"if we could sail on the wind in the dark / cut those chains in the middle of the night"

Ah, science, we hardly know thee!

Up to 20 more possible Earthlike exoplanets found in existing Kepler telescope data. (via)

Attempting to identify the Plague of Cyprian. Spoiler: two candidates are suggested, neither very firmly. (via)

This carved seal-stone from 1450 BCE near Pylos is awesome. Comparisons to scenes in the Iliad are easy to make -- almost too easy.

---L.

Subject quote from "Enough to Go By," Vienna Teng.