Asteroid Definitely

from ExtremeTech Finally confirmed: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs By Sebastian Anthony A team of American and European researchers have confirmed that the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction — the event that wiped out roughly 75% of the planet’s species, including...

Happy Birthday FT

from The New York Times With a Focus on Its Future, Financial Times Turns 125 By ERIC PFANNER It was a time when the financial markets were growing and globalizing rapidly. Gossip, speculation and misinformation abounded. There was a need for a “friend to the honest...

Richard Artschwager Gone

from GalleristNY Richard Artschwager, Whose Multifarious Work Defied Categorization, Dies at 89 By Andrew Russeth Richard Artschwager, who crafted a protean and enigmatic body of work over the course of more than half a century, has died. He was 89. David Nolan...

“I have set my life upon a cast”

from TIME Magazine Richard III’s Bones: Should One of History’s Losers Be Redeemed? By Ishaan Tharoor These are royal bones. Researchers from the U.K.’s University of Leicester confirmed today that the remains of a skeleton discovered in September beneath a parking...

Pork Bone Broth for a Chinese hot pot

from The Arizona Republic Pork Bone Broth for a Chinese hot pot 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 onions, peeled and chopped 8 cloves garlic, peeled Pork bone shoulder, plus 4 or 5 smaller pork bones Cold water (enough to fill stockpot 3 / 4 full) 1 pinch goji berry 1 pinch...