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This week: Livin’ on a prayer, defunct cruise ships, allergic mammoths, and more!
damninteresting.com

Man tricks OpenAI’s voice bot into duet of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”
arstechnica.com

The Journey of 10 Billion Birds
discovermagazine.com

Why does it help to breathe into a bag when hyperventilating?
mcgill.ca

Hunting for One of the World’s Most Exquisite Peppers
nytimes.com

Europe’s space agency will destroy a brand-new satellite in 2027 just to see what happens
theverge.com

The 1963 Ford Cardinal—too radical for America at the time
arstechnica.com

What Are Wind Phones, and How Do They Help With Grief?
smithsonianmag.com

In the Stereoscope, Another World
daily.jstor.org

Reactive dust from Great Salt Lake may have health consequences
sciencenews.org

Scientists confirm there are 40 huge craters at the bottom of Lake Michigan
livescience.com

Tiny Black Holes Could Zip Through Our Solar System, Causing Mars to Wobble
sciencealert.com

Dark matter could have slight interaction with regular matter, study suggests
phys.org • (see also)

Archaeologists Dug Up The Ruins Of A Castle—and Found Bronze Shields from 2,700 Years Ago
popularmechanics.com

The Real Story Behind Norman Rockwell’s 1964 Painting ‘The Problem We All Live With’
rarehistoricalphotos.com

How special is the Milky Way galaxy? Survey team releases new findings
phys.org

An Ancient Peruvian Site Reveals a Remarkable Painted Throne Room
thisiscolossal.com

Why Microsoft made a deal to help restart Three Mile Island
technologyreview.com

Step Into Beguiling Bygone Eras in Jeff Bartels’s ‘Urban Glitch’ Series
thisiscolossal.com

Malcolm Gladwell Holds His Ideas Loosely. He Thinks You Should, Too.
nytimes.com

New Research Sheds Light on How Human Brain Processes Number Zero
sci.news

The other British invasion: how UK lingo conquered the US
theguardian.com

The Wild West of Papal Conclaves
daily.jstor.org

Hummingbirds thrive on an extreme lifestyle. Here’s how.
knowablemagazine.org

Walking on the Moon in Cologne: Europe’s lunar life simulator
phys.org

Sea robins are fish with ‘the wings of a bird and multiple legs like a crab’
cnn.com

‘We used to sail and fish and play’: how did an Argentinian lake the size of New York City disappear?
theguardian.com

A Remote Alaskan Island Is on High Alert for a Rat
nytimes.com

Field work – the physics of sheep, from phase transitions to collective motion
physicsworld.com

The Internet’s AI Slop Problem Is Only Going to Get Worse
nymag.com • Mirror

The Two Faces of Space-Time
quantamagazine.org

Crew Returns from Simulated Trip to Mars—Take a Peek Inside their Journey
nasa.gov

Drug-free nasal spray prevents infection by trapping viruses in the nose
newatlas.com

The Challenge of Preserving Good Data in the Age of AI
undark.org

Elyse Graham on the Librarian Spies of World War Two
crimereads.com

Video: Building collapses into river in India [0:25]
bbc.com

Brad Pitt Imposters Arrested for Scamming Two Women Online Out of $350,000
variety.com

Webb discovers ‘weird’ galaxy with gas outshining its stars
phys.org

Existence of an Earth-like planet around a dead sun offers hope for our planet’s ultimate survival
phys.org

Octopuses seen hunting together with fish in rare video — and punching fish that don’t cooperate
nbcnews.com

A Weirdly Large Object In Our Asteroid Belt Could Actually Be Habitable
inverse.com

The #1 Clue to Quantum Gravity Sits on the Surfaces of Black Holes
quantamagazine.org

Scientists reexamine dopamine’s role in the placebo effect
popsci.com

Video: Why Western Designs Fail in Developing Countries [27:35]
youtube.com

See Newly Discovered Nazca Drawings That Depict Llamas, Human Sacrifices and More
smithsonianmag.com

Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops
theverge.com

The Thought Experiments That Fray the Fabric of Space-Time
quantamagazine.org

Mysterious white substance smeared on 3,600-year-old mummies is world’s oldest cheese
livescience.com

Video: The Doorway to the Underworld is Growing and We Can’t Stop It [7:53]
youtube.com

Physicists Reveal a Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of Space and Time
quantamagazine.org

Why Everything We Think We Know About Spies Is Wrong
lithub.com

A Rose Without Thorns? How Gene Editing Is Giving Plants A Glow-Up
inverse.com

Our Appetite for Meat Is Hurting the Environment. Enter Lab-Grown Meat.
nytimes.com • (see also)

Video: This Man Forgot Who He Was For 11 Years [21:26]
youtube.com • (see also)

Yellowstone’s Hot Springs Kill More People than Bears Do
outsideonline.com

Inside the Island Fortress of America’s Mega-Billionaires
businessinsider.com • Mirror

Glowing Frog on a Bioluminescent Mushroom Wins Science Photography Contest
mymodernmet.com

Occult? Try upstairs! Inside the world’s weirdest library, now open to the public
theguardian.com

The Emperor’s Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
flashbak.com

Can you change your personality? Psychology research says yes, by tweaking what you think and do
theconversation.com