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Cecilia Berdichevsky, Clementina expert (1961)(en.wikipedia.org)

31 points by fedecaccia 5 days ago | 2 comments

Wikipedia biography of Cecilia Berdichevsky, an Argentine computer scientist who programmed the Ferranti Mercury computer "Clementina" from 1961.

UI-Te-Rangiora(en.wikipedia.org)

18 points by benbreen 8 days ago | 1 comments

Wikipedia article on Ui-te-Rangiora, a legendary Polynesian navigator said to have sailed into Antarctic waters around the 7th century.

Orbital Angular Momentum of Light(en.wikipedia.org)

22 points by peter_d_sherman 11 days ago | 4 comments

Wikipedia article on the orbital angular momentum of light, a property of light beams associated with their helical wavefront structure.

Hatching (Heraldry)(en.wikipedia.org)

64 points by theanonymousone 11 days ago | 18 comments

Wikipedia article on hatching in heraldry, a system of lines and dots used to indicate tinctures in monochrome depictions of coats of arms.

Shit Flow Diagram(en.wikipedia.org)

18 points by ldite 11 days ago | 2 comments

Wikipedia article on the shit flow diagram (excreta flow diagram), a tool for visualizing how human waste is managed in urban sanitation systems.

Marshall Islands Stick Chart(en.wikipedia.org)

31 points by Thevet 12 days ago | 4 comments

Wikipedia article on Marshall Islands stick charts, used by Marshallese navigators to represent ocean swell patterns and how islands disrupt them for canoe navigation.

Roko's Basilisk(en.wikipedia.org)

4 points by mudil 14 days ago | 0 comments

Wikipedia article on Roko's basilisk, a thought experiment about a future superintelligent AI punishing those who did not help bring it into existence.

Takeshi's Castle(en.wikipedia.org)

94 points by tosh 15 days ago | 33 comments

Wikipedia article on Takeshi's Castle, a Japanese game show aired on TBS from 1986 to 1990 featuring comedian Takeshi Kitano.

Cleo (Mathematician)(en.wikipedia.org)

246 points by djoldman 19 days ago | 55 comments

Wikipedia article on Cleo, the pseudonym of Vladimir Reshetnikov, known for posting precise answers to hard integrals on Math Stack Exchange without showing work.

Blindsight (Watts Novel)(en.wikipedia.org)

90 points by mooreds 21 days ago | 100 comments

Wikipedia article on Blindsight, Peter Watts's 2006 hard science fiction novel about astronauts investigating an alien signal and themes of consciousness.

Caffè Corretto(en.wikipedia.org)

5 points by mooreds 21 days ago | 1 comments

Wikipedia article on caffè corretto, an Italian drink of espresso with a small amount of liquor such as grappa, sambuca, or brandy.

STS-51-F Abort-to-Orbit (1985)(en.wikipedia.org)

32 points by schoen 23 days ago | 10 comments

Wikipedia article on STS-51-F (Spacelab 2), the 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that performed an abort-to-orbit after an engine failure during ascent.

Martian chaos terrain(en.wikipedia.org)

95 points by tiagod 24 days ago | 25 comments

Wikipedia article on Martian chaos terrain, regions of jumbled blocks, mesas and valleys on Mars thought to be linked to ancient water outflow.

Ballmer Peak(en.wikipedia.org)

55 points by thunderbong 26 days ago | 11 comments

Wikipedia article on the Ballmer Peak, an xkcd joke that programmers reach peak productivity at a specific blood alcohol content.

Sousveillance(en.wikipedia.org)

23 points by xeonmc 29 days ago | 5 comments

Wikipedia article on sousveillance, the recording of an activity by a member of the public using wearable or portable personal technologies.

Wiki Deep dive into Standard diving dress(en.wikipedia.org)

11 points by sans_souse 1 month ago | 1 comments

Wikipedia article on standard diving dress, the copper-helmet hard-hat diving suit formerly used for deep underwater work like salvage and naval diving.

