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China Is Building a Solar Station in Space That Could Generate Practically Endless Power
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

On this day in 1720 Charles Bonnet was born, the namesake of a surprisingly common phenomenon
damninteresting.com

Water in the universe may have formed closer to the Big Bang than previously thought
space.com

US Border Agents Are Seizing Way More Eggs Than Fentanyl
vice.com

The Siberian Bone Hunters Diving for Ice Age Mammoth Fossils
nytimes.com

Woman who lived to age 117 had genes keeping her cells ‘younger’, study shows
theguardian.com

Former and Active DMZs Allow Visitors to Learn the Haunting History of These Landscapes
smithsonianmag.com

Humans Have Been Perfecting Avocados for 7,500 Years
nytimes.com

Does This Mysterious Portrait Depict Lady Jane Grey, the Doomed Queen Who Ruled England for Nine Days in 1553?
smithsonianmag.com

Does exoplanet K2-18b host alien life or not? Here’s why the debate continues
space.com

‘By bribery, by bluff, by corrupting officials’: How Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jewish people during World War Two
bbc.com

The Case of the Missing Elvis
newyorker.com • (see also)

The sound of clapping, explained by physics
sciencenews.org

‘What I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of the Old Leatherman’
nytimes.com

An Unimaginable New Laser Has the Energy of 1 Million Nuclear Plants
popularmechanics.com

The Remarkable Tree Climbing Goats of Morocco
mossandfog.com • (see also)

Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece
bbc.com

Can melatonin supplements really ‘reverse’ DNA damage caused by lack of sleep?
theconversation.com

‘It was chaos’: The history of San Francisco’s most unforgettable TV ad
sfgate.com

Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed
theguardian.com

The life and death of a creek and pulp mill
thenarwhal.ca

A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years Ago
smithsonianmag.com

Water Droplets Are Generating Electricity in a Way We Never Knew
scitechdaily.com

2,200-year-old grave in China contains ‘Red Princess of the Silk Road’ whose teeth were painted with a toxic substance
livescience.com • (see also)

Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274
nytimes.com

Why cockroaches are so resilient
popsci.com

Video: The World’s Most Dangerous Woman [15:58]
youtube.com

NASA’s newest space telescope Spherex blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
phys.org

The most expensive drug ever approved: A gene therapy that cures butterfly skin and could cost $20 million per patient
english.elpais.com

Winners of the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition
theatlantic.com

Will the U.S. collapse like the Soviet Union did?
theconversation.com

Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of ‘Second Sound’
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Four tiny planets are orbiting one of our nearest stars
phys.org

Is ‘Severance’ making your dog freak out?
washingtonpost.com • Mirror

Video: This Japanese Island Hides a Secret [18:24]
youtube.com

How Ancient Volcanoes Helped Create the Air We Breathe Today
discovermagazine.com

Watch sparks fly as Blue Ghost lander drills into the moon (video)
space.com

Kissing moons may explain why Earth’s moon is so large
cbc.ca

The Secret Apartments Hidden Above Carnegie Libraries
nytimes.com

Onfim’s doodle: A 13th-century kid’s self-portrait on horseback, slaying an enemy
livescience.com

Sleep Study Made People Sleep With One Eye Open and Found Unexpected Brain Activity
vice.com • (see also)

18th-Century Satire, Communist Anthem, 1950s Pop Song: The Many Lives of Mack the Knife
crimereads.com

‘My Grandpa, the Fascist?’
newlinesmag.com

‘You look up and see light coming through’: The divers venturing under the ice in the name of science
bbc.com

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, study shows
theguardian.com

The forgotten story of the woman who invented the dishwasher
popsci.com

This isolated North Carolina island preserves the Hoi Toider dialect–a mix of Elizabethan English and pirate slang, in Irish and Scottish accents
bbc.com

Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination
arstechnica.com

Highly expressive ancient puppets found in Salvadorian pyramid
popsci.com

Mysterious Skeleton of Child With Human and Neanderthal Traits Has Finally Been Dated by Archaeologists
smithsonianmag.com

Scientists Found the World’s Largest Clone in the Baltic Sea
vice.com

Strange Squeaks: A Uniquely Human Gene Alters Mouse “Songs”
the-scientist.com

The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers
wired.com

On this day in 1944, police in occupied Paris were alerted to a foul-smelling smoke emerging from a fine arrondissement
damninteresting.com

Video: The History of the Music Video [3:17:54]
youtube.com

The Diabolical World of Phone Scams
macleans.ca

‘You are free again’: farewell letters of executed Belgian resistance fighters found, 80 years on
theguardian.com

Operation Atacama: The $1m cactus heist that led to a smuggler’s downfall
bbc.com

The Secret History of the Manicule, the Little Hand that’s Everywhere
messynessychic.com

Video: Chaotic hoses are really weird [18:45]
youtube.com