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Video: The masterful design of the two-liter plastic soda bottle [12:54]
youtube.com

Where Babies Come From
asteriskmag.com

No One Knew This Giraffe Was Pregnant—Until She Suddenly Gave Birth to a Healthy Baby Girl
smithsonianmag.com

45-year mystery behind eerie photo from The Shining is believed to be solved
cbc.ca

New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day
livescience.com • (see also)

Trillions of Rogue Planets ?
nextbigfuture.com

This Famous Physics Experiment Shows Why the Government Should Support ‘Useless’ Science
wired.com

Scientists Found Evidence of a 138-Foot-Deep Lake in the Middle of an Enormous Desert
popularmechanics.com

‘Paraparticles’ Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum Particle
quantamagazine.org

Some ‘Hairy’ Medieval Books Were Covered in Sealskin, and Researchers Don’t Know Exactly Why
smithsonianmag.com

NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise
science.nasa.gov

Why lead is (still) bad for your brain
neurofrontiers.blog • (see also)

Generative AI is learning to spy for the US military
technologyreview.com

What goes on inside toddlers’ brains? A pioneering project is trying to find out
bbc.com

Researchers discover a new type of quantum entanglement
phys.org

This giant hole beneath Antarctica could be the ‘greatest impact crater known’ on Earth
livescience.com

A psychologist and biologist debate the significance of testosterone
aeon.co

Farmers face one of the highest rates of suicide. This social worker believes the solution is buried in their land
theguardian.com

The Battle Over Black Bears
altaonline.com • (see also)

World’s Oldest Satellite Has Been in Space for 67 Years. Engineers Want to Bring It Home
gizmodo.com

Why Tap a Wheel of Cheese?
cheeseprofessor.com

Psychedelics Could Transform How We Sleep—Or If We Even Need It at All, New Theory Claims
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

The True Story of Appomattox Exposes the Dangers of Letting Myths Replace History
time.com • (see also)

Evidence of the world’s first vehicles at White Sands National Park
sfgate.com

‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son
theguardian.com

Dire Wolf De-Extinction Debate Divides Scientists
the-scientist.com

On this day in 1815, Mount Tambora erupted, causing a volcanic winter
damninteresting.com

OpenAI helps spammers plaster 80,000 sites with messages that bypassed filters
arstechnica.com

Archaeologists Excavating a Maya City Found a 1,700-Year-Old Altar. It Shouldn’t Have Been There.
popularmechanics.com

Antiviral Chewing Gum Might Revolutionize How We Tackle Infectious Diseases
discovermagazine.com

This Bizarre Shape-Shifting Liquid Bends The Laws of Thermodynamics
sciencealert.com

Could we use black holes to power future human civilizations? ‘There is no limitation to extracting the enormous energy from a rotating black hole’
space.com

Memory manipulation is the stuff of sci-fi. Someday it could be real
sciencenews.org

Scientists Discover Bizarre New Lifeforms in Earth’s Mysterious Critical Zone
scitechdaily.com • (see also)

A Queen Bee Lives 20 Times Longer Than Her Workers. Scientists Want to Steal Her Secrets For Humanity.
popularmechanics.com

A Farmhouse Refuge From a Nazi Blitz Became His Forever Home
nytimes.com

Watch as a Woman Uses an Ancient Swedish Herding Call
mossandfog.com

How Japan Built a 3D-Printed Train Station in 6 Hours
nytimes.com

Thousands of strange, blobby creatures are washing up on California beaches
livescience.com

Pack of 60 orcas attack, kill pygmy blue whale off Western Austalia’s south coast
abc.net.au

South Korea is converting an abandoned coal mine into a moon exploration testing ground
space.com

Raising a Ghost Town From the Dead
atlasobscura.com

Video: Why Do River Dolphins Look… Like That? [12:51]
youtube.com

Scientists Map Miles of Wiring in a Speck of Mouse Brain
nytimes.com

Video: Isaac Asimov Describes How Artificial Intelligence Will Liberate Humans [06:42]
openculture.com

What if we find nothing? How the search for alien life still gives us answers
knowridge.com • (see also)

Video: The Moment angry geese trapped university students inside their home for days [1:29]
cbc.ca

Researcher proposes first-time model that replaces dark energy and dark matter in explaining nature of the universe
phys.org

What the new science of magic reveals about perception and free will
newscientist.com • Mirror

How a surgeon tried to avoid justice for years after stabbing colleague
bbc.com

UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
theguardian.com

[Yellow] Can Make You Feel Happier
vice.com

Torpedo Bats and the Physics of the Sweet Spot
wired.com • (see also)

A Long-Held Assumption About Uranus Just Got Upended
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Dire wolf de-extinction: Colossal Biosciences brings back extinct species
newatlas.com

Galaxies Without Stars? Scientists Zero In on the Universe’s Darkest Halos
scitechdaily.com

Thalamus Identified As a Hub for Memory and Brain Plasticity
neurosciencenews.com

From ketchup to concrete, rolling particles make suspensions more fluid
phys.org

‘Misokinesia’ Phenomenon Could Affect 1 in 3 People, Study Shows
sciencealert.com

Saturn’s moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount, study finds
phys.org