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The Middle Ages are often characterized as an era of religiously-mandated sexual repression.
As such, visitors to medieval sites can be surprised by the explicit sculptures adorning church facades – such as this corbel figure from the church of San Martin de Elines in northern Spain.
As such, visitors to medieval sites can be surprised by the explicit sculptures adorning church facades – such as this corbel figure from the church of San Martin de Elines in northern Spain.
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Middle Ages are often characterized as an era of religiously-mandated sexual repression.
As such, visitors to medieval sites can be surprised by the explicit sculptures adorning church facades – such as this corbel figure from the church of San Martin de Elines in northern Spain.
As such, visitors to medieval sites can be surprised by the explicit sculptures adorning church facades – such as this corbel figure from the church of San Martin de Elines in northern Spain.
«Schrödinger's cat»
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
«Schrödinger's cat»
Jim Carrey celebrating his 62nd birthday with friends
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Jim Carrey celebrating his 62nd birthday with friends
I see Community Notes came back en masse.
Driving a GP2 car on a highway is illegal exactly as driving a F1, and the effect is no less than a F1, especially when you modified the car to look like a F1.
If it's not AI, it's nitpicking details.
Appeal to contributors
Driving a GP2 car on a highway is illegal exactly as driving a F1, and the effect is no less than a F1, especially when you modified the car to look like a F1.
If it's not AI, it's nitpicking details.
Appeal to contributors
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I see Community Notes came back en masse.
Driving a GP2 car on a highway is illegal exactly as driving a F1, and the effect is no less than a F1, especially when you modified the car to look like a F1.
If it's not AI, it's nitpicking details.
Appeal to contributors
Driving a GP2 car on a highway is illegal exactly as driving a F1, and the effect is no less than a F1, especially when you modified the car to look like a F1.
If it's not AI, it's nitpicking details.
Appeal to contributors
On their way back home,
the Apollo 12 crew captured this stunning solar eclipse
created by Earth, 56 years ago Today.
the Apollo 12 crew captured this stunning solar eclipse
created by Earth, 56 years ago Today.
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
On their way back home,
the Apollo 12 crew captured this stunning solar eclipse
created by Earth, 56 years ago Today.
the Apollo 12 crew captured this stunning solar eclipse
created by Earth, 56 years ago Today.
Born Today in 1887, Henry Moseley experimentally demonstrated that the major properties of an element are determined by the atomic number and he's known for the Moseley's law.
He was killed in action in WWI at only 27 years of age.
He was killed in action in WWI at only 27 years of age.
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Born Today in 1887, Henry Moseley experimentally demonstrated that the major properties of an element are determined by the atomic number and he's known for the Moseley's law.
He was killed in action in WWI at only 27 years of age.
He was killed in action in WWI at only 27 years of age.
Ruby color by origin [💎 thenaturalrubycompany]
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Ruby color by origin [💎 thenaturalrubycompany]
Free Coca (raw material for Cocaine) leaves in an airport in Peru
to help with altitude sickness
to help with altitude sickness
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Free Coca (raw material for Cocaine) leaves in an airport in Peru
to help with altitude sickness
to help with altitude sickness
Can we please stop with this AI pathology?
The post clearly says it's DESIGN, not reality.
Since years design is made with digital tools.
If you're a contributor, rate this note as not helpful.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S.: bountiful pear hawk wrote already too many notes.
The post clearly says it's DESIGN, not reality.
Since years design is made with digital tools.
If you're a contributor, rate this note as not helpful.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S.: bountiful pear hawk wrote already too many notes.
November 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can we please stop with this AI pathology?
The post clearly says it's DESIGN, not reality.
Since years design is made with digital tools.
If you're a contributor, rate this note as not helpful.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S.: bountiful pear hawk wrote already too many notes.
The post clearly says it's DESIGN, not reality.
Since years design is made with digital tools.
If you're a contributor, rate this note as not helpful.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S.: bountiful pear hawk wrote already too many notes.
Can we please stop with this AI pathology?
The post clearly says it's design, not reality.
One mustn't declare all the time AI.
If you're a contributor, rate this note as not helpful.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S.: bountiful pear hawk wrote already too many notes.
The post clearly says it's design, not reality.
One mustn't declare all the time AI.
If you're a contributor, rate this note as not helpful.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S.: bountiful pear hawk wrote already too many notes.
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Can we please stop with this AI pathology?
The post clearly says it's design, not reality.
One mustn't declare all the time AI.
If you're a contributor, rate this note as not helpful.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S.: bountiful pear hawk wrote already too many notes.
The post clearly says it's design, not reality.
One mustn't declare all the time AI.
If you're a contributor, rate this note as not helpful.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S.: bountiful pear hawk wrote already too many notes.
