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07 February 2025

Video: Why charcoal is the first great cooking fuel [12:15]

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An Amazing JWST Image of a Protostar

universetoday.com

Casinos, high-rises and fraud: The BBC visits a bizarre city built on scams

bbc.com

The Explosive Story of a Very Bungled Stunt in The Italian Job

roadandtrack.com

Volunteers Discovered 7 Centuries’ Worth of History Buried Beneath a Church Floor

popularmechanics.com

After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families

smithsonianmag.com

Researchers Use Laser Technology To Reveal Tattoos on 1,200-Year-Old Peruvian Mummies

mymodernmet.com

Colombia’s president: Legalize cocaine, it’s no worse than whiskey

politico.eu

Video: Are your fingerprints really unique? [10:56]

youtube.com

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mile High Skyscraper Proposal

onverticality.com

Warship Sunk by the Nazis During World War II Located Off the Coast of Brazil

smithsonianmag.com

Something breathtaking has just been pulled from the steaming springs of Yellowstone National Park

discoverwildlife.com

06 February 2025

When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest & Came in 20th Place

openculture.com

Video: How Sociopaths Actually Work [48:01]

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Scientists Simulated Bennu Crashing to Earth in September 2182. It’s Not Pretty.

sciencealert.com

Return of the California condor

knowablemagazine.org

Cretaceous fossil unearthed in Antarctica the earliest known modern bird

cosmosmagazine.com

Scientists crack what they say is the perfect way to boil an egg

theguardian.com

Video: Could You Survive The Messinian Salinity Crisis? [1:03:48]

youtube.com

The future of vaccines is needle-free

vox.com

The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler

theatlantic.com • Mirror

A Meteor Strike Just Revealed a Hidden Seismic Highway on Mars

scitechdaily.com

Falling space debris is a growing worry for aircraft, new research suggests

space.com

California coastal community shifts 4 inches closer to the ocean each week: NASA

abcnews.go.com

Video: This $3BN Mega-Dam Changes the Weather #DamInteresting [11:27]

youtube.com

Extinct moa ate purple trufflelike fungi, fossil bird droppings reveal

sciencenews.org

A flooded quarry, a mysterious millionaire and the dream of a new Atlantis

theguardian.com

Researchers unearthed an ancient glacier in the Canadian Arctic that could help reveal Earth’s climatic history

thecooldown.com

Video: Examining the Minutes Before the D.C. Air Disaster [5:38]

youtube.com

05 February 2025

Video: What if you just keep zooming in? [21:28]

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Classical music found to stabilize fetal heart rate patterns

news-medical.net

‘My Quest to Find the Owner of a Mysterious WWII Japanese Sword’

outsideonline.com

How Far Away Could We Detect… Ourselves?

universetoday.com • (see also)

Three Years After Experimental Vaccine, These Patients Are Still Cancer-Free

gizmodo.com

Archaeologists Sifted Through an Ancient Lakebed—And Found 1.5-Million-Year-Old Tools

popularmechanics.com

The World’s Oldest Anus Has an Unexplained Glow in Florida

atlasobscura.com

This Man Knows Way Too Much About Area 51—and the FBI Wants to Know Why

popularmechanics.com

The Long Quest for Artificial Blood

newyorker.com

The world of groundhog prognosticators is much weirder—and darker—than you thought.

lithub.com

China Creates Rocket Fuel In Orbit With Just Carbon Dioxide, Water And Electricity

jalopnik.com

Spacecraft finds a positively enormous planet 12 times Jupiter’s mass

mashable.com

Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago

livescience.com

Moon’s far side hosts two canyons that are each the size of Earth’s Grand Canyon

cnn.com • (see also)

Video: What Actual Aliens Might Look Like [15:52]

youtube.com

Thousands flee the Greek island of Santorini after four consecutive days of earthquakes

bbc.com • (see also)

Video: What’s Inside a Manhole? [13:09]

youtube.com

The 100-year-old symmetry theorem that is still changing physics today

newscientist.com • Mirror

First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years

bbc.com

Bullseye! Hubble Spots Ripples in Space From a Galaxy Collision

universetoday.com

Mathematicians Solve Infamous ‘Moving Sofa Problem’

scientificamerican.com

How Antarctica’s missing meteorites were discovered using a block of ice, a freezer and a lamp

livescience.com

Scientists Just Created a ‘New Type of Matter’

popularmechanics.com

Bees count from left to right just like some humans, apes and birds, study finds

phys.org

04 February 2025

Magma Beneath Yellowstone Is Shifting Northeast

eos.org

The shocking discovery that our gut microbiome drives ageing

newscientist.com • Mirror

The Spy Who Exposed the Secrets of the Black Chamber, One of America’s First Code-Breaking Organizations

smithsonianmag.com

It came from outer space: the meterorite that landed in a Cotswolds cul-de-sac

theguardian.com

Mammoth Bones Used to Build Mysterious 25,000-Year-Old Site in Russia Came From Different Herds

smithsonianmag.com

Scientists uncover mechanism behind the need to scratch an itch

abc.net.au

‘Meet the woman who lives without money: ‘I feel more secure than when I was earning’’

theguardian.com

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Video: Why charcoal is the first great cooking fuel [12:15]