One-Electron Universe(en.wikipedia.org)

82 points by pella 1 month ago | 70 comments

Roman Timekeeping(en.wikipedia.org)

5 points by janandonly 1 month ago | 0 comments

Wax motor(en.wikipedia.org)

483 points by mhb 1 month ago | 89 comments

Wikipedia article on the wax motor, a linear actuator that converts thermal energy into motion via the expansion of melting wax.

Richat Structure(en.wikipedia.org)

14 points by jonbaer 1 month ago | 1 comments

Room 641A(en.wikipedia.org)

136 points by paimapi 1 month ago | 51 comments

Neijuan(en.wikipedia.org)

91 points by vermilingua 1 month ago | 30 comments

Larger Pacific striped octopus(en.wikipedia.org)

117 points by olalonde 1 month ago | 56 comments

Nördlinger Ries Impact Crater(en.wikipedia.org)

12 points by cromulent 1 month ago | 1 comments

Hayes AT command set(en.wikipedia.org)

19 points by 0xbadcafebee 1 month ago | 2 comments

M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years(en.wikipedia.org)

192 points by gurjeet 1 month ago | 92 comments

Holden's Lightning Flight(en.wikipedia.org)

217 points by ColinWright 1 month ago | 47 comments

Parque Arqueológico do Solstício(en.wikipedia.org)

47 points by nycdatasci 1 month ago | 14 comments

Lion-man(en.wikipedia.org)

134 points by gurjeet 1 month ago | 76 comments

Magic eye tube(en.wikipedia.org)

89 points by peter_d_sherman 1 month ago | 23 comments

Tim Curry Has Died(en.wikipedia.org)

60 points by GaryBluto 2 months ago | 8 comments

Dolly Parton Has Died(en.wikipedia.org)

50 points by ColinWright 2 months ago | 3 comments

Glacier Mice(en.wikipedia.org)

320 points by ostacke 2 months ago | 65 comments

Wikipedia article on glacier mice, colonies of moss balls found on glaciers that host small invertebrates like tardigrades and springtails.

The Wow signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977(en.wikipedia.org)

77 points by firefax 2 months ago | 19 comments

Oxford Electric Bell(en.wikipedia.org)

16 points by gurjeet 2 months ago | 1 comments

Gakutensoku(en.wikipedia.org)

55 points by benbreen 2 months ago | 10 comments

Simulacra and Simulation(en.wikipedia.org)

64 points by soupspaces 2 months ago | 29 comments

Olo (Color)(en.wikipedia.org)

509 points by inigyou 2 months ago | 94 comments

Wikipedia article on olo, an imaginary color seen only by using lasers to stimulate exclusively the M cone cells of the retina.

Panic of 1873(en.wikipedia.org)

13 points by GranularRecipe 2 months ago | 8 comments

Antiqua–Fraktur dispute(en.wikipedia.org)

134 points by buzzy_hacker 2 months ago | 56 comments

Pneumatic tube mail in New York City(en.wikipedia.org)

19 points by gkaemmer 2 months ago | 5 comments

Cave of the Crystals(en.wikipedia.org)

50 points by ColinWright 2 months ago | 3 comments

Crickets as pets(en.wikipedia.org)

79 points by Michelangelo11 2 months ago | 36 comments

Western Sahara(en.wikipedia.org)

104 points by brudgers 2 months ago | 63 comments

The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert(en.wikipedia.org)

90 points by simonebrunozzi 2 months ago | 61 comments

Nobel Disease(en.wikipedia.org)

89 points by num42 2 months ago | 93 comments

Tell Abu Hureyra (prehistoric archaeological site)(en.wikipedia.org)

18 points by dieselgate 2 months ago | 1 comments

Bubble Memory(en.wikipedia.org)

60 points by jacquesm 2 months ago | 20 comments

Wikimedia Foundation refuses union recognition, hires union-busting law firm(en.wikipedia.org)

