Time Lords Have Two Hearts MetaFilter By: ShooBoo 22 June 2024 at 15:46 Scientific American: A Doctor Who superfan explains in detail how the unusual cardiovascular system of the alien Time Lords could evolve and function (archive). Reddit AMA with author.
"He's living his best life" MetaFilter By: ShooBoo 22 June 2024 at 02:37 In 2019, Diesel the donkey had gone missing after getting scared on a trail while on a hiking trip with his human family from Auburn, California. Five years later, he has been spotted living with a herd of wild elk.
The first chemist in history may have been a female perfumer MetaFilter By: ShooBoo 21 June 2024 at 12:57 Perfume making dates back at least 3,000 years โ to the time of Tapputi-belat-ekalle, who is considered the first chemist in history. What we know about her comes from inscriptions on fragments of clay tablets dating back to the Middle Assyrian period (1400โ1000BC). Tapputi's 3,200 Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume Recreated
Leeches Can Jump in Pursuit of Blood MetaFilter By: ShooBoo 20 June 2024 at 11:46 There has long been anecdotal evidence of the wormy creatures taking to the air, but videos recorded in Madagascar at last prove the animals' acrobatics. (NYTimes gift link, archive)
Shelly's Leg MetaFilter By: ShooBoo 18 June 2024 at 13:51 Shelly's Leg (1973-1977) was Seattle's first disco, an unapologetically gay establishment that welcomed revelers of every sexuality. It was named after Shelly Bauman, a Florida transplant who, in a tragic accident, lost a leg following a parade mishap in Pioneer Square. When Bauman was awarded a settlement, she provided financial support to friends who transformed an old hotel at 77 S Main Street into the disco.