:02 GMT

What Victorian People Sounded Like: Hear Recordings of Florence Nightingale and Queen Victoria https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/what-victorian-people-sounded-like.html

2024-11-13 18:20:08 GMT

Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but Now’s the Time to Put Aside Our Differences https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure-i-voted-for-someone-whose-policies-might-kill-you-but-nows-the-time-to-put-aside-our-differences

2024-11-11 13:06:12 GMT

Watch the Original Nosferatu, the Classic German Expressionist Vampire Film, Before the New Remake Arrives This December https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/watch-the-original-nosferatu-the-classic-german-expressionist-vampire-film.html

2024-11-08 16:37:16 GMT

‘4 years of Republicans screaming voter fraud goes silent’: MAGA’s biggest lie has suddenly disappeared https://www.themarysue.com/4-years-of-republicans-screaming-voter-fraud-goes-silent-magas-biggest-lie-has-suddenly-disappeared/

2024-11-07 13:28:03 GMT

Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad [SATIRE] https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/heres-why-a-second-death-star-wont-be-that-bad

2024-11-02 14:39:43 GMT

Long before it orbited Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope starred in a famous Superman comic https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-superman-helped-launch-the-hubble-space-telescope/

2024-11-02 14:38:57 GMT

New Prime Number, 41 Million Digits Long, Breaks Math Records https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-prime-number-41-million-digits-long-breaks-math-records/

2024-11-01 15:41:44 GMT

How the Influential Time-Travel Movie La Jetée Was Made (Almost) Entirely out of Still Photographs https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/how-the-influential-time-travel-movie-la-jetee-was-made-almost-entirely-out-of-still-photographs.html

2024-10-31 17:57:25 GMT

Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare. The infinite monkey theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much longer than the lifespan of the universe https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454221-chimpanzees-will-never-randomly-type-the-complete-works-of-shakespeare/

2024-10-29 15:58:35 GMT

A candy engineer explains the science behind the Snickers bar https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/the-science-behind-the-candy-bars-we-gorge-on-every-halloween/

2024-10-28 13:44:55 GMT

The Hand: An Anti-Totalitarian Animation, Banned for Two Decades https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/the-hand.html

2024-10-22 21:18:43 GMT

MAGA thief stealing Harris-Walz signs is tracked down and busted thanks to Apple AirTag (video) https://boingboing.net/2024/10/22/maga-thief-stealing-harris-walz-signs-is-tracked-down-and-busted-thanks-to-apple-airtag-video.html

2024-10-21 19:52:54 GMT

Texas Commissioners Court forces librarians to reclassify Wampanoag history book as ‘fiction.’ The book in question is a nonfiction history book by Linda Coombs titled Colonization and the Wampanoag Story. Coombs is an author and historian from the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah. https://www.themarysue.com/texas-commissioners-court-forces-librarians-to-reclassify-wampanoag-history-book-as-fiction/

2024-10-21 13:56:36 GMT

Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964) https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/take-the-near-impossible-literacy-test-louisiana-used-to-suppress-the-black-vote.html

2024-10-18 15:30:35 GMT

23andMe CEO says she can 'land this plane' after the entire board resigns https://qz.com/23-and-me-ceo-land-plane-1851676147

2024-10-16 15:06:43 GMT

‘Grifters gotta grift‘: Russell Brand’s $250 snake oil – sorry, amulet – will totally shield you from logic, reason, and common sense https://www.themarysue.com/grifters-gotta-grift-russell-brands-250-snake-oil-sorry-amulet-will-totally-shield-you-from-logic-reason-and-common-sense/

2024-10-15 16:19:56 GMT

How Marie Curie Helped a Generation of Women Break into Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-marie-curie-helped-a-generation-of-women-break-into-science/

2024-10-15 16:16:21 GMT

Google begins "purge" of effective ad-blockers from Chrome https://boingboing.net/2024/10/15/google-begins-purge-of-effective-ad-blockers-from-chrome.html

2024-10-15 13:11:24 GMT

4500-Year-Old Fingerprints Show Ancient Potters in Syria were Child Laborers https://arkeonews.net/4500-year-old-fingerprints-show-ancient-potters-in-syria-were-child-laborers/

2024-10-10 19:41:25 GMT

Man learns he’s being dumped via “dystopian” AI summary of texts https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/man-learns-hes-being-dumped-via-dystopian-ai-summary-of-texts/

2024-10-10 19:41:11 GMT

What if you can’t afford to flee a hurricane? https://www.vox.com/climate/377365/hurricane-milton-helene-evacuation-cost-expensive

2024-10-10 19:39:12 GMT

California's new $20 minimum wage for fast food workers didn't cost jobs, study says https://qz.com/california-20-minimum-wage-fast-food-workers-1851670111

2024-10-09 14:08:42 GMT

Donald Trump’s many, many lies about Hurricane Helene, debunked https://www.vox.com/politics/376982/trump-hurricane-helene-fema-lies-debunked

2024-10-08 12:54:59 GMT

‘60 Minutes’ Says Donald Trump’s Campaign Gave “Shifting Explanations” For Backing Out Of Election Special https://deadline.com/2024/10/60-minutes-trump-kamala-harris-1236109618/

