biology, billiards, and buried teenagers

Monday, September 21, 2026

They built my temple after the fighting stopped, not before.

1. Twelve Millennium Problems — but for biology
2. Sickle across the throat, padlock on the toe: 17th-century Polish anti-vampire burial
3. Scotland dismantled one of the world’s best school curricula — and it worked exactly as you’d expect
4. $100 million ETF rests on a study that fails every standard statistical test
5. Has skills-over-knowledge curriculum reform ever worked anywhere?
6. Streaming subscriptions falling; DVD sales quietly rising