|
Stephanie Krzywonos | Emergence | 28th August 2025 Vivid history of pigments — ochre, bone black, lapis lazuli and more. Tyrian purple, the rarest, most expensive pigment in human history, was harvested from a mollusk off the coast of Tyre in Lebanon. One ounce required the mucus of 250,000 murex sea snails. Its expense made purple the colour of royalty, until a young British chemist accidentally created mauve in 1856, democratising purple for the masses (6,100 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Sarabet Chang Yuye | 31st August 2025 Book review synthesising breakthroughs in neuroscience and AI research, by an author whose reading pleasure is augmented by her five-month-old baby “coming along as a mind”. Questions explored include: why does a nematode need a brain, but not a coral? What rules do nematodes and roombas follow while steering? What do fish brains and the first good backgammon-playing AI have in common? (7,000 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
|
