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  1. A remarkable write-up by Neal Stephenson (yes, that one!) on the physics of whip cracking and crucially, who it was discovered. Enjoy!
    nealstephenson.substack.com/p/
    #histsci #histphy #MaterialCulture #physics

  2. Twelve wallaby incisors from a Cape York rockshelter carry tiny grass tree resin balls on their roots. Not tools. Probably a necklace, 1,200 years old, and the first of its kind ever found outside a burial in northeast Australia. #Archaeology #CapeYork #MaterialCulture anthropology.net/p/twelve-wall