Why ChatGPT started talking about goblins all the time.
People are retiring later across the developed world, which will help a lot to keep pension schemes solvent.
Construction Physics explains how an oil refinery works.
Data from the General Social Survey finds that poor people who go to church regularly are happier than rich people who never go. (Twitter/X)
Interesting NY Times feature on the old Ukrainian skydiving plane that now has more than 200 drone kills (5-minute video at YouTube.)
Islands as focuses for utopian and other schemes.
Perun on the situation with the Iran war during the cease fire, one-hour video.
Why is northern Italy so much richer than southern Italy?
Study finds that banning cell phones in schools may raise student well-being but has little if any impact on academic performance.
The extraordinary jaws of the pelican eel, two short videos (YouTube, Facebook)
Noah Smith on development economics.
Remarkable Hellenistic and Roman finds in Alexandria, Egypt.
Yet another Viking hoard found; one can hardly keep up with all the discoveries.
Some of the weird stuff in the Smithsonian basement.
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