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We’ve Been Using Birth Control for Millennia
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Video: Why the ‘perfect’ nature vs nurture experiment went wrong [07:56]
bbc.com

‘We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting’
nytimes.com

The moon’s far side could offer a very deep view of the universe
space.com • (see also)

The discovery of the Kuiper Belt revamped our view of the solar system
sciencenews.org

Why Deep-Cleaning Videos Are So Satisfying to Watch
discovermagazine.com

Do not try this at home: Medieval medicine under the spotlight in major new project
cam.ac.uk

Dark matter could finally reveal itself through self-interactions
space.com

The First Forays of a Czech Double Agent at the Dawn of the Cold War in Prague
crimereads.com

You and Your Doppelganger Might Have More in Common Than Just Looks
gizmodo.com

First material found to “remember” its own history
newatlas.com

Video: The Boltzmann brain paradox [5:39]
youtube.com

What Drives Galaxies? The Milky Way’s Black Hole May Be the Key.
quantamagazine.org

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission is ‘go’ for Aug. 29 launch
space.com

The strange case of eyeball planets
astronomy.com

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