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You guys, there used to be pygmy t-rexes in the arctic. Medieval string-theorists are a thing now I guess. Let us now discuss mind controlling parasites that live in wasp’s…

Squids have been feeling pain this whole time, jerks. Walter George Bruhl Jr has your goofy/charming obit of the week. Also on Wired: Old maps of NYC realistic and decidedly…

Vegetarian personal ads of the 19th century. Similarly, Victorian ladies’ seaweed scrapbooks. Hey these crazy old masks are pretty neat! Elephants can recognize human voices (so don’t talk smack about…

AHHHH MARINE WORMS! Obviously what we need are giant tornado walls. Elsewhere on the BBC: urban explorers of the former USSR. I imagine you would like to know some unicorn…

Dudes, we totally caused that Oklahoma earthquake. Who doesn’t love 1940s Mexican children’s illustration? Spider monkeys’ societies are all sorts of sexually segregated (spider monkeys are jerks). Elsewhere in the…

Maybe dark matter killed the dinosaurs (maybe a lot of things). 50 Watts on Don Quixotes of the 1960s. Nepalese honey hunters are more bad ass than you could ever…

Atlas Obscura takes us through animal islands and unloved mythical creatures. Seriously dudes, there are so many fish in the sea. Irregular frogs. Now let’s all watch an orb spider…

Luigi Prina’s airships are pretty delightful. Hey scientists, you probably shouldn’t pollute Antarctica so badly. I guess we’re talking about kakapos now! I have a moral obligation to post about…

Guys, please don’t litter on Everest. (Is this really a thing we have to say now?) Way to bring back a terrifyingly giant ancient virus science! Remember that time the…

Sweet potatoes tell us that Polynesians were totally here first. Maybe life used to be able to be everywhere. Maybe a lot of things. A mystery wrapped in very old…

Once upon a time the oceans were filled with walrus-whales and everything was great. Behold the taste organ. There’s a lot going on with black holes these days, such as…

So, why does bacteria makes your wine better. If you live in New York you should probably go see Ivan Navarro’s rad water tower installation. Here are those composite shots of…