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The Cold War’s Accidental Whale Observatory

Built to track enemy submarines, the Navy’s underwater listening network inadvertently revealed that whales may be singing across entire oceans The post The Cold War’s Accidental Whale Observatory appeared first on Nautilus .

USPS Reissues Popular Mister Rogers Stamps

Every so often, the US Postal Service reissues old stamps. This time around, they polled the public about which past stamp they’d like to see reissued and the results were decisive: the people love Mister Rogers . The Mister Rogers stamp, originally released in 2018, is new

Cyprus re-elects parliamentary speaker

NICOSIA, June 4 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Cyprus re-elected Annita Demetriou as speaker of parliament on Thursday in a vote seen as an early glimpse of emerging partnerships ahead of a presidential election in 2028. Cyprus has a presidential system of government, but alliances

Indie Again: A Conversation With Death Cab For Cutie

The last time Death Cab For Cutie dropped an album that wasn't on Atlantic Records, The O.C. was TV's new sensation , and a portion of the band's fanbase had not yet been born. That album was Transatlanticism , an indie classic that launched Death Cab to real-deal rock stardom.

Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire

Today on Decoder, I’m talking to Ryan Mac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and coauthor of the excellent book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, which came out in 2024. I can’t recommend it enough. I wanted to have Ryan on the show because we’re on

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MUNA Cover Go West’s “The King Of Wishful Thinking”

Indie-pop greats MUNA have seemingly been in New York this week promoting their very satisfying new album Dancing On The Wall this week. On my run this morning, I listened to the trio's new episode of Switched On Pop , which highlighted some awesome moments in their new songs.

Screwworm fly detected in Texas for first time in decades

A flesh-eating parasite has been detected in Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Inspection Service confirmed Wednesday. A New World screwworm (NWS) was found in a young calf in Zavala County, which is southwest of San Antonio, Texas. This is the