I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (08 August 2015)

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“This ridiculous vision—in which Japanese cities were destroyed by a giant bomb full of bats that were themselves carrying tinier bombs—was called Project X-Ray.” By Cara Giamo.

“They are none of these things now. They are bone and muscle and tissue.” Amazing piece from Meehan Crist on dissections.

This abandoned termite mound turns out to be 2,200 YEARS OLD.

An achingly beautiful essay from Veronique Greenwood on an island on the edge of nowhere, and the urge to explore

Excellent Azeen Ghorayshi piece on the decision to operate on intersex babies

Inside the goth chicken: Black bones, black muscle &

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