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Who gets Guggenheim fellowships? A centuryâs worth of data shows the rise of creative artists, and the decline of humanists and natural scientists
Ancient Greek cities joined the Delian League to resist Persian aggression. They soon found themselves under the thumb of Athens
Nietzsche the mystic. There is something odd about a profoundly atheistic thinker holding quasi-religious convictions
From a few weeks ago: Bushâs Tiny Desk Concert. Machinehead and Glycerine still hit.
Three podcast appearances
A recording from Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson's live video
Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose. âFrom a shareholderâs perspective, the bag that falls apart is the better product. Thatâs the business model. Repeat failure, repeat purchase, repeat revenue. The q
Ed Simon at The Hedgehog Review: This April marks the quadricentenary of Baconâs death, the man who, though his own scientific innovations were middling, was arguably the philosopher most responsible
Two Japanese aquariums have released their 2026 flowcharts of their penguinsâ relationships. âPenguin drama can include serious crushes and heartbreaks but also adultery and egg-stealing.â
The entire literature clearly points to a single surprising finding
Social isolation can have effects beyond our mental health The post Why Feeling Lonely Increases Your Risk for Heart Valve Disease appeared first on Nautilus.
In addition to calling state reps (5 Calls has great guides) â Our Parks has lists of companies that support the Forest Service to amplify, and another list of companies that have been silent to put o
AI's reputational crisis is triggering a massive backlash against data centers including two attacks on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and another against an Indiana city council member.
Anita Chabria at the Los Angeles Times: The San Francisco technology company Anthrophic announced Tuesday that it wasnât releasing a new version of its Claude AI super-brain â because it is so powerfu
I love these oversized prints of vintage Pan-Am luggage tags from artist Ella Freire. The typography and colors are just perfect. (via daringfireball) Tags: art · design · Ella
Fun trompe-lâĆil graph paper drawings.
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In April the meetings of the IMF and the World Bank attract a crowd of financial decision-makers of all types to Washington DC.
DoorDashâs head of public affairs said on Tuesday that âno one is claiming it was a real delivery.â You wouldn't know it from the media coverage.
Donât Just Replace Chavez â Rethink Monuments. âA memorial based on the great-man theory of history is a tale only half told.â And: âThere are elegant ways to pay tribute to groups of people.â
Hereâs a collection of space bits I wanted to keep. I really hope Oxford Pennant makes more of these Artemis II pennants (Instagram link, sorry. Please brands, get back to blogging!). The mission patc
Experiments with mouse tissue suggest memory and function may remain intact The post Can the Brain Survive Cryonic Sleep? appeared first on Nautilus.
Ari Daniel at Smithsonian Magazine: Snakes bite five million people each year, killing some 125,000 and disfiguring or blinding three times as many. Antivenoms arenât always readily available where th
Iâd vaguely remembered that Hulu was adapting The Testaments, Margaret Atwoodâs follow-up to The Handmaidâs Tale, as a sequel to the TV series of the same name, but I was surprised to find out that th
Analyzing in detail some underdiscussed Fatima arguments
Listen to the NYC Subway play some Train Jazz. âEvery dot is a real subway train. Eight hundred of them, give or take, form a small jazz combo (walking bass, piano, sax, vibes, brushes) that has been
Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own innate immune system. The post The Ancient Weapons Active in Your
Market volatility can be unsettling for investors.
5 you've (probably) never read
The Engineer Guy Bill Hammack has written a book based on his great YouTube channel: The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans.
By targeting the addictive design features of social media platforms, K.G.M. v. Meta marks a breakthrough in product liability law. Yet the case also reveals a neglected class dimension: the harms of
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Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last weekâs links including a look at increased...
Itâs a striking example of convergent evolution The post Watch These Birds Use Their Tongues to Suck Up Nectar appeared first on Nautilus.
The Maine legislature wants to hit pause on data center buildouts. The governor's silence says she needs a big push to do the right thing.
I reported last week that signs of activity have been detected from Boards of Canada in the form of mysterious VHS tapes sent out to fans. Yesterday, the groupâs record label posted a bunch of photos
Whatever you do, do not listen to the articles that say that egg and embryo freezing do not work.
For many migrant workers in India, the inability to cook affordably disrupts the economics of city life. As fuel becomes increasingly expensive due to market volatility and supply shocks, families are
There Can Only Be One; Do Not Pretend This Has Been âPreciseâ Or âSurgicalâ
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