“Welcome to the Jungle” on Shamisen
“Welcome to the Jungle” played by Sayo Komada on a Japanese Shamisen
The Good Virus by Tom Ireland
The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage. How a mysterious, super-powerful—yet long-neglected—microbe rules our world and can rescue our health in the age of antibiotic resistance.
Cunk on Earth
Diane Morgan feigns dopiness with ingenious comedic timing in Cunk on Earth, a gut-busting sendup of anthropological documentaries.
The most underrated person in history?
Tupaia, the Tahitian navigator and translator who enabled James Cook to reach Australia and New Zealand
NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of what is thought to be the first-ever recorded planetary engulfment event revealed a hot accretion disk surrounding the star
Hay Festival: Wales punches above its weight in arts, says Fry
The broadcaster and writer is president of Hay Festival, which takes place in May and June.
Did Scientists Actually De-Extinct the Dire Wolf?
Colossal Bioscience says it has “de-extincted” the dire wolf, but other scientists disagree and say more important conservation science is being lost in all the hype.