17 Apr 2026 Science Quickly Podcast With Rachel Feltman
Birds are the only dinosaurs who managed to survive the asteroid impact that wiped out 75 percent of all species 66 million years ago. But how did they pull it off? To get some answers, host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks to paleontologist Steve Brusatte, author of the upcoming book The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present. Their conversation traces the incredible evolutionary journey of modern birds and explores what these animals’ survival story can teach us today.
Recommended Reading;
How birds survived the dinosaurs’ doomsday https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar…
The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present, by Steve Brusatte. Mariner Books, April 28, 2026 https://www.harpercollins.com/product…
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“PLOT” (2024). Photos by Grégoire d’Ablon. All images courtesy of the artist
Building sites and agricultural areas are typically described by the utilitarian operations that shape them—rugged, harsh, and often back-breaking. They are spaces that resist softness, built quite literally around force and tension. Artist Pia Hinz flips this idea on its head as she explores the conceptual and material relationship between strength and vulnerability.
Living and working between Ardèche, Amsterdam, and Arles, France, Hinz has been working with stained glass for the past three years. She focuses much of her work on objects that one might find in environments of labor, such as construction or farming. Her sculptures take on an array of recognizable forms including hammers, screws, traffic cones, tractor doors, scythes, rope, and more. […]
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More: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/04/pia-hinz-stained-glass-sculptures/
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If you look at Europe at night, the coastlines are practically glowing. From Rome to Amsterdam to Copenhagen, Europeans love to build massive, wealthy cities right on the ocean. But right here, along the northwest coast of Germany, the map suddenly goes dark. For hundreds of miles, featuring some of the most strategically valuable coastline in the world… there is almost nothing. No sprawling metropolises. No massive skyline. Just empty space. So why doesn’t Germany, one of the wealthiest countries in the world, have a major city in such a valuable location?
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Chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:35 – The Geography of a Vanishing Coast
4:29 – Sponsored By Mammouth.ai
6:22 – The Atlantis of the North Sea
11:43 – The Luxury of Retreat
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