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Somehow I missed that Patrick Radden Keefe’s excellent book on The Troubles, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memor ...

The team at Howtown closed out 2024 by investigating the spice level (i.e. the Scoville ratings) of the lineup of hot sauces on ...

The team at Howtown closed out 2024 by investigating the spice level (i.e. the Scoville ratings) of the lineup of hot sauces on the popular YouTube interview series Hot Ones while also teaching us ...

Since January 2020, Sophie O’Neill has been keeping an embroidery journal. Each day, she sews an “icon” to represent that day ...

Yesterday was Public Domain Day and Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain has the scoop on what work ...

Well, I really don’t know what happened here. One minute it was the second week of January 2024 and the next minute we&#82 ...

Since January 2020, Sophie O’Neill has been keeping an embroidery journal. Each day, she sews an “icon” to represent that day’s events and memories. “I embroider an icon every day,” Sophie says. “So ...

In the city of Poznań, Poland, a group of eight clams controls the local water supply through a clever bio-monitoring system: ...

I’ve shared animator Nick Murray Willis’ videos before — he takes snippets of sound & dialogue from sports comment ...

While poking around for Christmas music, I found this little-known recording of Louis Armstrong reading ‘Twas The Night Be ...

From The Atlantic Science Desk, 77 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2024. Some that caught my eye: 5. Your body carries literal piece ...