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The Human Brain Operates at a Stunningly Slow Pace
scientificamerican.com

The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
openculture.com

Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis
theguardian.com

The Search for van Gogh’s Lost Masterpiece
nytimes.com • Mirror

Video: The REAL Reason You Can’t Sleep After Surgery [4:41]
youtube.com

Marvel at These Fabulous Retro-Futurism Illustrations
mossandfog.com

Patients whose allergies cause the sniffles have different fungi living in their noses, scientists discover
phys.org

Chinese detector to hunt elusive neutrinos deep underground
phys.org

Video: Why Saudi Arabia is Building a $1 Trillion City in the Desert [34:17]
youtube.com

Someone Is Sticking Googly Eyes on Public Sculptures in Oregon—and City Officials Are Not Amused
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Maui’s Deadly Firestorm (full documentary) [53:18]
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An innovative fertility technology using stem cells to help an embryo mature outside the body has resulted in the world’s first live human birth
newatlas.com

Stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts face new delay in return to Earth from ISS
upi.com

Rage, chair-throwing and sleepless nights: behind the scenes of The Jerry Springer Show
theguardian.com

DAVINCI Mission Seeks To Unlock Venus’ Hidden Secrets
astrobiology.com

To Whom Does the World Belong? The battle over copyright in the age of ChatGPT.
bostonreview.net

Goodbye Refrigerants, Hello Magnets: Scientists Develop Cleaner, Greener Heat Pump
scitechdaily.com

Arctic Hydrothermal Vents May Resemble Those on Enceladus
eos.org

Astronomers discover 1st binary stars orbiting supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
space.com

Video: Why Did Black Soldiers Fight for the British in the Revolutionary War? [11:11]
youtube.com

The best science images of 2024 — Nature’s picks
nature.com

Moon [Interactive]
ciechanow.ski

US woman Hannah Kobayashi breaks silence after disappearance
bbc.com

36 blades of power: NASA plans SUV-sized Mars helicopter after Ingenuity loss
interestingengineering.com

Oldest-Known Fossil of Creature That Seems Part Reptile, Part Mammal Found
discovermagazine.com

Tortured by an earworm? How to get it out of your head
theguardian.com • (see also)

China’s otherworldly mountains that inspired Avatar
bbc.com

Earth from space: Antarctica’s ‘Deception Island’ is one of the only places on Earth where you can sail into an active volcano
livescience.com • (see also)

The Hidden Story of J. P. Morgan’s Librarian
newyorker.com

Video: Moment tornado strikes California parking lot [0:43]
bbc.com

If Humans Die Out, Octopuses Already Have the Chops to Build the Next Civilization, Scientist Claims
popularmechanics.com

The Technology That Actually Runs Our World
theatlantic.com • Mirror

25 enchanting images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice awards
popsci.com

Video: Exploring The Beauty of Shangri-La [49:22]
youtube.com

Humpback makes record 13,000km migration between Pacific and Indian oceans
abc.net.au

Video: What Does An Electron Actually Look Like? [16:01]
youtube.com • (see also)

Solar Eclipses on Demand: Proba-3’s Precision Satellites Enter Orbit
scitechdaily.com

80 years later, Glenn Miller’s sudden disappearance remains unsolved
npr.org

Video: How The Space Shuttle Worked [1:17:49]
youtube.com • (see also)

Alarming: Common Herbicide Linked to Lasting Brain Damage
scitechdaily.com

Could mouse sperm orbiting Earth be the future of humanity?
cnn.com

Will Even the Most Advanced Subs Have Nowhere to Hide?
spectrum.ieee.org

Ferns Can Evolve Backwards, Challenging a Common Assumption on Life
sciencealert.com

The Mysterious Science Experiment That Could Answer Why We Exist
scitechdaily.com

Video: Why the Soviet Union was obsessed with corn [21:33]
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Autopsies Have A Long and Complicated History
discovermagazine.com

Could deuterium be the key to finding aliens?
astronomy.com • (see also)

Video: Yes, Flights ARE Bumpier Now (And They’re Getting Worse) [7:11]
youtube.com

Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
openculture.com • (see also)

Video: You’re Probably Wrong About Dinosaurs [20:16]
youtube.com

What we know about mysterious drones over New Jersey and other states
bbc.com

What can parasite eggs preserved in medieval poop tell us about human history?
cbc.ca

Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals
bbc.com

Will artificial intelligence let us talk to the animals?
nature.com

Video: Throwing a -346°F Snowball Made of Solid Nitrogen [8:01]
youtube.com • (see also)

What Happened When British Women Voted in a General Election for the First Time
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Vaults are found in the cells of many organisms, but what do they do?
thebiologist.rsb.org.uk

Twirling body horror in gymnastics video exposes AI’s flaws
arstechnica.com

Marble Caves: Chile’s ethereal turquoise caverns with ‘mineral ice cream’ on the walls
livescience.com

Mysterious tablet with unknown language unearthed in [the country of] Georgia
archaeologymag.com