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Scientists Uncovered a Blow From the Past: 17th Century Brains Contained Cocaine
popularmechanics.com

Astronomers are rallying to save NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
astronomy.com

‘Gay animals more common than you would think’
bbc.com

A newly approved ‘living drug’ could save more cancer patients’ lives
sciencenews.org • (see also)

Volcano Erupts Near Fishing Town in Iceland
nytimes.com

US hospital told family their daughter had checked out when in fact she’d died
theguardian.com

Video: Sometimes…Jellyfish Live on Land [6:42]
youtube.com

Strange stars full of metals may be created by imploding supernovae
newscientist.com • Mirror • (see also)

Archaeology Student Discovers Trove of Silver Viking Age Armbands in Denmark
smithsonianmag.com

Kentucky prisoners hack state-issued computer tablets to digitally create $1M
kentucky.com

Video: For mRNA Vaccines, COVID Was Just the Beginning [11:06]
youtube.com

Zapping sand to create rock could help curb coastal erosion
sciencenews.org

World’s fastest microscope freezes time at 1 quintillionth of a second
newatlas.com

Bifungites Fossils Are Found All Over but What Made Them Was a Mystery
nytimes.com

Solar panels: Great moments from more than 140 years of innovation
newatlas.com

Everest’s Sherpas fear their homes could wash away
bbc.com

Humpback Whales Wield and Manufacture Their Own Tools
sci.news

Town urges curfew over mosquito-spread disease that kills up to 50% of people
arstechnica.com

90 years ago today, a shadowy cabal asked a highly decorated Marine major general to lead a coup against the US government
damninteresting.com

Ramses: A new mission racing to land on asteroid Apophis
planetary.org

Why we need a better way to measure hurricanes
bbc.com

Hacker dad who faked death to avoid child support sentenced to prison
arstechnica.com

Beyond gene-edited babies: the possible paths for tinkering with human evolution
technologyreview.com

Bayesian Yacht Sinking: Climate Change Created Perfect Storm for Waterspouts
wired.com

Prehistoric humans may have stuck pikes in ground to kill mammoths, say experts
theguardian.com

Discover the Hidden History of Tomb Robbing in Ancient Egypt
smithsonianmag.com

A bank in Wales says it received a postcard from 121 years ago
cbc.ca

Winners of the 2024 iPhone Photography Awards
mymodernmet.com

Here’s how NASA will deorbit the International Space Station
astronomy.com • (see also)

Scientists collect high-resolution images of the North Star’s surface for 1st time
space.com

Mathematicians Prove Hawking Wrong About ‘Extremal’ Black Holes
quantamagazine.org

Rare Fossils Give Clues to How Tardigrades Survived Mass Extinctions by Hitting the Snooze Button
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

The Thin Purple Line: The dubious rise of the private-security industry
harpers.org

Video: The Untold Story of the Intelsat 708 Accident [13:50]
youtube.com

On this day in 1981, Dr. Julie Cliff received a telex about a mysterious malady in Mozambique
damninteresting.com

Hurricane season has flatlined. When will it roar back to life?
washingtonpost.com

Hidden doorway to Shakespeare’s past uncovered in 600-year-old UK theatre
euronews.com

High-Dimensional Sudoku Puzzle Proves Mathematicians Wrong on Long-standing Geometry Problem
scientificamerican.com

A Personalized Brain Pacemaker for Parkinson’s
nytimes.com

Against all odds, an asteroid mining company appears to be making headway
arstechnica.com

Amateur Sleuth Identifies the Mystery Women in a Museum’s Fabergé Frames
smithsonianmag.com

Perseverance rover’s Mars samples must be brought back to Earth, scientists stress
space.com

Squid have tiny teeth in their suckers − scientists could use their unique properties to make self-healing materials
theconversation.com

Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles
lithub.com

On this day in 1986 over 1,700 people were killed when a lake exploded
damninteresting.com

A rare and wild adventure on the Colorado River
bbc.com

Physicists find superconductor behavior at temperatures once thought ‘impossible’
livescience.com

Watch a star get destroyed by a supermassive black hole in the first simulation of its kind
theconversation.com

The expedition that searched for the tallest tree in the Amazon and found a sanctuary of giant specimens
english.elpais.com

That book is poison: Even more Victorian covers found to contain toxic dyes
arstechnica.com

This spider makes its home in the burrows of extinct giant ground sloths
sciencenews.org

Drone swarms could stop wildfires, researchers say
bbc.com

Scientists Seeking Life on Mars Heard a Signal That Hinted at the Future
nytimes.com

75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NY
theconversation.com

How Do You Break Up a Company Like Google?
nymag.com

Video: The moment a bouncy castle goes flying in Alabama [00:19]
bbc.com

Dazzling Jewels Stolen in Green Vault Heist Go Back on Display in Dresden
smithsonianmag.com

Archaeologists to dig in search of skeletons at Waterloo battlefield
theguardian.com

Video: What Was A Real Viking Funeral Like? [23:09]
youtube.com

Flights cancelled in Japan after scissors go missing
bbc.com