This 4000-wd piece by John Gravois starts off about toast, and ends as a sublime, moving story about much more. Best thing I’ve read this week.

This is a wonderful collection of science demo videos, by Alom Shaha and Jonathan Sanderson. A great resource for teachers. Or anyone, really.

“Its many eyes gleamed orange under the light.” I continue to love Nadia Drake’s dispatches from her Amazon trek.

Hunting falcons rely on sailor’s trick. Incredible bird’s eye videos. Also: “The footage from the falcon in Britain was cut short after the bird was shot out of the sky by a farmer.”

The husband/wife team of Bill and Emma Keller published two op/eds in the NYT and the Guardian