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HMS Challenger and the History of Science at Sea
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

The James Webb telescope found hundreds of ‘little red dots’ in the ancient universe. We still don’t know what they are.
livescience.com

Gene therapy restores vision in first-ever trial for rare, inherited blindness
news.ufl.edu

Why do we have earlobes? They make no evolutionary sense.
popsci.com

Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation
theconversation.com

‘Oh my God, what is that?’: how the maelstrom under Greenland’s glaciers could slow future sea level rise
theguardian.com

This week: Placebo denialism, injectable pacemaker, tyrannical cents, and more!
damninteresting.com

The newest threat to the global supply chain? Hijackers
thehustle.co

Cough or sneeze? How the brain knows what to unleash
nature.com

Why Top Olympic Athletes Use Baking Soda to Boost Performance
outsideonline.com

Mysterious Glass Beads Found On the Moon Contain Hidden Clues About Its Past
inverse.com

Disney Adults Spend $400k Losing a Lawsuit to Rejoin the Exclusive Club 33
vice.com

Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: New Drug Shows Promise in Reversing Memory Loss and Cognitive Decline [in mice]
scitechdaily.com

Boeing’s Starliner ready to head home to Earth today
space.com • Livestream

We should take awkwardness less personally, and more seriously
aeon.co

19 years ago today, we decided to try a thing
damninteresting.com

US, EU, UK, and others sign legally enforceable AI treaty
theverge.com

Tiny magnetic robots could treat bleeds in the brain
phys.org

Why Do Apes Make Gestures?
nytimes.com

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