Category: Science
Radiolab on thinking trees
Great episode from Radiolab on the vast underground networks that link trees together. Does that sound dull? It’s a
Futures Within Our Grasp
Pokémon GO has been all over the news since its launch, talked up everywhere from NPR and Forbes to regional and
Ancient civilizations and failures of imagination
A couple of months ago, the BBC reported new findings on puquios, which are spiralling holes scattered across Peru’s Nasca region. Through satellite imagery, a team of Italian researchers deduced the purpose of the once-mysterious holes: based on their placement and proximity to settlements, puquios seem to be part of a complex water retrieval and distribution system.
The BBC report carries a standout quote from the lead researcher:
“What is clearly evident today is that the puquio system must have been much more developed than it appears today,” says Lasaponara.
There are a lot of other notable quotes regarding this breakthrough, but that one dredged up a memory from one of the anthropology classes I took in college.
Beer Tales
Two interesting stories popped up on my various feeds this week, and it just so happened that they were about