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New evidence suggests that Neanderthals were making fire in the UK 400,000...

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Victorian-Era Mourning Objects From the V&A’s Collection

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The trailer for It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, a documentary film about...

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Timothy Snyder: “What comes next? For the Nazis, the deportation and the...

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Size of Life, a visual comparison of living things from DNA to...

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I hate how good this is: Radiohead sings Santa Claus Is Coming...

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2000 Words for Japanese Rain

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The loose flap of skin around the elbow is called the what...

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A Charlie Brown Christmas, Live

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We Asked Critics From Authoritarian Regimes What They Wish They’d Known Sooner....

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A “particularly inventive” Rube Goldberg marble run maze. Lots of elements doing...

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The 2025 Kottke Holiday Gift Guide

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Colin Furze built a full-suspension bike using powerful magnets instead of shocks...

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Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century....

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Jiggle Cat

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A guide on how (and why) to quit Spotify. “I am extremely...

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Huge Collection of Laptop Sticker Art

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Why We Have Two Nostrils Instead of One Big Hole. (Great title!)...

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I’m working on the 2025 gift guide right now, but I wanted...

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A video featuring Magnus Carlsen trying to beat a very novice player...

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From Nature, a list of 10 people who helped shape science in...

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The all-out AI race. “They are tearing towards a technology that could,...

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Beautiful Drone Videos of Iceland’s Black Sand Beaches

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Narrative String Theory is collection all known instances in film & TV...

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Weird Al Yankovic Covers Killing In The Name by Rage Against the Machine

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This rabona assist from Rayan Cherki is ridiculous (complimentary)....

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For its 50th anniversary, the original theatrical cut of Star Wars will...

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French electronic duo Air performs a Tiny Desk Concert. Setlist: Le Voyage...

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Fran Sans is a font based on the display type of SF’s...

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The Land of Giants, a conceptual proposal to build power line towers...

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The Fascinating Map of Fungi

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Bloomberg’s Jealousy List for 2025, a collection of journalism admired by the...

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I’m actually surprised how well Santa answers these difficult questions in the...

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Where Did These Famous Hip Hop Screeches Come From?

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Dollar stores are overcharging their customers at checkout. “Red Baron frozen pizzas,...

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Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation? “When you consider all the...

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Gemini and Mercury Remastered is “a collection of hundreds of newly-restored images...

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Really interesting take on Wake Up Dead Man and the other Knives...

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Pantone choosing a shade of white for its color of the year...

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Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan. “Relations between the two countries...

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“Change starts with smaller actions, with going against the odds. And the...

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“The breakneck speed of New England’s transformation makes it the fastest-heating area...

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What ‘67’ Reveals About Childhood Creativity. “Through these quaint ready-made formulas the...

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How Ferrari’s F1 Team Improved Medical Care for Children

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Really interesting post about Hammersmith Bridge, which has been closed since 2019,...

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To Grow, We Must Forget… but Now AI Remembers Everything. “What if...

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Sound Designing a Life

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Matthew Rhys & Netflix are plotting an adaptation of Robert Caro’s The...

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How MacKenzie Scott is giving away her billions. “Once you begin to...

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An irresistible video title: Army of Crabs Protect Spy Robot From Stingray....

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