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Why the Debut Issue of America’s First Newspaper Was Also the Publication’s Last
smithsonianmag.com

Could Europa Clipper find life?
planetary.org

How a Nearby Supernova Left its Mark on Earth Life
universetoday.com

The OceanGate Titan implosion left a 30,000-square-meter debris field
popsci.com

‘Postcards are the email of their day’: How cat memes went viral 100 years ago
bbc.com

New Zealand scientists discover ‘ghost shark’
lemonde.fr

First observation of ultra-rare particle decay could uncover new physics
phys.org

Rare Earth Metals Found in Extinct Volcanoes Could Power The Future
sciencealert.com

“World-first” indoor vertical farm to produce 4M pounds of berries a year
newatlas.com

The Letters of Oliver Sacks
newyorker.com

Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity
arstechnica.com

Video: What if a glass of water were LITERALLY half empty? [4:19]
youtube.com

Lifeline, Cash-Grab, Tool for Censorship: Three Incarcerated Readers on eBooks in Prison
lithub.com

Fussy eating in children largely down to genetics, research shows
theguardian.com

This Lost Mozart Composition Hasn’t Been Heard for Centuries. Now, You Can Listen to It
smithsonianmag.com

Ruby Franke’s Path From 8 Passengers to ConneXions to Prison
thecut.com • Mirror

Desert Racers Demolish Art Carved by Ancient People in Chile
nytimes.com

For the first time, Blue Origin has ignited an orbital rocket stage
arstechnica.com

One of the World’s Oldest Board Games is Even Older Than We Thought
popularmechanics.com

Study: Psilocybin Equals or Exceeds SSRI Antidepressants at Easing Depression
healthday.com

Wrecked rain gauges. Whistleblowers. Million-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got really crazy.
coloradosun.com

Video: The Densest City In The World Had a Strange Secret [12:50]
youtube.com

Scientists Found a Slime Mold Algorithm, And Asked It to Build a Universe
sciencealert.com

Several arrested after woman dies in ‘suicide pod’
bbc.com

California sues ExxonMobil for misleading public on plastic recycling
npr.org

Powerful X-Rays Could Save Earth From An Asteroid Collision, A Bizarre New Simulation Suggests
inverse.com

How Ben Franklin and Lord Rayleigh used little more than oil and water to calculate a molecule’s size
atomsonly.news

The MAD Computer Program
meatfighter.com

The Quest to Build a Telescope on the Moon
newyorker.com • (see also)

Foraging for America’s Forgotten Fruit
atlasobscura.com

The Russian Bot Army That Conquered Online Poker
bloomberg.com • Mirror

Tugboat powered by ammonia sails for the first time, showing how to cut emissions from shipping
apnews.com

Pearl Street, Niagara Falls and the war of the currents: The eccentric beginnings of New York’s bright lights
bbc.com • (see also)

‘Places to heal, not to harm’: why brutal prison design kills off hope
theguardian.com

Cat lost in Yellowstone travels 800 miles to reunite with owners after two months
theguardian.com

Lost Biblical tree resurrected from 1,000-year-old mystery seed found in the Judean Desert
livescience.com • (see also)

‘Butterfly Emergency’ Declared, After the UK’s Record-Low Butterfly Count
vice.com

Ernest Duchesne: The Forgotten Discoverer of Penicillin
amusingplanet.com

CERN cuts ties with Russia, will expel hundreds of scientists by December
arstechnica.com

Video: A cup of coffee that’s both hot and cold in the same sip [18:22]
youtube.com

Mixed emotions – neuroscience is exploring how your brain lets you experience two opposite feelings at once
theconversation.com

Video: How Kodak invented the “snapshot” [6:15]
youtube.com

Incredible Winners of the Travel Photo Awards Celebrate Global Culture
mymodernmet.com

Video: Absolute Primes – Numberphile [14:26]
youtube.com

Video: Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini – The secret archive of Adolf Hitler’s pilot Hans Baur [4:28]
youtube.com

Revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World War
independent.co.uk

This Shark Lives 400 Years. Its DNA May Explain Why.
nytimes.com

Six-year-old abducted from California park in 1951 found alive after seven decades
theguardian.com

Scientists Suggest Tiny Black Holes Are Regularly Cruising Through Our Star System
futurism.com

Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake
theatlantic.com • Mirror

The Burning Man Festival As Seen From Space
sciencealert.com

‘The pet I’ll never forget: Shackleton, the cat who faked his own death’
theguardian.com

A Chinese rocket narrowly missed a landing on Sunday—the video is amazing
arstechnica.com

How prison drama The Shawshank Redemption “tanked at the box office” in 1994, but went on to become one of the most acclaimed films in the world.
bbc.com

The Heavy Toll of Desertion From the Russian Army
nytimes.com

‘Immortal’ creatures may reveal clues to contagious cancers
science.org

The flight to freedom of Phillip Mehrtens, the NZ pilot who survived 594 days in captivity
theguardian.com

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: Study Reveals It’s Not the Same Storm Cassini Observed in 1665
scitechdaily.com

Scientists Discover Signs of Water All Over The Moon’s Surface
sciencealert.com

Exoplanets may be hiding behind the ‘Neptunian ridge’
space.com