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  • Why there are no time travelers.

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  • Oh like you can hit reverse.esrever tih nac uoy ekil hO

  • Why there are no time travelers.

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  • I remember it was in the new books section of the school library and I was attracted to it immediately and spent the day reading it instead of paying attention in my classes. I need to read it again. Thanks for bringing it up!

  • Why there are no time travelers.

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  • I read that ages ago. Back in high school, in fact (I'm 46). I don't remember it except the chapter where time is a flock of birds that you have to try to catch to stay youthful. The children can catch them but always let them go and the adults can never catch them.

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    Why there are no time travelers.

  • Biology @mander.xyz
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    Here's why 6,000 octopuses like to be under the sea at an 'octopus garden'

    www.kuow.org /stories/here-s-why-6-000-octopuses-like-to-be-under-the-sea-at-an-octopus-garden
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    Maybe stick to the stuff that comes out of the tap.

  • The Closest Planet To Neptune Turns Out To Be... Mercury

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  • Mindblowing. I never even thought of things that way!

  • Kitten for scale.

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    Kitten for scale.

  • The largest Black Hole compared to Our Solar System

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  • That's actually smaller than I would have thought. I wouldn't have expected our solar system to even be visible in comparison.

  • China's ancient water pipe networks show they were a communal effort with no evidence of a centralized state authority

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  • Maybe so. I don't think it's evidence that anarchy is the best solution, just that neolithic societies without hierarchies were still able to achieve amazing things.

    But it's not like they were making cars and computers, this is a drainage system. It's very impressive for stone age people, but they are still stone age people.

  • Archaeology @mander.xyz
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    China's ancient water pipe networks show they were a communal effort with no evidence of a centralized state authority

    phys.org /news/2023-08-china-ancient-pipe-networks-communal.html
  • Archaeology @mander.xyz
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    Prehistoric baby bottles

  • Totally real science!

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  • Wow.

    Mercury arc valves remain in use in some South African mines and Kenya (at Mombasa Polytechnic - Electrical & Electronic department).

    Amazing how we're still using such old technology in some places when we have semiconductors.

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    Totally real science!

  • Astronomy @mander.xyz
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    See 17 Years of an Exoplanet’s Orbit in One Captivating GIF

    gizmodo.com /see-17-years-of-an-exoplanet-s-orbit-in-one-captivating-1850729475
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    Anecdotal Evidence

  • Yes, but the sexy after-glow!

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  • That said, a microscope that generates its own light without electricity could be quite useful...

  • We have reached peak archaeology.

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  • The Vikings expanded throughout Russia by using the Volga as a highway.

  • I think this artist's conk is about to say something.

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  • Feed me, Seymour....

  • James Webb Space Telescope spies giant cosmic question mark in deep space (photo)

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  • It's 42, we told you. Stop asking.

  • We have reached peak archaeology.

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  • I think the writers just couldn't bear it.

  • We have reached peak archaeology.

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  • I don't know that you could necessarily develop the wheelbarrow without first having the concept of the wheeled cart.

  • We have reached peak archaeology.

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  • Wheeled carts are not very practical without draught animals to pull them. And the one place they had animals like that, in South America, llamas and the civilizations that utilized them lived in the mountains where wheeled carts aren't practical either.

  • We have reached peak archaeology.

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  • They say that Native Americans never developed the wheel. They clearly did. For sick dog skateboard tricks.

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    We have reached peak archaeology.

  • Why the Big Bang might not have been the beginning of our Universe

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  • I just spent 5 minutes on Google because I misread your first line as 'rips sock bong hit' and I was trying to figure out what the hell a sock bong was.

  • Biology @mander.xyz
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    Scientists Discover The Genetic Switch to Induce 'Virgin Births' in Fruit Flies

    www.sciencealert.com /scientists-discover-the-genetic-switch-to-induce-virgin-births-in-fruit-flies

  • Many people feel their jobs are pointless

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  • My job isn't pointless, just boring and mind-numbing. So yay?

  • 'A superb dig': Archeologists uncover ruins believed to be Roman Emperor Nero's theater near Vatican

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  • When I was 7, my family took a trip to Italy. We went to the Vatican. While we were there, we discovered a little side door that was open and went inside. Inside were a dozen gold carriages used to carry Popes before they got cars. At 7 years old, I asked my parents why they didn't sell these and feed starving kids in Africa. Even a little kid can see the injustice.

  • Archaeology @mander.xyz
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    'A superb dig': Archeologists uncover ruins believed to be Roman Emperor Nero's theater near Vatican

    abcnews.go.com /International/superb-dig-archeologists-uncover-ruins-believed-roman-emperor/story
  • Astronomy @mander.xyz
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    Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988

    arstechnica.com /science/2023/07/new-slow-repeating-radio-source-we-have-no-idea-what-it-is/
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    Scientists propose Webb Telescope has detected stars powered by dark matter

    gizmodo.com /scientists-propose-webb-stars-powered-dark-matter-1850647179
  • Biology @mander.xyz
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    Scientists genetically modify trees to produce more sustainable wood

    interestingengineering.com /innovation/genetically-modify-trees-produce-more-sustainable-wood
  • Astronomy @mander.xyz
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    New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed

    phys.org /news/2023-07-age-universe-billion-years-previously.html
  • Astronomy @mander.xyz
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    NASA's Perseverance rover finds preserved organic matter on Mars

    gizmodo.com /nasa-perseverance-rover-preserved-organic-matter-mars-1850630956