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07/09/2026

Amazing thrash band that are still putting out albums today. They h...

07/09/2026

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Album
Released: July 1983

07/09/2026

🚨 BREAKING: An asteroid was found to have all the building blocks of life.

Japanese scientists have confirmed a monumental discovery: asteroid Ryugu contains all five nucleobases essential for DNA and RNA. By analyzing just 5.4 grams of material returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, researchers identified adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil in similar proportions.

This marks the first time a single celestial body has been found to harbor a complete, balanced mix of every fundamental component needed to store and transfer biological information, suggesting that the molecular foundation of life is far more prevalent in deep space than previously imagined.

This breakthrough provides compelling evidence for the theory that asteroids and meteorites may have delivered the basic ingredients for life to early Earth during its formation.

Unlike previous findings that only showed partial sets of these molecules, Ryugu’s chemistry points toward a water-rich parent body where complex reactions could occur over millions of years.

While it remains a mystery how these molecules eventually transitioned into living organisms, their widespread presence across the solar system implies that the recipe for biology is not a terrestrial anomaly, but a cosmic standard.

source: Oba, Y., et al. (2026). A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Nature Astronomy.

07/09/2026

She built her own airplane at 14 and flew it solo, a year before she was legally old enough to drive. That was just the warm up.

Her name is Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, a first generation Cuban American from Chicago who has spent her life sprinting past every ceiling put in front of her. She graduated from MIT at the very top of her physics class with a perfect grade point average, the first woman to finish number one in that department in two decades. She then earned her PhD from Harvard by her mid twenties.

The media nicknamed her the next Einstein, and while that is a heavy label no scientist would claim for themselves, her work genuinely lives in Einstein's territory. She studies the deepest unsolved puzzle in physics, how to unite gravity, described by Einstein's relativity, with the strange probabilistic rules of quantum mechanics. It is the exact problem that consumed Einstein's final decades and still has no complete answer.

Her talent got noticed early in the most striking way possible. Stephen Hawking cited her research in his own work on black holes. Being referenced by one of the greatest minds of the last century, while still a young researcher, is about as strong a signal as science offers.

Today she leads pioneering work in a field called celestial holography, which explores the mind bending idea that the entire universe might be encoded like a hologram. Her aim is to reconstruct the fabric of spacetime from the light we see in the night sky. She once turned down a seven figure job offer to keep chasing these questions instead.

Whether or not anyone ever truly becomes the next Einstein, she represents something powerful. A curious kid who built a plane in a garage, now trying to rebuild our picture of reality itself.

What do you think it actually takes to unlock the next giant leap in physics, raw genius or relentless curiosity?

07/09/2026

WHEN PARLOPHONE RETURNED TO RUBBER SOUL

Four classic tracks gathered into one last traditional Beatles EP.

ON THIS DATE (60 YEARS AGO)
July 8, 1966 - The Beatles: Nowhere Man (EP) is released in the UK.

The Beatles' Nowhere Man EP was released in the UK on this date on July 8, 1966. It included four songs from the album Rubber Soul. The EP was only released in mono, with the catalog number Parlophone GEP 8952.

Although the Rubber Soul album had been on sale for more than six months, Parlophone on this day issued a mono EP containing four songs from it.

It reached #4 on the UK EP charts, and spent a total of 18 weeks in the rundown. Its low chart ranking can be attributed to the superfluousness of the release, although it did feature a new cover photo taken by Robert Whitaker.

Nowhere Man, The Beatles' 12th official EP, was the last convential one released prior to the special double set Magical Mystery Tour in 1967.

TRACKS:
All songs written by Lennon/McCartney

Side one
1. "Nowhere Man" – 2:44
2. "Drive My Car" – 2:25

Side two
3. "Michelle" – 2:40
4. "You Won't See Me" – 3:22

07/09/2026

July 8, 1967: Jimi Hendrix Joins the Monkees Tour (Story in Comments 👇 )

07/09/2026

Stevie Nicks w/ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Released: July 8, 1980

07/09/2026

“YOU HEAR ME AT THE OFFICE SCREAMIN’ “MOTHERF*CK DRE MOTHERF*CK SNOOP!” 🐐🔥👀

Snoop Dogg recently revealed that he always puts the music first.

When asked if he’d listen to a diss record aimed at him if the song was good, Snoop revealed he listens to Eazy-E’s “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s” everyday and him and Dre actually liked the song:

“I’ve got a radio channel at the studio called ‘Radio Cadillac’ every day I listen to Eazy’s joint, you come at the office you hear me screamin’ ‘motherf*ck Dre motherf*ck Snoop”

What are the top 5 diss records of all time?

