http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2015/06/16/honey_badger_venom_resistance_biologists_discover_the_secret.html?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5580642904d30159f8000001&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Given everything that’s happened in the last four or five days, it’s rarely been more entertaining to set my stream to only display posts from people in my ‘Jackasses’ circle.

I occasionally will write a long article. This article is, I have to say, longer than even what I would write. But it explains a tremendous number of really important things extremely clearly: power production and use, the history of cars, how these things all fit together, and how Tesla is trying to change that. There’s no way I could give you a useful short summary, because the point of this article is that, by the time you’re done reading it, you’ll understand all of the things well enough that you can join in very serious conversations about them.

So don’t feel compelled to read this at one sitting — but this is an article you may want to bookmark, and read bit by bit, because by the time you reach the end, you’ll have learned a lot.

How Tesla Will Change The World

Great news!  A real triumph for the designers of the lander.

And for your daily reminder to never read the comments, here’s the first one that’s not a complaint about the ads on the site:

Alex Williamson • an hour ago
Never mind all that. Were any of the scientists or engineers wearing anything that a feminist, who has never done anything useful in her life, might disapprove of?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11673849/Philae-Europes-comet-lander-wakes-up.html

This is the most accurate public description of what working at Google is like that I’ve ever read.

http://www.clickhole.com/blogpost/pharaohs-silicon-valley-my-journey-through-google–2618

Yay! They’ve found a cure for white-nose syndrome in bats! For those that didn’t know, it was a very aggressive fungal infection that was destroying the bats’ immune systems and proving to be a serious threat to many species. Since bats are among our greatest allies when it comes to controlling insect pests, finding a cure is a big deal – it’s going to save farmers money and keep us from having to use more pesticides. Win win 🙂

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/tennessee/success-in-treating-white-nose-syndrome.xml?intc=nature.hp.sp2

So true 🙂

Dear person riding a Citibike over the Manhattan bridge:

That thing is a tank; You are amazing.