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Who Stashed $2 Million of Civil War Gold in a Kentucky Cornfield?
popularmechanics.com

Play shown for first time since 1671 controversy
bbc.com

Treasure hunters: the enthralling, emotional inside story of a house clearance
theguardian.com

A bizarre video of eyeballs confirms our pupils shrink with age
sciencenews.org

NASA reveals origins of bizarre ‘furry UFO’ that mysteriously slammed into luxury North Carolina mountaintop resort
dailymail.co.uk

How Researchers Solved the Mystery of This 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck
smithsonianmag.com

Video: What should an electric car sound like? [5:17]
youtube.com

Flirting with disaster: When endangered wild animals try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose
theconversation.com

Study reveals fireworks’ impact on air quality
phys.org

How a musical indie game went against the grain to explore the Deaf experience
theverge.com

Big Brother of the Brain Is Here
nautil.us • (see also)

NASA Asteroid Experts Create Hypothetical Impact Scenario for Exercise
nasa.gov

Scientists crack new method for high-capacity, secure quantum communication
phys.org

From China to the Mediterranean and More, Here’s How Different Cultures Envision Dragons
smithsonianmag.com

Bussana Vecchia: The battle over Italy’s eclectic, handbuilt village
bbc.com

Exploring the Ancient History of the Olympics
mossandfog.com

The Caribbean has a defense system against deadly hurricanes — but it’s vanishing
vox.com

Alaska glaciers may hit irreversible melting point sooner than expected, study finds
reuters.com

The fossil finder: one man’s lifelong search for fragments of Britain’s Jurassic past
theguardian.com • (see also)

The Unexpected Music of a Coral Reef
nautil.us

A.I. Begins Ushering In an Age of Killer Robots
nytimes.com

The Life and Untimely Death of a Boeing Whistleblower
nymag.com

The forgotten priest who predicted black holes
bbc.com • (see also)

Video: The Numitron: An obvious idea that wasn’t very bright [23:20]
youtube.com

Why Is Chile So Long?
unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com

‘New York weirdness’: why did a mysterious bell ring in a subway station for weeks?
theguardian.com

Love and other negotiations in the time of the non-disclosure agreement.
thecut.com

Food Companies Intentionally Make Their Products Addictive — And It’s Making Us Sick
zmescience.com

To Be Continued
thepointmag.com

Nanorobots kill cancer cells in mice
salon.com

Mysterious Swirls on the Moon Could Be Explained by Underground Magma
universetoday.com

How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago
theconversation.com

Ants perform limb amputations on injured comrades to save their lives
reuters.com

Yes, you should be a little freaked out about Hurricane Beryl
arstechnica.com

Groundbreaking Discovery: How Zinc Could Change Farming Forever
scitechdaily.com

On this day in 1881 a deranged man shot US President James Garfield
damninteresting.com

The evidence is mounting: Humans were responsible for the extinction of large mammals
phys.org

How archives can make – or break – a philosopher’s reputation
aeon.co

An Arizona museum tells the stories of ancient animals through their fossilized poop
apnews.com

Fifty years on, how Lucy, the mother of humanity, changed our understanding of evolution
theguardian.com

How blockbuster obesity drugs create a full feeling — even before one bite of food
nature.com

US builds world’s most accurate atomic clock ever to boost space science
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

He was acquitted in New Orleans in a ‘trial of the century’. For those closest to him, the pain lingers
theguardian.com

Bionic leg restores natural walking speeds and steps: ‘I didn’t feel like my leg had been amputated’
cnn.com

17 Years, $700 Million Wasted: The Stunning Collapse of New York’s Traffic Moonshot
wsj.com • Without paywall

On this day in 1953 the strange and tormented movie “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.” first appeared in theaters
damninteresting.com

Reward for fugitive ‘Cryptoqueen’ raised to $5m
bbc.com

China claims 10 world records for new bridge/tunnel sea crossing
newatlas.com

Napoleon’s Loot: When the World Decided Stolen Art Should Go Back
nytimes.com

65 years ago today, a social psychologist gathered 3 men who all believed they were Jesus. And behold, it was not very good.
damninteresting.com

Tiktok is full of bad health “tricks”
vox.com

The Stars Foretell Our Doom
nautil.us

End of an era as the final coal shipment delivered to Ratcliffe Power Station
westbridgfordwire.com

Why do some people sneeze so loudly?
popsci.com

Chinese rocket static-fire test results in unintended launch and huge explosion
spacenews.com • Related video

Microsoft AI CEO claims any content published online is “freeware” to help train AI
techradar.com

There’s an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can’t Study China’s Amazing New Moon Rocks
futurism.com

Mitsuye Endo and the Fight Against Japanese American Internment
saturdayeveningpost.com • (see also)

On this day in 1940 the Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened briefly to the public
damninteresting.com

How powdered rock could help slow climate change
sciencenews.org