32/ ancient stars and cow farts
if that doesn't make you click, what will?
Ancient star charts are as beautiful as they are insightful
the Kitāb al-Kawākib al-Thābitah Musawwar is an amazing piece of art & astrological mapping. The story of ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī, behind the link, is fun too. I love how cultures see different animals, shapes and ideas in the stars. I looooove the public domain review.
A hell of a story about Louisiana. Or maybe it’s about Lucinda Williams. Or it’s about Lucinda Williams’ songs about Louisiana. Or maybe it is about you.
It seems almost impossible that someone could spend 14 years writing 34 lines of poetry. But one of the things to understand about the work is that it isn’t as much about putting down words as it is about learning to see, reteaching yourself to look at the world, your own life, and find the shapes and patterns. There are other men in the songs. Some are still alive. Some aren’t. Telling about them and their troubles is a way of telling about herself.
Alphafold, from deepmind, is changing the future of biology, genomics, and more. the creators just won the Lasker award via 3 quarks. To paraphrase the (previously shared) “7 games” book, alpha fold is so powerful an entire generation of scientists have to re-consider the value of their work.
The Lancet Liver Fluke will be inspiring the zombie-dystopian art of the future:
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have discovered that the way the liver fluke "zombifies" ants to alter their behavior incorporates a kind of "on/off" switch that, in turn, is dependent on temperature.
First the kelp diet now Kangaroo Microbiota might help cows fart less. via slashdot