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From Slavery to Riches: The Life of Joseph Bounty (Part 2)

Born enslaved and bound to river work, Joseph Bounty clawed his way into landownership, outwitting NYC elites. A stubborn cottage, a staggering sale, and shoreline sand turned to gold, legendary. #history

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From Slavery to Riches: The Life of Joseph Bounty (Part 2)
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Stanford researchers cut Astrobee’s path-planning time on the ISS by ~50–60% using AI “warm starts” 🚀 Faster autonomous navigation, same safety checks—tested on orbit with real astronauts in the loop. #AI #Space scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/17/a...
Black-and-white cartoon of a cube-shaped free-flying robot gliding through the interior of a space station, weaving along a smooth, curved path between floating box-like obstacles. One thought bubble shows a tangled mess transforming into a neat idea, while another shows many arrows converging into a single checked path. In the background, human controllers watch from a screen, reinforcing the playful contrast between faster “thinking” and careful, collision-free navigation in a crowded orbital environment.
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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A reconstructed ancient face from Ethiopian fossils is reshaping how scientists think humans migrated out of Africa 🧬 New evidence suggests the story is more complex—and started earlier—than we thought. #HumanOrigins #Archaeology scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/17/a...
Black-and-white cartoon showing an ancient human face emerging from scattered puzzle-like fragments on the ground, as two researchers kneel nearby assembling pieces with care. In the background, a small early human figure walks away carrying a suitcase, while curved arrows arc across a faint map of Africa, playfully suggesting multiple migration paths and how reconstructing a single face can reshape the story of human origins.
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Smaller than a grain of salt 🤯 Researchers built a sub-1mm robot with its own computer, sensors, motor, and solar power. A big leap for microrobotics and a step toward future medical micromachines. #Robotics #Science scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/16/d...
Black-and-white cartoon of a tiny cube-shaped robot paddling through a droplet of liquid resting on a human fingertip. The robot appears mechanical and playful, with small limb-like motors splashing as it moves. Around the droplet, smiling microbe-like creatures float as if observing, while a magnifying glass enlarges the scene, emphasizing the robot’s extreme smallness and the whimsical contrast between advanced technology and a microscopic world.
December 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Carry evolution everywhere you go 🧠🌿 This Charles Darwin “I think” tote features his iconic Tree of Life sketch on sturdy natural cotton. Perfect for bio nerds, profs & bookish explorers: www.etsy.com/listing/1442... #SciStyle
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December 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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ACIP hearing got heated 😬: commenters say hep B prevention talk leaned on anti-immigrant, racialized “sources of infection.” Same meeting: ACIP backed dropping universal birth-dose vax—critics warn missed cases + stigma. #PublicHealth scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/16/d...
A black-and-white portrait illustration shows an immigrant family huddled at the lower left—a father holding a small child, a worried mother in a headscarf, and an elderly man—while, from the upper right, four furious panelists and physicians lean forward behind a dais, mouths open in shouting and arms extended, aggressively pointing at the family in a stark, accusatory scene.
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Winter celebrations aren’t just tradition—they’re ancient survival strategies. Feasts, lights & gatherings helped early humans fight darkness, depression & isolation. We still thrive on that same spark of communal joy 🔥🎄 #Evolution #Christmas scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/15/t...
“A group of bundled-up people huddles in a circle on a snowy winter night around a small fire, lifting a strand of glowing holiday lights like a shared canopy while the sun rises behind them, turning the dark sky into a warm, communal scene.”
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Christmas dinner can hit 6–7k calories 😳 One day of indulgence can spike blood sugar/insulin and briefly shift your gut microbiome—but most effects fade in 1–2 days if you’re back to normal habits. #Health #Nutrition scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/13/t...
“A woman smiles at a holiday meal while a cutaway view of her torso shows a tiny factory-like city—conveyor belts, workers, and organ ‘buildings’—processing the feast; a Christmas tree and stacked gifts sit behind her.”
December 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Cognitive fatigue = the brain’s “slow down” signal. New studies link it to metabolic strain + neurotransmitter shifts (adenosine/dopamine/glutamate) and show long mental effort makes us chase quick rewards & dodge hard tasks. 🧠⚡ #Science #LongCOVID scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/11/d...
Black-and-white cartoon of cognitive fatigue: a weary person slumps at a desk with a drooping expression, head propped on one hand. On the desktop, easy “instant reward” temptations—candy, a doughnut, and a glowing smartphone—sit within reach. Above, a sparking electrical breaker box suggests the mind’s protective circuit tripping under strain. In the background, a dark staircase rises toward harder efforts, with workout gear and a faint figure in the shadows, emphasizing how fatigue pulls attention away from difficult tasks.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Under Jerusalem’s Tower of David, a ~50m Hasmonean wall was found—razed to the same height. It fits Josephus: Hyrcanus I tore down defenses after Antiochus VII’s siege (132–133 BCE). 🧱 #Archaeology #Jerusalem scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/11/d...
