Progress on harnessing spider silk; Unexpected energy in "empty" space; Zapping brains to improve concentration; Accidential characterization of Martian dust; A toothbrush that generates electricity to shock your teeth; Blue Origin's New Glenn updates; A temperature record in space; New history of Celtic and Germanic languages
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
WB Yeats, a famous Irish poet and playwright in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, undertook to collect the folktales of his homeland.
Who Were the Celts? Review
Duffy answers his titular question with a simple answer of “basically everyone,” which struck me immediately as being a bit overly broad and inclusive.
Cath Maige Tuired Review
In this case, we have a translation of an Irish myth involving a war between the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Fomorians, and it has everything you and I have come to enjoy about these sorts of works: talking swords, gods with a profound weakness for porridge, and sorcerous rap battles to determine the fate of the land.