260 points by akolbe 2 months ago | 239 comments

Fermi Paradox(en.wikipedia.org)

10 points by simonebrunozzi 2 months ago | 2 comments

Battle of the Beams(en.wikipedia.org)

44 points by petethomas 2 months ago | 12 comments

Pareto Front(en.wikipedia.org)

245 points by binyu 2 months ago | 97 comments

Azulejo(en.wikipedia.org)

162 points by Amorymeltzer 2 months ago | 59 comments

Mondragon Corporation – a federation of co-operatives(en.wikipedia.org)

152 points by brnt 3 months ago | 26 comments

Nyctography: A substituton cypher by Lewis Carroll(en.wikipedia.org)

75 points by nanna 3 months ago | 13 comments

Amen Break(en.wikipedia.org)

26 points by root-parent 3 months ago | 7 comments

German Peasants' War(en.wikipedia.org)

40 points by constantius 3 months ago | 40 comments

Star Axis(en.wikipedia.org)

13 points by Thevet 3 months ago | 2 comments

Freeze-Casting(en.wikipedia.org)

26 points by soupspaces 3 months ago | 5 comments

Pushinka(en.wikipedia.org)

26 points by benbreen 3 months ago | 8 comments

Umuganda(en.wikipedia.org)

17 points by thunderbong 3 months ago | 0 comments

Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act for now(en.wikipedia.org)

89 points by hn_acker 3 months ago | 70 comments

Andon (manufacturing)(en.wikipedia.org)

63 points by tony 3 months ago | 25 comments

BLISS(en.wikipedia.org)

39 points by tosh 3 months ago | 8 comments

Earendel (Astronomical Object)(en.wikipedia.org)

29 points by brainlessdev 3 months ago | 5 comments

Deir El-Medina Strikes(en.wikipedia.org)

80 points by mooreds 3 months ago | 17 comments

Small Penis Rule(en.wikipedia.org)

98 points by chistev 3 months ago | 31 comments

Johnson Thermoelectric Energy Converter(en.wikipedia.org)

12 points by msk-lywenn 3 months ago | 0 comments

Platonic Hydrocarbons(en.wikipedia.org)

12 points by chriskw 3 months ago | 0 comments

Rotman Lens(en.wikipedia.org)

123 points by thomasjb 3 months ago | 40 comments

Forestiere Underground Gardens(en.wikipedia.org)

87 points by onemoresoop 3 months ago | 19 comments

Night Witches – all-female Soviet aviator regiment WW2(en.wikipedia.org)

84 points by gverrilla 3 months ago | 26 comments

52-hertz whale(en.wikipedia.org)

92 points by brightbeige 4 months ago | 14 comments

Underarm bowling incident of 1981(en.wikipedia.org)

137 points by EndXA 4 months ago | 126 comments

Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger blocked from editing Wikipedia(en.wikipedia.org)

62 points by FergusArgyll 4 months ago | 36 comments

Armstrong Effect(en.wikipedia.org)

36 points by userbinator 4 months ago | 2 comments

Sogen Kato(en.wikipedia.org)

12 points by sorokod 4 months ago | 2 comments

Zenzizenzizenzic(en.wikipedia.org)

97 points by gyosifov 4 months ago | 29 comments

Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controllers(en.wikipedia.org)

92 points by dhorthy 4 months ago | 51 comments

Abu Fanous(en.wikipedia.org)

60 points by joebig 4 months ago | 10 comments

WikiLambda the Ultimate(en.wikipedia.org)

46 points by Antibabelic 4 months ago | 9 comments

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model(en.wikipedia.org)

227 points by tosh 4 months ago | 58 comments

Liverpool and Manchester Railway(en.wikipedia.org)

20 points by daverol 5 months ago | 9 comments

Jensen–Shannon Divergence(en.wikipedia.org)

121 points by teleforce 5 months ago | 20 comments

Colonization of Venus(en.wikipedia.org)

