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Enzymes are the engines of life − machine learning tools could help scientists design new ones to tackle disease and climate change
theconversation.com

Scientists Found the Largest Underground Thermal Lake at the Bottom of a Subterranean Abyss
popularmechanics.com

Accidental Breakthrough As Supercooled Wires Detect Near-Light-Speed Protons
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Mammals, birds, and reptiles evolved complex brains through different paths
english.elpais.com

This week: Cow communication, postal peculiarities, spacetime symmetry, and more!
damninteresting.com

Planetary Valentines
planetary.org

The curious case of the stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald statue
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A Blown-Glass Structure Could House Astronauts on the Moon
universetoday.com

Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Banished Forever
vulture.com

Mysterious Radioactive Anomaly Discovered Deep Under The Pacific Ocean
sciencealert.com

Video: An Engineer’s Love Letter to Cable-Stayed Bridges [20:18]
youtube.com

A bacteria-based Band-Aid helps plants heal their wounds
sciencenews.org

4,100-Year-Old Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Royal Physician Unearthed in Saqqara
mymodernmet.com

Hummingbirds Living in a Hive Found for the First Time
nytimes.com

The ENIAC was a 30-ton ‘numerical monster’—and pivotal in the history of consumer technology
popsci.com

Video: The Octopuses Are Making Fish Armies [7:48]
youtube.com

Archaeologists discover London’s first Roman basilica under office building
nbcnews.com

This City’s Sewer System Is Full of Alligators, but It’s Not New York
nytimes.com

A Supermassive Black Hole Is on a Collision Course With The Milky Way
sciencealert.com

‘As a young reporter, I was sent to cover the Moorgate train disaster. I had no idea it had killed my father’
theguardian.com

This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike
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‘If You Ever Stacked Cups In Gym Class, Blame My Dad’
defector.com

‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry
theguardian.com

Video: Watch moment US fighter jet crashes into San Diego Bay [00:38]
bbc.com

Video: How Caulk Accidentally Flattened Architecture [19:37]
youtube.com

Physicists uncover evidence of two arrows of time emerging from the quantum realm
phys.org

How scientists spotted that most energetic neutrino
cosmosmagazine.com

Video: The Unspoken Rules of LEGO Sets [8:14]
youtube.com

For Mary Midgley, the Western philosophical tradition is shaped by the fact that its greatest practitioners were bachelors
aeon.co

Meet the Microbes That Breathe Nitrate Instead of Oxygen – And They’re Everywhere
scitechdaily.com

The JWST Gives Us Our Best Image of Planets Forming Around a Star
universetoday.com

Bacteria transferred during intercourse could help identify sexual assault perpetrators, scientists say
theguardian.com

A Billion-Year-Old Secret Unlocked in Asteroid Bennu’s Dust
scitechdaily.com

Titan submersible implosion caught on recording, Coast Guard says
nydailynews.com

“This does not look like normal hunting behaviour”: remarkable footage shows orcas hunting in a way never filmed before
discoverwildlife.com

2 space objects are traveling so fast, they might exit the galaxy
mashable.com

Huge Study Shows Where Gout Comes From – It’s Not What We Thought
sciencealert.com

FBI says it found 2,400 new JFK assassination records
apnews.com

Frozen in time: Rare early images of the Himalayas from Italian pioneer
bbc.com

Video: Why Do China’s Rainbow Mountains Look Like That? [7:06]
youtube.com

Record-breaking neutrino is most energetic ever detected
nature.com

Antarctic midge survives extreme cold with unique dormancy strategies
phys.org • (see also)

Curiosity rover captures colorful clouds drifting over Mars
phys.org

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US
wired.com

Praising Washington in Lincoln’s Day
daily.jstor.org

The Location of the Airship USS Macon’s Wreck Site Was a Mystery for More Than 70 Years
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

How Hans Bethe Stumbled Upon Perfect Quantum Theories
quantamagazine.org

Climate Change Wiped Out These Powerful Ancient Civilizations
discovermagazine.com

Many birds-of-paradise species emit light through their plumage, study finds
theguardian.com

Hidden Woman Portrait Found Beneath Picasso Masterpiece
hyperallergic.com

Boom Supersonic jet breaks sound barrier without sonic booms in final test
interestingengineering.com

Atomic grains of sand: How the history of humans is written into the fabric of the Earth
bbc.com

How Alice Hamilton Waged a One-Woman Campaign to Get the Lead Out of Everything
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Video: The Incredible Chilean Miner Rescue [33:56]
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‘We matched an older brother with his younger sister’: The rocky 1960s origins of online dating
bbc.com

‘It won’t end like Jurassic Park!’ The man who wants to bring the mammoth and dodo back to life
theguardian.com

This New LiDAR Technology Can Recognize Your Face from a Full Kilometer Away
popularmechanics.com

We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was So Durable
sciencealert.com

A synthetic biologist explains how mirror bacteria could conquer life on Earth
theconversation.com

Can a Machine Find You a Soulmate? Inside the AI-Powered Matrimony Boom
thewalrus.ca