Jonathan: The 191-Year-Old Tortoise Who Defies Time

Jonathan, the Seychelles giant tortoise, is more than just a record-breaker — he’s a living piece of history. At an astonishing 191 years old, he holds the title of the oldest living land animal on Earth, a milestone that places him among the most extraordinary creatures ever documented. Born around 1832, Jonathan has lived through… Read More »

The Woman Who Discovered Pulsars: How Jocelyn Bell Burnell Turned Injustice Into a Legacy

In 1967, inside a small hut at Cambridge University, a 24-year-old graduate student named Jocelyn Bell sifted through endless rolls of paper chart recordings. The radio telescope she helped build printed miles of data every day—mostly static, noise, and random radio signals from space. It was exhausting, repetitive, and often unrewarding work. But Jocelyn was… Read More »