The art of double-sided embroidery
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The art of double-sided embroidery
A 70-year-old barrier to fusion energy has finally been broken.
For decades, the biggest hurdle in fusion energy has been keeping super-hot plasma confined long enough for the reaction to sustain itself.
High-energy particles—especially the alpha particles born from fusion—must stay trapped insid...
For decades, the biggest hurdle in fusion energy has been keeping super-hot plasma confined long enough for the reaction to sustain itself.
High-energy particles—especially the alpha particles born from fusion—must stay trapped insid...
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A 70-year-old barrier to fusion energy has finally been broken.
For decades, the biggest hurdle in fusion energy has been keeping super-hot plasma confined long enough for the reaction to sustain itself.
High-energy particles—especially the alpha particles born from fusion—must stay trapped insid...
For decades, the biggest hurdle in fusion energy has been keeping super-hot plasma confined long enough for the reaction to sustain itself.
High-energy particles—especially the alpha particles born from fusion—must stay trapped insid...
Guyana achieved something no other surveyed country — out of 186 — has managed: complete self-sufficiency in all seven major food groups, including fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, fish, meat, and oils.
In a world increasingly dependent on imports and vulnerable supply chains, Guyana stands as...
In a world increasingly dependent on imports and vulnerable supply chains, Guyana stands as...
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Guyana achieved something no other surveyed country — out of 186 — has managed: complete self-sufficiency in all seven major food groups, including fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, fish, meat, and oils.
In a world increasingly dependent on imports and vulnerable supply chains, Guyana stands as...
In a world increasingly dependent on imports and vulnerable supply chains, Guyana stands as...
Japanese researchers have shattered internet speed records by transmitting data at a staggering 1.02 petabits per second—more than 1 million gigabytes every second.
They shattered the world record for data transmission, pushing 402 terabits per second through a standard 1,123-mile (1,800 km) fibe...
They shattered the world record for data transmission, pushing 402 terabits per second through a standard 1,123-mile (1,800 km) fibe...
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Japanese researchers have shattered internet speed records by transmitting data at a staggering 1.02 petabits per second—more than 1 million gigabytes every second.
They shattered the world record for data transmission, pushing 402 terabits per second through a standard 1,123-mile (1,800 km) fibe...
They shattered the world record for data transmission, pushing 402 terabits per second through a standard 1,123-mile (1,800 km) fibe...
Astronomers have found the fastest-orbiting rocky planet on record: a blistering world that completes a full “year” in just 5.4 hours.
Discovered by NASA’s TESS mission and named TOI-2431 b, this super-Earth is 1.5 times wider and more than six times heavier than our planet.
It races around its o...
Discovered by NASA’s TESS mission and named TOI-2431 b, this super-Earth is 1.5 times wider and more than six times heavier than our planet.
It races around its o...
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Astronomers have found the fastest-orbiting rocky planet on record: a blistering world that completes a full “year” in just 5.4 hours.
Discovered by NASA’s TESS mission and named TOI-2431 b, this super-Earth is 1.5 times wider and more than six times heavier than our planet.
It races around its o...
Discovered by NASA’s TESS mission and named TOI-2431 b, this super-Earth is 1.5 times wider and more than six times heavier than our planet.
It races around its o...
The rarest big cat in Africa is almost never seen alive.
Twenty years ago, most researchers working in Central and West Africa’s rainforests had never even heard of the African golden cat.
Today, thanks to AI-powered camera traps deployed across 19 countries, this elusive predator is finally comi...
Twenty years ago, most researchers working in Central and West Africa’s rainforests had never even heard of the African golden cat.
Today, thanks to AI-powered camera traps deployed across 19 countries, this elusive predator is finally comi...
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The rarest big cat in Africa is almost never seen alive.
Twenty years ago, most researchers working in Central and West Africa’s rainforests had never even heard of the African golden cat.
Today, thanks to AI-powered camera traps deployed across 19 countries, this elusive predator is finally comi...
Twenty years ago, most researchers working in Central and West Africa’s rainforests had never even heard of the African golden cat.
Today, thanks to AI-powered camera traps deployed across 19 countries, this elusive predator is finally comi...
At the bottom of the ocean, scientists found something they couldn’t explain.
During a NOAA Ocean Exploration mission off the coast of Alaska, a remotely operated vehicle spotted a strange golden orb stuck to a rock nearly 2 miles (3,300 meters) below the surface.
The object was roughly 4 inches...
During a NOAA Ocean Exploration mission off the coast of Alaska, a remotely operated vehicle spotted a strange golden orb stuck to a rock nearly 2 miles (3,300 meters) below the surface.
The object was roughly 4 inches...
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
At the bottom of the ocean, scientists found something they couldn’t explain.
