Star trails next to one of the oldest organisms in the world

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“Coffee” has a fascinating history

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Satisfying pipe cleaning

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Slicing a frozen cherry

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JWST saw a soot and diamond planet orbiting a gamma ray pulsar #space #astronomy #nasa #science

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The Disturbing True Meaning of Jack and the Beanstalk Buried for 5,000 Years

The story they tell children today—about a foolish boy, magic beans, and a lucky adventure—is one of history’s greatest deceptions. The truth about Jack and the Beanstalk reaches back five thousand years, to a time before the pyramids rose from Egyptian sand, before the first words of the Bible were written. What you’re about to discover is not a fairy tale at all, but an ancient revolutionary manifesto hidden in plain sight, a brutal allegory of class warfare that someone desperately wanted you to forget.

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Turn on the light, and it comes to life (credit: João Gonçalves)

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Pack it perfectly round with the label at the end

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The Artworks You Step Over Every Day

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This is what singing two controlled vocalized notes at the same time sounds like

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