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Judge disses Star Trek icon Data’s poetry while ruling AI can’t author works
arstechnica.com

Parrots and humans share a brain mechanism for speech
sciencenews.org

Side-Release Buckle History: The Fasten, The Furious
tedium.co

Video: The First Attack on the Twin Towers [14:22]
youtube.com

As Children, They Fled the Nazis Alone. Newly Found Papers Tell Their Story.
nytimes.com

How astronauts adjust when back on Earth after being in space
npr.org

Harvard Announces Free Tuition for Students Whose Families Make Under $200,000
vice.com

Photographer’s Once-in-a-Lifetime Shots of the Lunar Eclipse and Aurora
petapixel.com

Why history instruction is critical for combating online misinformation
theconversation.com

2,900-year-old settlement found submerged in Italy lake. See its treasures
miamiherald.com

Can Any Nearby Supernova Cause a Mass Extinction?
universetoday.com

Dolphins welcome SpaceX’s Crew-9 astronauts home after splashdown (video)
space.com

How do we know pi is an irrational number?
livescience.com

The 30,000 year old vulture that reveals a completely new type of fossilisation
theconversation.com

Blue Ghost lander captures stunning sunset shots on the moon before falling silent
apnews.com

U.S. Atari parts store still open after 41 years, has spent $100K+ designing new parts
tomshardware.com

‘It’s a history lesson’: fossil fish up to 16m years old found perfectly preserved in central NSW
theguardian.com

Tri-State tornado: 100 years since the deadliest twister in US history
bbc.com

Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers
astronomy.com

‘Dark Matter’ May Be a Whole Shadow World of Mysterious Atoms and Forces
scientificamerican.com • (see also)

Mystery of Victorian geologist’s ring found on African beach
bbc.com

Video: Why Your Brain Blinds You For 2 Hours Every Day [12:33]
youtube.com • (see also)

How Airline Pilots Are Incentivized to Hide Their Mental Illness
nytimes.com • (see also)

A major breakthrough for better batteries: Scientists solve a long-standing mystery
knowridge.com

The Aerothrust propulsion system, ca. 1910
newatlas.com

Two Tornadoes Struck the Same Military Base Five Days Apart in 1948
popularmechanics.com

Physicists Bend Time Inside a Diamond, Creating a Brand-New Phase of Matter
scitechdaily.com

This Volcano Is ‘Likely’ to Erupt Within Weeks
vice.com

Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away
mashable.com

The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war
theguardian.com

NASA Astronauts Finally Head Home After Nine Months in Orbit
bloomberg.com

The rise and fall of the Hanseatic League
worksinprogress.co

Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem
theconversation.com

The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms
space.com • (see also)

The World’s First ‘Fighter Drones’ Are Coming. We’re Entering a ‘New Chapter of Aerial Warfare’ for America.
popularmechanics.com

After a 5,000-mile float, these iguanas probably set an ocean record
popsci.com

Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd
theconversation.com

Feel the burn with this amazing video of a Varda space capsule’s plunge through Earth’s atmosphere
space.com

Woman Arrested After Pretending to Be a Dentist for 8 Years
vice.com

How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health
bbc.com

Video: Frozen orange juice is actually super weird [17:20]
youtube.com

New map of landscape beneath Antarctica unveiled
bas.ac.uk

‘Blood Rain’ Turned This Beach Bright Red
vice.com

Scientists create the most detailed 3D map of dust in the Milky Way
knowridge.com

Smell like a god: Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows
phys.org

The US Government Paid People $5,000 to Eat Junk Food for a Month
vice.com • (see also)

Quantum Speedup Found for Huge Class of Hard Problems
quantamagazine.org

When the dotcom bubble burst
dfarq.homeip.net

Video: Can You Fool A Self Driving Car? [18:53]
youtube.com

Cancer Vaccines Are Suddenly Looking Extremely Promising
futurism.com

The Man Who Finds Melodies Inside Mushrooms
atlasobscura.com

Peruvian fisher rescued after three months stranded at sea
theguardian.com

Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein
theguardian.com

A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells
arstechnica.com

Mürren: The stunning car-free village reached by cable car
bbc.com

The explosive potential of custard powder
bbc.com

‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture
quantamagazine.org

On this day in 1968, thousands of sheep died suddenly in Utah’s Skull Valley
damninteresting.com

Should Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment be retracted?
retractionwatch.com • (see also)

A Boy and His Atom: Watch The World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film
openculture.com