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How did massive pterosaurs fly? New fossils from Middle East help explain
cosmosmagazine.com

Did Sandia use a thermonuclear secondary in a product logo?
blog.nuclearsecrecy.com

Watch Boeing’s Starliner head home to Earth without astronauts today
space.com

A Century Ago, a Mob Brutally Attacked an American Diplomat in Persia. His Death Shaped U.S.-Iran Relations for Decades
smithsonianmag.com

The Story Of Sailors Secretly Installing Starlink On Their Littoral Combat Ship Is Truly Bonkers
twz.com

A window into the body: New technique makes skin invisible
phys.org

The Big Baltic Bomb Cleanup
hakaimagazine.com

World-first nuclear clock prototype could outperform atomic clocks
newatlas.com

When a Trailblazing Suffragist and a Crusading Prosecutor Teamed Up to Expose an Election Conspiracy
smithsonianmag.com

The Hurricane Season Was Supposed to Be Busy. What Happened?
nytimes.com

Video: We’re About to Visit the Second Best Place for Life [6:25]
youtube.com

NASA’s newly unfurled solar sail has started ‘tumbling’ end-over-end in orbit, surprising observations show
livescience.com

Hotter Than Lava: The Surprising Science of Molten Uranium
scitechdaily.com

FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist
arstechnica.com

The U.S. Should Teach Kids to Think Logically
scientificamerican.com

The Glass Door of Wikipedia’s Notable People
michelecoscia.com

America’s Space Force Is Preparing for the Risk of War
wsj.com • Mirror

NASA clears Europa Clipper mission for Oct. 10 launch despite Jupiter radiation worries
space.com

On this day in 1977 Voyager 1 set out to photograph the solar system
damninteresting.com

What Pauli’s neutrino reveals about scientific methodology
aeon.co

Video: Guns Being Destroyed in 1997 in Australia [5:30]
youtube.com

The First Nuclear Clock Will Test if Fundamental Constants Change
quantamagazine.org

Video: The Mystery of South America’s False Horses [11:42]
youtube.com

How one 83-year-old fell into a fraudster’s fear bubble – and how gift cards played a key role
theconversation.com

An unexpected genetic mechanism influences butterfly wing evolution
techexplorist.com

New NASA Sonifications Listen to the Universe’s Past
nasa.gov

The ancient practice of ‘good fire’ is reviving Nebraska’s birds, bears and berries
bbc.com

Wild weather is costing billions of dollars and putting the future of insurance in doubt
phys.org

Missing for Four Decades, This Unusual Double Portrait of Rubens and van Dyck Has Finally Resurfaced
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Moon GPS Is Coming
wired.com • (see also)

How HIV/AIDS got its name
theconversation.com

What Makes a Memory Real?
nautil.us • (see also)

Human mouth bacteria reproduce through rare form of cell division, research reveals
phys.org

Internet Archive’s e-book lending is not fair use, appeals court rules
arstechnica.com

Part of brain network much bigger in people with depression, scientists find
theguardian.com • (see also)

How to Win Radio Contests
wired.com • (see also) • (see also)

General MacArthur’s Dramatic WWII Comeback Began in Australia. Trace His Journey From the Outback to the Queensland Coast
smithsonianmag.com

Inside the Dangerous, Secretive World of Extreme Fishing
theatlantic.com • Mirror

Dragons and Sharks on a Beach Near You: The Story of the Great Lego Spill
nytimes.com

Artemis 3 astronauts will walk on the moon with 4G-equipped spacesuits
space.com

Video: This is The World’s Most Complex Construction Project [31:44]
youtube.com

Everything You Need to Know About How Cats Sleep
discovermagazine.com

Arctic microalgae show photosynthesis in near darkness is possible
phys.org

An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader
npr.org

Video: The Universe Has a Memory [12:43]
youtube.com

Preparing for a pandemic that never came ended up setting off another − how an accidental virus release triggered 1977’s ‘Russian flu’
theconversation.com

Sounds from Starliner Speakers Traced to Audio Configuration
blogs.nasa.gov

Climate Change Is Making Glacier Tourism More Popular, and Riskier
nytimes.com

Mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer, according to a major review of 28 years of research
theconversation.com

Scientists make lab-grown black hole jets
space.com

Simulation study explores how gift giving drives social change
phys.org

Strongman’s muscles reveal the secrets of his super-strength
newatlas.com

Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows
theguardian.com

Video: Can Boeing Starliner astronauts vote from the ISS? [8:50]
youtube.com

To Trick the Nazis, This Master of Deception Invented Fake Fleets and Armies
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Video: Could you survive a nanosecond on the Sun? [3:28]
youtube.com

How Disease Really Spread in the Americas
nautil.us

Man found frozen in Pennsylvania cave nearly 50 years ago identified
theguardian.com

Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiralling out of control – here’s why that’s so dangerous
theconversation.com

How the Higgs Field (Actually) Gives Mass to Elementary Particles
quantamagazine.org