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Video: Researchers Find Shipwreck Lost Since 1892 [0:58]
nytimes.com

For Sale: A 19th-Century Portrait Painted on a Spiderweb
atlasobscura.com

Hilbert’s sixth problem: Mathematicians solve 125-year-old quest to unite key laws of physics
newscientist.com • Mirror

Video: We calculated pi with colliding blocks [23:36]
youtube.com

Swollen eyeballs, baby-like skin, and the overview effect: how astronauts feel when they return to earth
theguardian.com

Video: The 19 Year Process of Inventing a New Apple [8:23]
youtube.com

When humans use AI to earn patents, who is doing the inventing?
theconversation.com

One Man’s Lifelong Quest to Create a Lettuce Cigarette
atlasobscura.com

NASA Cameras on Blue Ghost Capture First-of-its-Kind Moon Landing Footage
nasa.gov

This week: Golden blood, cranium chewing, lottery legalities, and more!
damninteresting.com

Meta stops ex-director from promoting critical memoir
bbc.com • (see also)

‘In plain sight’: how The Hague museum was secret hideout from Nazi forced labour
theguardian.com

Tobacco’s hidden friendly side: how the controversial plant could be used for good
theconversation.com

Can’t Wrap Your Head Around Pi? Here’s a Cool Visual to Help
wired.com

Man Discovers Message in a Bottle Hidden Above a Historic Scottish Theater’s Stage, Untouched for Nearly 120 Years
smithsonianmag.com

Video: The Disappearance of Miss Scott [1:23:25]
pbs.org

Wireless Electricity Is on the Horizon—And It Could ‘Beam’ Power Right to Your House
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

World-first: US quantum computer solves problem million years faster than supercomputer
interestingengineering.com

We know how to protect homes from wildfires. Why don’t more people do it?
thenarwhal.ca

Super Nintendo Hardware Is Running Faster as It Ages
404media.co

AI search engines give incorrect answers at an alarming 60% rate, study says
arstechnica.com

Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe’s Hera asteroid probe (photos)
space.com

Landscapes, Customs, and Culture Shape the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
thisiscolossal.com

You’re More Likely to Die If You Have Surgery on a Friday
vice.com • (see also)

How 100 years of deep-sea filmmaking changed ocean exploration
popsci.com • (see also)

Violent Supernovae Could Have Triggered at Least 2 Extinction Events
sciencealert.com

Archaeologists Unearth 1,300-Year-Old Flush Toilets at a Palace Complex in South Korea
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Incredible Poison Arrow Frog Raises Tadpoles in the Treetops [3:29]
youtube.com

3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the Moon and Mars
theconversation.com

Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind
space.com

Armed With Just a Badge, Los Angeles’ First Policewoman Protected the City’s Most Vulnerable in the Early 20th Century
smithsonianmag.com

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