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Excuse me everyone, pardon the interruption, but I think it's really important that we all know about the existence of ancient Egyptian egg ovens: an ingenious early incubation technology that
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A thread of very good, wonderful, truly Super Bowls.Translucent agate bowl with ornamental grooves and coffee-and-cream marbling. Found near Qift in southern Egypt. 300 - 1,000 BC. Getty Museum
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2,000+ years ago, Persians enjoyed cool beverages, sorbets, and other chilled treats in the desert, even in the searing heat of summer.How?With this: an ancient refrigerator called a Yakhchāl ("ice
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A soap bubble is a layer of water molecules sandwiched btwn two layers of soap molecules. It begins freezing at its coldest point, but the fluid inner layer shears off
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Lettuce is a daisyA pineapple is a bromeliadApples, pears, plums, & cherries are rosesStrawberries, blackberries, & raspberries are *not* botanical berriesBut tomatoes, grapes, cucumbers, eggplants, bananas, & avocados *are* bot
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For @NYTmag I wrote about hidden networks of root and fungi, how trees continually exchange resources and information, and a visionary scientist who changed our understanding of forests and inspired
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Cinnamon is one of the most beloved spices in the world, used in savory & sweet dishes, tea & cocktails, chewing gum, candy, perfume, medicine, and cosmetics. This time of
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I knew about fancy domestic pigeons, but I didn't realize there were so many stunningly beautiful wild pigeons, too.This is the Victoria crowned pigeon. When it's born, it looks like
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For @NYTmag I wrote about the possible origins of the new coronavirus, the profound links between ecological disturbance and disease outbreaks, and why zoonoses do not so much leap as
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Several great articles published today stress the importance of proper ventilation, in addition to distancing & masks, in limiting the spread of COVID: 1) https://nyti.ms/30d1cXf 2) https://bit.ly/31109sG But there's a re
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