Isaac Schultz's saved articles
More like Chonkocetus amirite? Read more
Or more specifically, the same weight as the adult population of Foster, RI. Read more
But here’s the crazy part: the titanic whale weighed anywhere between 93.7 and 374.8 tons (85 and 340 metric tons). In common internet parlance of the 2010s, one could consider the Eocene whale chonky, perhaps the chonkiest creature of all time. To put it in perspective, at the upper bound of 374.8 tons, that’s… Read more
Valhalla had such a promising start: Chests that were almost always hidden behind some kind of puzzle or stronghold. Puzzles that required you to shift your perspective. Legendary battles that were super tough. Hidden armor pieces that required careful traversal. Raids on villages to get supplies. Drinking games,… Read more
I feel this story’s categorization under “SPACE” is probably incorrect. Read more
I need to figure out how to make an updates starfield screensaver with this. Read more
Where is the black hole? Read more
All-metal Scrantonicty cover band Read more
Why is there not a band named Metallicity? Read more
On one hand, chimpanzees and gorillas have been observed kissing, so you are probably right — kissing is older than Homo sapiens. On the other hand, there are quite a few human cultures, most of them completely unrelated to each other, which had no concept of kissing until Western expansion mixed everyone together:
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Send them to France and you get Babar the Elephant.
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Imagine the poo! Read more
It is complicated. There does seem a level of social behavior that is hard coded, but that level varies between species. Humans, for example, have very little hard coding [see feral children, as example] but some animals have it baked in right from the off. I’d think thylacines would have more hard coded behaviors… Read more
Socialization is not encoded in DNA Read more
Good article, Isaac. The ethical issues around these initiatives need to be examined.
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Fascinating. Read more