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‘In some cases, it was the women who were fiercest in the fight’: The female freedom fighters of the Haitian Revolution
bbc.com

NASA Discovers a Long-Sought Global Electric Field on Earth
science.nasa.gov

Video: “Incident” Shows How Officers React When a Police Killing Is Caught on Tape [30:02]
newyorker.com

A Father’s Search for a Son Who Didn’t Want to Be Found
nytimes.com

Take a Nostalgic Dive Through a Visual Cassette Tape Archive
thisiscolossal.com

Astronomers discover new ‘odd radio circle’ near the center of our galaxy
space.com

‘Biocomputers’ made of human brain cells now available on rent
interestingengineering.com

Film suggests Nazis’ lead propagandist had role in 1939 massacre
theguardian.com • (see also)

Is Betelgeuse Actually a Binary Star?
universetoday.com

Video: Why Lego Is So Expensive [28:17]
youtube.com

The Forgotten Female Sharpshooter Who Surpassed Annie Oakley
texasmonthly.com

Did Ukraine just call Putin’s nuclear bluff?
vox.com

Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue that Makes Memories Stick for a Lifetime
scientificamerican.com

Disturbing object unearthed in California’s Mojave Desert mystifies experts
sfgate.com

The cocaine kingpin’s wildest legacy: what can be done with Pablo Escobar’s marauding hippos?
theguardian.com

The Peekskill Riots Revealed the Racism and Antisemitism Hidden Beneath the Surface of the Anti-Communist Movement
smithsonianmag.com

Murchison Widefield Array Searches for Extragalactic Alien Technosignatures
sci.news

How Ocean Wave Energy Could Finally Power Our Grid
popularmechanics.com

World’s Youngest Glacier
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Silent Sherlock Holmes film to be screened for first time since 1922 release
theguardian.com

Researchers propose a theory to explain how the Menga dolmen was built
phys.org

How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality
theconversation.com • (see also)

Video: The Coolest Farm Machines Helping Grow Your Food [14:49]
youtube.com

DNA “computer” solves sudoku and stores millions of GB for millennia
newatlas.com

Video: Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible [23:33]
youtube.com

Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Entanglement
quantamagazine.org

Video: The full MH370 Story so far [56:05]
youtube.com

Huge mastodon skull found in a rural Iowa creek
popsci.com

The Contingency Contingent: ‘My fake job in Y2K preparedness’
nplusonemag.com

Video: Inside the world’s largest hurricane simulator [03:05]
bbc.com

Hubble Space Telescope Gazes at UGC 3478
sci.news

Urban Lights Make Tree Leaves a Tougher Meal for Insects
eos.org

Paper types ranked by likelihood of paper cuts
phys.org

Real Estate Shopping for the Apocalypse
newyorker.com

The Creepy Coincidences of the Billionaire Superyacht Sinking
nymag.com

Why some people are volunteering to be infected with diseases
bbc.com

Builders renovating National Gallery find funder’s letter commending demolition
theguardian.com

Kamikaze termites protect their colony with the help of a special enzyme whose secrets have now been uncovered
phys.org

Over 1,700 frozen viruses found in a Tibetan glacier
popsci.com

Why Is Space So Cold? It Has To Do With Kinetic Energy
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Scientists achieve highest resolution black hole image ever from Earth
interestingengineering.com

Dismantling the Ship That Drilled for the Ocean’s Deepest Secrets
nytimes.com

Valve problem blamed for Peregrine lunar lander failure
spacenews.com

Why has Japan been hit with rice shortages, soaring prices despite normal crops?
mainichi.jp • (see also)

Nuclear reactors a mile underground promise safe, cheap power
newatlas.com • (see also)

The dirt on biocrusts: Why scientists are working to save Earth’s living skin
knowablemagazine.org

She was struck by a car during the holidays in 1989. DNA just helped find the driver
npr.org

The Random Music Hiding On Gold & Platinum Records
tedium.co

How do we know what our Milky Way galaxy looks like when we’re inside it?
skyatnightmagazine.com

In six new rogue worlds, Webb telescope finds more star birth clues
hub.jhu.edu

Winners of the 2024 Black and White Photo Awards
mymodernmet.com

How Foreign Tyrants Contract American Lobbyists to Whitewash Their Crimes
lithub.com

Physicists Observe Antihyperhydrogen-4 for First Time
sci.news

Why toilet paper keeps getting smaller and smaller
thehustle.co

Cetacean conversation: AI could let us talk to whales. Experts question if that’s a good idea
salon.com

The Connection Between Diet and Mood Disorders Is Growing Stronger — Here’s What Researchers Know
inverse.com

Placebos reduce anxiety even when people know they’re taking fake pills
newatlas.com

US achieves superconductor breakthrough, creates new material for quantum leap
interestingengineering.com

A 600-year-old coral shows us how the Pacific Ocean has changed since 1370
theconversation.com

“Right to Disconnect” Law Means You Can Legally Ignore Your Boss
vice.com