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28 February 2023

Video: No time to die: the resurrection of Manx Gaelic [8:46]

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80 years ago today a team of Norwegian commandos sabotaged the Nazi effort to build an A-bomb

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New quantum state boosts material’s conductivity by a billion percent

newatlas.com

How to Print Money

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Ford patents car that can repossess itself and drive back to showroom

newscientist.com

Rare insect found at Arkansas Walmart sets historic record, points to deeper ecological questions

phys.org

Medieval medicine: the return to maggots and leeches to treat ailments

theguardian.com

Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn’t exist has a long evolutionary history

theconversation.com • (see also)

See Rare Images of Early 20th-Century Antarctic Expeditions

smithsonianmag.com

The tiny diamond sphere that could unlock clean power

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27 February 2023

Photos: International Polar Bear Day

theatlantic.com

Video: The Prime Number Race (with 3Blue1Brown) [20:28]

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‘Far from justice’: why are nearly half of US murders going unsolved?

theguardian.com

How the Biggest Fraud in German History Unravelled

newyorker.com

The most dangerous substance known to man

worksinprogress.co

Physicists Levitated a Glass Nanosphere, Nudging It Into The Realm of Quantum Mechanics

sciencealert.com

On this day in 1741 a secret squadron sailed through the Straits le Maire⁠—the gateway to the dreaded Drake Passage

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Scientists Have Made Cocaine From a Tobacco Plant

discovermagazine.com

Could deep boreholes solve our nuclear waste problem?

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Fourier Transforms: The Math That Made Color TV Possible

popularmechanics.com

Video: This Gun Could Reach Space [19:33]

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Strange Solar Gamma Rays Discovered at Even Higher Energies

quantamagazine.org

Video: This is “impossible”, but New Zealand is trying anyway. [9:16]

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Should you avoid eating burnt food?

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The Milky Way’s Black Hole is About to Eat 278 Trillion Mile Gas Cloud

inverse.com

From Piltdown Man to anti-vaxxers … What science’s worst hoaxes can teach us

theguardian.com

No One Knows If Decades-Old Nukes Would Actually Work

wired.com

Scientists Have Recorded Brain Waves From Octopuses Just Living Their Lives

sciencealert.com

These scientists lugged logs on their heads to resolve Chaco Canyon mystery

arstechnica.com

Giant Zombie Atoms of the Cosmos

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Astronomers Have Detected Signs of The Largest Magnetic Fields in The Universe

sciencealert.com

Where We Get Wind From May Blow You Away

sciencealert.com

4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq

livescience.com

‘Something Was Badly Wrong’: When Washington Realized Russia Was Actually Invading Ukraine

politico.com

Wormholes might bend light like black holes do — and that could be the key to finding them

livescience.com

24 February 2023

Giant Claw for Removing Space Junk Is Now One Step Closer to Reality

gizmodo.com

Video: How This Lizard Conspiracy Led to Murder [11:34]

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This week: 🍫Wonka vs. OSHA, 👽first contact protocol, 💊pills for men, and more!

damninteresting.com

Even hackers are reportedly getting laid off by organized crime groups

businessinsider.com

An End to “Gilder’s Palsy”

mcgill.ca

Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers

arstechnica.com

How a 26-Year-Old Steven Spielberg Made Jaws… and Nearly Lost His Career in the Process

lithub.com

First look at Ryugu asteroid sample reveals it is organic-rich

phys.org

Secret crawlspace cryptomine discovered in routine inspection of MA high school

arstechnica.com

The First Law of Thermodynamics Has Been Rewritten

popularmechanics.com

‘Experience: I gave birth to the world’s ‘8 billionth baby’’

theguardian.com

The Earthshaking History of San Francisco’s Quake Shacks

atlasobscura.com

On this day in 1942, something—or nothing—attempted to invade Los Angeles

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Marshall Islands Wave Charts

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Video: ICELAND Epic Landscapes from Above [6:01]

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‘They wanted children’: Ukrainian doctors say they lied to keep kids safe from Russian troops

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Astronomers found a ‘runaway’ black hole as wide as 20 million suns

bgr.com

What Really Happens to Military Pilots That Defect to America

popularmechanics.com

Tomb raiders, crooked art dealers, and museum curators fed billionaire Michael Steinhardt’s addiction to antiquities. Many also happened to be stolen.

