Superbloom ’26

from NBC News Death Valley sees its most spectacular superbloom in a decade The wildflowers have painted the usually barren landscape of Death Valley National Park — one of the hottest and driest places in the country — in pretty pink, purple and yellow. By Denise...

The Devil’s Tone

from National Geographic The science behind why Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s music sounded ‘satanic’ The tritone has been blamed for chaos, banned by choirs, and embraced by metalheads. Here’s what the ‘devil’s interval’ really does to your...

Not ’til you’re 18, son

from FORTUNE Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, billionaire tech leaders are keeping their own children away from the tech they...

Venusians, maybe?

from Study Finds Something Was Making Stone Tools In China 600,000 Years Before Homo Erectus Showed Up Reviewed by John Anderer Reconstruction of the Yunxian Homo erectus (Credit: Xiaobo Feng) In A Nutshell Ancient skulls found in Hubei Province, China, have been...

Odd Thinking

from Psychology Today 3 Unique Ways Smart People Think Three ‘odd’ thinking patterns are consistently linked to higher intelligence. Reviewed by Lybi Ma Source: Lumezia Shutterstock People often picture intelligence as mental efficiency. We tend to imagine...

Aethelmaer’s Comet

from Popular Science Halley’s comet may need a new, medieval name Astronomers suggest the honor should go to an 11th century monk known for a disastrous flying attempt. by ANDREW PAUL The 1066 CE appearance of Halley’s comet is famously depicted in the Bayeux...