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The Cartoon Mystery That Stumped the Internet
newyorker.com

Video: The real reason Egypt is moving its capital [10:35]
youtube.com

Pakistan’s monsoon rains threaten world heritage site of Mohenjo-daro
theguardian.com

A Good Memory or a Bad One? One Brain Molecule Decides.
quantamagazine.org

Prehistoric child’s amputation is oldest surgery of its kind
nature.com

Sisters of the revolution: the women of the Black Panther party
theguardian.com

Ghostly “Einstein Crosses” Spotted in Deep Space Could Help Resolve Dark Energy Mystery
thedebrief.org

ISS astronaut shows how CPR is performed in space
digitaltrends.com

Photos: Extreme Drought in Southern China
theatlantic.com

A 225 million-year-old mammal is the oldest ever identified
cnn.com

On this day in 1934, a fire started aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle. But that was far from the end of the story.
damninteresting.com

The ‘walking’ statues of Easter Island
bbc.com • (see also)

How a Fake Billionaire Scammed Rich Buyers for Millions With Bogus Ferrari Build Slots: FBI
thedrive.com

Scientists Reveal How Tardigrades Can Survive Decades Without Water
vice.com

Rare Scarab Beetle in Costa Rica Looks Like It’s Made from Chrome
mossandfog.com

Why the Pygmy Mammoth Stood at Just 5-Feet Tall
discovermagazine.com

ZOO8: The forgotten story of the UK’s own ‘Woodstock 99’ moment, featuring a zoo in Kent
mulebritannia.substack.com

Escaped chimpanzee returns to Kharkiv zoo on keeper’s bicycle
theguardian.com

How Eliot Ness Wound Up Hunting a Serial Killer in Cleveland
crimereads.com

17 years ago today we at Damn Interesting posted our first story
damninteresting.com

With Stable Diffusion, you may never believe what you see online again
arstechnica.com

What’s Causing These Geological Formations on the Great Salt Lake?
gizmodo.com

A memory prosthesis could restore memory in people with damaged brains
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Hawaii’s ancient land management system
bbc.com

How the Inside of a Black Hole Is Secretly on the Outside
scientificamerican.com

Latest image from JWST: Tarantula Nebula
webbtelescope.org

Science and mathematics may never fully capture the physical universe. Are there hard limits to human intelligence?
aeon.co

How many people can Earth handle?
bbc.com

America’s Surprisingly Gentle War on Rabid Raccoons
theatlantic.com

Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Was A Different Color Just 2,000 Years Ago
sciencealert.com

India to design, build reusable rocket for global market: ISRO
financialexpress.com

Scientists Just Found a New Kind of Synapse Hiding in The Brains of Mice
sciencealert.com

Scientists hope ‘world’s loneliest tree’ will help answer climate questions
theguardian.com • (see also)

Years after shuttle, NASA rediscovers the perils of liquid hydrogen
arstechnica.com • (see also)

App detects COVID-19 in people’s voices with help of AI
scienceblog.com

This nanoparticle could be the key to a universal covid vaccine
technologyreview.com

WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon
theguardian.com

New Details Emerge About NASA’s Lab to House Martian Samples
futurism.com

Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst?
wired.com

The Hunt for Big Hail
nytimes.com • (see also)

A New, Non-Addictive Pain Killer With Fewer Side Effects
scitechdaily.com

Russia’s war on Wikipedia
restofworld.org

The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse
theguardian.com

X-ray laser converts plastic into diamonds, recreating Uranus rain
newatlas.com

Video: This is the most interesting roof in London. [6:11]
youtube.com

Ferns Are Super Weird – And Their Genomes Are Even More Chaotic Than We Thought
sciencealert.com

Not a wonderful world: Louis Armstrong tapes reveal how racism scarred his life and career
theguardian.com

NASA’s Perseverance Found Green Sand on Mars — Here’s What That Means
screenrant.com

Video: Where does the name “black hole” come from? [7:20]
youtube.com

These ant queens live 500% longer than workers. Now we know why.
livescience.com

Australian Signals Directorate 50-cent coin code cracked by Tasmanian 14yo in ‘just over an hour’
abc.net.au • (see also)

On this day in 1859 the Earth experienced the largest geomagnetic storm on record
damninteresting.com

Eats, hops and breeds: New Zealand’s worsening wallaby plague
theguardian.com

New fur for the quantum cat: Entanglement of many atoms discovered for the first time
phys.org

Can We Predict Which Viruses Will Spread from Animals to Humans?
newyorker.com

A Volcano Erupted Without Warning. Now, Scientists Know Why.
nytimes.com

This week: ✈️Electric flight, 🪨asteroid smashing, 🧬doppelganger genetics, and more!
damninteresting.com

What Happened to Anne Boleyn’s Heart?
crimereads.com

Frank Drake, astronomer famed for contributions to SETI, has died
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Pakistan’s Trucks Are Vibrant, Bedazzled Works of Art
atlasobscura.com