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NASA released wild footage of Mars helicopter flying over alien desert
mashable.com

Searching for Lost Time in the World’s Most Beautiful Calendar
nytimes.com • (see also)

Searching for the Golden Triangle’s “Opium Queen”
crimereads.com

How to watch SpaceX launch its 1st Starship test flight on April 17
space.com

Bizarre object 10 million times brighter than the sun defies physics, NASA says
space.com

What life might be like in alien oceans
bbc.com

A Snapshot of the Many and Various Criminals Aboard the Titanic
crimereads.com

The Time Thief Who Stole 106 Rare Clocks in a Daring Heist
smithsonianmag.com

This week: 🐍Airborne cobra, 🏝️castaway preppers, 🍄curse of the mushroom, and more!
damninteresting.com

This Is Still the Hottest Place on Earth
popularmechanics.com

Man Rescued After Getting Trapped Inside Famous Sculpture
smithsonianmag.com

Treasure Hunters May Have Found Jesse James’s Lost Gold
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A Cancelation in 1934
daily.jstor.org

Video: How Henson Puppeteers Bring Puppets to Life [21:29]
youtube.com

NASA’s Mars helicopter was supposed to fly for one month. It just took its 50th flight nearly two years later.
houstonchronicle.com

Beatriz Flamini: Athlete emerges after 500 days living in cave
bbc.com

European spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons
apnews.com

Saving the Mystery Symbols Carved into Australia’s Boab Trees
atlasobscura.com

How Do Animals Evolve to Be So Colorful?
discovermagazine.com

And the winner is … Sony World Photography awards 2023 – in pictures
theguardian.com

Fortune Cookie Writers May Be Losing Their Jobs to A.I.
foodandwine.com

Museum Offering $25,000 Reward for Fragment of ‘Incredibly Rare’ Fireball That Flew Over Maine
people.com

Chemical reactions on the early Earth may have formed its ocean
arstechnica.com

Illeism: The way to be more objective and less biased in one’s thinking
bbc.com

Physicists Have Successfully Generated Tiny Solar Flares In The Lab
sciencealert.com

Scientists Broke a Major Computer Design Barrier — And It Could Change Tech As We Know It
inverse.com

Video: How solar energy got so cheap [6:30]
youtube.com

The U.S. Cracked a $3.4 Billion Crypto Heist—and Bitcoin’s Anonymity
archive.is

Why do mass shooters kill? It’s about more than having a grievance
theconversation.com

The surprising science of how pregnancy begins
npr.org

James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest black hole in the universe — a cosmic monster 10 million times heavier than the sun
space.com

Rajasthan: An error that sent Indian teen to death row for 25 years
bbc.com

Three Climbers Are Missing on Mount Everest After a Massive Avalanche
outsideonline.com • (see also)

Newfound asteroid is a long-term ‘quasi-moon’ of Earth
space.com

Ageing studies in five animals suggests how to reverse decline
nature.com

X-15 and the Pioneers of Hypersonic Flight
supercluster.com

How medieval thinkers did physics without knowing it
aeon.co

Are coincidences real?
theguardian.com • (see also)

Teddy Roosevelt’s Perilous Expedition on the Amazon
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

NYPD robocops: Hulking, 400-lb robots will start patrolling New York City
arstechnica.com

Is the United States in a Space Race Against China?
gizmodo.com

In the turbulent Drake Passage, scientists find a rare window where carbon sinks quickly into the deep ocean
theconversation.com • (see also)

How evolution made humans more like birds than other mammals
aeon.co

Inside the 3D-printed box in Texas where humans will prepare for Mars
theguardian.com

A Leak at the Bottom of the Sea May Be a Harbinger of Doom
thedailybeast.com

Sea cucumbers use their butts to spray defensive goop
popsci.com

Even when we know they’re “fake,” placebos can tame our emotional distress
nautil.us

In wake of James Webb controversy, NASA plans to avoid naming future missions after people
houstonchronicle.com

On the hunt for the businessmen behind a billion-dollar scam
bbc.com

The rich are pouring millions into life extension research – but does it have any ethical value?
theconversation.com

Video: Hollywood’s Horror Chef [5:11]
youtube.com

What dining in the dark does to your tastebuds
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Mayan ball game scoreboard thought to be over 1,000 years old found in Mexico
theguardian.com

The poop emoji: a legal history
theverge.com

5.7-terapixel global map of Mars zooms right down to crater-scale
newatlas.com

AI Can Clone Your Favorite Podcast Host’s Voice
wired.com

The man who walked around the world: Tom Turcich on his seven-year search for the meaning of life
theguardian.com

Someone Directed an AI to “Destroy Humanity” and It Tried Its Best
futurism.com

Strange new material discovered in “fossilized lightning”
newatlas.com

Monuments Men in Pictures: Rescuing the World’s Artistic Heritage from the Nazis, 1943-1945
rarehistoricalphotos.com