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‘There was almost a utopian feeling to it’: How StumbleUpon pioneered the way we use the internet
bbc.com

Video: Everyone is Wrong About Mexican Coke (Even Johnny Harris) [9:54]
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Shattered Genesis spacecraft yields scientific discoveries 20 years after crash landing
spacenews.com

Video: From ashes to innovation: 3D scanning powers Notre-Dame’s restoration [1:39]
youtube.com

Video: Mad Cow Disease Mostly Infects Teenagers [12:46]
youtube.com

Do G-Rated Films Even Make Sense Anymore?
tedium.co

New look at dopamine signaling suggests neuroscientists’ model of reinforcement learning may need to be revised
medicalxpress.com

Video: How China Built its Own Vegas… But Bigger [16:54]
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Scientists discover more mitochondria-like symbionts with surprising metabolic capacities
phys.org

What Just Hit the Moon?
gizmodo.com

Breaking Physics: Inside the Strange World of Quantum Metals
scitechdaily.com

Battle of the chocolate bars
surbhi-bh.github.io

On this day in 1937 the greyhounds at Romford Stadium had their first race against cheetahs
damninteresting.com

From Giant Tortoises to Immortal Jellyfish, These Impressive Animals Are the Longest-Living Species on Earth
smithsonianmag.com

Precision engineering enables design of virus-like particles that can deliver genetic material into cells
phys.org

Carbon dioxide rivers? Ancient Mars liquid may not all have been water
space.com

Why do dogs lick humans? It could be a sign of affection… or not
popsci.com

Moped-Riding Thief Busted With 50 Pairs of Strangers’ Glasses
vice.com

Unusual Symbiotic Organism Rewrites the Rules of Reproduction
scitechdaily.com

Space Startup Spins the Living Crap Out a Satellite—and It Actually Survived
gizmodo.com

Bird-inspired Drone Uses Legs to Walk and Jump into the Air
spectrum.ieee.org

Prehistoric New Zealand Bird Thought to Be Extinct Returns to the Wild in a Conservation Victory
mymodernmet.com

Twin studies link depression to how much fruit and vegetables we eat
newatlas.com

This Photo of Strawberries Has No Red Pixels in It
mossandfog.com

Hubble has seen “weird things” around a powerful black hole
skyatnightmagazine.com

Astronomers discover more dark comets
phys.org

A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
propublica.org

Adults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening
theconversation.com

Many of the technologies that will define the future of space warfare are already in development
popularmechanics.com

‘My father, the serial killer: how April Balascio put her dad behind bars – and broke free of her childhood’
theguardian.com

This 100-Million-Year-Old Microraptor Flapped Its Arms While Running
discovermagazine.com

Pluto’s Small Moons Are Unlike Any Other
eos.org

Poker Cheaters Allegedly Use Tiny Hidden Cameras to Spot Dealt Cards
wired.com

Crumbling rocks, wetter avalanches: Why life-and-death rescues are changing in a warming world
bbc.com

We’re All Completely Wrong About What Others Find Physically Attractive
vice.com

Climate Scientists Project 2024 Will Be the Hottest Year on Record—and the First to Pass 1.5 Degrees Celsius of Warming
smithsonianmag.com

The Journalist Who the Nazis Could Not Silence
magazine.atavist.com

New e-tattoo technology can measure brainwaves
cosmosmagazine.com

MIT astronomers find the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt
news.mit.edu

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve
theconversation.com

Archaeologists Accidentally Discovered the Oldest Gun Ever Found in America
popularmechanics.com

Restaurant’s “Robot” Server Is Actually a Real Woman With Incredible Skills
mymodernmet.com

Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip
theguardian.com

Video: Why our brains are bad at understanding big numbers [3:14]
bbc.com

Rare New England Coin From 1652 Found in an Old Cabinet
mymodernmet.com

Video: The Most Poisonous Paints Ever [10:53]
youtube.com

Canadian man leaps onto polar bear to defend wife during attack
abc.net.au

Powerful Magnetic Fields Spin Around Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole
scitechdaily.com

Chaotic Traffic From Horse-Drawn Carriages Inspired the World’s First Traffic Lights
smithsonianmag.com

The ‘apple library’ with a lost world on its limbs
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Giant cyborg cockroaches could be the search and rescue workers of the future
cnn.com

Antarctic ice lake found to hold previously unknown life
semafor.com • (see also)

A ‘giant’ rising in the desert: World’s largest telescope comes together
space.com

How do we know dark matter exists if it can’t be detected?
english.elpais.com • (see also)

Sharks Are 50 Million Years Older Than Trees—A Biologist Explains
forbes.com

The Biggest Crater on The Moon Is Much Bigger Than We Ever Realized
sciencealert.com • (see also)

World’s Priciest Dinosaur Fossil Comes to Museum of Natural History
nytimes.com

Chuck E. Cheese’s Animatronics Band Bows Out
spectrum.ieee.org

Why a health care CEO’s death has provoked such complicated reactions from the public
vox.com

When Songbird Couples Split
nautil.us