Sunday Links

A collection  of vintage covers of The Scientific American Magazine (image above)

John Giorno launched Dial-A-Poem back in 1969. It's still in operation 56 years later.

Don’t blow your horn at old people.

Go to PlayPhrase.me and type in a phrase of your choice and it will show you the phrase being used in movies. Via

On its 750th anniversary Amsterdam showcases centuries of climate adaptation 

Untangling an Owl

My Quest to Find the East Wing Rubble An entire part of the White House can’t just disappear.

In most animals, size determines how they hunt. This tiny bat hunts like a lion, but better

Dicing an onion, the mathematically optimal way

How the horse came to be ridden Horses were domesticated unexpectedly late, about 4500 years ago, which is almost 5000 years later than the domestication of pigs, cattle, goats and sheep.

Full House Percy Shelley reports on a visit to Lord Byron.

Is this mushroom edible?

Inside the Japanese Museum Built From Tsunami Debris 

Brains, spiders, (were)wolves and slimy eyeballs might sound like props from a horror movie, but these eerie topics come straight from serious scientific research.

The Man Who Walked on Water -for 1600 Miles! (He wore special shoes)