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Ancestral Genomes

2026-05-29 07:00:00

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Ancestral Genomes

SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH: No further research is needed as it is frankly none of our business.

Time Machine Conversation

2026-05-27 07:00:00

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Time Machine Conversation

It's possible to do sea navigation without a compass, but you'll have to get some spoilers from the Polynesians.

Flag Design

2026-05-25 07:00:00

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Flag Design

Every place has a local cryptid; more places need a local Pictish Beast, a creature in historical art that's drawn so weirdly that no one can tell what animal it's supposed to be.

Every place has a local cryptid; more places need a local Pictish Beast, a creature in historical art that's drawn so weirdly that no one can tell what animal it's supposed to be.

Neutrino Project

2026-05-22 07:00:00

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Neutrino Project

We definitely put the pool in a mine for shielding. It was absolutely not to hide it from the funding people.

182.8 Meters

2026-05-20 07:00:00

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182.8 Meters

They rounded down to 182.8 instead of rounding up to 182.9 because 182.9 might make the statement incorrect.

Particle Census

2026-05-18 07:00:00

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Particle Census

Remember, your answers to the physics census are confidential; we will not be issuing Pauli exclusion principle citations.

Speedrun

2026-05-15 07:00:00

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Speedrun

Results Age

2026-05-13 07:00:00

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Results Age

Please, we need your help. Our research suggests you're the last living descendant of the person who knew how to format this config file.

Pullback Drive

2026-05-11 07:00:00

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Pullback Drive

"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

Crystal Gazing

2026-05-08 07:00:00

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Crystal Gazing

'Beyond that lies a vale of fire through which my vision cannot penetrate' is the kind of fun thing geologists, heliophysicists, and early universe cosmologists have a lot of opportunities to say.

'Beyond that lies a vale of fire through which my vision cannot penetrate' is the kind of fun thing geologists, heliophysicists, and early universe cosmologists have a lot of opportunities to say.