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I am ever curious, always learning, silly, smart, and creative. I've been everything from a museum blacksmith to an archaeologist, historian, conservator, museum consultant, author, videographer, teacher of online courses. I have walked a wonderful path.
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Wimbledon was really rough in the Olde Days.

Trump's America.

Your Mid-Day Timeline Cleanse.

God has Spoken.

They're Desperate. So they fall on Lies to try to convince their voters to believe them.

This.

Cruelty is their Point.

Of Course.

France started a competition for the daunting task of expanding the Louvre in Paris, asking architects to submit proposals for a new entrance for the world’s most visited museum — and to create a new exhibition space for the Mona Lisa.

It's not "detention" it's gulags.

They just keep fucking up. After what they've done who would want to work for them.

Meanwhile.

Despicable.

They're all trying to cut secret deals.

When it came to sending the first missions that could travel beyond the Solar System, we equipped them with wonderful scientific instruments, but also with messages to any extraterrestrials that came across them 🔭 www.iflscience.com/this-is-what...

RFK Jr’s New Vaccine Advisors Just Recommended Fall Flu Vaccines – But There’s A Catch The recently appointed panel has only endorsed thimerosal-free flu jabs. www.iflscience.com/rfk-jrs-new-...

Researchers have begun working on a new, controversial project to produce human DNA from scratch. 🧪 www.iflscience.com/controversia...

The month might nearly be over, but don’t take your eyes off the skies just yet – now’s an ideal time to see the “Summer Triangle”. 🔭 www.iflscience.com/now-is-the-p...

Known as Tiwanaku, this ancient city-state on the shore of Lake Titicaca mysteriously vanished around 1,000 years ago 🔍 www.iflscience.com/pre-inca-tem...

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has not yet rescinded directives that led to the cancellation of more than 2,400 research projects it funded, NIH staff members say, even though a US judge last week called the directives “bereft of reasoning” and ruled them illegal.

Hahaha! Thanks, evolution! www.sciencealert.com/dolphins-got...

Its web is worse than its bite. www.sciencealert.com/spider-with-...

We need to know more. www.sciencealert.com/tinnitus-see...

Don't throw it out. www.sciencealert.com/scientists-f...

Don't fix what ain't broke. www.sciencealert.com/ancient-blue...

How do atoms form? www.sciencealert.com/a-physicist-...

No evidence supports the idea that thimerosal, used as a preservative in vaccines, is unsafe or carries any health risks. www.sciencealert.com/is-there-thi...

A study from last year confirms the benefits of “microbiome-directed” supplements and shows they can help not only moderately malnourished children, but also those who have suffered from severe malnutrition. #WorldMicrobiomeDay

New Science Advances research predicts that endangered sea turtle habitat ranges will move poleward under climate change, away from protected areas and into shipping lanes. scim.ag/4k3BCJJ

New research suggests infant-directed communication expanded in humans and likely emerged after diverging from our great ape common ancestor approximately 6 to 8 million years ago. Learn more in this week’s issue of Science Advances: scim.ag/43XOOLB

This. youtu.be/UHK7YTsLt2A?...

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Your Daily Gem from Matthew Dowd.