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Why Are We So Obsessed with Scammers?
thewalrus.ca

Video: Exploring Italy’s 6000 Abandoned Ghost Towns [23:58]
youtube.com

Video: How the Swiss Turned the Alps into a MASSIVE Fortress [29:22]
youtube.com

Chinese Mission to Pluck Samples from Moon’s Far Side Just Got More Interesting
gizmodo.com

‘Zombie’ Viruses, Up to 50,000 Years Old, Are Awakening
discovermagazine.com

Video: Scams, Zealots, and Jet Skis: Life Inside the Crypto Scene [22:41]
youtube.com

FTX’s collapse mirrors an infamous 18th century British financial scandal
theconversation.com • (see also)

Scientists Find a Mammal’s Foot Inside a Dinosaur, a Fossil First
gizmodo.com

Christmastime in 1960s Japan
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

The Perception of Time is not Universal Even Among Humans
thedebrief.org

How to build an emergent space-time in the laboratory
astronomy.com

Was the Civil War Inevitable?
nytimes.com

Alien life nearby? 2 Earth-like planets discovered in habitable zone just 16 light years away
studyfinds.org

The Crispr Baby Scientist Is Back. Here’s What He’s Doing Next
wired.com

The miracle 110-year-old violin that survived the sinking of the Titanic
classicfm.com

MSG’s Facial Recognition at Radio City Gets Girl Scout Mom Kicked Out
nbcnewyork.com

Scientists Have Figured Out Just How Old Our Water Is, And It’s Old
sciencealert.com

The US Army’s laser weapon platoon will be ready next month
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

Video: A New Way to Achieve Nuclear Fusion: Helion [30:47]
youtube.com

‘Fullertubes’ Join the Family of Carbon Crystals
quantamagazine.org

Irmgard Furchner: Nazi typist guilty of complicity in 10,500 murders
bbc.com • (see also)

Longtermism – why the million-year philosophy can’t be ignored
theconversation.com • (see also)

How Animals May Have Conquered Snowball Earth
hakaimagazine.com

The lost medieval sword fighting tricks no one can decode
bbc.com

Cosmological enigma of Milky Way’s satellite galaxies solved
phys.org

‘My power’s really low’: Nasa’s Insight Mars lander prepares to sign off from the Red Planet
theguardian.com

A New Type of Fractal Has Been Discovered in Magnetic Ice
sciencealert.com

Shock wave from sun has opened up a crack in Earth’s magnetic field, and it could trigger a geomagnetic storm
livescience.com • (see also)

How the McMurtry Electric Fan Car Clocked a 7.9-Second Quarter-Mile
thedrive.com

Ancient Humans May Have Sailed The Mediterranean 450,000 Years Ago
sciencealert.com

40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter
nasa.gov

Many Know of Mount Vesuvius. Few Realize There’s a More Destructive Volcano Right Next Door
popularmechanics.com

We can now 3D print as much wood as we want without cutting a single tree
interestingengineering.com

More than 100 new designs discovered in Peru’s ancient Nazca plain
theguardian.com

Video: Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn’t Exist [12:22]
youtube.com

Iran Arrests One of Its Most Famous Actresses
smithsonianmag.com

‘Our weapons are computers’: Ukrainian coders aim to gain battlefield edge
theguardian.com

The History of the Legendary Winchester Rifle
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South Korea’s First Moon Mission Enters Lunar Orbit
gizmodo.com

The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas
theconversation.com

The Adventurous Life and Mysterious Death of Frank Lenz
daily.jstor.org

A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
technologyreview.com

Video: ‘I was wrong (and so was everyone)’ [6:43]
youtube.com

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

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