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How winning $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot could still lead to bankruptcy
theconversation.com • (see also)

How Howard Carter Discovered King Tut’s Golden Tomb
smithsonianmag.com

Video: How a 5-Month Trip on Starship Would Physically Change You Forever [13:39]
youtube.com

Astrophysicists Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
gizmodo.com

Twitter may have lost more than a million users since Elon Musk took over
technologyreview.com

Descend Into the Sewers With London’s Fatberg-Busters
atlasobscura.com

‘How I turned $15,000 into $1.2m during the pandemic – then lost it all’
theguardian.com

“Remarkable” results for new maternal RSV vaccine in Phase 3 trial
newatlas.com

This week: 🐖Martian pig vomit, 🧄Rasputin’s antidote, 🐝bumblebee playtime, and more!
damninteresting.com

Scientists unveil further proof of salty water on Mars
phys.org

Chinese Rocket Plummets to Earth, and One Country Halts Its Air Traffic
cnet.com

How a sand battery could transform clean energy
bbc.com

How Brains Send a Signal That It’s Time to Vomit
nytimes.com • (see also)

NASA’s Artemis I mega moon rocket is back on the launchpad ahead of third launch attempt
cnn.com

NASA Asteroid Threat Practice Drill Shows We’re Not Ready
scientificamerican.com

Don’t worry – Picking your nose doesn’t cause Alzheimer’s disease
newatlas.com

A Woman Had Cancer 12 Times by Age 36. Her Genes Showed Something Never Seen Before
sciencealert.com

The Father-Daughter Team Who Reformed America
smithsonianmag.com

Shattered by Nazi Bombs, a Fossil’s Lost Copies Are Just Being Found
nytimes.com

Video: Could one vaccine protect against everything? [5:45]
youtube.com

China Plans to Send Monkeys to Space Station to Have Sex With Each Other
futurism.com

The Largest Tree on Planet Earth
mossandfog.com • (Tree also)

Meet Ada Lovelace, The First Computer Programmer
discovermagazine.com

Massive Solar Storms Will Wreak Havoc on the Internet One Day, And We’re Woefully Unprepared
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Video: How An Algorithm Could Have Stopped The Nuclear Arms Race [26:32]
youtube.com • (see also)

X-Rays Reveal Superheated Gloop Surrounding a Black Hole
gizmodo.com

A brief history of the mortgage, from its roots in ancient Rome to the English ‘dead pledge’ and its rebirth in America
theconversation.com

A Dream of Discovering Alien Life Finds New Hope
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The Mysteries of the Astronaut Microbiome
undark.org

Sugar Substitutes Surprise
science.org

Water was both essential and a barrier to early life on Earth – microdroplets are one potential solution to this paradox
theconversation.com

Big agriculture warns farming must change or risk ‘destroying the planet’
theguardian.com

How Peaceful Crowds Turn Into a Deadly Crush
wired.com

How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief
crimereads.com

A huge tunnel has opened below Niagara Falls
cnn.com • (see also)

The many meanings of moss
theguardian.com

When a storm surge swept dozens of cattle and wild horses from the coast of North Carolina, no one expected survivors. Then hoofprints appeared in the sand.
magazine.atavist.com

Why Are People Weird About Only Children?
theatlantic.com

The unlikely bond between Julia Roberts and Martin Luther King Jr
theguardian.com

There’s Something Strange About How These Stars Are Moving, Scientists Say
futurism.com

Video: How Ultra-Processed Food is Slowly Killing Us [44:10]
youtube.com

Manslaughter Case Has a Strange Twist: Tesla That Killed Couple Was on Autopilot
futurism.com

Inside the Underground Market for Fake Amazon Reviews
wired.com

Video: The Spacecraft That Wasn’t Designed To Land, But Did [6:08]
youtube.com

Why Vladimir Putin Would Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
newyorker.com

Video: Is capitalism actually broken? [6:40]
youtube.com

Japanese Company Aims to Land the First Private Moon Mission Later this Month
gizmodo.com

Annual US clock change kills 33 people and 36,500 deer in car crashes
newscientist.com

Ocean Bacteria Reveal an Unexpected Multicellular Form
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Whatever happened to crop circles?
skeptic.org.uk

The Most Vulnerable Place on the Internet
wired.com • (see also)

Cats May Be Harboring Crime Scene DNA, Scientists Say
sciencealert.com

The missing plan for alien first contact
bbc.com

How a zombifying cat parasite called Toxoplasma gondii conquered the globe
salon.com • (see also)

How Steve Sasson Invented the Digital Camera
petapixel.com

NASA Lacks Plan for Ditching ISS in an Emergency
gizmodo.com

‘Boring’ Star Is Really a Stripped, Pulsating Core In the Sky, Scientists Say
vice.com

What if polluters footed the climate bill?
bbc.com

It’s time to play “find the falling Chinese rocket” once again
arstechnica.com

I like your tone: research suggests why older violins sound so good
theguardian.com