- Fascinating account of the series whose artwork inspired Star Wars: Valerian
- A catalog of various “spreadsheet-based screw-ups”
- I was shocked I’ve never heard of “the mother of Chinese computing”
- More facepalm-worthy revelations about WeWork …
- Cool anecdote about a B-52 bomber and an aircraft carrier
- On how even a slime mold can react “intelligently” to changing light:
it is already known to find the shortest way through a maze or to follow a balanced diet, without having a central nervous system. Now MPIDS researchers Karen Alim, Felix Bäuerle and Stefan Karpitschka are showing in experiments that it can also spontaneously adjust its pumping efficiency
- Discovering a 14,000-year old Canadian village (so, currently the oldest North American settlement known about)
- For fans of Blade Runner, something about its soundtrack
- A randomly interesting “throwback-to-the-90s internet-style” web page I found. And another one.
- Been on the hike a few times, but I did not know this historical background for the Stanford Dish
- Randomly interesting: hiding places within the cliffs of Galilee
- I can never let go of this one: another comparative look at “the other Space Shuttle”
- Age of Empires 2, re-released !!
- Graphic novels are good for you. Duh 😀.
- One of those cases where I just mention the headline: “A 25,000-year old building made out of 60 mammoths”
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