Science and silliness, every Friday
Jul 10, 2026
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3 min read
Plus 3 talks and lectures on psychoanalysis, natural history, and what it means to be alive
Jul 3, 2026
2 min read
So here are 5 books I read and loved this year
Jun 26, 2026
Plus, somehow, two instances of invertebrate cannibalism
Jun 19, 2026
Plus 7 talks and lectures on rhinos, psychedelics, Mars, and more
Jun 12, 2026
Plus 6 talks and lectures on dragonflies, AI batteries, exploration with Bruce Parry, and more
Jun 5, 2026
Plus 6 online talks and lectures on black holes, symmetry, knots, and more
May 29, 2026
Plus 4 talks and lectures on Pluto, forensics, climate, and geoscience
May 22, 2026
Plus 12 talks and lectures on natural history, medicine, data science, and more
Oct 24, 2025
5 min read
...plus 7 more things I discovered this week
Oct 17, 2025
4 min read
Oct 10, 2025
Oct 3, 2025
Sep 26, 2025
Sep 19, 2025
7 min read
Aug 19, 2025
Plus a parade of planets on Thursday morning
Aug 12, 2025
Plus: finally! an excuse to add a gif of Alan Rickman
Aug 4, 2025
8 min read
Plus the woman who took the first ever road trip in 1888
Jul 30, 2025
11 min read
Plus: how not to do blackberry foraging
Jul 21, 2025
9 min read
Plus checking in with Neil and Buzz on the surface of the Moon
Jul 14, 2025
Plus two online events with *actual astronauts*
Jul 8, 2025
Plus 5 talks and lectures on exoplanets, quantum physics, and more
Jun 30, 2025
14 min read
Plus 38 (yes, 38) talks and lectures on space, birds, games, and much, much more
Jun 23, 2025
Plus 3 talks and lectures on health, black holes, and our sustainable future
Jun 16, 2025
Plus 16 talks and lectures on stars, gender, volcanoes, beer and more
Jun 9, 2025
Plus 6 talks and lectures on astronomy, materials, and medicine... and a launch
