Population Viking migration left a lasting legacy on Ireland's populationThe Conversation UK - Rowan McLaughlin and Emma Hannah The early medieval period in Ireland (400-1200AD) was a time of key importance. It was a turning point in European history and the origin of much …
Satellites Here Come the Space Tugs, Ready to Tidy Up Earth's OrbitsWIRED - Sarah Scoles For the low, low price of $2.25 million, SpaceX will put your small satellite on a big Falcon 9 rocket and shoot it to orbit with a bunch of …
Milton Friedman Milton Friedman Was WrongThe Atlantic - Eric PosnerThe famed economist’s “shareholder theory” provides corporations with too much room to violate consumers’ rights and trust. On Monday, the Business Roundtable, a group that represents CEOs of big corporations,
Google Drive 14 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Drive could doFast Company - JR RaphaelMake Google’s online storage service better than ever with these unexpected options and productivity-boosting add-ons. If you’re thinking of Google Drive as a mere place to plop your files, you’re missing
The Brain A Mathematical Model Unlocks the Secrets of VisionQuanta Magazine - Kevin Hartnett Mathematicians and neuroscientists have created the first anatomically accurate model that explains how vision is possible. This is the great mystery …
Technology This Futuristic Ski Jacket Mimics the Color-Changing Skin of a SquidMy Modern Met - Emma TaggartSquids are among the few animals in the world that can change the color of their skin in the blink of an eye. The remarkable transformation helps them to camouflage among their environment to become nearly
Science Scientists Start Building a Parts List for the Brainscientificamerican.com - Lydia Denworth About five years ago, preeminent neuroscientist Eric Kandel of Columbia University was asked by a radio interviewer what mysteries remained about the …
U.S. Virgin Islands The U.S. Bought 3 Virgin Islands from Denmark. The Deal Took 50 Yearshistory.com - By Becky Little Every March 31, the U.S. Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix observe “Transfer Day” to commemorate the sale of the islands …
Population Arrival of Vikings to Ireland in the 10th century halted a 'serious population decline'dailymail.co.uk - By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Ireland's population was in the midst of a 'serious decline' before the arrival of the Vikings 1,000 years ago, new research has found. It had long …
Science How One Physicist Solved a 127-Year-Old Wave RiddlePopular Mechanics - By David GrossmanAnyone who has ever been on the stern (rear) of a boat has seen a familiar sight: waves rippling out in what's called a wake. Science has long assumed that there's a uniformity to this rippling, which
MTA New York City’s MTA Tries a New Role: Suburban DeveloperCityLab - John SuricoThe largest transit agency in the U.S. is building a mixed-use development next to a commuter rail station north of Manhattan. Like many towns across America, Harrison, New York is desperate to revitalize
Graphene Meet the crystal growers who sparked a revolution in graphene electronicsnature.com - Mark Zastrow Two Japanese scientists supply hundreds of laboratories with a prized gem — and are now among the world’s most published researchers. The smell of …
HawaiʻI The Not-So-Chill History of Hawai‘i’s Breeziest ShirtAtlas Obscura - Sabrina Imbler On the cover of his 1961 album Blue Hawaii, Elvis Presley can’t help but look impossibly cool. It’s not just the bouffant or half-smirk, or the …
Play buttonMiles Davis Looking Back On 'Bitches Brew': The Year Miles Davis Plugged Jazz InNPR - Audie Cornish , Noah CaldwellFifty years ago this August, Miles Davis assembled a group of musicians to record the sprawling, groundbreaking album Bitches Brew. With the sounds of Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone and James Brown
Plastic Paper Straws Won't Stop Climate ChangeThe Atlantic - Annie LowreyThey’re a single-use, disposable consumer item—a greener option, but not a green one. The bright, cold, bitter tang. The soft notes of walnut and dirt. The anticipation of the jolt of electricity. The
Burning Man Tech billionaires haven’t killed Burning Man’s anti-capitalist spirit—but influencers mightFast CompanyThe annual mecca for the experimental and weird has become one of the world’s most iconic arts events by keeping the forces of commercialization at bay. If only it weren’t so Instagrammable. It was midweek
Sperm Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm. The Doctors Used Their Own.The New York TimesEve Wiley of Dallas learned, through DNA testing, that her biological father was her mother’s fertility doctor. Prosecutors accused Dr. Donald Cline, a fertility specialist in Indianapolis, of substituting
Cold War The wildlife haven in a Cold War ‘death strip’BBC Future - Sophie HardachFor decades they represented a no-go zone for people, but the walls and fences that divided Europe during the Cold War have left a surprising legacy. Rare birds sing in the shadow of old East German watchtowers.
Innovation Water cremation and human composting: the new, eco-friendly frontier of dyingFast Company - Eillie AnzilottiWe are running out of space to bury people, and cremation has an enormous carbon footprint. So people are finding new ways to dispose of the bodies of their loved ones. Matt Baskerville has served as licensed
Amelia Earhart Colossal crabs may hold clue to Amelia Earhart fateNational Geographic - Rachel Hartigan SheaDoes the secret of the famed aviator’s disappearance lie in the underground haunts of the world’s largest land invertebrate? The coconut crabs on the island of Nikumaroro are longer than a reporter’s wider
John Steinbeck John Steinbeck's Epic Ocean Voyage Rewrote the Rules of Ecology | Arts & Culture | Smithsoniansmithsonianmag.com - Richard Grant; Photographs by Ian C. Bates It was the fourth sinking of its long career, and this time the old wooden fishing boat lay submerged for nearly six months in brackish water and …
God Text-Only : If Jesus Never Called Himself God, How Did He Become One?NPRWas Jesus put in a tomb and three days later that tomb was found empty? Well, that's a historical question. And to answer it, it doesn't require any set of religious beliefs; you can simply look at the
Cool Stuff As Climate Warms, Cool Summer Evenings Are First to GoThe Atlantic - Robinson MeyerAs the climate warms up, cool summer evenings are becoming a distant memory. Every summer until fifth grade, my family took the same vacation to the same town on the Jersey Shore. The days were about idyllic
Science Mathematical framework turns any sheet of material into any shape using kirigami cutsphys.org - Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a mathematical framework that can turn …
Play buttonScience Dragonfly Spacecraft to Scour the Sands of Titan for the Chemistry of Lifesmithsonianmag.com - Jay Bennett Nobody knows exactly what the sand is made of on Titan. Saturn’s largest moon, a bit larger than the planet Mercury, has a layer of crust primarily …
Ancient Greece The Swole Women of Sparta Wrestled, Danced, and DrankAtlas Obscura - Jessica Leigh Hester This week, we’re remembering historic leisure activities—ways that people kicked back, chilled out, and expressed themselves throughout the …
Sandwiches Fast and Frugal Road Food Along the Pacific Coast HighwaySunset - Stephanie Granada Not all road food is created equally—especially when you’re cruising along California’s iconic PCH. Tasty, cheap food abounds along this stretch of …
Military History Meet the CIA’s disguise artists who helped Cold War spies disappearpbs.org Jonna Mendez is one-half of a legendary espionage power couple. She and her husband, Tony, met as American spies in the Soviet Union and took turns …
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