June ’26 Links

Researchers claim to have achieved perfect randomness. (Hopefully nothing like True Level). But I kind of liked the Lava Lamps. I did not know that (some of) Europe mandates family dynasties by forcing a minimum percentage of an estate be passed down to the children. Wild. Anton Petrov answers the questions we’ve all asked — We finally know why T-Rex had those tiny arms (and more new T-Rex facts) (Video) My wife might have nightmares if she found out — Bees can use tools to solve problems. If you’ve read too much Watchmen, then you are probably willing to read the argument that Doctor Manhattan did not in fact kill Rorschach (and what he did do, instead). Skeptic Magazine (of all places) has an article called “Was Lamarck Right About Evolution?” The answer is a complicated “No, but…” Lamarck was a more subtle thinker and on an important track and the entire “cutting off mice’s tails” was a bizarre reductio ad absurdum he wouldn’t have endorsed. (I might read the book the article is…