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Should We Bring Airships Back?
Photos of airships have long been remebered as black-and-white images from decades past, showing what the people back…
Yes, “Doggerland” Is a Real Place—And Its Role in Human Evolution and Dispersion Is Critical
Coastal strollers along British beaches have occasionally reported sightings of old wooden tools and even human bones along…
Here’s a Video About Knots. (No, Really!)
You might be surprised to know that studying knots go beyond just getting your shoelaces tied just right;…
Did We Just Disprove Dark Matter?
The GAIA astrometric survey’s recent results reveal some curious bits of information that challenge what we currently accept…
Your Cat’s a Predator—It’s Probably Just Not Obvious
It’s not directly evident at first glance, but domestic cats descend from a line of successful predatory mammals…
Here’s the Dinosaurs Your Childhood Book Didn’t Talk About.
You will be familiar with T. rex, Triceratops, and even Stegosaurus. There are hundreds more of perhaps lesser-known…
Why Bother With Mathematicians When We Have AI?
AI’s slow but steady encroachment into everyday life has covered almost every niche it can touch—including math. What…
Should We Really Follow IQ Measurements?
All our lives we’ve been exposed to the concept of IQ, or an “intelligence quotient”; the measure is…
Scientific Integrity and the Fuss With Room-Temperature Superconductors
Now that the dust has settled, it’s now becoming more apparent that there really was more to the…
Oppenheimer Studied More Than Just the Bomb—Here’s the Rest of His Repertoire.
He may be famous (or infamous) for the bomb now, but J. Robert Oppenheimer studied more than just…