Meet the forensic scientist who has cracked Britain's most famous murder cases https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/24/queen-of-crime-solving-angela-gallop-forensic-science

A search engine for blogs https://blogsurf.io

Carminic acid is a bright natural coloring used in some cosmetics and foods. It’s traditionally sourced from ‘farming’ an insect on acres of prickly pears. Today, scientists are moving to engineer it in microbes. https://knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2022/cochineal-red-dye-bugs-moves-lab

"Managers must beware of ignoring new technologies that don’t initially meet the needs of their mainstream customers." (from 1995, but absolutely worth contemplating now)
https://hbr.org/1995/01/disruptive-technologies-catching-the-wave

She’s glamorous, ambitious, clever, and so self-assured that when she sees a sign pointing one way for COLORED and another way for WHITE, her response is, “I’ll just pretend I can’t read very well.” https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/03/18/her-comic-strip-characters-were-everything-jim-crow-america-never-wanted-black-women-to-be/

The average American read 20 minutes a day in 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' American Time Use Survey. That's up 21% from 2019, and the most since the early 2000s. https://www.axios.com/covid-pandemic-reading-resurgence-5f2aa492-91b5-4ca0-b71f-efcb528b45aa.html

Deep in the WCCO film archives are hundreds, if not thousands of opportunities to travel back in time. And on one reel a treasure lay hidden, untouched, for 52 years.

What a cool story.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/04/04/prince-rare-footage-1970/

It would be easier and pleasanter to drown myself.

George Bernard Shaw
Letter to West Edinburgh Labour Party
1922

Painstaking analysis of audio collected last year by a French-built microphone aboard NASA's Perseverance robotic rover has revealed surprising new insights into the characteristics of the Martian atmosphere. https://newatlas.com/space/sound-of-mars-secrets-martian-atmosphere/

The National Postal Museum’s exhibition “Baseball: America’s Home Run” explores America’s national pastime through the unique lens of stamps and mail. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/baseball

TIL there is a collection of stock photos of 1970s concerts in Central Park. Excuse me while I dive into nostalgia. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/1970s-central-park-concert.html

A website to find public pianos https://pianos.pub

"It’s a mesmerizing piece of storytelling with absolutely no historical significance, and it captures something essential about writing historical fiction: the research is my favorite part." https://crimereads.com/the-joy-of-researching-historical-fiction/

"To celebrate the release of the Census, which captures a glimpse into the lives of millions of Americans in the year 1950, let's take a look at some images from that year in New York City that are part of NYPL's Digital Collections."

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/03/30/views-digital-collections-new-york-1950

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”– Susan B. Anthony

Who needs company when you’ve got a Japanese kaiseki feast laid out in front of you? https://soranews24.com/2019/10/02/japan-travel-what-its-like-to-go-on-a-solo-journey-on-a-japanese-restaurant-train/

Why the oldest jokes are still funny https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220323-the-jokes-that-have-made-people-laugh-for-thousands-of-years

Scientists are finally done mapping the human genome, completing the 8% of material that had been impossible to map with previous technology. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/03/31/human-genome-dna-mapping-complete/7229428001/

The array has lenses arranged vertically so that the vertically oriented light reflected from the subject is quickly diffused horizontally. The invisibility shield works best with uniform backgrounds like grass, foliage, walls, painted lines, and sand. https://www.technologistan.pk/uk-startup-designs-harry-potter-like-invisibility-shield

"The sheds awakened a popular sense of what’s possible with the city street. Now a more delicate task looks set to begin: figuring out which transformations should survive their demise." https://thecounter.org/dining-shed-banned-outdoor-restaurants-new-york-city-covid-19/