The story of Macquarie Island, halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica, is the go-to tale illustrating the devastating effects of invasive species. Before 1810, the island was uninhabited, but an amazing variety of se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/30/The-Devastation-and-Reclamation-of-Macquarie-Island/When my kids were young and complaining about being bored, I would always tell them that it was their own fault and they needed to figure it out themselves. The complaining eventually stopped. The truth is that we've all...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/30/The-Value-of-Boredom-and-How-to-Find-It/Today, I found on reddit an interesting thread in which Trekkies share odd facts about Star Trek.* One of them is that the late physicist Stephen Hawking is the only person to depict himself on any Star Trek...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/30/Stephen-Hawking-Is-the-Only-Person-to-Portray-Himself-on-Any-Star-Trek-Series/The visible spectrum of light that humans can detect is relatively limited. Ultraviolet light waves are too short and infrared waves are too long for our perception, although some animals have developed signal detection...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/30/New-Contact-Lenses-Allow-Users-to-See-Infrared-Light/
