Conspiracy Theorists Say Everyone Should Stare at the Eclipse Without Eye Protection. "Some of the theories that it’s fine to stare at the eclipse are rooted in nothing more than a belief that everyone should just ignore experts."

Can you say Oppositional Defiance Disorder? PS: wear eye protection it you're watching the eclipse. please. Don't risk, yanno, your EYES... https://gizmodo.com/conspiracy-theorists-say-stare-at-eclipse-1851387594

A Florida Man's Migraines Turned Out to Be Literal Brainworms https://gizmodo.com/florida-man-brainworms-tapeworm-eggs-migraines-bacon-1851325814

Study: Conflicting values (aka the "Hubble tension") for Hubble constant not due to measurement error. Something else is influencing the expansion rate of the Universe. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/latest-webb-space-telescope-data-confirms-hubbles-value-for-expansion-of-universe/

Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-jennifer-doudna-microbiome/

Bill Willingham puts his entire Fables comic book property into public domain https://boingboing.net/2023/09/15/bill-willingham-puts-his-entire-fables-comic-book-property-into-public-domain.html

Social Media Algorithms Warp How People Learn from Each Other https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/social-media-algorithms-warp-how-people-learn-from-each-other/

The evolution of the Black Death pathogen tracked in new study https://www.medievalists.net/2023/08/black-death-pathogen-tracked/

I regret to report the economic anxiety theory of Trumpism is back. "the reality is that our deep political divide is rooted, first and foremost, in profound and largely irreconcilable views of who America is for and what its social hierarchy should look like." https://www.vox.com/2023/8/4/23818817/trump-support-david-brooks-economic-anxiety

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. https://gizmodo.com/reddit-news-blackout-protest-is-finally-over-reddit-won-1850707509

The Atlantic is frying, but so far hurricanes are dying. What’s going on? https://arstechnica.com/?p=1958160