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24 February 2025

“Bouncing” winds damaged Houston skyscrapers in 2024

arstechnica.com

New Study Proposes that Cosmic Radiation Altered Virus Evolution in Africa

universetoday.com

Video: Two AI agents on a phone call realize they’re both AI and switch to a superior audio signal ggwave [01:10]

xcancel.com

Dragging dead fish around reveals super power of mucus

popsci.com

The ones who need little sleep

english.elpais.com

Can you forget your native language?

livescience.com

Video: The Beach Boys Fall After Smile [28:07]

youtube.com

Scientists Successfully Revived Brain Tissue from Suspended Animation

popularmechanics.com

On this day in 1942, anti-aircraft guns in Los Angeles shot at something–or nothing.

damninteresting.com

Are planes crashing more often?

bbc.com

The Leaning Tower of New York

newyorker.com • (see also)

22,000-year-old tracks are earliest evidence of transport vehicles

newscientist.com

Reinforcement Learning Triples Spot’s Running Speed

spectrum.ieee.org

What sparked the COVID pandemic? Mounting evidence points to raccoon dogs

nature.com

The seemingly indestructible fists of the mantis shrimp can take a punch

arstechnica.com

Electric Propulsion Magnets Ready for Space Tests

spectrum.ieee.org

Somali Pirates Are Back on the Hunt After a Decade of Peace

vice.com

23 February 2025

Winners of the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards

theatlantic.com

The entrepreneurs who took Hollywood’s favorite surgery mainstream

thehustle.co

Video: A real-life flying car takes to the skies [01:56]

bbc.com • (see also)

Video: Bird Flu Should Have Killed One Billion People [39:00]

youtube.com • (see also)

Unexpected shape of lead-208 nucleus prompts reevaluation of atomic nuclei models

phys.org • (see also)

‘I think we brought the wrong one home’: one mother’s search to find her lost son

theguardian.com

How Little Richard Brought Black and Queer Culture to American Airwaves

lithub.com

40 years ago today, KGB agent Vladimir Vetrov was executed for cooperating with the CIA

damninteresting.com

‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones

theguardian.com

‘Everybody is looking at their phones,’ says man freed after 30 years in prison

news.sky.com

Reckoning in the Sun: Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali in Miami

crimereads.com

Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winnings

apnews.com

AI Designed an Alien Chip That Works, But Experts Can’t Explain Why

yahoo.com • (see also)

What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?

livescience.com

‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism

theguardian.com

Video: Algorithms are breaking how we think [37:51]

youtube.com

A Fugitive Businessman, Done In by One Law He Couldn’t Dodge

nytimes.com

Every Breath You Take Alters Your Visual Perception

neurosciencenews.com

Drilling the deepest hole in history: Unlocking geothermal energy

newatlas.com • (see also)

The Language of Tree Rings

nautil.us

21 February 2025

Video: Brooklyn’s Only Interstate Is Doomed [8:03]

youtube.com

How do black holes ‘leak’ energy? Scientists have a new spin on the answer

space.com

Video: Pilot Dies In Flight, Wife Learns To Land Plane Over Radio [57:16]

youtube.com

Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers

nytimes.com

Unraveling the mystery of rarely seen blue whale calves

phys.org

This week: Convergent brains, dodo resurrection, LIDAR facial recognition, and more!

damninteresting.com

A galactic veil

astronomy.com

The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians

wired.com

The Secret Society Raising Your Electricity Bills

prospect.org

Savonoski Crater: The mysterious, perfectly round hole in Alaska that scientists can’t explain

livescience.com

On this day in 1857 the United Stated eliminated the half-cent coin

damninteresting.com

US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane

taskandpurpose.com

NASA massively lowers impact risk of ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360

space.com

We’ve Been Misreading a Major Law of Physics For Almost 300 Years

sciencealert.com

High-speed videos show what happens when a droplet splashes into a pool

phys.org • (see also)

