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Despite the death of a worker at a Russian plague lab, there are important reasons why we'll probably never see an event like the Black Death again. sciam.com/article/why-...

National Pumpkin 🎃 Day

Beach sand can be full of magnetite, so a plain magnet pulls the iron out and leaves the silica behind. Then a 1,500 °C furnace turns it into metal.

The Art of Looking Up

"Look human, the baby I made"

The secret to a stone wall that lasts is "one over two, two over one." Never line up vertical joints, because that's where walls split. Dry stone masonry is now UNESCO heritage.

Benagil cave, Portugal 🇵🇹

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The constellation in Van Gogh’s The Starry Night may be based on a real cluster of stars in the Taurus constellation. Researchers make a compelling case with evidence from astronomy, weather analysis and Van Gogh’s letters. sciam.com/article/astr...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller October 22,1960

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Euler showed in 1736 that a symmetrical drawing can be traced in one stroke if every point has an even number of lines, or exactly two have an odd number. That rule now shapes delivery routes and DNA

Developmental biologist Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard shared the 1995 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development." First/only female German national to win a Nobel in the sciences. Born #OTD in 1942. #WomenInSTEM

When you haven't slept all night but you're in a good mood

Physicist Dr. Marguerite Perey discovered the element francium in 1939. First woman elected to the French Académie des Sciences, 1962--an honor denied to her mentor Marie Curie. She was born #OTD in 1909 & is among the 72 women to be honored with an inscription on the Eiffel Tower. #WomenInSTEM

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I honestly don’t know much about El-Sayed, but this is a perfect answer from him. It’s also hilarious that Tommy used to work for Josh Hawley and was paid 250k for influencer marketing AGAINST El-Sayed. They might want to get a refund. What a spectacular backfire. The walk of shame at the end. 🤣

No shit. I’m not a fan of it being dark before most people get home from work.

i ran out of budget sorry guys

Taiwanese Dàn bing

Every punch, hop and tiptoe in classic 1930s cartoons was timed frame by frame, and foley artists made the sounds with slide whistles and xylophones.

Kyu-Shirataki Station in Japan remained open exclusively for a student who relied on the train to attend classes. After her graduation in 2016, the railway company permanently closed the station.

What a cute Halloween crew 👻

Kangaroos are just deer who went to prison

Japanese Nosferatu poster hits different.

Two things that pair well: A baby hippo and the song "Dancing Queen" by ABBA. This made me smile.😁