Saint Sebastian, Cold Cases, and Birdo
Aspiring Generalist
How great was the “Great Oxidation Event”?
What adults lost when kids stopped playing in the street.
The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, in ascending order of sexiness and descending order of actual martyring.
A complete history of Birdo’s gender:
Building Lego machines to destroy tall Lego towers.
The very hungry urchins.
The soul of maintaining a new machine.
Evolutionary illustrations by Tim Andraka:
Study reveals how an anesthesia drug induces unconsciousness.
The science of the elusive creative mindset that can improve your life.
Injectable goo could fix joints without surgery, early study suggests.
The monochrome photography awards:
Inside the Texas crime lab that’s cracked hundreds of cold cases.
A portrait of New York City by air in 1924.
How sci-fi movies have changed since the 50s.
From silicon to slime.