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With a war on and a blockade in place, most Americans still can't answer basic questions about Iran. A Harvard historian fixes that in 20 minutes flat.

A pachyderm skeleton sat in storage for decades before researchers realized it proved Neanderthals could plan, coordinate, and execute an elephant kill. Not exactly the cave brutes you learned about in school.

China's scrappy AI lab just dropped another model that punches way above its weight. The extended context window and open-source release matter more than the benchmarks.

Modern trains don't go clickety-clack anymore. The reason involves a surprisingly elegant solution to the problem of metal expanding in heat. Engineering porn at its finest.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has remained at a near-complete halt, with neither Iran nor the US showing any sign of easing their blockades of maritime traffic.