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Does being a gifted kid make for a burned-out adulthood?
vox.com • (see also)

Why Do Plants Wiggle? Scientists Solve Age-Old Mystery That Puzzled Charles Darwin
scitechdaily.com

How Deep Can Humans Really Go?
mcgill.ca

The Surprising Factor Making the United States a Tornado Hot Spot
eos.org

More Than 4,000 Moth Species Flit Across Texas. One Scientist Photographed 550 in His Yard.
texasmonthly.com

Bananas are at risk of extinction, but scientists have a plan
popsci.com • (see also)

Sleep resets neurons for new memories the next day
news.cornell.edu • (see also)

Implantable Device Can Detect and Reverse Opioid Overdose
futurism.com

This week: Snacking chemicals, equine desserts, intergalactic slime, and more!
damninteresting.com

A distant quasar may be zapping all galaxies around itself
sciencenews.org

Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide?
theguardian.com

Her Dad Was the BTK Killer. Their Daughter Was Gabby Petito. Why Would They Ever Agree to This?
slate.com

Review of 400 years of scientific literature corrects the Dodo extinction record
phys.org

The Geometric Tool That Solved Einstein’s Relativity Problem
quantamagazine.org

Ancient Scribes Got Ergonomic Injuries, Too
nytimes.com

The superstorms from space that could end modern life
bbc.com • (see also)

NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour
science.nasa.gov

Zebrafish regenerate their spinal cords in a surprising way
popsci.com

The brain creates parallel copies for a single memory, new study reveals
medicalxpress.com

‘Golden spike’ showing the moment Earth turned into a giant snowball discovered in ancient Scottish rocks
livescience.com • (see also)

Thousands of Sharks Found Sleeping ‘Like a Carpet’ on the Ocean Floor
gizmodo.com

This Gargantuan Lab Simulates Blasting Satellites Into Space
wired.com

Photos: The Building of Nusantara, Indonesia’s new capital city
theatlantic.com

Minuscule wasps enlisted to fight off moths in new pest control strategy
theguardian.com

A Logo on a Prosthesis Is Like a Tattoo You Didn’t Ask For
theatlantic.com • Mirror

How the Great Depression Fueled a Grassroots Movement to Create a New State Called Absaroka
smithsonianmag.com

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 Finalists
theatlantic.com

Archaeologists Finally Decoded a 4,000-Year-Old Tablet—and It Warns, ‘A King Will Die’
popularmechanics.com

Video: Dragonflies hunt by predicting the future [16:51]
youtube.com

Fluid Keeps Your Brain From Crushing Itself but What Happens When It Stops Working?
discovermagazine.com

An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, not a comet, new study finds
arstechnica.com

New brain tech turns paralyzed patient’s thoughts into speech with 97% accuracy
interestingengineering.com

On this day in 1977 SETI received a strong, still inexplicable signal
damninteresting.com

Unresponsive Brain-Damaged Patients May Have Some Awareness
nytimes.com

Video: How do bulletproof vests work? [5:15]
youtube.com

Mold Burger: Coming Right Up
the-scientist.com

A Youth League’s Stolen Jackie Robinson Statue Has Been Replaced
smithsonianmag.com

Roach sprays don’t work
popsci.com

What the Mesopotamians had for dinner
bbc.com

Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime
arstechnica.com

A Practiced Escape
nasa.gov

This Is the Most Detailed Map of Human Brain Connections Ever Made
wired.com

NASA acknowledges it cannot quantify risk of Starliner propulsion issues
arstechnica.com

Study: Asteroid Psyche Originated beyond Solar System’s Snow Line and Later Migrated to Main Belt
sci.news

40 years ago today, a lake exploded and killed 37 people
damninteresting.com

Why there is more to Banksy than meets the eye
bbc.com

Your Memories Are Like Paintings
nautil.us

Huge mammoth tusk discovered sticking out of Mississippi streambed
livescience.com

Drunk flies show why we feel better when we drink with friends
newatlas.com

They All Got Mysterious Brain Diseases. They’re Fighting to Learn Why.
nytimes.com

Vivaldi taught Venetian orphan girls – did they help write his music in return?
theguardian.com

The Strange Heat Island Lurking Beneath Minneapolis
atlasobscura.com

The Veterinarians Preventing the Next Pandemic
newyorker.com

Artists claim “big” win in copyright suit fighting AI image generators
arstechnica.com

The Final Piece of the US National World War I Memorial Is Almost Finished
smithsonianmag.com

Entangled Photons Maintained under New York Streets
physics.aps.org

France honours overlooked heroes of 1944 Provence landings, 80 years on
rfi.fr

Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds
theguardian.com

The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why
npr.org

How do you measure wind on Mars? These scientists have a plan
space.com