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The Chess Cheat in the 21st Century
nautil.us • (see also)

$1.2 Billion Metaverse Horrified by Report It Only Had 38 Active Users
futurism.com

How Chinese citizens use puns to get past internet censors
restofworld.org

Video: Sweet Death: How Sugar Is Making Us Sick [43:54]
youtube.com

Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer reviewers
nature.com

Scientists teach brain cells in a Petri dish to play Pong, next they plan to get them drunk
sciencefocus.com

Video: Hubble Reveals Ultra-Relativistic Jet [1:46]
youtube.com

Unsettling Security Threat Revealed as AI “Thermal Attack” Guesses Passwords in Seconds
thedebrief.org

A New Doorway to the Brain
nautil.us

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Frenzied bee ball wins top prize
bbc.com

What happens when you donate your body to science
technologyreview.com • (see also)

The most extreme celestial objects in the universe
astronomy.com

Human brain cells transplanted into baby rats’ brains grow and form connections
technologyreview.com

How the first stars split the Universe apart
sciencefocus.com

The computer errors from outer space
bbc.com

‘My friend was killed deep in the Amazon forest. I went to investigate.’
washingtonpost.com

Astronomers can’t explain a black hole “burp” years after it ate a star
newatlas.com

Ancient Roman ‘fridge’ found with meat, bones still inside
miamiherald.com

‘Proof I was there’: every Japanese American incarcerated in second world war finally named
theguardian.com

Scientists Have Detected a ‘Completely Unprecedented’ Burst of Energy in Space
vice.com

Our memory records very little of our lives. So how does the brain reconcile our sense of self?
salon.com

Discovered in the deep: the ‘forest of the weird’
theguardian.com

The Surreal, Photogenic Beauty of the Namib Desert
mossandfog.com

NASA Successfully Punched an Asteroid Off-Course in Planetary Defense Test, Agency Announces
vice.com

How likely is an Earth-like origin of life elsewhere?
earthsky.org

A Man Who Loved Rattlesnakes
newyorker.com

How to Prove You Know a Secret Without Giving It Away
quantamagazine.org

Bombing Kyiv Into Submission? History Says It Won’t Work.
nytimes.com

Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2022
theatlantic.com

Second world war ‘Ghost Boat’ emerges in California lake, puzzling officials
theguardian.com

Geothermal May Beat Batteries for Energy Storage
spectrum.ieee.org

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact Triggered a Months Long “Mega-Earthquake,” Research Shows
ign.com

The 5,000-year history of writer’s block
theconversation.com

Blowhole wave energy could soon be world’s cheapest clean power
newatlas.com

Galileo confirmed as author of pseudonymous 17th century astronomy text
arstechnica.com

Pico da Neblina: A sacred peak off-limits for decades
bbc.com

Microbes that cause cavities can form superorganisms able to ‘crawl’ and spread on teeth
penntoday.upenn.edu • (see also)

Psychiatry wars: the lawsuit that put psychoanalysis on trial
theguardian.com

Ancient Mars could have been teeming with microbial life, researchers find
theguardian.com

Crimean bridge: Who – or what – caused the explosion?
bbc.com

Police warn Oregon beachgoers about grenades washing ashore
theguardian.com

Cops Upload Image of Suspect Generated From DNA, Then Delete After Mass Criticism
futurism.com

Black Holes May Hide a Mind-Bending Secret About Our Universe
nytimes.com

“Something Strange Is Going On” – Physicists Answer a Decades-Old Question
scitechdaily.com

‘William Shatner: My Trip to Space Filled Me With Sadness’
variety.com

Are late dinners making us sick? New research says yes
salon.com

Archaeologists Dig Up 1,400-Year-Old Native American Canal in Alabama
smithsonianmag.com

War in Ukraine, death of the Queen, Elon Musk … why are Nostradamus’s ‘predictions’ still winning converts?
theguardian.com

Who invented music? The search for stone flutes, clay whistles and the dawn of song
theconversation.com

Iran State TV Channel Hacked to Show Supreme Leader in Crosshairs
gizmodo.com • (see also)

How robotic honeybees and hives could help the species fight back
technologyreview.com

Video: Why Do You Flatten the Faster You Go? [16:06]
youtube.com

AI Model Links Smell Molecules With Metabolic Processes
quantamagazine.org

Scientists discovered a new function of the cerebellum
techexplorist.com

Video: Keeping the world’s longest railroad tunnel safe [5:51]
youtube.com

How philosophy turned into physics – and reality turned into information
theconversation.com

How to store data for 1,000 years
bbc.com

“It’s the longest, slowest process that has ever been directly observed, and our dark matter detector was sensitive enough to measure it.”
dailygalaxy.com

Could a powerful solar storm wipe out the internet?
livescience.com • (see also)

CAPSTONE Team Regains Attitude Control of Spacecraft – No Longer Tumbling Through Space
scitechdaily.com