List: Science | Curated by David Raygoza Gómez

Mar 7, 2025
30 stories
Science
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Predict
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Alastair Williams
Did a Lost Star Inspire the Oldest Tale of Humanity?On the origins of human thought, the missing star of the Pleiades, and the dawn of science.
Mar 4
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Mar 4
5
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Teatime History
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Sandee Oster
How the Olmec Elite Used Art to Legitimize Their RuleThe Olmec elite integrated rock art aesthetics and rituals into their sculptures to justify their political power
Sep 15, 2024
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Sep 15, 2024
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Lesley Dewar There's always another story to tell
The Fig Tree — Fascinating and Adored for Its Fleshy FruitUnlike my showy cactus, the fig is highly modest and shows great decorum
Apr 13, 2024
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Apr 13, 2024
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Starts With A Bang!
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Ethan Siegel
How humanity’s most enduring calendar failed us allWith the invention of the leap year, the Julian calendar was used worldwide for over 1500 years. Over time, it led only to catastrophe.
Jan 10, 2024
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Jan 10, 2024
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Starts With A Bang!
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Ethan Siegel
What was it like when the first stars began to shine?The Big Bang’s hot glow faded away after only a few million years, leaving the Universe dark until the first stars formed. Oh, the changes!
Dec 28, 2023
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Dec 28, 2023
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Oscar Wang
Are tomatoes a better space crop than potatoes?Which common earth crop would fare better in the harsh conditions of space — the tomato or the potato? have long been dietary staples on…
Oct 31, 2023
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Oct 31, 2023
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Starts With A Bang!
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Ethan Siegel
JWST discovers the farthest gravitational lens everA more distant galaxy liked the lens so much that it went and put a ring on it. Here’s the science behind this remarkable cosmic object.
Oct 2, 2023
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Oct 2, 2023
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Science Spectrum
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Cole Frederick
Finding Order in the Prime NumbersWhat can structure can we find in the prime numbers, which are one of the cornerstones of mathematics!
Jun 14, 2023
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Jun 14, 2023
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In
Starts With A Bang!
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Ethan Siegel
Why “super-Earth” exoplanets are a scientific catastropheThey’re the most common type of exoplanet known today, and many astronomers have called them “super-habitable.” None of that is true.
May 15, 2023
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May 15, 2023
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Starts With A Bang!
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Ethan Siegel
Is dark matter’s “nightmare scenario” true?The great hope is that beyond the indirect, astrophysical evidence we have today, we’ll someday detect it directly. But what if we can’t?
Dec 6, 2022
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Dec 6, 2022
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Starts With A Bang!
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Ethan Siegel
Ring galaxies, the rarest in the Universe, finally explainedSpirals, ellipticals, and irregulars are all more common than ring galaxies. At last, we know how these ultra-rare objects are made.
Apr 27, 2022
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Apr 27, 2022
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Climate Conscious
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Dr. Erlijn van Genuchten
14 Technologies That Can Prevent Wars Over Drinking WaterHow saltwater can be turned into drinkable freshwater
Jul 25, 2022
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Jul 25, 2022
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Toni Crowe
An Elephant Trampled a Woman, then Traveled 124 Miles to Her Funeral To Trample Her AgainNot satisfied, the beast waited an hour and then called its relatives to destroy her village: Classic FAAFO
Jun 20, 2022
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Jun 20, 2022
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Geek Culture
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Jackson Zheng
Here Are The Basic Components Every Hobby Electronics Beginner NeedThis is the shopping list I wish I was given when I first got started tinkering around
Jan 19, 2022
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Jan 19, 2022
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SNAPSHOTS
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LucianoSphere (Luciano Abriata, PhD)
The most colorful orchids I have ever shotAs you’ve seen, I collect orchids, visit orchid shops, and like to spot orchids in the wild. And I shoot them, a lot. I share with you here…
Dec 22, 2021
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Dec 22, 2021
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In
I Wanna Know
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David B. Clear
Why Penguins Sneeze so MuchA quick look at their supraorbital glands
Oct 15, 2021
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Oct 15, 2021
5
In
Live Your Life On Purpose
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David B. Clear
We Almost Drowned in Bali — Don’t Make the Same MistakeYou’ve probably heard the saying “Don’t fight the current.” I surely had, but that alone didn’t help us.
Feb 6, 2020
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Feb 6, 2020
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In
I Wanna Know
by
David B. Clear
Do Horizontal Stripes Really Make You Look Fat? Or Is that Just a Myth?A quick look at the Helmholtz illusion
Sep 16, 2021
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Sep 16, 2021
1
In
Sharing Science
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LW
There’s a Wasp in Your Fig. Don’t Freak Out.Wasps and figs share a rich mutualistic history, each relying on the other for survival.
Aug 31, 2021
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Aug 31, 2021
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