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Considering History: Why the 1850 Worcester Women’s Rights Convention Is a Vital Part of History
saturdayeveningpost.com

We are formed by more than DNA. Meet the bioelectric code.
nautil.us

He was a decorated soldier, a whistle-blower against torture. Then he was undone by his own mind
nytimes.com

Did evolution occur before life even existed? New study sheds light on how amino acids “evolved”
salon.com

Whiskey fungus lawsuit forces Jack Daniels to halt building project
bbc.com

For The First Time Ever, Physicists See Molecules Form Through Quantum Tunneling
sciencealert.com

5,000-Year-Old Tavern With Food Still Inside Discovered in Iraq
smithsonianmag.com

Japan just found 7,000 islands it didn’t know it had
cnn.com

Egypt reveals 9-meter long chamber inside Great Pyramid
apnews.com

50 years ago today Pioneer 10 was launched
damninteresting.com

Genetics study lays bare Ice Age drama for humans in Europe
news.yahoo.com

Photos from the First-Ever Ascent of Mt. Michel, an Ultra-Remote Volcano
petapixel.com

It was a piece of currency so large it seemed unimaginable anyone would try to steal it. But that was part of the appeal.
hazlitt.net

The Secret Life of the North Pole
nautil.us

This Revolutionary Stroke Treatment Will Save Millions of Lives. Eventually.
nytimes.com

‘Havana syndrome’ not caused by foreign adversary, US intelligence says
theguardian.com • (see also)

Winners of the 2022 World Nature Photography Awards
theatlantic.com

Is the future of computing biological?
arstechnica.com

50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World
spectrum.ieee.org

What about Mrs* Eames?
messynessychic.com

NASA’s DART impactor shows how planetary defense can work
arstechnica.com

How a Lone Researcher Faced Down Millions of Army Ants on the March in Ecuador
atlasobscura.com

Kouri-Vini: The return of the US’ lost language
bbc.com

Russia, So Desperate for Armor, Is Digging Up Ancient Soviet Amphibious Vehicles
popularmechanics.com

‘I’ve spent 5 years researching the heroic life of Black musician Graham Jackson, but teaching his story could be illegal under laws in Florida and North Dakota’
theconversation.com

Why do we stop exploring new music as we get older?
theconversation.com

A dozen exotic bacteria are found to passively collect rare earth elements from wastewater
phys.org • (see also)

The first observations of octopus brain waves revealed how alien their minds truly are
salon.com

Did the CIA Betray Nelson Mandela?
time.com

Back to the father: the scientist who lost his dad – and resolved to travel to 1955 to save him
theguardian.com

The search for the world’s ‘missing’ genomes
bbc.com

Steel was already being used in Europe 2,900 years ago, shows study
phys.org

Watch these glassy-winged sharpshooters fling pee bubbles with anal catapult
arstechnica.com

NASA astronaut snaps gorgeous photo of auroras from space station
space.com

February is always a rough month. Not enough days. 😕
damninteresting.com

30 years later, Waco siege still resonates – especially among anti-government extremists
theconversation.com

Liquid nitrogen may do the trick for getting moon dust off spacesuits
newatlas.com • (see also)

Ancient texts shed new light on mysterious whale behaviour that ‘captured imagination’
theguardian.com

How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain
quantamagazine.org

The Vikings traveled a lot. How did they manage to talk to people?
sciencenorway.no

Spectacular Pseudoscience: The Fall and Rise of Bioelectricity
lithub.com • (see also)

Video: School Lunch from the Great Depression [18:20]
youtube.com

Beauty breeds obsession: the fight to save orchids from a lethal black market
theguardian.com

Video: No time to die: the resurrection of Manx Gaelic [8:46]
youtube.com

80 years ago today a team of Norwegian commandos sabotaged the Nazi effort to build an A-bomb
damninteresting.com

New quantum state boosts material’s conductivity by a billion percent
newatlas.com

How to Print Money
nytimes.com • (see also)

Ford patents car that can repossess itself and drive back to showroom
newscientist.com

Rare insect found at Arkansas Walmart sets historic record, points to deeper ecological questions
phys.org

Medieval medicine: the return to maggots and leeches to treat ailments
theguardian.com

Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn’t exist has a long evolutionary history
theconversation.com • (see also)

See Rare Images of Early 20th-Century Antarctic Expeditions
smithsonianmag.com

The tiny diamond sphere that could unlock clean power
bbc.com

Photos: International Polar Bear Day
theatlantic.com

Video: The Prime Number Race (with 3Blue1Brown) [20:28]
youtube.com

‘Far from justice’: why are nearly half of US murders going unsolved?
theguardian.com

How the Biggest Fraud in German History Unravelled
newyorker.com

The most dangerous substance known to man
worksinprogress.co

Physicists Levitated a Glass Nanosphere, Nudging It Into The Realm of Quantum Mechanics
sciencealert.com

On this day in 1741 a secret squadron sailed through the Straits le Maire⁠—the gateway to the dreaded Drake Passage
damninteresting.com