Doctors in London cure blindness in children with rare condition

theguardian.com

Carbon removal is the next big fossil fuel boom, oil company says

theverge.com

Does Jupiter’s Moon Callisto Have an Ocean? The Evidence is Mounting

universetoday.com

Tomatoes Don’t Kill Humans, And We Just Figured Out Why

sciencealert.com

20 February 2025

‘My life as a prison officer: It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’

theguardian.com

Optical Poems by Oskar Fischinger: Discover the Avant-Garde Animator Despised by Hitler & Dissed by Disney

openculture.com • (see also)

A History of Cryptography From the Spartans to the FBI

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • (see also)

A Thousand Blows: How a historic women-only gang menaced London for decades

bbc.com

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“Bouncing” winds damaged Houston skyscrapers in 2024

New Study Proposes that Cosmic Radiation Altered Virus Evolution in Africa

Video: Two AI agents on a phone call realize they’re both AI and switch to a superior audio signal ggwave [01:10]

Dragging dead fish around reveals super power of mucus

The ones who need little sleep

Can you forget your native language?

Video: The Beach Boys Fall After Smile [28:07]

Scientists Successfully Revived Brain Tissue from Suspended Animation

On this day in 1942, anti-aircraft guns in Los Angeles shot at something–or nothing.

Are planes crashing more often?

The Leaning Tower of New York

22,000-year-old tracks are earliest evidence of transport vehicles

Reinforcement Learning Triples Spot’s Running Speed

What sparked the COVID pandemic? Mounting evidence points to raccoon dogs

The seemingly indestructible fists of the mantis shrimp can take a punch

Electric Propulsion Magnets Ready for Space Tests

Somali Pirates Are Back on the Hunt After a Decade of Peace

Winners of the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards

The entrepreneurs who took Hollywood’s favorite surgery mainstream

Video: A real-life flying car takes to the skies [01:56]

Video: Bird Flu Should Have Killed One Billion People [39:00]

Unexpected shape of lead-208 nucleus prompts reevaluation of atomic nuclei models

‘I think we brought the wrong one home’: one mother’s search to find her lost son

How Little Richard Brought Black and Queer Culture to American Airwaves

40 years ago today, KGB agent Vladimir Vetrov was executed for cooperating with the CIA

‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones

‘Everybody is looking at their phones,’ says man freed after 30 years in prison

Reckoning in the Sun: Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali in Miami

Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winnings

AI Designed an Alien Chip That Works, But Experts Can’t Explain Why

What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?

‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism

Video: Algorithms are breaking how we think [37:51]

A Fugitive Businessman, Done In by One Law He Couldn’t Dodge

Every Breath You Take Alters Your Visual Perception

Drilling the deepest hole in history: Unlocking geothermal energy

The Language of Tree Rings

Video: Brooklyn’s Only Interstate Is Doomed [8:03]

How do black holes ‘leak’ energy? Scientists have a new spin on the answer

Video: Pilot Dies In Flight, Wife Learns To Land Plane Over Radio [57:16]

Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers

Unraveling the mystery of rarely seen blue whale calves

This week: Convergent brains, dodo resurrection, LIDAR facial recognition, and more!

A galactic veil

The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians

The Secret Society Raising Your Electricity Bills

Savonoski Crater: The mysterious, perfectly round hole in Alaska that scientists can’t explain

On this day in 1857 the United Stated eliminated the half-cent coin

US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane

NASA massively lowers impact risk of ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360

We’ve Been Misreading a Major Law of Physics For Almost 300 Years

High-speed videos show what happens when a droplet splashes into a pool

Doctors in London cure blindness in children with rare condition

Carbon removal is the next big fossil fuel boom, oil company says

Does Jupiter’s Moon Callisto Have an Ocean? The Evidence is Mounting

Tomatoes Don’t Kill Humans, And We Just Figured Out Why

‘My life as a prison officer: It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’

Optical Poems by Oskar Fischinger: Discover the Avant-Garde Animator Despised by Hitler & Dissed by Disney

A History of Cryptography From the Spartans to the FBI

A Thousand Blows: How a historic women-only gang menaced London for decades

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