Black-and-white cartoon cross-section beneath a museum with a glass floor: two visitors lean over the transparent edge, peering down into an excavation. Below them, archaeologists kneel beside a long, neatly leveled stone wall foundation, one holding a level tool while another scrapes at the base. Above the wall, faint “ghost” figures of two ancient leaders shake hands, one holding a tool as if ordering dismantling. Deeper layers show a round vat-like basin and, lower still, rough stonework with scratched marks suggesting later graffiti—stacked histories made visible in one cutaway view.
December 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Carry evolution everywhere you go 🧠🌿 This Charles Darwin “I think” tote features his iconic Tree of Life sketch on sturdy natural cotton. Perfect for bio nerds, profs & bookish explorers: www.etsy.com/listing/1442... #SciStyle
1. Natural beige cotton tote bag with two handles and the handwritten black script text “I think” centered on the front, shown against a plain background. 2. The same beige cotton tote bag flipped to show a black line “Tree of Life” diagram inspired by Darwin, a branching phylogenetic-style sketch printed on the front. 1. Natural beige cotton tote bag with two handles and the handwritten black script text “I think” centered on the front, shown against a plain background. 2. The same beige cotton tote bag flipped to show a black line “Tree of Life” diagram inspired by Darwin, a branching phylogenetic-style sketch printed on the front.
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Alexandria’s Portus Magnus just yielded a thalamagos—an ornate pleasure barge known only from texts/mosaics—found near the Temple of Isis on submerged Antirhodos. 3D photogrammetry + Greek graffiti (1st c. CE)! 🚤🌊 #Archaeology #Underwater scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/11/d...
Black-and-white underwater cartoon: a scuba diver swims over a large, ornate wooden wreck shaped like a ceremonial pleasure barge, shining a light while holding a camera rig to record it. The hull features curling decorative patterns and a carved female figurehead, with open interior framing visible like ribs and benches. Small fish drift through the scene as seaweed and stones dot the seabed. In the background, the ruins of a classical temple with columns sit submerged in hazy water, hinting at Alexandria’s sunken royal quarter.
December 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Turns out “olive oil residues” on ancient pots may be a mirage. Cornell-led tests buried oil-soaked ceramics: key biomarkers vanished in alkaline Cyprus-like soils but survived in acidic soil. Recheck the classics! 🫒🧪 #Archaeology #Science scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/11/d...
Black-and-white cartoon lab scene: a researcher dressed like a detective peers through a magnifying glass at a small ceramic vessel, looking skeptical. On a bench sit several pottery jars partly “buried” in a mound of soil atop a boxy incubator, with more jars visible inside through a window. Wispy vapor rises from the vessels, and a pale, ghostlike outline of an oil cruet floats above them—suggesting a residue identification that’s evaporating or uncertain. Nearby are extra pots and two brick-like blocks, reinforcing the experimental setup and the idea that the “olive oil” signal may not survive equally in all soils.
December 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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THE PERFECT STOCKING STUFFER!! Wear Darwin’s eureka moment 🧠 This “I think” tee features his handwritten note from the Transmutation Notebooks—no tree, just the idea spark. Soft, nerdy, comfy: scientificinquirer.etsy.com/listing/1269... #SciStyle
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December 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Great Wall restoration near Beijing turned into a full-on dig: a massive 1632 bronze cannon blending Chinese + Euro design, cozy watchtower living spaces, stamped bricks that rewrite Ming logistics, and even a “3 years of toil” graffiti. #Archaeology #History scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/11/d...
Black-and-white cartoon of archaeologists restoring a Ming-era section of the Great Wall: in the foreground, one kneels beside a newly unearthed, ornate bronze cannon lying in a trench while scattered stamped bricks sit nearby. Behind him, workers repair the wall and a large watchtower rises over the scene. To the right, a cutaway-like view of a small interior room shows a heated brick bed and a stove with a pot, with bowls and jars of provisions and a few bright turquoise beads on the ground—hinting at daily garrison life and far-reaching trade.
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Remote sensing is rewriting Cyclades prehistory: archaeologists are flying LiDAR + running magnetometry on tiny Aegean islets to spot hidden terraces, walls & hearths—revealing denser island life (and seafaring networks) than we thought. 🛰️🏺 #Archaeology #LiDAR scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/11/d...
Black-and-white cartoon of a scrubby Cycladic islet: a small plane flies overhead projecting a wide scanning cone onto the hillside, visually “peeling back” the ground to reveal crisp stone terraces and, beneath them, a darker hidden layer of buried walls, paths, and a tiny hearth glow. In the foreground, an archaeologist pushes a wheeled survey cart across the grass, watching the revealed subsurface outlines. Offshore, a large cruise ship glides past, contrasting modern tourism with the newly uncovered prehistoric landscape.
December 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Genetic sleuthing shows China's Bo people are direct descendants of the 'vanished' hanging-coffin builders—oral history confirmed, resilience documented, and archaeology meets living tradition. 🧬 #archaeogenetics #history scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/11/d...
