📜 HistoryRemote Scottish Islands Briefly Ran The Entire Viking Violence Industry
Judith Jesch traces the story of the Scottish archipelago across the Viking Age, as seen through the Old Norse Saga of the Earls of Orkney
📜 HistoryJane Austen's Twenties Were Apparently A Whole Thing
In the second episode of a four-part series on Austen's life and writing, Dr Lizzie Rogers and Lauren Good chart the author’s tumultuous twenties
Macrophages Filmed Doing Absolutely Unhinged Things To Cancer
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🔬 ScienceIndustry Somehow Needs 26 Times More Money Than It Has
J.P. Morgan ran the numbers on the AI buildout: to clear a 10% return on current capital expenditure, the sector needs to generate roughly $650 billion a year in revenue. The actual run-rate is about $25 billion. The five biggest hyperscalers — Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft,…
📜 HistoryJournalist Covering Nuclear Spy Ranch Now Also Has Brain Zaps
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, a veteran journalist who spent years investigating Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch compound in New Mexico — including ties to surveillance of nearby U.S. nuclear weapons labs and the disappearances of American scientists — says on Substack that she has been…
Millennials Ordered To Prove Childhood Happened
Test your knowledge with the best ’90s trivia questions for millennials, featuring nostalgic TV shows, toys, music, movies, and pop culture.
🏆 RecordsAmerica Somehow Sits Out The Biggest Tourist Year In History
Eighty million more people traveled internationally in 2025 than the year before. But they weren't coming to the United States. CNN's analysis of the tourism collapse : roughly 4 million fewer international visitors and $14 billion in lost spending — a 5.5% drop. Read the rest…
Six Cars Quietly Winning America's Least Wanted Competition
These six top the list for most common cars stolen across the country.
🔬 ScienceRussia's Finest Compartment Leaking Again, Surprisingly
The very premium air leak in the very best Russian part of the International Space Station is back! It may well be that, much like the Little Green Men in Crimea, it's been there waiting to cause trouble all along. If you're not a space person, let us bring you up to speed. Read…
🌏 LocalColbert Quietly Downsizes Career Between Two Major Gigs
On July 1, 2015, shortly before taking over "The Late Show" on CBS, Stephen Colbert unexpectedly spent an hour at midnight guest-hosting a public access television show in Monroe, Michigan, "Only in Monroe." Matt Solomon, at LateNighter , explains: "There's all this pressure on…
🐾 AnimalsSea Lions Invent Sport, Fish Involuntarily Participate
Sea lions are the adorable dogs of the ocean, but lacking balls to play with, they play with the next best thing — fish that turn into balls when threatened. Puffer fish inflate into a ball when frightened, much to the delight of sea lions, who use them in a game that has been…
🐾 AnimalsTurtle Forgot To Look Like A Turtle
An albino softshell turtle looks more like a rare Pokémon than a real animal. Its pale body, leathery shell, and long snorkel-like nose make it seem like a fantasy creature. I had no clue that turtles could look this way, and I'm delighted to find out that they do. Read the rest…
🐾 AnimalsNewborn Aardvark Arrives From Undisclosed Planet
Baby aardvarks look like little aliens. Their long snouts seem almost too big for their bodies, and their hairlessness makes them oddly endearing. The newborn one in this video will melt your heart. The sound they make is even more surprising than their appearance. Read the rest…