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No, Leonardo has no “descendants”
The news spread quickly last week. Fourteen people alive today in Italy can claim that they are descendants of Leonardo da Vinci, according to a study of the Renaissance genius’ family tree. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fourteen-living-descendants-leonardo-da-vinci-are-identified-rcna1402 I won’t bother posting the other two to three dozen “news” about it, since they all pretty much copy each other without […]
Crap, I did it again
Man, I did it again. I forgot to post the next chapter of Bringer of Light. Also the next one after that. And the one after that. It’s been a very tiring summer so far. (For starters, we STILL don’t have enough Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, doses are get wasted left and right as the […]
Destination: Red Planet
Like other nations, China “regards Mars exploration as the preferred destination for deep space exploration,” Wang said. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Technology/china-unveils-ambitious-roadmap-human-mars-exploration/ China’s plan calls for setting up a permanently occupied base and a fleet of interplanetary craft. Probably it’s a good idea to first see whether it can meet its goal of landing people on Mars in 2033. […]
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