Aeronauts. Artwork by Vincent Mattina. [Via]

August 10th, 2020: The Day of the Drones. [Via]

Alienation.

Remarkable new monkey discovered in remote Congo rainforest. [Via]

Everything is Incredible. [Via]

How To See The Future.

Wild Justice. "A bull burned at the stake, a swarm of locusts excommunicated—animal trials were once surprisingly common."

The Art of Animabase. [Via]

Gorgeous Aerial Shots of Iceland's Volcanic Rivers by Andre Ermolaev.

A Brief Timeline of American Labor. "In honor of Labor Day, the Prospect brings you a history of the fight for workers' rights, from early organizing efforts in the 1800s to the present."

The Puzzle Of The 13 Solar Towers of Chankillo. "Chankillo, a Peruvian 'Stonehenge', has 13 towers in a straight line. Nobody knows why but one physicists thinks that software for simulating the position of the Sun for solar panels can help."

A Modest Proposal to End a Summer of Mass Shooting.

Young Barack Obama's Genuinely Hilarious Self-Parody.

Winners of the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2012.

Staggering Beauty

Cyborg America: inside the strange new world of basement body hackers. [Via]

On the Trail of the Warsaw Basilisk.

Peter Ferguson’s Fantastic Oil Paintings. [Via]

Living With Voices. "A new way to deal with disturbing voices offers hope for those with other forms of psychosis." [Via]

The Beauty of Bodysnatching. "Astley Cooper (1768–1841), an English surgeon and anatomist, is remembered for his contributions to vascular surgery and other specialties." [Via]