2024-10-07 17:40:25 GMT

Modern-Day Magellan Discovers New Dining Options By Zooming In A Little On Google Maps [SATIRE] https://theonion.com/modern-day-magellan-discovers-new-dining-options-by-zooming-in-a-little-on-google-maps/

2024-10-07 16:08:53 GMT

More than 200 women charged with pregnancy crimes since Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade https://boingboing.net/2024/10/07/more-than-200-women-charged-with-pregnancy-crimes-since-supreme-court-struck-down-roe-v-wade.html

2024-10-07 16:03:31 GMT

Tesla's Cybertrucks are still being insured by Geico, despite claims https://qz.com/tesla-cybertruck-geico-insurance-evs-elon-musk-1851666695

2024-10-06 19:11:38 GMT

Utah book banners now want to make Little Free Libraries susceptible to criminal charges https://www.themarysue.com/utah-book-banners-now-want-to-make-little-free-libraries-susceptible-to-criminal-charges/

2024-10-06 19:04:27 GMT

Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams https://gizmodo.com/truth-social-users-are-losing-ridiculous-sums-of-money-to-scams-2000506604

2024-10-02 13:01:39 GMT

Lab owner pleads guilty to faking COVID test results during pandemic https://arstechnica.com/?p=2053766

2024-09-30 13:13:35 GMT

MAGA Christian school head convicted of torturing children https://boingboing.net/2024/09/30/maga-christian-school-head-convicted-of-torturing-children.html

2024-09-27 18:36:04 GMT

18 years for woman who hoped to destroy Baltimore power grid and spark a race war https://arstechnica.com/?p=2052802

2024-09-26 14:33:19 GMT

Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449446-dinosaurs-may-have-run-like-emus-by-keeping-one-foot-on-the-ground/

2024-09-26 13:21:26 GMT

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online https://www.openculture.com/2024/09/the-medieval-masterpiece-the-book-of-kells-is-now-digitized-and-available-online.html

2024-09-23 20:59:17 GMT

People of Dune, You Will No Longer Have to Think About Water When I Am Elected. [SATIRE] "I can confirm that if you are really, really thirsty, you will be able to get access to water. Think of it as a powerful exception to “who gets water and who doesn’t get water,” as long as you are literally about to die of thirst. And maybe not even then." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/people-of-dune-you-will-no-longer-have-to-think-about-water-when-i-am-elected

2024-09-23 18:12:27 GMT

Meet the New Autocrats Who Dismantle Democracies from Within. The new interconnected breed of autocrats gains and retains power by deception, globally undermining democracies through their own institutions https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-new-autocrats-who-dismantle-democracies-from-within/

2024-09-17 12:51:45 GMT

Moo Deng, the Pygmy Hippo from Thailand, Is Getting Too Famous for Her Own Good https://gizmodo.com/moo-deng-the-pygmy-hippo-from-thailand-is-getting-too-famous-for-her-own-good-2000499306

2024-09-16 19:40:32 GMT

Nassau County forced to admit children’s picture book pulled from schools was not ‘obscene’ in lawsuit settlement https://www.themarysue.com/nassau-county-forced-to-admit-childrens-picture-book-pulled-from-schools-was-not-obscene-in-lawsuit-settlement/

2024-09-12 21:08:03 GMT

Old Easter Island genomes show no sign of a population collapse https://arstechnica.com/?p=2049119

2024-09-12 21:06:06 GMT

How Audrey Hepburn Risked Death to Help the Dutch Resistance in World War II https://www.openculture.com/2024/09/how-audrey-hepburn-risked-death-to-help-the-dutch-resistance-in-world-war-ii.html

2024-09-12 18:53:21 GMT

AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans, study finds. Co-author Gordon Pennycook: "The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies." https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/study-conversations-with-ai-chatbots-can-reduce-belief-in-conspiracy-theories/

2024-09-09 12:16:00 GMT

The Big Map of Who Lived When Shows Which Cultural Figures Walked the Earth at the Same Time: From 1200 to Present https://www.openculture.com/2024/09/the-big-map-of-who-lived-when-shows-which-cultural-figures-walked-the-earth.html

2024-09-06 20:03:07 GMT

Learn How Astronauts Take Photos from NASA In-Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/learn-how-astronauts-take-photos-from-nasa-in-flight-engineer-matthew/

2024-09-05 23:04:30 GMT

Study: Playing Dungeons & Dragons helps autistic players in social interactions, self-identity. "I can make a character quite different from how I interact with people in real life." https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/study-playing-dungeons-dragons-helps-autistic-players-in-social-interactions/

2024-09-05 17:25:30 GMT

Lovely obituary for Steve Silberman...
He wrote about the developmental condition in “NeuroTribes,” a 2015 bestseller that promoted understanding and acceptance of people who think differently. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/09/04/steve-silberman-dead-neurotribes/

2024-08-30 20:43:52 GMT

Francis Scott Key Estate Sends Cease-And-Desist To Trump For Playing ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ At Rally [SATIRE] https://theonion.com/francis-scott-key-estate-sends-cease-and-desist-to-trump-for-playing-star-spangled-banner-at-rally/