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Video: The Evolution & Scale of Nuclear Weapons [18:32]
youtube.com

The Cellist of Auschwitz
newyorker.com

Quantum Cryptography Has Everyone Scrambling
spectrum.ieee.org

“A lot of parents are not aware at all”: The crisis of substance use among Los Alamos teens
boomtownlosalamos.org

Chinese rocket breaks apart after megaconstellation launch, creating cloud of space junk
space.com

Giants’ Bones? Fossilized Testicles? How Humans Reacted to the Discovery of Dinosaurs
lithub.com

Scientists propose warming up Mars by using heat-trapping ‘glitter’
reuters.com

The Inside Story of the University of the Arts’s Stunning Collapse
phillymag.com

Florida’s Biggest Insurer Says It Needs to Increase Rates by 93 Percent
newsweek.com

Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes
wired.com

Is AI our salvation, our undoing, or just more of the same?
aeon.co

These nearby star systems could be good targets in the search for alien life
space.com

Hurricane Debby Sweeps Cocaine Worth $1 Million Onto Florida Beach
nytimes.com

The Weirdest Stuff We’ve Sent into Orbit
nautil.us

In world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercury
arstechnica.com

Samples of Life’s Possible Origins From the Ocean’s ‘Lost City’
nytimes.com

A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force
arstechnica.com

How an Instagram-Perfect Life in the Hamptons Ended in Tragedy
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USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation
wired.com

Experiments Prepare to Test Whether Consciousness Arises from Quantum Weirdness
scientificamerican.com

Molecule restores cognition, memory in Alzheimer’s disease model mice
uclahealth.org

After private equity takes over hospitals, they are less able to care for patients, top medical researchers say
nbcnews.com

Scientists May Have Found Signs of a Hidden Universe on the Ocean Floor
popularmechanics.com

Racehorse poo analysis predicts future success
bbc.com

Gaia spots possible moons around hundreds of asteroids
phys.org

Video: The Game That Stole $130,000,000 [9:31]
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Sandwich to star power: Mayonnaise may unlock ‘never unstable’ nuclear fusion
interestingengineering.com

Your microwave oven has its own microbiome
nature.com

Terraforming Mars could be easier than scientists thought
science.org

Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals
arstechnica.com

Nissan’s new paint cools cars by up to 21 °F in direct sunlight
newatlas.com

She’s the Oldest Common Loon in the World. She Just Had Her 42nd Chick
smithsonianmag.com

NASA official acknowledges internal “disagreement” on safety of Starliner return
arstechnica.com

Your future air conditioner might act like a battery
technologyreview.com

Philippe Petit Still Goes on High Wires, 50 Years After His Twin Towers Walk
nytimes.com

Ancient poppy seeds and willow wood offer clues to the Greenland ice sheet’s last meltdown and a glimpse into a warmer future
theconversation.com

How the Alchemist of New England Became a Legendary Counterfeiter
atlasobscura.com

Monumental Portraits of Tiny Peacock Spiders Flaunting Their Colorful Bodies
mymodernmet.com

To exercise or snack? This unsuspecting brain chemical plays a major role
zmescience.com

Readers trust journalists less when they debunk rather than confirm claims
theconversation.com

Sapphires form inside the fiery hearts of volcanoes, not deep in the mantle like we thought
livescience.com

Video: The $1BN Race to Save Notre Dame From Collapse [12:24]
youtube.com

‘A king will die’: 4,000-year-old lunar eclipse omen tablets finally deciphered
livescience.com

Boeing Furious at NASA Plan to Return Stranded Astronauts on SpaceX Craft
futurism.com

Physicists Pinpoint the Quantum Origin of the Greenhouse Effect
quantamagazine.org

‘We’re not doing anything wrong’: why the word Taiwan is banned at the Olympics
theguardian.com

Why Some People Are Paying to Be Left on a Desert Island—Alone
afar.com

Titanium Heart Successfully Implanted Into Human for the First Time
mymodernmet.com

Is Hikikomori — an Extreme, Long-Term Form of Social Isolation — a Disease Unto Itself?
discovermagazine.com

The gravity-defying physics of breakdancing
bbc.com

Unique transistor ‘could change the world of electronics’ thanks to nanosecond-scale switching speeds and refusal to wear out
livescience.com

Observations confirm plasma bubble origin of persistent radio emissions from fast radio bursts
phys.org

Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket generate sonic boom during landing (video)
space.com

Video: How French Drains Work [16:40]
youtube.com

Scientists uncover hidden forces causing continents to rise
phys.org

Incredible Winners and Finalists From the Prix de la Photographie Paris Competition
mymodernmet.com

Documenting The Grit of S. Korea’s Aging Female Haenyeo Divers
nautil.us

Up On The Roof, A Handful Of Urban Stardust
sciencefriday.com

A Murder in Laredo
crimereads.com

The World’s Oldest Hotel Has Been Operating for 1300 Years
mossandfog.com