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A Possible Future

An attempt to secure the future of the site, with an unfortunate quantity of moist metaphors. • By Alan Bellows • 08 July 2026

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Scientists Travel to Unexplored Area of Atlantic Ocean and Photograph Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures
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 Alone and Adrift: How a Chinese Businessman Survived Six Days in Open Water
sixthtone.com
 How to decode the archive inside ancient tree rings
aeon.co
 'Why Am I Left-Handed?'
quantamagazine.org
 On this day in 1831 the people of St. Domenico, Sicily spotted smoke bubbling from the ocean far offshore
damninteresting.com
 Space jam: astronomers detect ‘raspberry sugar’ on dust cloud in Milky Way
theguardian.com
 Scientists Are Testing a New Underwater Habitat Where Humans Can Live on the Ocean Floor
vice.com
 Video: Inside the U.S. Doomsday Plane [15:18]
youtube.com
 Physicists develop the first working model of quantum mechanics using only 'real' numbers
livescience.com
 Here’s what happens when you put politicians in charge of science
sciencenews.org
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