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A newly identified type of tomato has been hiding in plain sight
npr.org

Forced Exile: The World’s Dubious History of Prison Islands
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

How aliens will actually make first contact with humanity
sciencefocus.com

This ‘everlasting bubble’ endured 465 days without popping
zmescience.com

New Auroras Found Glowing in the Skies of Jupiter’s Moons
nytimes.com

No, a piece of the sun didn’t just ‘break off’
cbc.ca

World first study shows how EVs cut pollution levels and reduce costly health problems
thedriven.io

Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF
aviationweek.com

Watch never-before-seen footage of the Titanic shipwreck from the 1980s
popsci.com

Scientists Can Now Map Lightning in 3D
eos.org • (see also)

Great Salt Lake’s retreat poses a major fear: poisonous dust clouds
theguardian.com

How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments
lithub.com • (see also)

Winners of the 2022 Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
theatlantic.com

Forensic study finds Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned
theguardian.com • (see also)

Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You
themarkup.org

Where do stolen bikes go?
news.mit.edu

Dark energy could be created inside black holes, scientists claim
theguardian.com

Packing Aerogel With Uranium Could Give Us The Space Engine We’ve Been Looking For
sciencealert.com

‘This Is Absurd’: Train Cars That Derailed in Ohio Were Labeled Non-Hazardous
gizmodo.com

Paleotsunami Detectives Hunt for Ancient Disasters
hakaimagazine.com • (see also)

How train tunnels beneath Amsterdam revealed a medieval treasure trove
cnn.com

‘Perfect explosion’: merger of neutron stars creates spherical cosmic blast
theguardian.com

The American Heiress Who Risked Everything to Resist the Nazis
smithsonianmag.com

Scientists Finally Found Out What a ‘Monkey Mermaid’ Mummy Really Is
vice.com • (see also)

160-Year-Old Civil War Artillery Shell Found at Gettysburg
smithsonianmag.com

After a decade in development, Japan’s H3 rocket is ready for its debut
arstechnica.com

Webb Telescope Uses Gravitational Lensing to Scrutinize Pandora’s Cluster
gizmodo.com

NASA’s “evolved structures” radically reduce weight
newatlas.com • (see also)

The mysterious doodles hidden in a 1,300-year-old book
bbc.com

Being declared dead when you’re still alive – why these very rare events occur
theconversation.com

Giant Viruses Grew Out of Small Ones: Study
the-scientist.com

Residents Near Train Disaster Report Dying Animals, Sicknesses, Despite Officials Saying It’s Safe
futurism.com

What happened next to the Thai cave rescue boys?
bbc.com

The Food Expiration Dates You Should Actually Follow
nytimes.com

This Bird-Flu Outbreak Is Unprecedented
theatlantic.com

Scientists Reveal How Humans First Populated The Ancient Megacontinent of Sahul
sciencealert.com

The ancient diseases that plagued the dinosaurs
bbc.com

NASA’s James Webb telescope discovers new galaxy that “mirrors the early Milky Way”
salon.com

Why the human genome was never completed
bbc.com

Ultrafast photoacoustic imaging provides new insights into brain function
newatlas.com

Video: Why Some Roadways Are Made of Styrofoam [15:52]
youtube.com

Promising male contraceptive pill works in 30 minutes, wears off in a day
newatlas.com

How to see without eyes or a protein that senses light
arstechnica.com • (see also)

What was it like to grow up in the last Ice Age?
aeon.co

Audiobook Narrators Fear Apple Used Their Voices to Train AI
wired.com

Turkey’s Erdogan boasted of letting builders evade earthquake codes in 2019
npr.org

NASA prepares for asteroid 99942 Apophis’ Earth approach
latimes.com • (see also)

Laserwort: The possible origin of the Valentine’s Day heart
damninteresting.com

Quantum Entanglement Isn’t All That Spooky After All
scientificamerican.com

The Booby Traps of Qin Shi Huang’s Tomb: Fact, Fiction or Something Even Better?
discovermagazine.com

“Exceptional” new catalyst cheaply splits hydrogen from seawater
newatlas.com

Wrath and awe: a short history of balloons and their power to fire up mob fury
theguardian.com

After a train derailment, Ohio residents are living the plot of a movie they helped make
cnn.com

How an All-Black Female WWII Unit Saved Morale on the Battlefield
smithsonianmag.com

The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”
crimereads.com

Australian researchers find protein in lung that blocks COVID infection
axios.com

Creatures That Don’t Conform
emergencemagazine.org

How These Animals Can Regenerate and Why Humans Can’t
discovermagazine.com

What a second-century Roman citizen, Lucian, can teach us about diversity and acceptance
theconversation.com

Voice Actors Are Having Their Voices Stolen by AI
gizmodo.com