nymag.com

Surprising ‘forbidden planet’ discovered outside our solar system

cnn.com

Medieval Pantry Stocked With Spices Found in 500-Year-Old Shipwreck

smithsonianmag.com

23 February 2023

Scientists Discover How to Speed Up, Reverse Time: What It Means

popularmechanics.com

Fuel Cleanup Underway After Rocket Crash in Alaska

gizmodo.com

Mystery of How Psychedelic Drugs Rapidly Rebuild Neural Connections Solved

thedebrief.org

The White Specks in This Image Aren’t Stars or Galaxies. They’re Black Holes

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Video: No time to die: the resurrection of Manx Gaelic [8:46]

80 years ago today a team of Norwegian commandos sabotaged the Nazi effort to build an A-bomb

New quantum state boosts material’s conductivity by a billion percent

How to Print Money

Ford patents car that can repossess itself and drive back to showroom

Rare insect found at Arkansas Walmart sets historic record, points to deeper ecological questions

Medieval medicine: the return to maggots and leeches to treat ailments

Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn’t exist has a long evolutionary history

See Rare Images of Early 20th-Century Antarctic Expeditions

The tiny diamond sphere that could unlock clean power

Photos: International Polar Bear Day

Video: The Prime Number Race (with 3Blue1Brown) [20:28]

‘Far from justice’: why are nearly half of US murders going unsolved?

How the Biggest Fraud in German History Unravelled

The most dangerous substance known to man

Physicists Levitated a Glass Nanosphere, Nudging It Into The Realm of Quantum Mechanics

On this day in 1741 a secret squadron sailed through the Straits le Maire⁠—the gateway to the dreaded Drake Passage

Scientists Have Made Cocaine From a Tobacco Plant

Could deep boreholes solve our nuclear waste problem?

Fourier Transforms: The Math That Made Color TV Possible

Video: This Gun Could Reach Space [19:33]

Strange Solar Gamma Rays Discovered at Even Higher Energies

Video: This is “impossible”, but New Zealand is trying anyway. [9:16]

Should you avoid eating burnt food?

The Milky Way’s Black Hole is About to Eat 278 Trillion Mile Gas Cloud

From Piltdown Man to anti-vaxxers … What science’s worst hoaxes can teach us

No One Knows If Decades-Old Nukes Would Actually Work

Scientists Have Recorded Brain Waves From Octopuses Just Living Their Lives

These scientists lugged logs on their heads to resolve Chaco Canyon mystery

Giant Zombie Atoms of the Cosmos

Astronomers Have Detected Signs of The Largest Magnetic Fields in The Universe

Where We Get Wind From May Blow You Away

4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq

‘Something Was Badly Wrong’: When Washington Realized Russia Was Actually Invading Ukraine

Wormholes might bend light like black holes do — and that could be the key to finding them

Giant Claw for Removing Space Junk Is Now One Step Closer to Reality

Video: How This Lizard Conspiracy Led to Murder [11:34]

This week: 🍫Wonka vs. OSHA, 👽first contact protocol, 💊pills for men, and more!

Even hackers are reportedly getting laid off by organized crime groups

An End to “Gilder’s Palsy”

Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers

How a 26-Year-Old Steven Spielberg Made Jaws… and Nearly Lost His Career in the Process

First look at Ryugu asteroid sample reveals it is organic-rich

Secret crawlspace cryptomine discovered in routine inspection of MA high school

The First Law of Thermodynamics Has Been Rewritten

‘Experience: I gave birth to the world’s ‘8 billionth baby’’

The Earthshaking History of San Francisco’s Quake Shacks

On this day in 1942, something—or nothing—attempted to invade Los Angeles

Marshall Islands Wave Charts

Video: ICELAND Epic Landscapes from Above [6:01]

‘They wanted children’: Ukrainian doctors say they lied to keep kids safe from Russian troops

Astronomers found a ‘runaway’ black hole as wide as 20 million suns

What Really Happens to Military Pilots That Defect to America

Tomb raiders, crooked art dealers, and museum curators fed billionaire Michael Steinhardt’s addiction to antiquities. Many also happened to be stolen.

Surprising ‘forbidden planet’ discovered outside our solar system

Medieval Pantry Stocked With Spices Found in 500-Year-Old Shipwreck

Scientists Discover How to Speed Up, Reverse Time: What It Means

Fuel Cleanup Underway After Rocket Crash in Alaska

Mystery of How Psychedelic Drugs Rapidly Rebuild Neural Connections Solved

The White Specks in This Image Aren’t Stars or Galaxies. They’re Black Holes

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