The case for curiosity | Addison Mawyer | TEDxGreat Bridge High School Youth — At 14, Addison Mawyer let the fear of being judged derail the audition of her dreams — and it became the moment that changed how she sees the world. Diving into the psychology of judgment culture,…
Rare butterfly population increases by 9000% — A record number of Duke of Burgundy butterflies were recorded in Kent last year, a charity says.
Maggie Haberman, Eve Babitz, Daniel Kraus, and more: 21 new books out today! — The most perfect day in June, as in: my birthday! Happy June 23rd to all, and especially the authors and readers of the below collection of new titles. There’s a comprehensive, insiders’ acco…
Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close - NASA — This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals — the first ever seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover
NASA Data Helps Commercial Space Plan Living Off Our Moon - NASA — The barren lunar landscape has some important resources, such as water and minerals like iron and titanium, but extracting and processing them will require
On the German Mittelstand — What I learned from factories across Germany
How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death — Many physicians sought to treat patients struck down by the Black Death. These doctors typically turned to the extant body of medical knowledge, derived from the ancient world and Arabic texts writ…
Lit Hub Daily: June 26, 2026 — How is queer history “admitted to the historical record?” Demetris Papadimitropoulos on Tennessee Williams, Daniel Ciba’s Blue Roses and the ambiguity of proof. | Lit Hub Criticis…
Charlie Kirk statue vandalised outside Turning Point USA headquarters — Vandals spray red paint on Charlie Kirk statue days after its unveiling to mark one year since his death.
A Million-Panel Project - NASA Science — Utah’s new solar power and battery storage facility is among the largest in the region.
Your Biggest Global Barrier Isn't Language. It's This... | Katie Marple ? | TEDxInnovation U — Is safety a human need? Katie Marple challenges the idea that language is the biggest barrier to teamwork. Instead, she illustrates that it is the need for psychological safety. By…
NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon — On July 3, 2026, NASA’s Mars-destined ESCAPADE spacecraft captured photos of Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal infrared light.
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How we contain Claude across products — Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
A Bright Spot at Mount Michael - NASA Science — With austral winter nearing its end, clouds cleared for a satellite view of volcanic activity in the remote South Atlantic.
Listen to Jeff Tweedy Cover Twisted Teens’ “Wild Connection” — The Wilco frontman shared the cover of the Blame the Clown track to his Substack
An 11-Year-Old Boy in a Small Midwestern Town Just Became the Guinness World Record Holder for Being the Youngest Museum Curator — Four years after Anderson Taylor began collecting specimens, he opened the Cambridge Natural History Museum in Cambridge, Illinois, offering school…
The Completion Moment | James Mathai | TEDxNortheasternU London — What if the moment you think you've understood someone is the moment you've stopped trying? In this talk, James coins and examines the "completion moment," the instant our minds decide we've seen enough of…
NASA, GE Aerospace Work Enables Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstration — NASA, GE Aerospace Work Enables Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstration An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace,…
Super Typhoon Bavi - NASA Science — The third category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026 crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam before continuing toward Asia.
How to Live Fully: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Remedy for Our Resistance to Change — The most assuring thing about life is that we can change, that things can change, that they are always changing. The most maddening is that despite living in a universe that is one constant transmu…
NASA TechLeap Prize: Orbital Clarity Challenge - NASA — The Orbital Clarity Challenge — the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division, Flight
At Norway's Newest Island Retreat, Redefining the Relationship Between Community and Tourism — Far beyond Norway’s better-known northern islands, Ytri Island Retreat is creating a community-minded kind of luxury in the Træna archipelago.
Was There Ever an Original Version of 'The Odyssey,' and Do We Need to Worry About What Homer Would Think? — The earliest surviving fragments of the epic poem—the subject of Christopher Nolan's latest Hollywood blockbuster—date back more than 2,000 years. But oral storytelling…
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Ser el Bien para Obrar Bien | Juan Carlos Matus Sanchez | TEDxAnahuac U Veracruz — ¿Podemos actuar bien si antes no entendemos quiénes somos y qué es el bien? Juan Carlos Matus Sánchez nos invita a mirar la libertad, la razón y la técnica desde una pregunta esencial: cómo…
Useful or Useless? | Emma Jung | TEDxSeoul Youth — As a language enthusiast who continuously questioned the rigid boundaries between what society deems "useful" and "useless," Emma Jung realized that the dictionary definitions we blindly follow often fail to match the true…
This Week in Literary History: America Turns 250 — This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. This week, the United States of America turns 250. It’s a milestone that brings mixed feelings at best, considering the re…
What It Means to Come From Appalachian Coal Country — In one of my earliest memories, I’m shrinking. I’m in the back seat of my parents’ car, face pressed against the window, straining to see the peaks of the mountains outside. The road we’re driving …
‘Only One of Its Kind’ Jellyfish Museum Astounds Visitors With Awe-Inspiring Displays of Sea Nettles Safely Behind Glass — The museum opened in the spring and was founded by two aquarium experts who fled the Russia-Ukraine war
Why You Should Go To Theme Parks | Marcus Cerullo | TEDxRoyal Tunbridge Wells Youth — In May 2026, after months of preparation, students from across Tunbridge Wells delivered their very own TEDx talk. With support from teachers, each student researched, scripted, rehearsed and…
Rescued bears cleared for 5,500-mile Suffolk flight — Vets say the bears from a former South Korean bile farm are ready to be moved to their forever home.
