Data Talks

This map shows the ten busiest ports in Europe. pic.twitter.com/iBzfIS1W52

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) April 15, 2023

 

A Summer Evening by Lamp and by Moonlight by Petrus van Schendel (Dutch-Belgian, 1806-1870)

A Summer Evening by Lamp and by Moonlight by Petrus van Schendel (Dutch-Belgian, 1806-1870)

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History

A selection of #Roman lead sling-bullets, cast with letters or images which identified whose army was firing them (although in some cases, sling-bullets bore insults directed towards the enemy and/or their commander, which are always fun) #Archaeology #AncientRome pic.twitter.com/HJ9s328Qf2

— Dr Jo Ball (@DrJEBall) April 26, 2023

 

An Insight

1% of the population are accountable for 63% of all violent crime convictions (and 3.9% of the population are accountable for 100% of all violent crime convictions) 🤔 https://t.co/W0zpLXgg9f

— Oliver Scott Curry (@Oliver_S_Curry) April 14, 2023

 

I see wonderful things

A CT scanner can image radio-dense tissue at resolution as fine as 5 microns. This is a CT scan of a Great Hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) head

[source: https://t.co/HnUI5Mkwzp] pic.twitter.com/0q9ZCiGC72

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) April 13, 2023

 

Offbeat Humor

In the world of animal models, naked mole rats are the supermodels. They rarely get cancer, are resistant to some types of pain, and can survive up to 18 minutes without oxygen. But perhaps their greatest feat, a new paper suggests, is that they don't age https://t.co/D4n1bXuNBR pic.twitter.com/sAO3r46OUW

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 1, 2023

 

Data Talks

So many of the study techniques we learned in school were actually ineffective.

Here are the result of a large meta-analysis of study techniques. You should skip highlighting, summarizing, and rereading. Instead, practice, quiz & explain. https://t.co/lTCDSLscZg

AI can help! 1/ pic.twitter.com/SkOhkZnP4p

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) March 1, 2023

 

The Painter's Daughter, Helga, Sewing, ca. 1890 by Anna Ancher

The Painter's Daughter, Helga, Sewing, ca. 1890 by Anna Ancher

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History

What an absolutely stunning photo! The 35m-long #Roman shipwreck, along with its cargo of 6,000 (!) amphorae was discovered in 2019 off the coast of the Greek Island of Kefalonia.
It’s one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean.

Photo: Ionian Aquarium pic.twitter.com/wti88nwfUK

— Nina Willburger (@DrNWillburger) April 16, 2023

 

An Insight

How do you incubate a mind virus? How do you cause a culture to self-destruct? In 1984, this KGB defector exposed the 4-stages identified by Soviet intelligence as the necessary steps to cause the psychological implosion of American society.

Stage 1: Demoralization (15–20 yrs) pic.twitter.com/GDzDwXILHt

— Benjamin Carlson (@bfcarlson) April 12, 2023