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Watching water droplets merge on the International Space Station
phys.org

The Ancient Wisdom Stored in Trees
nautil.us

AI is reconstructing Pompeii’s shattered frescoes
expmag.com

Low-cost battery built with four times the capacity of lithium
sydney.edu.au

An Audacious Plan to Study a ‘Pristine’ Comet Is Taking Shape
gizmodo.com

The Little-Known Story of the First Washington Monument
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Christmas in the WWI Trenches [18:08]
youtube.com • (see also)

Horde of the rings: Tree study suggests Huns’ motivation for marauding
newatlas.com

Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the damaged Soyuz spacecraft
arstechnica.com

This week: 🐑Grazier paleontology, 🟪purple nights, 🧬T-cell base editing, and more!
damninteresting.com

How Far Can You Fly a Battery-Powered Jumbo Jet?
wired.com

‘Nasty’ Geometry Breaks Decades-Old Tiling Conjecture
quantamagazine.org

NASA’s DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space
space.com

New find details deadly chapter in Butch and Sundance’s escape to South America
theguardian.com

Scientists may have found the first water worlds
arstechnica.com

Antihelium Offers Hope in the Search for Dark Matter
wired.com

Experimental Shock-Absorbing Material Can Stop Projectiles Traveling Over 3,000 MPH
gizmodo.com

Berlin’s giant AquaDom hotel aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes
bbc.com

Archaeologists say find near Stonehenge is ancient goldsmith’s toolkit
theguardian.com

Thousands of unedited government JFK assassination files released
bbc.com

Video: How To Terraform Mars [11:27]
youtube.com

Engineers use sound waves to boost green hydrogen production by 14 times
interestingengineering.com

The Great Diamond Hoax: “A Deliberate and Oddly Planned Masterpiece of Roguery”
crimereads.com

GPS Signals Are Being Disrupted in Russian Cities
wired.com

DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well as Humans
singularityhub.com

The Sweet and Sticky History of the Date
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Space Cities Inside Asteroids? Scientists Say It Could Actually Work
cnet.com

The most volcanic world in the solar system is about to be visited by a NASA spacecraft
cnn.com

Riffusion – Stable Diffusion fine-tuned to generate Music
riffusion.com

A Russian spacecraft started leaking uncontrollably on Wednesday night
arstechnica.com

This Unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright Building Could Soon Be Finished—130 Years After He Designed It
architecturaldigest.com

Video: The Turntable Paradox [9:10]
youtube.com

JWST gets first glimpse of 7-planet system with potentially habitable worlds
nature.com

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Harmed the Global Space Industry
supercluster.com

An experimental cancer vaccine based on messenger RNA has been shown to work against melanoma
reuters.com

Busting myths about turkey-baster babies
wellcomecollection.org

This Drug Can Mend a Broken Heart
nautil.us

Hearing aids slow cognitive decline, but reasons why still a mystery
newatlas.com

Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site
theguardian.com

A Colorful History of Baking Powder (And Its Unlikely Inventor)
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Video: The Problem with Nuclear Fusion [17:03]
youtube.com

These Pants Were Pulled From an 1857 Shipwreck. Are They the World’s Oldest Jeans?
smithsonianmag.com

The Mysterious Origin of the Real-Life Dire Wolf
discovermagazine.com

Signed, Sealed, But Not Always Delivered: The Lost Art of Letterlocking
messynessychic.com

Scientists discover a new supergroup of rare single-celled predators
arstechnica.com

The World-Changing Race to Develop the Quantum Computer
newyorker.com

Darwin Was Right: All Life Probably Comes From Primordial Soup
popularmechanics.com

How Victorian England Put Men on the Moon… Or Not
lithub.com

Why fusion ignition is being hailed as a major breakthrough in fusion
theconversation.com

Japan’s Private Moon Mission Captures Stunning Farewell Photo of Earth
gizmodo.com

New Zealand enacts world-first generational ban on tobacco
newatlas.com

Neuroscientists have created a mood decoder that can measure depression
technologyreview.com • (see also)

How the Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions
quantamagazine.org

The mysterious song of the dinosaurs
bbc.com

Discovered in the deep: the viperfish with fangs too big for its mouth
theguardian.com

Photo: 50 years ago today, the Apollo 17 rover in its final resting place
damninteresting.com

Black holes ‘ring’ like bells after they merge — and that could be the key to seeing inside them
livescience.com

Nasa mission will give unprecedented view of Earth’s surface water
theguardian.com

New original Damn Interesting article/episode by Erika Nesvold: In 1933, British WWI vet Maurice Wilson hatched an unorthodox plan to reach the still-untouched summit of Everest
dam.mn

A Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery Shows That We Can Reverse Death
popularmechanics.com