Video: Can Power Lines Really Light a Bulb in Your Hand? [8:26] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFAAEPnbL58

Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized https://www.wired.com/story/cloning-came-to-polo-things-got-uncivilized-cambiaso/

Tricks of the Trunk https://www.biographic.com/tricks-of-the-trunk/

Video: Canada’s Greatest Victory? – Caught on Film (WW1 Documentary) [17:00] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj7VfXux-Gc

DeepSeek-v3.1 https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250821

‘Landmines have become the greatest protectors’: how wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/21/north-south-korea-war-demilitarised-zone-dmz-ecology-endangered-wildlife-aoe

Read the Dramatic 17th-Century Memoirs of Alice Thornton, Who Wrote Four Versions of Her Life Story https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/read-the-dramatic-17th-century-memoirs-of-alice-thornton-who-wrote-four-versions-of-her-life-story-180987167/

Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets https://www.livescience.com/space/longest-canyon-in-the-solar-system-reveals-new-secrets-space-photo-of-the-week

An extinct volcano in Arkansas hosts the only public diamond mine on Earth https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/for-15-anyone-can-dig-up-diamonds-in-this-arkansas-state-park/

Workers need better protections from the heat https://www.theverge.com/news/764463/heat-stress-health-work-protections

Using pollen to make paper, sponges, and more https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/using-pollen-to-make-paper-sponges-and-more/

An alternative to LASIK—without the lasers https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-alternative-lasik-lasers.html

How "nerd" went from geeky insult to mainstream https://www.npr.org/2025/08/20/nx-s1-5507053/nerd-dr-seuss-word-of-week

This week: Perk extinction, oversized insects, snail eye secrets, and more! https://www.damninteresting.com/podcasts/2025-08-15-little-blue-pill/

Erin
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Dedicated volunteer exposes “single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history” https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/why-was-the-most-translated-wikipedia-article-in-the-world-about-a-lover-of-aryan-culture/

On “Mocha Dick,” the White Whale of the Pacific that Influenced Herman Melville https://lithub.com/on-mocha-dick-the-white-whale-of-the-pacific-that-influenced-herman-melville/

Dog finds human remains in Birmingham for fourth time in a year https://www.al.com/news/2025/08/dog-finds-human-remains-in-birmingham-for-third-time-in-a-year.html

Supervolcanic 'hell' caldera in Japan is home to 17 different volcanoes https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/supervolcanic-hell-caldera-in-japan-is-home-to-17-different-volcanoes-earth-from-space

'Whether rich or poor, it was the longest of nights': How a 2003 blackout brought New York City to a standstill https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250807-how-a-2003-blackout-brought-new-york-city-to-a-standstill