Scratch-and-sniff has a history! Did you know it all started with a 1970 Little Golden Book called The Sweet Smell of Christmas? This article gets into more scratch-and-sniff lore and also the science of how it works.

They had me at robo-puffin. MIT engineers’ design for a robot that both swims and flies could lead to a new class of vehicles for ocean exploration.

Spoiler: answer is no, but this piece has some fun insights on other space weather incidents. Among other things, I learned there is a journal called Space Weather that has 24 volumes to date. I’m obsessed.

I interviewed Dark Matter creator Blake Crouch about season 2 of the show. It’s a fun read, whether you’re fully caught up on the show or not!

Hallmark Christmas movies are a cultural phenomenon, and the New York Times (and the documentary The History of Concrete) finally (kinda) get it. GIFT LINK.

Feeling emotionally vulnerable and want to read a good book that won’t hurt you? There’s a new website that tells you how emotionally devastating a chapter is before you read it. It’s crowdsourced, so you can add your own books and ratings as well.

The title says it all. Corporal Claude Nuttall recorded his wartime experiences in the diary. Now, after decades of research, a museum curator is telling the soldier's story in a new book.

The play was anonymously published in 1596, and it turns out that Shakespeare’s frenemy, Christopher Marlowe, collaborated with him on it. Exciting!