1575: "Joni Eareckson Tada: Paralyzed at Seventeen"

Interesting Things with JC #1810: "How Deep is the Mariana Trench" — Challenger Deep reaches nearly 36,000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean, more than three times the depth of the Titanic wreck. In 1960, two explorers reached the bottom, but a fractured window threatened their ability to leave the ve…

Interesting Things with JC #1809: "Physics - Newton’s 1st and 2nd Laws" – A playing card shoots sideways while the coin resting on it drops into a glass. Pull the card slowly, and the coin may move with it. The same physics governs passengers in braking cars and the acceleration of loaded shopping …

Interesting Things with JC #1812: "John Atkinson Grimshaw" – His parents reportedly threw his paints into the fire, but John Atkinson Grimshaw abandoned his railway job to become an artist. He later painted Victorian streets with such remarkable realism that some of his works used actual photograph…

Interesting Things with JC #1808: "The Assistant That Knows What Not to Share" – Shortly before Meta launched its Muse AI agent, researchers discovered serious vulnerabilities in the systems meant to keep agents isolated. Meta says the flaws were fixed, but agents that can manage accounts, send mes…