40 Years Ago, Oceanographers Found the Wreckage of the RMS Titanic

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A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How a Forgotten Medieval Woman Gave Groups of Birds Their Strange Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith

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New qubit architecture enables faster, more accurate operations

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Why the Recent Total Eclipse Looked Unusual

New Species of Giant Armadillo Has Convoluted History

The Creative Power of Uncertainty: Polish Poet Wisława Szymborska’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

The Love of Art Heists

Georgia Cop Claimed Petting Zoo Donkey Was Charging at His Team When He Shot It

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The Amazonian river dolphin is 10 million years old and has pink skin. To the indigenous people, they are thoroughly wicked creatures

This Viking Dress Survived for 1,300 Years, Protected by Its Metal Ornaments

Key brain circuit regulating hibernation found at last

Archaeologists Just Found a Fascinating Ancient Statue—Used as a Paving Stone in a Roman Road

When the AIs Found Each Other

Open Thread

Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a Small Alaskan Island

Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan

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