Science Brief morning red light exposure improves aging adults' color vision by 20% Ellsworth Toohey

capitalism "Wastiary: A Bestiary of Waste" is a free ebook of critical essays and artwork about capitalism and consumerism Jennifer Sandlin

education More students using AI for homework; also AI not very good at homework Jason Weisberger

Science Scientists make temporarily transparent mice Jennifer Sandlin

Science From lava lamps to quantum dice: how random numbers rule your life Mark Frauenfelder

eyesight Staring at a $16 red flashlight improved eyesight in people over 40 Mark Frauenfelder

science Earth now way outside "safe operating space for humanity," says new report Carla Sinclair

Ancient Apocalpyse Archaeologist David Wengrow pushes back against Ancient Apocalypse—and urges us to consider the power of everyday people Jennifer Sandlin

Sir Issac Newton You can visit Sir Isaac Newton's legendary "gravity tree"—and its many descendants and clones Andrew Yi

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occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

Alzheimer's disease Why is the posterior hippocampus larger than normal in London taxi drivers? A.E. Gómez

academia Meet the underpaid university lecturer who lived in a tent for two years Annie Rauwerda

animation Rabbit's Blood is a wonderfully grim animated short set in the distant future Popkin

Science Is your name spiky or round? Scientific study shows people judge you based on the sound of your name David Pescovitz

archeology Scientists propose radical new model of the Antikythera Mechanism Gareth Branwyn

archaeology Parts of Stonehenge may have been schlepped across Great Britain from other monuments David Pescovitz

extinction More evidence of interbred Neanderthal in Jersey Kevin Reome

dinosaurs Dino-killing asteroid hit at "lethal" angle Rob Beschizza

apps Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones's last major project was this Canterbury Tales app David Pescovitz