Thursday, June 07, 2018

Miss Cellania's Links

Why Is a ‘Pepper’ Different From ‘Pepper’? It came down to Christopher Columbus making the best of his navigational failure.

How To Grow Coral. Delve into the secrets of the animals with algae inside that create rocks.

Surprising Ways Creators' Lives Shaped Fictional Universes. Mundane events from everyday life can grow and change into something completely different.

The Woman Who Challenged the Idea that Black Communities Were Destined for Disease. Physician Rebecca J. Cole spent 30 years beating the odds and improving public health.

Do We Really Need Another Willy Wonka Movie? The planned origin story could easily strip the character of all charm and mystery.

Hurricanes Aren’t Moving as Fast as They Used to, and That's Bad. It means more destruction where they linger.

Meet The Last Surviving Witness To The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. (via Kottke)

 A blast from the past (2009): Ten Pigs We Love.

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