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What impacted the Earth 66 million years ago at Chicxulub and caused the extinction of 75% of all species of life? A new analysis suggests it was an asteroid from the outer reaches of the solar system.
London’s clean air zone was meant to reduce car pollution but also had another effect: more active kids. “Instead of being chauffeured to school by their parents, the students started walking, biking, scootering, or taking public transit.”
“A previously unknown piece of music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was probably in his early teens has been uncovered at a library in Germany.” 12 minutes of new Mozart in the 21st century, what a time to be alive.
The newest season of The Great British Bake Off premieres on Netflix next week (Sept 27). Look at all those fresh faces — I love them already.
This 8-minute video of a drone’s eye tour of the coast of Antarctica is just flat-out gorgeous.
[This is a vintage post originally from Apr 2015.]
Tags: Antarctica · timeless posts · video
A famous lecture given in 1982 by computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People”, has long been publicly unavailable but is now on YouTube.
I love these covers designed by Rodrigo Corral for Nathaniel Mackey’s poetry collection Double Trio. You will likely recognize some of the other covers designed by Corral over the years.
Tags: book covers · books · design · Double Trio · Nathaniel Mackey · poetry · Rodrigo Corral
Oh hey, a new book from Oliver Burkeman coming out soon: Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts.
Serena Rios McRae makes hand-carved stamps out of pink erasers and recently stamped all 185 erasers onto one sheet of paper.
A man named Alan Adler invented both the Aerobie Flying Ring and the AeroPress Coffee Maker.
Holy moly, William Peterson set a new Fastest Known Time on Vermont’s Long Trail: 272 miles with 67,000 feet of elevation gain in 3 days, 21 hours, and 10 minutes.