This week, we learned …
… polluted water popsicles are making an impact. Resource of the week!
… Native American chokecherry pudding has medicinal qualities after all.

Photograph by Botteville, courtesy Wikimedia. Public domain
… it’s really hard to find Jewish food in Israel.

Photograph by Marcelo Träsel, courtesy Flickr. CC-BY-SA-2.0
Culture and food and ritual, oh my!
… scientists may have found the “Eighth Wonder of the World” beneath a volcanic lakeshore.

Painting by Charles Blomfield, courtesy Wikimedia. Public domain
See if you can find LakeRotomahana!
… wolves are being redomesticated.

Photograph by Jim and Jamie Dutcher, National Geographic
How did wolves get domesticated, anyway?
… residents of a low-lying Maryland island may deny climate change, but they still want to stop it.

Map Tangier Island while you still can.
… the humble post office was once a hotbed of innovation.

Photograph courtesy the Galt Museum and Archives. Public domain
Do you celebrate World Post Day?
… how the world’s earliest accountants counted on cuneiform.

Photograph courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Was the first person in history a cuneiform-using accountant?
… why older female elk so successfully evade hunters.

Photograph by M. Williams Woodbridge, National Geographic
Zoom in on these smart cervids with our gorgeous map.
… Jupiter has 69 moons.

Photograph by NASA
Does one of those moons harbor life?
… living with nuclear waste means remembering on a different scale. Great read.

Photograph by Emory Kristof, National Geographic
How is Finland breaking new ground in finding a place for nuclear waste?