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The mysteries that gave birth to the world’s newest micronation
bbc.com • (see also)

How Do Pandemics End?
zocalopublicsquare.org

How learning to communicate with aliens could save humanity
expmag.com • (see also)

Everything We Know About the Air Force’s Secret Plan to Develop a Hypersonic Bomber
popularmechanics.com

Sneeze by Sneeze, Sponges Fill the Seas With Their Mucus
nytimes.com

Humans Are Overzealous Whale Morticians
nautil.us

How Bolivia’s ruthless tin baron saved thousands of Jewish refugees
theguardian.com

Why aren’t smart people happier?
experimentalhistory.substack.com

Video: The Horrors You Hear as a 911 Operator [6:23]
youtube.com

Scientists say they may have challenged one of Newton’s fundamental laws of physics
news.sky.com

Exoplanets: What NASA Will See with the Webb Telescope
exoplanets.nasa.gov

Lipstick’s Complex History
daily.jstor.org

NASA’s Fermi Confirms ‘PeVatron’ Supernova Remnant
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

The language that doesn’t use ‘no’
bbc.com

Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form
phys.org • (see also)

Astronomers May Have Found the Galaxy’s Youngest Planet
nytimes.com

Mathematicians Crack a Simple but Stubborn Class of Equations
quantamagazine.org

Why does the IRS need $80 billion? Just look at its cafeteria.
washingtonpost.com

The Webb telescope’s images come thanks to these engineering solutions
space.com • (see also)

Solving the Hawking Paradox: What Happens When Black Holes Die?
popularmechanics.com

Archaeologists Rebury ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Roman Villa
smithsonianmag.com

Hibernation: The Extreme Lifestyle That Can Stop Aging
theatlantic.com

In a ‘Shocking’ New Discovery, Scientists Say They Have Solved a Lightning Mystery
thedebrief.org

The Mysterious Dance of the Cricket Embryos
nytimes.com

New low-calorie sweetener tastes like sugar and improves gut health
zmescience.com

Is Crying Good For You?
discovermagazine.com

In defence of pigeons
theconversation.com • (see also)

The Hoax That Inspired Mary Shelley
daily.jstor.org

If blood is red, why do veins look blueish?
livescience.com

How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything
quantamagazine.org

Video: Lawns are bad for you, your pets and the planet [5:20]
nytimes.com

How a Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire
washingtonpost.com

NASA says solar flares are about to get a lot worse – here’s what that means
bgr.com • (see also)

Sania Khan: She TikToked her divorce, then her husband killed her
bbc.com

Study: Our brains are prediction machines that are always active
mpi.nl • (see also)

Gallery: A New Eruption of Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall Volcano
theatlantic.com

The Double Life of the Bloodsucking Sea Lamprey
wired.com

NASA Investigates Thread-Like Mystery Object on Mars Rover Sample System
cnet.com

Spiders Seem to Have REM-like Sleep and May Even Dream
scientificamerican.com

Extinct Pathogens Ushered The Fall of Ancient Civilizations, Scientists Say
sciencealert.com

Lab Grown Fishsticks Are One Step Closer to Your Dinner Plate
gizmodo.com

Video: How the US Postal Service reads terrible handwriting [7:52]
youtube.com

Locked-in syndrome and the misplaced presumption of misery
arstechnica.com

VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Video: Can We Throw Satellites to Space? [42:13]
youtube.com • (see also)

New information on ‘gigantic jet’ lightning bursts that reach toward space
phys.org

Planetary Defense: Study Finds That NASA’s DART Spacecraft Could Obliterate Asteroids
scitechdaily.com

Will Europa finally answer, ‘Are we alone?’
universetoday.com

Video: The Simple Secret of Runway Digits [17:37]
youtube.com

Europe’s remote, lost-in-time villages
bbc.com

Are the Colors in Webb Telescope Images ‘Fake’?
gizmodo.com

UCB demonstrates “incredibly cheap and easy” carbon-capture material
newatlas.com

Food expiration dates don’t have much science behind them – a food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat
theconversation.com

MIT Claims New Artificial Neuron 1 Million Times Faster Than the Real Thing
futurism.com

Newly Discovered Super-Earth ‘Ross 508b’, Located Just 37 Light-Years Away, May Possess Potential to Support Life
weather.com

The Secret to Being Lucky
wired.com • (see also)

Scientists Find Strong Magnetic Fields Can Relieve Anxiety and Depression
scitechdaily.com

No trace of dark matter halos
phys.org

The captured American spy plane that crashed during a Hungarian pleasure flight
telex.hu • (see also)

The Curiosity rover turns 10 years old. This is what it’s taught us about Mars
npr.org