
Reality Checks: the Whiteness of Weed, Weird Fish Reproduction, Giant Bees, and Private Facts for Montana
Marijuana industry is very white. (via NPR) The immaculate conception and live birth by a fish that normally lays eggs! (via Livescience) Biggest bee on earth. (via Wired) Legislation would give Montana its own special science. (via Ars Technica) Featured image via flickr

Reality Checks: Unrealistic TV Autism, Hacked Sex Robots, Basics of Childbirth, and Studying Maggot Feeding
The unrealistic portrayal of autism on tv. (via Vice) Hacked sex robots could become killers. (via Newsweek) Getting back to basics to make childbirth safer. (via NPR) Maggot feeding. (via Ars Technica) Featured image credit: Stefan Marks via flickr

The Qur’an: a Readthrough. Juz 1 and Surah 2, Verses 73-113
Continued from here. I struggle with this series. Religious texts are so boring. Back when I was a good Christian girl I thought I was being a terrible Christian because I couldn’t muster any excitement or emotions for reading the Bible or attending services because it was all terribly dull. …

Reality Checks: Vaccinating After Outbreaks, Measuring Medicine, Ballet History, and Cockroaches for Valentine’s
People start vaccinating in face of measles outbreak. (via Ars Technica) Measuring medicine for young children. (via NPR) First Hispanic principal ballerina in the US. (via ABC) A zoo will name a cockroach after your ex and feed it to a meerkat on live tv for valentine’s day. (via CBS News) …

Reality Checks: Rembrandt’s Paint, Depression and Anger, Moon Base Building, and New Antarctic Dinosaur
Rembrandt’s paint recipe. (via Ars Technica) Anger and irritability as depression symptoms. (via NPR) Moon base building difficulty. (via BBC) Antarctic king dinosaur found. (via Business Insider) Featured image credit:Enrique A Sanabria

Reality Checks: Gender of Pain, Terrorist White Supremacist, Least Efficient Coffee Bean Roasting with Space, and Farming Rice in Climate Change
People take girls’ pain less seriously than boys’ pain. (via Science Daily) White supremacist convicted as a terrorist. (via Law and Crime) Coffee roasting using space technology! Because I guess we can? (via Ars Technica) Farming rice in climate change. (via NPR) Featured image credit: Satanslaundromat via flickr

Reality Checks: Historical Children’s Books, Internet Access in Tonga, Auroras, and Diets for Planets or People
Free archive of 6000 historical children’s books. (via openculture) Tonga loses internet access because of undersea cable damage. (via Ars Technica) Auroras are different in the north and south of Earth. (via Space.com) Dieting for the health of the planet. (via NPR) Featured image credit: Billy Idle via flickr

Reality Checks: Super Blood Wolf Moon, Neanderthal Extinction, Homicide Rate in Mexico, and Bomb Threat Scammers
Pretty pictures of the super blood wolf moon. (via The Washington Post) Questioning neanderthal extinction. (via Ancient Origins) Highest ever homicide rate for Mexico in 2018. (via NPR) Godaddy weaknesses and bomb threat scammers. (via Ars Technica) Featured image credit: leted via flickr