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A Mesopotamian marvel that still stands
bbc.com

What If You Tried to Swallow a Whole Cloud?
wired.com

These Floating ‘Leaves’ Make Energy From Sunlight and Water
gizmodo.com

Dinosaur Tracks Uncovered in Texas
gizmodo.com

Video: Why 7 is Weird [12:02]
youtube.com

What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time
theconversation.com

Graphene efficiently recovers gold from waste electronics
newatlas.com

Electric Fish Genomes Reveal How Evolution Repeats Itself
quantamagazine.org

The messages that survived civilisation’s collapse
bbc.com • (see also)

Electrical currents to the brain improve memory for older adults, study finds
theverge.com

Should we be trying to create a circular urine economy?
arstechnica.com • (see also)

This Ambitious Space Shuttle Concept Was a Post-Apollo Pipe Dream We Never Got
thedrive.com

Missing girl found after nine years recounts ordeal
bbc.com

Protons Could Contain a Smaller Particle That Is Heavier Than The Proton Itself
sciencealert.com

On this day in 1934 a shadowy cabal asked a highly decorated Marine major general to lead a coup against the US government
damninteresting.com

Video: Why the US Army electrifies this water [7:41]
youtube.com

If Humans Went Extinct, Would a Similar Species Evolve?
wired.com • (see also)

No, James Webb Space Telescope Images Do Not Debunk the Big Bang
cnet.com

Antibody “master key” discovery could neutralize all COVID variants
newatlas.com

Map may prove ‘Welsh Atlantis’ rooted in fact, say academics
theguardian.com

An algorithm can predict future crimes with 90% accuracy. Here’s why the creator thinks the tech won’t be abused
sciencefocus.com

Surprising details leap out in sharp new James Webb Space Telescope images of Jupiter
phys.org • More info

World’s first commercial electric plane completes point-to-point flight
newatlas.com

More than twenty years after the American Civil War, an enslaved Alaskan walked into a Sitka courtroom and sued for his freedom
alaskalandmine.com

You Don’t Actually Need a Stomach to Live
realclearscience.com

Human Foot Found Floating In Yellowstone Hot Spring
forbes.com

The surprisingly scandalous origins of Disneyland
bbc.com

‘They said it was impossible’: how medieval carpenters are rebuilding Notre Dame
theguardian.com

NASA Identifies Lunar Landing Sites for Next Americans on Moon
scitechdaily.com

End Times in Aspen: How to Kill a Newspaper
theatlantic.com

Hundreds of Shimmering Crystal Fragments Discovered at Prehistoric Burial Site
sciencealert.com

Behold this award-winning image of fungus making a fly its “zombie” slave
arstechnica.com

Drama on the Seine: A Compendium of Watery Turmoil
messynessychic.com • (see also)

‘The universe’s most massive star may be smaller than we thought’
space.com

Why Are We Still So Fascinated By Amelia Earhart?
discovermagazine.com

Why Janet Jackson made laptops crash
thenextweb.com • (see also)

Chinese Scientists Say They Have Developed a New Covert “Anti-Stealth” Radar
thedebrief.org

Video: Chinese Magic Mirrors are really clever [11:08]
youtube.com

This week: 🐟Fake fish meat, 💄lipstick legality, ☁️dragon clouds, and more!
damninteresting.com

Library’s prized Galileo manuscript turns out to be a clever forgery
arstechnica.com

Never Shower During a Thunderstorm. A Physicist Explains Why
sciencealert.com • (see also)

It Was a Mystery in the Desert for 50 Years
nytimes.com

Watch NASA unveil landing sites for human return to the moon
space.com

Astronomers have detected one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky
theconversation.com

Darwin’s Lost Treasure, Found
newyorker.com

The Megalodon Was Bigger, Faster and Even Hungrier
nytimes.com

Huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones discovered in Spain
theguardian.com

Chemists Found a Way to Break Down Dangerous ‘Forever Chemicals’
gizmodo.com

Weird Creature With No Butt May Not Be Our Ancient Ancestor After All
sciencealert.com

Study suggests pills work fastest if taken while lying on right side
newatlas.com

Ukraine: Preparing for the worst as situation at nuclear plant ‘approaches critical’
bbc.com

How Chewing Shaped Human Evolution
nytimes.com

Human population set to cross 8,000,000,000 ‘any day now’
metro.co.uk

‘We Only Think We Flush It Away’
nautil.us

The Lost History of America’s Traveling “Ghost Shows”
crimereads.com

The identical twins who discovered their secret sibling
bbc.com

The Family That Mined the Pentagon’s Data for Profit
wired.com

Scientists discover how mosquitoes can ‘sniff out’ humans
theguardian.com

Voyager, NASA’s Longest-Lived Mission, Logs 45 Years in Space
jpl.nasa.gov • (see also)

Video: The Crooked Cop Who Ran a Jewelry Theft Ring [46:04]
youtube.com