During a NOAA Ocean Exploration mission off the coast of Alaska, a remotely operated vehicle spotted a strange golden orb stuck to a rock nearly 2 miles (3,300 meters) below the surface.
The object was roughly 4 inches...
During a NOAA Ocean Exploration mission off the coast of Alaska, a remotely operated vehicle spotted a strange golden orb stuck to a rock nearly 2 miles (3,300 meters) below the surface.
The object was roughly 4 inches...
A 90-million-year-old “dinosaur tree” bore fruit for the first time.
In a quiet garden in Malvern, Worcestershire, one of the planet’s most ancient and endangered trees has just flowered and fruited for the first time in captivity.
The tree is a Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis), a living relic who...
In a quiet garden in Malvern, Worcestershire, one of the planet’s most ancient and endangered trees has just flowered and fruited for the first time in captivity.
The tree is a Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis), a living relic who...
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A 90-million-year-old “dinosaur tree” bore fruit for the first time.
In a quiet garden in Malvern, Worcestershire, one of the planet’s most ancient and endangered trees has just flowered and fruited for the first time in captivity.
The tree is a Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis), a living relic who...
In a quiet garden in Malvern, Worcestershire, one of the planet’s most ancient and endangered trees has just flowered and fruited for the first time in captivity.
The tree is a Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis), a living relic who...
The universe’s expansion might be slowing down – not speeding up.
A groundbreaking new study proposes that dark energy—the enigmatic force long believed to be driving the universe’s accelerating expansion—may actually be fading over time.
If true, the cosmic expansion could already be deceleratin...
A groundbreaking new study proposes that dark energy—the enigmatic force long believed to be driving the universe’s accelerating expansion—may actually be fading over time.
If true, the cosmic expansion could already be deceleratin...
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The universe’s expansion might be slowing down – not speeding up.
A groundbreaking new study proposes that dark energy—the enigmatic force long believed to be driving the universe’s accelerating expansion—may actually be fading over time.
If true, the cosmic expansion could already be deceleratin...
A groundbreaking new study proposes that dark energy—the enigmatic force long believed to be driving the universe’s accelerating expansion—may actually be fading over time.
If true, the cosmic expansion could already be deceleratin...
Moss survived space.
In 2022, researchers exposed samples of the moss Physcomitrium patens to the harsh conditions of open space outside the International Space Station for nine months.
The plants endured cosmic radiation, extreme cold, intense ultraviolet light, and the vacuum of space before be...
In 2022, researchers exposed samples of the moss Physcomitrium patens to the harsh conditions of open space outside the International Space Station for nine months.
The plants endured cosmic radiation, extreme cold, intense ultraviolet light, and the vacuum of space before be...
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Moss survived space.
In 2022, researchers exposed samples of the moss Physcomitrium patens to the harsh conditions of open space outside the International Space Station for nine months.
The plants endured cosmic radiation, extreme cold, intense ultraviolet light, and the vacuum of space before be...
In 2022, researchers exposed samples of the moss Physcomitrium patens to the harsh conditions of open space outside the International Space Station for nine months.
The plants endured cosmic radiation, extreme cold, intense ultraviolet light, and the vacuum of space before be...
Fun fact.
Ancient Egypt lasted so long that Ancient Egyptian archaeology was a career in Ancient Egypt.
Ancient Egypt lasted so long that Ancient Egyptian archaeology was a career in Ancient Egypt.
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Fun fact.
Ancient Egypt lasted so long that Ancient Egyptian archaeology was a career in Ancient Egypt.
Ancient Egypt lasted so long that Ancient Egyptian archaeology was a career in Ancient Egypt.
The face of a 192 year old tortoise,
the oldest known living land animal.
the oldest known living land animal.
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The face of a 192 year old tortoise,
the oldest known living land animal.
the oldest known living land animal.
In 1518, dozens of people in Strasbourg, France began dancing uncontrollably for days.
Some literally died from exhaustion.
To this day, nobody knows exactly why it happened.
Some literally died from exhaustion.
To this day, nobody knows exactly why it happened.
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In 1518, dozens of people in Strasbourg, France began dancing uncontrollably for days.
Some literally died from exhaustion.
To this day, nobody knows exactly why it happened.
Some literally died from exhaustion.
To this day, nobody knows exactly why it happened.
Cancer was discovered around 3,000 BC, and a papyrus depicts tumors and describes a surgical procedure for removing them.
The disease was first named by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates.
He described tumors as "karkinos," which is Greek for "crab."
The disease was first named by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates.
He described tumors as "karkinos," which is Greek for "crab."
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Cancer was discovered around 3,000 BC, and a papyrus depicts tumors and describes a surgical procedure for removing them.
The disease was first named by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates.
He described tumors as "karkinos," which is Greek for "crab."
The disease was first named by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates.
He described tumors as "karkinos," which is Greek for "crab."