You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you
Think it sounds like a click-bait title? It's not, it's a statement. Side note: I don't read a ton of webcomics but I love The Oatmeal so much. If you have a fav webcomic, send me some links.
Critically examining claims made by others when it conflicts with our biases is a tough skill to develop, but this researcher set out to develop curriculum to teach discernment. But as one critic says in the article, “It doesn't matter what we know, if we don't apply it in real life. Knowledge has to kick in when it's needed. It has to over-ride other influences and impulses.”
New dinosaur fossil so well-preserved it looks like a statue
It's hard to describe how happy this news made me. It's a dragon, basically. IT'S A DRAGON.
An artificial womb successfully grew baby sheep — and humans could be next
Another weird link from Kyle G. He doesn't even subscribe to this newsletter, he just posts links in Slack at work and I steal them. But I always give attribution just in case someone starts digging around the archives one day and is all like "hey dude you got that from me!"
Also, no humans could not be next but I bet you really wanna click that link now.
Six Ancient Legends That Are Based On Real Events
Please, forgive me sharing a site full of click-bait, intrusive ads, and subpar writing. It's like the stuff that plays before the movie in the theater: it's mostly garbage, but sometimes there are little tidbits of trivia in there that make you actually go out and do a little research. Or giggle. Share in my stupid guilty pleasure.
Earth’s Orbiting Junkyard Threatens the Space Economy
We really do fill any possible free space with junk, don't we? H/T to my sister Mary Mittwede for the link.
The writing here is really good. I mean, sure, it's a pretty fun title and super interesting and a little science-y, but I really enjoy the writing.
"Even the sand that passed through the sieve was saved and driven back to a lab at the museum, where I would later find three other students picking through it with magnifying glasses and tweezers, searching for tinier stuff — rodent teeth, sea-urchin spines — while listening to “Call Me Maybe.”
Good stuff.