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1 Million Watts of RF – how the FM Supertower works
jeffgeerling.com • (see also)

Communication Breakdown in the Brain
nautil.us

2,500 year-old Sanskrit grammatical puzzle solved
popsci.com

How the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US
bbc.com

How Putin’s War in Ukraine Became a Catastrophe for Russia
nytimes.com

The Marvels—And Mistakes—Of Supertall Skyscrapers
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The Mystery of Nevada’s Ancient Reptilian Boneyard
wired.com

In Search of True Color: Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky’s Flawed Images
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Alien Planet Discovered Spiraling to Ultimate Obliteration Around an Aging Star
scitechdaily.com

Discovery identifies Australia as birthplace of all modern mammals
australiangeographic.com.au

1st TRAPPIST-1 results from Webb Space Telescope
earthsky.org

A Physicist Came Up With Math That Shows ‘Paradox-Free’ Time Travel Is Plausible
sciencealert.com

The big idea: Why we need to make the world a darker place
theguardian.com

What causes stuttering? A speech pathology researcher explains the science and the misconceptions around this speech disorder
theconversation.com

The last vital ingredient for life has been discovered on Enceladus
sciencenews.org

The Stunning Discovery Made Inside A Meteorite In Somalia
msn.com

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Pierces Through Dust Clouds to Unveil Young Stars in Early Stages of Formation
scitechdaily.com

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]
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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