Black-and-white pencil illustration of a steep river valley with wooden coffins fixed high on a cliff face. In the foreground, a scientist in a lab coat studies a small bone or tooth with a magnifying glass. A large DNA double helix spirals from him across the scene toward a modern Bo family—two adults and a child—standing together on the opposite slope, their hands resting on one another as they gaze toward the coffins, symbolizing their genetic link to the ancient hanging-coffin builders.
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Humans were making fire in England 400,000 years ago 🔥 A Suffolk site shows built hearths and spark stones, pushing back solid proof of controlled fire by ~350,000 years—and hinting at early camp life + cooking. #archaeology scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/11/d...
Black-and-white pencil illustration of a puzzled archaeologist kneeling on bare ground, peering through a magnifying glass at a small ring of dark stones and baked earth. In the hazy background, two shaggy early humans squat around a campfire, one poking the flames with a stick while the other holds a cooking pot over them. Beside the archaeologist’s test patch in the foreground is a second small fire with a metal coffeepot perched on a simple stove, visually linking the ancient hearth to modern camp cooking.
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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AI is coming for messy outbreak models 🦠 DARPA’s ASKEM tools can auto-extract equations from papers/notebooks and build transparent models ~80% faster, giving decision-makers clearer forecasts, not black boxes. #AI #epidemiology scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/11/d...
Black-and-white pencil illustration showing a humorous split between old and new epidemiological modeling. On the left, two stressed scientists are tangled in a chaotic mass of cables attached to a clunky machine displaying a lumpy curve, with sweat flying and thought bubbles showing infection and distancing icons. On the right, a calm scientist sits at a table assembling neat, cube-shaped “model pieces” handed to him by a smiling robot, while a clean diagram and smooth curve glow on a screen behind them; a small snail sits near the messy side and a sleek rocket points toward the efficient AI side, emphasizing the speed difference.
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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From Slavery to Riches: The Life of Joseph Bounty (Part 2)

Born enslaved and bound to river work, Joseph Bounty clawed his way into landownership, outwitting NYC elites. A stubborn cottage, a staggering sale, and shoreline sand turned to gold, legendary. #history

youtube.com/shorts/Zu33x...
From Slavery to Riches: The Life of Joseph Bounty (Part 2)
YouTube video by Scientific Inquirer
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December 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Health influencers are shaping real policy—but not always with facts. A new report warns that misinformation is making its way from feeds to federal decisions. #healthpolicy #misinformation scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/09/w...
A black-and-white cartoon shows a cheerful social media influencer at a podium labeled “INFLUENCER,” enthusiastically speaking into a smartphone mounted on a tripod. Behind him are exaggerated protest-style signs with absurd health misinformation messages. Beside him, a grim-faced politician sits at a desk labeled “POLICY,” solemnly signing a document, seemingly taking cues from the influencer. The scene satirizes the absurdity of online misinformation being turned into official health policy.
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Eggnog + mulled wine season = peak fermentation 🥂 From yeast chemistry to alcohol “cooking” eggs and killing Salmonella, these cozy drinks are really historic biotech in a mug. Sip science this holiday. #fermentation #holidays scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/10/l...
Mulled wine and eggnog.
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Rock our 'Darwin IYKYK' tee and flex your evolved taste. Perfect for bio nerds, profs & the naturally selected few. Soft, comfy, convo-starting. Adapt. Evolve. Wear it: www.etsy.com/listing/4416... #IYKYK
White unisex T-shirt featuring a line-art caricature of an older bearded man in a suit and bow tie (Charles Darwin–style), with bold black text underneath that reads “IYKYK.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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New fossil bird drama: Chromeornis funkyi, a tiny Cretaceous dino-bird from China, seems to have choked on 800+ stones stuck in its throat—capturing its final moments and adding a new twist to early bird evolution. 🦴 #paleontology scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/10/d...
Black-and-white pencil drawing of two scientists leaning toward a computer monitor, one pointing in surprise. On the screen is a glowing, cartoon-like outline of a small bird in side view with its beak gaping and its throat packed with a cluster of round “stones,” giving it a distressed expression. To the left, a slab-mounted fossil of a tiny bird skeleton is displayed on the wall, mirroring the pose on the screen.
December 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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New duck-billed dino alert 🦕 Paleontologists found a massive hadrosaur with a unique crest and jaw, hinting at a whole new lineage and feeding style in Late Cretaceous North America. #paleontology #dinosaurs scientificinquirer.com/2025/12/10/d...
Black-and-white pencil illustration of two paleontologists kneeling on the ground, closely studying scattered fossil fragments, one using a magnifying glass. Behind them looms the ghostly, oversized skeleton of a crested duck-billed dinosaur, its ribcage and skull glowing against a dark sky, while a small herd of similar hadrosaurs browses in a misty prehistoric landscape with low vegetation and palm trees.
December 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM