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631.
Full Circle: The complicated history of why there are 360 degrees in a circle(historytoday.com)
135 points by Hooke 7y ago|52 comments
632.
The 480(en.wikipedia.org)
148 points by Hooke 7y ago|70 comments
633.
When Einstein Was Just Another Physicist(lareviewofbooks.org)
103 points by Hooke 7y ago|35 comments
634.
Nicolas Bourbaki(en.wikipedia.org)
9 points by Hooke 7y ago|1 comments
635.
Magic and Technology (2012)(anthroposgames.com)
20 points by Hooke 7y ago|7 comments
636.
Society as a Broadband Network(lrb.co.uk)
2 points by Hooke 7y ago|0 comments
637.
Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period in African history(thesouthafrican.com)
42 points by Hooke 7y ago|22 comments
638.
How Soviet science magazines fantasized about life in outer space(atlasobscura.com)
150 points by Hooke 7y ago|20 comments
639.
Smallest dinosaur found 'trapped in amber'(bbc.com)
1 points by Hooke 7y ago|0 comments
640.
Cyclecar(en.wikipedia.org)
24 points by Hooke 7y ago|14 comments
641.
Supermensch: What does the superhero craze say about our own times?(aeon.co)
20 points by Hooke 7y ago|47 comments
642.
The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History(spectator.co.uk)
74 points by Hooke 7y ago|21 comments
643.
Genevieve Grotjan unraveled enemy codes during World War II (2018)(buffalo.edu)
44 points by Hooke 7y ago|12 comments
644.
Tipler Cylinder(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by Hooke 7y ago|0 comments
645.
The Deadliest Virus Ever Known (1997)(newyorker.com)
2 points by Hooke 7y ago|0 comments
646.
Earth may have been a 'water world' 3B years ago, scientists find(theguardian.com)
128 points by Hooke 7y ago|143 comments
647.
Farming gave us salmonella, ancient DNA suggests(sciencemag.org)
56 points by Hooke 7y ago|53 comments
648.
Mars Needs Leap Days Too(nytimes.com)
63 points by Hooke 7y ago|59 comments
649.
In the 1970s, NYC Dabbled in Carpeted Subway Trains(gothamist.com)
46 points by Hooke 7y ago|56 comments
650.
Magic Mushrooms Inspired Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ (2014)(dangerousminds.net)
2 points by Hooke 7y ago|0 comments
651.
Valentine’s Potion(chemistryworld.com)
25 points by Hooke 7y ago|7 comments
652.
The New Coronavirus and Preparing for the Next Viral Pandemic(newyorker.com)
2 points by Hooke 7y ago|0 comments
653.
Is an Aboriginal tale of an ancient volcano the oldest story ever told?(sciencemag.org)
87 points by Hooke 7y ago|69 comments
654.
Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics (2019)(theconversation.com)
6 points by Hooke 7y ago|3 comments
655.
Cyborgs and Space (1960) [pdf](web.mit.edu)
79 points by Hooke 7y ago|10 comments
656.
Phantom Public (2016)(dissentmagazine.org)
9 points by Hooke 7y ago|0 comments
657.
A mummy murder has been solved after 2,600 years(bigthink.com)
2 points by Hooke 7y ago|0 comments
658.
There are more negatively-loaded words than positive ones – so what?(spectator.co.uk)
2 points by Hooke 7y ago|0 comments
659.
Wolf Pups That Play Fetch(nytimes.com)
83 points by Hooke 7y ago|45 comments
660.
Is there any truth in truth serums? (2015)(sciencehistory.org)
61 points by Hooke 7y ago|49 comments

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