Some stuff to read while you wait for Nadine Dorries to actually resign 
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- The Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy - ”Swissair Flight 111 crashed on September 2, 1998 with 229 souls aboard. No one would ever put it all back together again.” Originally published in 2000, this is the story of the flight and the ensuing investigation.
- A New Experiment Casts Doubt on the Leading Theory of the Nucleus - ”By measuring inflated helium nuclei, physicists have challenged our best understanding of the force that binds protons and neutrons.” Does this mean we have to do Physics all over again from the beginning?
- Which Creature Was the First to Take a Nap? - A subject dear to all our hearts: ”Animals have been catching z’s for at least half a billion years. Here’s the first evidence of an animal sleeping.”
- Where to find food and water that's safe to eat in the event of a nuclear apocalypse - After last week's advice on building a fallout shelter, another HT to DoctorStrangelove for further tips on how to survive: ”Whether it's from a nuclear war between nations or a nuclear power plant meltdown, the risk of radiation raining from the skies is more real than it has been in generations. In a nuclear apocalyptic-like situation, securing food and water should be one of your first priorities.” Bonus: I'm currently reading Julie McDowall's excellent book Attack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War which includes mention of Protect & Survive Monthly, an early 1980s magazine inspired by, but unconnected with, the official booklet. Turns out the BBC did a feature on it a few years ago: The bleak, chilling magazine for nuclear doomsday preppers
- After 29 Years on Death Row, Barry Jones Was Dumped at a Bus Station. But He Was Finally Free. - ”The Supreme Court said his innocence didn’t matter. Jones was released thanks to a plea deal between his lawyers and Arizona.” And the American penitential system is so spiteful that instead of releasing him into the care of his family and friends, they took him miles away and dumped him, penniless, on the street.
- The Hicc-Story of Brewing Beer - Nicola Minney, for the Museum of English Rural Life, on the only history that really matters: ”From photos in our collection of the country pub, objects dedicated to the scientific art of beer brewing, not to mention the annual migration of hop pickers to the South East Coast – there is much to be said about the history of brewing beer. I also maybe tried just a teeny, tiny bit here and there to make sure I totally understood the concept of beer.”
- From the original series to Picard, we’ve ranked every starship Enterprise - Handy guide to take with you to the starship showroom: ”We've assembled a completely scientific and objectively correct ranked listing of every starship Enterprise, from the original '60s show to Picard. For good measure, we've also ranked various versions of different Enterprises from reboots, updates, and alternate timelines, plus a few Enterprises that didn't log much screen time but did deserve a quick mention.”
- The Inside Story Behind Curiosity’s Time-Blended Mars Panorama - ”Earlier this week, NASA shared an incredible time-blended composite panorama its team captured with Curiosity’s navigation camera. PetaPixel exclusively spoke with Doug Ellison from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in southern California, the man who planned, captured, and processed the photos.” Turns out the opportunity to take the photos for the composite arose because of a software update, so there's finally been one of those that was worthwhile
- Inside the Barbie Dreamhouse, a Fuchsia Fantasy Inspired by Palm Springs - Just what you were waiting for: an architectural appraisal of Barbie's house. ”To translate this panopticon play world to the screen, Gerwig enlisted production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer, the London-based team behind such period realms as Pride & Prejudice and Anna Karenina. The two took inspiration from Palm Springs midcentury modernism, including Richard Neutra’s 1946 Kaufmann House and other icons photographed by Slim Aarons.”
- Pigeon treat (1906) - Last Tuesday was Pigeon Day, so the good stationers of Present & Correct collected some nice pictures of pigeons from a 1906 book, Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Tauben-rassen. These Montauban pigeons are some of the many more present in the source work
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