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The Monster Problem

Why a goblin is a better source of rubies than the ground, and what that says about us

5 hrs ago • Aaron Celestian, PhD

How an oyster's worst day became the world’s most mythologized object — and how one video game remembered what everyone else forgot

Mar 9 • Aaron Celestian, PhD

Sacred and Inert

12:56 PM A 1987 video game understood that minerals carry meaning beyond their utility. Most mineralogy curricula still don't make that argument. A…

Mar 4 • Aaron Celestian, PhD

We Tortured Salt Water With X-Rays

Feb 8 • Aaron Celestian, PhD

An ancient discovery in a salt mine

Feb 1 • Aaron Celestian, PhD

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