The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new wearable era — Looks like the same watch, but Apple has big plans.
As Sicilians Flocked to a Religious Festival, Thieves Broke Into a Nearby Museum and Stole Four Renaissance Paintings — The missing works include three panels from a 15th-century altarpiece by Antonello da Messina, as well as a two-sided devotional painting by the artist
Carl Jung on Creativity — The question of what it takes to create — to make something of beauty and substance that touches other lives across space and time — is one of the deepest, oldest questions, perhaps bec…
How I feel about AI — It's complicated
Historical Pollution, Not Current Industrial Emissions, Damaged the World's Largest and Oldest Collection of Ancient Rock Art, Study Suggests — Researchers say that past exposure to sulfur dioxide is likely to blame for the increased porosity of the Murujuga rock art created by…
America’s compact between science and politics is broken, and we’re all going to pay — How did we get here?
Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test — Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 – a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dropped in Japan
An Unusual-Looking Raccoon Nicknamed Jimothy Is Winning Hearts Across the Internet for His Short, Round Body — Jimothy has become a local celebrity in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood and likely has a rare congenital spine condition
Apple Event 2026: Everything announced, including iPhone Duo — Apple announced a wave of new hardware and software on Sept. 9, headlined by its first foldable iPhone.
“Go Get ’Em” — Illustrated by Yana Mihaylova My boyfriend’s family is supposed to visit and we have to prepare and try to match their lavish dinners and four-course crystal-and-china extravaganzas. They are going…
Celebrate Labor Day With These 20 Great Deals on Photo Gear — Summer might be ending, but the deals aren't.
Rebuild for high performance | Bryn Williams | TEDxIILOPoznań — NOTE FROM TED: This talk only represents the speaker's personal views and understanding of mindset, physiology, and performance. We've flagged this talk because it falls outside the content guidelines TED gives…
On the Poetics of Canine Narration — They tread a landscape existentially threatened by human wreckage yet are drawn to their fellow species, intriguing and strangely self-destructive. They decipher human scents, collaborate with peop…
Pangea Blue marble by Antolini — <p>Dezeen Showroom: an ocean-like swirl of deep blue, white and gold veining characterises the Pangea Blue marble offered by Italian stone brand Antolini. Part of Antolini's Exclusive Collection, Pangea Blue is distinguished by its intense…
Lit Hub Daily: June 23, 2026 — Why the elder Millennial experience of American life is a cycle of getting your hopes up and being let down. | Lit Hub Memoir Justin Ellis explores the labor history and racial solidarity of mid-ce…
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NASA’s 737 Reveals New Paint - NASA — NASA’s 737 aircraft was painted this week in Oklahoma as it progresses with modifications for use as a reduced gravity test aircraft for the agency. NASA’s
What is El Niño and why could it mean record temperatures? — Global temperatures are expected to rise in the coming months as El Niño begins.
The Latest Literary Scam: Emailing the Long-Dead Legends of 20th-Century Literature — In these first few years of the AI era, tens of thousands of published writers have received emails that begin something like this: Dear Fred, “I’ve long admired your novels, but feel that…
Brian Dillon on What Virginia Woolf’s The Waves Means to Him — In time he will say that The Waves by Virginia Woolf has been the most important novel in his life; but at twenty he does not use the word of this or any book, and would think it pompous, embarrass…
Google defeats US justice department bid to force ad tech sale — Judge declines to make Google sell AdX in win for firm against US antitrust enforcers’ attempts to break up big tech
The future of money is being written right now | Ifelade Ayodele | TEDxMaitama — For thousands of years, the rules of money have been written by people most of us were never invited to the room to meet. But what happens when we get to pick up the pen? In this provocative and…
We Took $10,000 From @mkbhd's Locked iPhone — There's a flaw in some virtual wallets. We exploited this flaw to steal $10,000 from @mkbhd. Watch the full video to find out how we did it...
Hundreds of flights delayed, cancelled after UK air traffic control glitch — Air traffic control provider NATS under scrutiny after technical fault disrupts UK air traffic.
Investor Faith in Europe’s Stock Market Shows Signs of Fatigue — Europe’s rally has become more concentrated this year, amplifying risks just as investors turn less optimistic about its economic outlook.
The Jerusalem of the East: When Billy Graham Visited Pyongyang — In the fall of 1991, Rev. Billy Graham, the American evangelist, received an unexpected invitation from Pyongyang. “It will be a great joy to welcome you to our church,” read the letter, which was …
NASA, IBM Launch AI Foundation Model for Lunar Science - NASA Science — NASA is bringing artificial intelligence to the study of the Moon, helping researchers transform how they analyze the Moon’s surface. In an ongoing
How Taiwan Became One of Asia's Most Surprising Sustainability Stories — From Indigenous cultural landscapes to scenic cycling routes and eco-conscious stays, Taiwan offers countless ways to experience a more sustainable way to travel