A century ago, the chaos of war destroyed 700 years of Irish history. Now, a team of archivists have recreated these historical records virtually. The Archivists Who Rediscovered 700 Years of Irish History www.atlasobscura.com The Virtual Record Treasury is recreating much of what was lost in a Dublin fire a century ago.

CubeSats — tiny, mass-produced satellites first launched into space in 02015 — have become invaluable to observing the Big Here, producing a wealth of scientific data on space weather. ‘CubeSats are not toys.’ Tiny satellites’ scientific output can pack a big punch www.science.org Some space-weather CubeSat teams publish more papers per dollar than those working

Crop diseases may seem less dramatic than zoonotic plagues, but plant pandemics have profoundly shaped modern civilization. Rise Of The Plant Destroyer | NOEMA www.noemamag.com Pandemics aren’t just for humans — they can sweep through the plant world too. As the planet warms, devastating diseases are being carried to new lands by the infrastructure of

Good evening everyone! Watch tonight’s Long Now Talk featuring Michael Tubbs on Upsetting the Setup: Creating a California for All. The talk will be followed by a conversation with Tubbs and Dr. Michael McAfee, president of PolicyLink, a national institute that advances racial and economic equity. Join us on Youtube to watch the livestream and

A mile below the surface of Lead, South Dakota, scientists are conducting a series of experiments involving a “time projection chamber” that hope to uncover evidence for the ever-elusive dark matter. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/07/dark-matter-science-mine-south-dakota Photos from The Long Now Foundation’s post

The nautilus and its relatives have survived through half a billion years and five mass extinction events — but its future is uncertain. Ancient Nautilus, Uncertain Future | Hakai Magazine hakaimagazine.com The nautilus’s lineage made it through all five of Earth’s previous mass extinctions. But can it survive the Anthropocene?

Space travel was once the province of military personnel and scientists. Now, entrepreneurs and luxury tourists have entered the field. Fred Scharmen explores how this shift has changed the design principles of spaceship design. https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/on-another-planet-designing-commercial-space-travel

Understanding fandom — the ways people have collectively appreciated and furthered cultural works — is vital to understanding our long cultural memories and how people have appreciated works of art through time. Fandom Relics and the Enthusiastic Past longnow.org Fandom memory is essential if we are to understand how the practices of mass enthusiasm that