07/09/2026

THE SOUNDTRACK TO A NEW GENERATION

More than four decades later, songs like "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed" remain among the most recognizable recordings of the 1980s.

ON THIS DATE (45 YEARS AGO)
July 8, 1981 - The Go-Go's: Beauty and the Beat is released.

ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 4.5/5

Beauty and the Beat is the debut album by The Go-Go's, released on July 8, 1981. It reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and became the first album by an all-female band that wrote and performed its own material to top the U.S. album charts.

The achievement was groundbreaking, but the album's success was built on something even more important: great songs.

Emerging from the Los Angeles punk and new wave scene, The Go-Go's combined infectious melodies, tight musicianship, and an energetic sense of fun that set them apart from nearly every other act on the radio. What began as a club band quickly evolved into one of the biggest pop success stories of the early 1980s.

The album produced two enduring classics. "Our Lips Are Sealed," co-written by Jane Wiedlin and Terry Hall of The Specials, became one of the era's signature singles. "We Got the Beat" turned into an anthem that still fills dance floors, sporting events, and movie soundtracks more than four decades later.

Beyond the hits, Beauty and the Beat showcased a remarkably consistent collection of songs. Tracks such as "This Town," "Tonite," "Automatic," and "Can't Stop the World" demonstrated the band's knack for blending punk energy with polished pop craftsmanship.

At a time when female artists were often expected to fit established industry molds, The Go-Go's charted their own course. They wrote their songs, played their instruments, and built their success largely on their own terms. Their achievement opened doors for countless female musicians who followed.

The album spent six consecutive weeks at #1 and eventually became one of the defining records of the MTV era. Today it remains a landmark release in both new wave and pop history.
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REVIEW EXCERPT

ROLLING STONE – Jon Pareles (October 29, 1981)

"The Go-Go's are by no means an Eighties revival of the old girl groups."

"These women offer exuberance backed by precision."

"Their songs provide a quick course in power pop."

"The Go-Go's have neatly ignored typecasting by s*x."

"Beauty and the Beat is a solid, likable debut."

TRACKS:

Side one
Our Lips Are Sealed (Wiedlin, Hall) – 2:45
How Much More (Caffey, Wiedlin) – 3:06
Tonite (Caffey, Wiedlin, Case) – 3:35
Lust to Love (Caffey, Wiedlin) – 4:04
This Town (Caffey, Wiedlin) – 3:20

Side two
We Got the Beat (Caffey) – 2:36
Fading Fast (Caffey) – 3:41
Automatic (Wiedlin) – 3:07
You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep) – 2:54
Skidmarks on My Heart (Caffey, Carlisle) – 3:06
Can't Stop the World (Valentine) – 3:20

07/09/2026

The story of Jirqo’adai—the enemy warrior who would become known as Jebe—is one of the most famous examples of Genghis Khan’s pragmatic approach to building an empire.

It highlighted a distinct willingness to dismantle traditional tribal blood feuds in favor of a strict meritocracy, transforming a lethal threat into one of his most trusted military assets.

According to The Secret History of the Mongols, the encounter took place around 1201 during a chaotic battle against the Taichud tribe. Jirqo’adai loosed an arrow that struck Genghis Khan’s mount in the neck, unhorsing him and leaving the future ruler severely vulnerable.

Following his victory, Genghis Khan lined up the captured enemy soldiers and demanded to know who had shot "his horse" in the neck.

Historians note that referencing the horse was a deliberate euphemism, chosen either to project an image of personal invulnerability to his troops or to w**d out false claimants.

Rather than blending into the crowd, Jirqo’adai stepped forward and openly confessed, stating that if the Khan chose to execute him, it was his right, but if spared, he would serve him with absolute loyalty.

Impressed by the warrior's raw honesty and lethal marksmanship, Genghis Khan pardoned him on the spot and gave him the moniker Jebe, meaning "arrow" or "weapon."

Within just three years, Jebe’s tactical brilliance propelled him through the ranks to become a noyan (general).

He went on to command the elite left wing of the Mongol army, executing legendary campaigns through Jin China, Central Asia, and Persia.

His legacy culminated in the famous 1220–1223 reconnaissance raid around the Caspian Sea alongside fellow general Subutai, a masterpiece of light cavalry mobility that successfully penetrated deep into Eastern Europe and laid the strategic groundwork for the later expansion of the Mongol Empire.

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