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The Perpetual Quest for a Truth Machine
nautil.us

Watch a supermassive black hole trap a ‘fluffy’ disk in this simulation
space.com

Video: The Best Alternatives to Finally Replace Plastic [12:59]
youtube.com

Inside the Harvard Business School Ponzi Scheme
nymag.com • (see also)

Scientists Found a Hidden Computer From the Roman Empire—and Solved Its Mysterious Secret
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

‘Butter’ made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming
newscientist.com • Without paywall

Did the Extinction of the Dinosaurs Pave the Way for Grapes?
smithsonianmag.com

Russia’s nuclear threat to space is worse than a “Cuban Missile Crisis in space”
spacenews.com

In the home of Alice Munro, a dark secret lurked. Now, her children want the world to know
thestar.com • Without paywall

Stunning Infographics Reveal All The Amazing Planets You’ve Never Heard Of
sciencealert.com

Radioactive Drugs Strike Cancer With Precision
discovermagazine.com

Quasars are ‘cosmic signposts’ pointing to rare supermassive black hole pairs
space.com

‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states
theguardian.com

China Panics Over ‘Open Secret’ of Cooking Oil Sent in Chemical Tanks
businessinsider.com

Scientists find hydrogen sulfide beyond our solar system for the first time on a planet with glass rain
cnn.com

NASA is about to give an important update on Starliner spacecraft
digitaltrends.com

Devastation as world’s biggest wetland burns: ‘those that cannot run don’t stand a chance’
theguardian.com • (see also)

The Invention of Zero: How Ancient Mesopotamia Created the Mathematical Concept of Nought and Ancient India Gave It Symbolic Form
themarginalian.org

A Rare Cross-Section Illustration Reveals the Infamous Happenings of Kowloon Walled City
thisiscolossal.com

Europe’s long-delayed flagship rocket is about to launch for the first time
arstechnica.com

The mission to the coldest place on Earth that changed the history of humanity
english.elpais.com

On this day in 1958 the largest recorded megatsunami occurred on the shores of Alaska
damninteresting.com

Breathtaking Images From the BigPicture Photography Competition
smithsonianmag.com

Time Ticks Faster on The Moon. Now We Know Precisely How Much.
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Here’s What We’ve Learned About Saturn Since Cassini Entered Its Orbit 20 Years Ago
smithsonianmag.com

Inside the ‘Nightmare’ Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
time.com

James Webb Spots Habitable, Icy Exoplanet Relatively Close to Earth
futurism.com

Engineered mRNA turns your body into a drug-making biofactory
newatlas.com

This Tiny Particle Could Upend Everything We Know About Gravity—And the Universe—Scientists Say
popularmechanics.com

The baffling case of Karen Read
vox.com

Real Estate and the Revolution
daily.jstor.org

Ammonites Were Doing Fine Until the Asteroid Hit
universetoday.com

His Galaxy Wolf Art Kept Getting Ripped Off. So He Sued—and Bought a Home
wired.com

When Two Famous Physicists Faced Off in Mussolini’s Rome
undark.org

NOAA Flies Through the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Beryl
nytimes.com

The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
flashbak.com

Doctors try a controversial technique to reduce the transplant organ shortage
npr.org

Video: Getting Caught Working Undercover at Amazon [49:08]
youtube.com • (see also)

Meet the Narwhal Dentist
hakaimagazine.com

AI-Powered Super Soldiers Are More Than Just a Pipe Dream
wired.com

How a Profane Joke on Twitter Spawned a Legal Army
nytimes.com

Air pollution linked to drop in live births among IVF patients
upi.com

Webb Looks at One of the Best Gravitationally Lensed Quasars Ever Discovered
universetoday.com

Behold the $150,000 Dog
nymag.com • Without paywall

Boeing accepts guilty plea deal over 737 Max crashes
theverge.com

Fearsome Sharks of Today Evolved When Ancient Oceans Got Hot
nytimes.com

This egg-shaped security robot is now roaming hospitals
popsci.com

Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers
theguardian.com

Grand Canyon-size ‘scar’ on Mars revealed like never before in striking new satellite photos
livescience.com

The Stickiness of Teflon
daily.jstor.org

The Man Who Invented Times Square: O.J. Gude and the Birth of the Spectacular
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

At least 24 skeletons found in Malmesbury hotel garden
bbc.com

Welcome to the Era of Extreme-Weather Push Alerts
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

How to watch the maiden flight of the Ariane 6 heavy lift rocket
newatlas.com

Cats love to meow at humans. Now we know why.
livescience.com

A Wife’s Revenge from Beyond the Grave
thefp.com

Lethal Secret of One of The World’s Deadliest Pathogens Finally Revealed
sciencealert.com

Weird black-hole physics could help resolve lingering ‘Hubble trouble’
space.com

The science of baby babbling – and why it can take on accents
theconversation.com

The search for the random numbers that run our lives
bbc.com