102 points by simonebrunozzi 5 months ago | 67 comments

Colossus: The Forbin Project(en.wikipedia.org)

241 points by doener 5 months ago | 96 comments

High-Entropy Alloy(en.wikipedia.org)

141 points by leonidasrup 5 months ago | 23 comments

England Runestones(en.wikipedia.org)

77 points by cl3misch 5 months ago | 32 comments

Houses are for living, not for speculation(en.wikipedia.org)

60 points by robtherobber 5 months ago | 42 comments

Yabasic (Yet Another Basic)(en.wikipedia.org)

11 points by sarreph 5 months ago | 0 comments

Bliss (Photograph)(en.wikipedia.org)

106 points by cainxinth 5 months ago | 43 comments

Zugzwang(en.wikipedia.org)

85 points by Qem 5 months ago | 53 comments

Shrdlu(en.wikipedia.org)

40 points by chistev 5 months ago | 4 comments

Cordouan Lighthouse(en.wikipedia.org)

30 points by Petiver 6 months ago | 4 comments

Blaster Beam (Musical Instrument)(en.wikipedia.org)

12 points by hyperific 6 months ago | 4 comments

The Church Rock Uranium Mill Spill(en.wikipedia.org)

100 points by Sir_Twist 6 months ago | 5 comments

Auto Polo(en.wikipedia.org)

93 points by canjobear 6 months ago | 23 comments

HEALPix(en.wikipedia.org)

50 points by hyperific 6 months ago | 6 comments

Paraloid B-72(en.wikipedia.org)

255 points by Ariarule 6 months ago | 59 comments

Human Accelerated Region 1(en.wikipedia.org)

101 points by apollinaire 6 months ago | 51 comments

Michael Rabin has died(en.wikipedia.org)

402 points by tkhattra 6 months ago | 82 comments

Wikipedia biography of Michael O. Rabin, Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, 1976 Turing Award co-recipient, who died April 14, 2026.

Costasiella kuroshimae(en.wikipedia.org)

142 points by vinnyglennon 6 months ago | 53 comments

Killing of Hind Rajab (2024)(en.wikipedia.org)

23 points by lr0 6 months ago | 2 comments

Nematophagous Fungus(en.wikipedia.org)

39 points by lordgilman 7 months ago | 6 comments

Gerard of Cremona(en.wikipedia.org)

28 points by teleforce 7 months ago | 14 comments

Ant Mill(en.wikipedia.org)

26 points by thunderbong 7 months ago | 4 comments

Kangina(en.wikipedia.org)

83 points by thunderbong 7 months ago | 5 comments

Elite Overproduction(en.wikipedia.org)

49 points by softwaredoug 7 months ago | 48 comments

Daemon (2006)(en.wikipedia.org)

36 points by solomonb 7 months ago | 10 comments

Plugtest(en.wikipedia.org)

25 points by dhorthy 7 months ago | 7 comments

Nihilistic Violent Extremism(en.wikipedia.org)

12 points by doener 8 months ago | 3 comments

PL/0(en.wikipedia.org)

51 points by tosh 8 months ago | 14 comments

Quasi-Zenith Satellite System(en.wikipedia.org)

19 points by teleforce 8 months ago | 4 comments

Optophone(en.wikipedia.org)

68 points by Hooke 8 months ago | 12 comments

Voith Schneider Propeller(en.wikipedia.org)

121 points by Luc 8 months ago | 33 comments

Inner-Platform Effect(en.wikipedia.org)

38 points by tosh 8 months ago | 10 comments

Connes Embedding Problem(en.wikipedia.org)

19 points by jerlendds 8 months ago | 1 comments

Interlock (Engineering)(en.wikipedia.org)

15 points by downboots 8 months ago | 4 comments

Thought-Terminating Cliché(en.wikipedia.org)

86 points by walterbell 8 months ago | 79 comments

Kolakoski Sequence(en.wikipedia.org)

60 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 12 comments