#letters

No One You Love Is Ever Dead: Hemingway on Loss and the Meaning of Life

"We must live it, now, a day at a time and be very careful not to hurt each other."

Brain Pickings · EN

All 5 genetic “letters” of DNA and RNA discovered in a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid

Scientists have discovered all five essential nucleobases used in DNA and RNA in pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu, revealing that key ingredients for life existed in space billions of years ago. The remarkable finding adds to growing evidence from other asteroids and meteorites that these molecules were widespread throughout the early Solar System.

ScienceDaily · EN

The Amarna letters

Petty disputes, pleas for help and requests for gold – explore letters sent to Egyptian pharaohs more than 3,000 years ago - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Aeon Video · EN