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Lady Dai, 2,000-year-old mummy, still has blood in her veins! Explore the best-preserved mummy’s ancient Han dynasty tomb in this viral archaeology marvel.

From missing real fireflies to learning basic electronics and building my own blinking "fireflies"

Restoration of large carnivores in northern Yellowstone National Park in the late 20th century resulted in a sustained reduction of Rocky Mountain elk…

The story starts in Crosscord, the crossword Discord server. Over 5,000 users strong, the server has emerged as a central hub for the online crossword community, a buzzing, sometimes overwhelming, sometimes delightful town square where total noobs, veteran constructors, and champion solvers alike come together to talk about words that cross each other.

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A reflection on control, burnout, and the strange weight of technical fluency.

Fire trucks across all environments are unique, but what key features change? Learn about the differences between municipal and airport fire trucks now.

An exploration of Gnome's many failings and how to fix it.

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Interactive article explaining the physics of an airfoil and what makes airplanes fly

Annexation once seemed likely. Instead, the Twin Cities became a region of fragmented local governments.

“After we finished ploughing, we would bathe the cows and then relax in the field playing flutes,” said Jero Dodo, who has farmed the rice terraces of Tabanan, Bali, since he was 12 years old. While he speaks fondly of the past, the farmer has one foot in the future. Dodo, who spoke to Mongabay […]

What’s odd about you is what’s interesting.

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How the redesign of a street in a walkable college town reflects our broader values for cars over people.

Do "outline speedrunning": Recursively outline an MVP, speedrun filling it in, and only then go back and perfect. This is a ~10x speed up over the 'loading-bar' style (more on that below) Don't just read this article and move on. Go out and do this for the very next thing you make so y

I’m often asked to edit friends’ or coworkers’ writing, anything from emails to short stories to documentation. Recently, someone asked me how I edit. What am I looking for? How do I know what changes to make? That made me stop and think about what I’ve been doing semi-instinctually.

Learn how to write poetry and poetry tips for beginners from a popular literary magazine, From Whispers to Roars.

Writing about a topic can often sound boring or worthless. But there are significant benefits to doing it from time to time.

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The Space Shuttle contained a bulky printer so the astronauts could receive procedures, mission plans, weather reports, crew activity plans,...

Chile is so long, it's curved. How long is it? Why not longer? Why is no other country as thin? How does that make Chileans incomprehensible?

Helicopters are perhaps at their coolest when they’re being used as flying cranes — from a long dangling cable, they can carry everything from cars, to crates, to giant hanging saws. Wh…

When MIT and Quaker Oats paired up to conduct experiments on unsuspecting young boys

A man passes away without a word in the mountains of North Carolina, and his grandson sets out to write about the importance of a seemingly unimportant life.