Vacuoles of Knowledge
The land’o Pando
If you are like me, you were taught at an early age that the largest organism on earth is the blue whale. Well, get ready for your mind to be blown: we were taught a lie. Look out, blue whale—there’s …
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Total Number of Articles: 4
First Article on this Page: March 12, 2021
Latest Article on this Page: May 6, 2021
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How (not) to be a god
The year: probably somewhere around 560 BCE. The place: Mount Etna. The star of this story: Empedocles, Greek philosopher and self-proclaimed god.
Now, just for a little background on the god situation, this kind of claim was not new for …
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Flying salt shakers of death
The year 2021 is bringing another plague into town. Luckily, this one isn’t another deadly virus. It’s just a crap ton of insects. Every 17 years, billions of cicadas, called broods, emerge from deep underground for weeks of frenzied mating. …
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24-karat gold in the air
For our inaugural installment, we will be turning words into gold. Think Aristotle, think Jabir ibn Hayyan, think Phillipus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim. Think Rumplestiltskin, but if that little man were a chemist. This week, we’re exploring the bizarre …