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Tasty ants, storm-chasing birds, and mathematical art

...plus 7 more things I discovered this week

Leonie Mercedes

Helpful vultures, walking statues, and Isabella Rossellini being a seahorse

Oct 10, 2025

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5 min read

Helpful vultures, walking statues, and Isabella Rossellini being a seahorse

...plus 7 more things I discovered this week

Leonie Mercedes

Playful bees, sleepy lemurs, and 96 lorries in formation

Oct 3, 2025

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5 min read

Playful bees, sleepy lemurs, and 96 lorries in formation

...plus 7 more things I discovered this week

Leonie Mercedes

Fat bears, clean pigs, and plants that smell like alarmed ants

Sep 26, 2025

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4 min read

Fat bears, clean pigs, and plants that smell like alarmed ants

...plus 7 more things I discovered this week

Leonie Mercedes

Galileo's severed finger, LEGO dinosaurs, and pigonometry

Sep 19, 2025

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7 min read

Galileo's severed finger, LEGO dinosaurs, and pigonometry

...plus 7 more things I discovered this week

Leonie Mercedes

Climbing catfish, catching neutrinos, and making it rain

Aug 19, 2025

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7 min read

Climbing catfish, catching neutrinos, and making it rain

Plus a parade of planets on Thursday morning

Leonie Mercedes

Sexy robot crabs, dancing cockatoos, and Mars as you've never seen it

Aug 12, 2025

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7 min read

Sexy robot crabs, dancing cockatoos, and Mars as you've never seen it

Plus: finally! an excuse to add a gif of Alan Rickman

Leonie Mercedes

Live! from 3,000m under the sea, levitation, and foraging for sugar highs

Aug 4, 2025

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8 min read

Live! from 3,000m under the sea, levitation, and foraging for sugar highs

Plus the woman who took the first ever road trip in 1888

Leonie Mercedes

Neurotic robots, weather sharks, and drinking stars

Jul 30, 2025

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11 min read

Neurotic robots, weather sharks, and drinking stars

Plus: how not to do blackberry foraging

Leonie Mercedes

Dog TV, drinking Saturn's rings, and the discipline of cows

Jul 21, 2025

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9 min read

Dog TV, drinking Saturn's rings, and the discipline of cows

Plus checking in with Neil and Buzz on the surface of the Moon

Leonie Mercedes

Space rice, punctual bees, and the evolutionary history of dumplings

Jul 14, 2025

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8 min read

Space rice, punctual bees, and the evolutionary history of dumplings

Plus two online events with *actual astronauts*

Leonie Mercedes

Generous orcas, light-fingered ethicists, and avian astronauts

Jul 8, 2025

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7 min read

Generous orcas, light-fingered ethicists, and avian astronauts

Plus 5 talks and lectures on exoplanets, quantum physics, and more

Leonie Mercedes

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Tasty ants, storm-chasing birds, and mathematical art

Helpful vultures, walking statues, and Isabella Rossellini being a seahorse

Playful bees, sleepy lemurs, and 96 lorries in formation

Fat bears, clean pigs, and plants that smell like alarmed ants

Galileo's severed finger, LEGO dinosaurs, and pigonometry

Climbing catfish, catching neutrinos, and making it rain

Sexy robot crabs, dancing cockatoos, and Mars as you've never seen it

Live! from 3,000m under the sea, levitation, and foraging for sugar highs

Neurotic robots, weather sharks, and drinking stars

Dog TV, drinking Saturn's rings, and the discipline of cows

Space rice, punctual bees, and the evolutionary history of dumplings

Generous orcas, light-fingered ethicists, and avian astronauts

Science, Please

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