LA’s delightfully quirky Museum of Jurassic Technology damaged by fire. The fire gutted the museum's gift shop and caused significant smoke damage to several exhibits. Donations to weather the damage welcome.
Ars Technica
LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology damaged by fire
The fire gutted the museum's gift shop and caused significant smoke damage to several exhibits.
RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions. The move comes after RFK Jr. called top medical journals "corrupt." [Translation: Science, stop telling me things I don't want to be true!]
Ars Technica
RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions
The move comes after RFK Jr. called top medical journals "corrupt."
New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory. Results are consistent with two earlier studies dating the footprints to between 22,000 and 24,000 years ago.
Ars Technica
New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory
Results are consistent with two earlier studies dating the footprints to between 22,000 and 24,000 years ago.
Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care. A growing number of incels are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). That should concern us all.
Ars Technica
Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care
A growing number of incels are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). That should concern us all.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50. Ars staffers reflect upon the things they love most about this masterpiece of absurdist comedy.
Ars Technica
Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50
Ars staffers reflect upon the things they love most about this masterpiece of absurdist comedy.
Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring
New Scientist
Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring
Albert Einstein himself thought that the eponymous Einstein ring would be impossible to observe, but the Euclid telescope has picked one up just 60...
Nazi demonstrators waving swastikas flee after fierce confrontation by Cincinnati locals https://boingboing.net/2025/02/08/nazi-demonstrators-waving-swastikas-flee-after-fierce-confrontation-by-cincinnati-locals.html
Donald Trump And Elon Musk, Who Have Claimed To Be Restoring Free Speech, Call For Media Figures To Be Fired
Donald Trump And Elon Musk Call For Media Figures To Be Fired
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are calling for the firing of news figures who have said or reported something they do not like.
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties
Ars Technica
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least-vaccinated counties
Nine cases are confirmed, 3 are probable. Officials says more are likely to come.
I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know. We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else.
Slate Magazine
I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know.
We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else.