Andrew S. Troth
@andrewtroth.bsky.social
Trying not to be part of the problem since 1972
Newest audiobook release: https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Distant-Fae-Audiobook/B0DV83RTWL?qid=1742150509&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=gzQwuPeOhtqPuU9j&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=6WTAZVW6JVXM
Newest audiobook release: https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Distant-Fae-Audiobook/B0DV83RTWL?qid=1742150509&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=gzQwuPeOhtqPuU9j&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=6WTAZVW6JVXM
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A centuries-old grid of holes in the Andes may have been a ‘spreadsheet’ for accounting and exchange
An ancient band of thousands of precisely aligned small pits stretching 1.5 kilometres across the Pisco Valley in Peru has baffled experts for almost a century.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Rediscovered Fossil Redraws the Map of Woolly Mammoth Territory
New research shows that woolly mammoths roamed farther east than scientists previously thought.
gizmodo.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Kind human lovingly repairs and restores toucan beaks
Watch kind human and toucan specialist Brock Afentul, who runs the only toucan sanctuary in the US, lovingly repair and restore toucan beaks.
boingboing.net
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Scientists create gel that regrows tooth enamel
Revolutionary protein gel rebuilds damaged teeth through epitaxial mineralization, matching natural enamel performance
boingboing.net
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Bone Houses: A Definitive Guide to the World's Ossuaries
40 eerie places storing human skeletal remains.
www.atlasobscura.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Scientists Just Found a 'Death-Ball' Sponge and a Whole Bunch of Other Deep-Sea Weirdos
Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've already discovered 30 new deep-sea creatures.
gizmodo.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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The Finger
Three wooden middle fingers raised in protest.
www.atlasobscura.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Rare Dinosaur ‘Mummies' Show Their Features as We've Never Seen Them Before
Two duck-billed dinosaur carcasses were preserved in a thin layer of clay for 66 million years. Now, they’ve helped researchers recreate their living appearance.
gizmodo.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Watch the birth of a tardigrade under a microscope: a rare glimpse of a water bear hatching
are footage captures a tardigrade hatching in real time. The microscopic water bear emerges from eggs left inside its mother's shed skin—a process that takes just 15 minutes but is incredibly difficul...
boingboing.net
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Diver Films World’s Largest Jellyfish Species at Night, and the Video Is Hypnotizing
The largest known lion's mane jellyfish was 120 feet (36.5 meters) long.
gizmodo.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Barf, Funk, Tug, and Other Etymological Mysteries
Every word originates somewhere. It may be borrowed or coined, named after a person, inspired by a place or imitative of a sound. It could have evolved over the long journey from Proto-Indo-Europea…
lithub.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Giant Elephants Smash Giant Pumpkins | Squishing Of The Squash 2025
YouTube video by Oregon Zoo
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October 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world
Once dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, researchers now argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlooked
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Goats of the Cingino Dam
This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.
www.atlasobscura.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Something Weird Is Happening to Earth’s Magnetic Field
ESA's Swarm constellation shows the magnetic field's weak spot has expanded dramatically.
gizmodo.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Human ancestors were exposed to lead millions of years ago, and it shaped our evolution
Long before industry, our ancestors faced toxic metals, including lead. This exposure may have shaped the evolution of human intelligence.
theconversation.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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