An Amazing JWST Image of a Protostar

Casinos, high-rises and fraud: The BBC visits a bizarre city built on scams

The Explosive Story of a Very Bungled Stunt in The Italian Job

Volunteers Discovered 7 Centuries’ Worth of History Buried Beneath a Church Floor

After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families

Researchers Use Laser Technology To Reveal Tattoos on 1,200-Year-Old Peruvian Mummies

Colombia’s president: Legalize cocaine, it’s no worse than whiskey

Video: Are your fingerprints really unique? [10:56]

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mile High Skyscraper Proposal

Warship Sunk by the Nazis During World War II Located Off the Coast of Brazil

Something breathtaking has just been pulled from the steaming springs of Yellowstone National Park

When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest & Came in 20th Place

Video: How Sociopaths Actually Work [48:01]

Scientists Simulated Bennu Crashing to Earth in September 2182. It’s Not Pretty.

Return of the California condor

Cretaceous fossil unearthed in Antarctica the earliest known modern bird

Scientists crack what they say is the perfect way to boil an egg

Video: Could You Survive The Messinian Salinity Crisis? [1:03:48]

The future of vaccines is needle-free

The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler

A Meteor Strike Just Revealed a Hidden Seismic Highway on Mars

Falling space debris is a growing worry for aircraft, new research suggests

California coastal community shifts 4 inches closer to the ocean each week: NASA

Video: This $3BN Mega-Dam Changes the Weather #DamInteresting [11:27]

Extinct moa ate purple trufflelike fungi, fossil bird droppings reveal

A flooded quarry, a mysterious millionaire and the dream of a new Atlantis

Researchers unearthed an ancient glacier in the Canadian Arctic that could help reveal Earth’s climatic history

Video: Examining the Minutes Before the D.C. Air Disaster [5:38]

Video: What if you just keep zooming in? [21:28]

Classical music found to stabilize fetal heart rate patterns

‘My Quest to Find the Owner of a Mysterious WWII Japanese Sword’

How Far Away Could We Detect… Ourselves?

Three Years After Experimental Vaccine, These Patients Are Still Cancer-Free

Archaeologists Sifted Through an Ancient Lakebed—And Found 1.5-Million-Year-Old Tools

The World’s Oldest Anus Has an Unexplained Glow in Florida

This Man Knows Way Too Much About Area 51—and the FBI Wants to Know Why

The Long Quest for Artificial Blood

The world of groundhog prognosticators is much weirder—and darker—than you thought.

China Creates Rocket Fuel In Orbit With Just Carbon Dioxide, Water And Electricity

Spacecraft finds a positively enormous planet 12 times Jupiter’s mass

Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago

Moon’s far side hosts two canyons that are each the size of Earth’s Grand Canyon

Video: What Actual Aliens Might Look Like [15:52]

Thousands flee the Greek island of Santorini after four consecutive days of earthquakes

Video: What’s Inside a Manhole? [13:09]

The 100-year-old symmetry theorem that is still changing physics today

First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years

Bullseye! Hubble Spots Ripples in Space From a Galaxy Collision

Mathematicians Solve Infamous ‘Moving Sofa Problem’

How Antarctica’s missing meteorites were discovered using a block of ice, a freezer and a lamp

Scientists Just Created a ‘New Type of Matter’

Bees count from left to right just like some humans, apes and birds, study finds

Magma Beneath Yellowstone Is Shifting Northeast

The shocking discovery that our gut microbiome drives ageing

The Spy Who Exposed the Secrets of the Black Chamber, One of America’s First Code-Breaking Organizations

It came from outer space: the meterorite that landed in a Cotswolds cul-de-sac

Mammoth Bones Used to Build Mysterious 25,000-Year-Old Site in Russia Came From Different Herds

Scientists uncover mechanism behind the need to scratch an itch

‘Meet the woman who lives without money: ‘I feel more secure than when I was earning’’

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