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If Your House Was Falling Off a Cliff, Would You Leave?
nytimes.com • (see also)

Mystery of missing Chicago girl Mary Agnes Moroney may be finally solved
chicago.suntimes.com

Surprisingly Few Insects Live in The Ocean, And We May Finally Know Why
sciencealert.com

Betelguese’s Brightening Raises Hopes for a Supernova Spectacle
scientificamerican.com

Genetically modified bananas out to stop Cavendish catastrophe
newatlas.com • (see also)

A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”
arstechnica.com

Video: How the portal illusion works [9:41]
youtube.com

Mouse Study Reveals Unlikely Connection Between Menthol And Alzheimer’s
sciencealert.com

Two rare, unknown Rembrandt portraits worth millions discovered in private collection
cnn.com

We are (mostly) on break until Tuesday, 16 May. In the meantime, we offer some stuff from the archive:
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1944 the Allies began their final assault on Monte Cassino with the assistance of a 500-pound brown bear
damninteresting.com

Video: Controlling Turbulence and Evolution: How Engineers Overcome Uncertainty [12:21]
youtube.com

SolarWinds: The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack
wired.com

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

What Survives in the Atacama Desert?
nytimes.com

Hammerhead Sharks ‘Hold Their Breath’ When Deep Diving
gizmodo.com

The Plot to Steal the Other Secret Inside a Can of Coca-Cola
bloomberg.com • (see also)

From DiscoVision to SelectaVision
daily.jstor.org

Runaway black hole with tail of stars may be galaxy in disguise
space.com

Soap can make humans more attractive to mosquitoes, study finds
theguardian.com

Marine Monsters of the Jurassic Seas Were Twice the Size of Killer Whales
scitechdaily.com

Patient M: The man who started seeing the world backwards after being shot in the head
english.elpais.com • (see also)

‘It’s hell’: life under the American mobile home king who calls himself a ‘grave dancer’
theguardian.com

NASA’s JWST discovers a reflective Mini-Neptune with a steamy atmosphere
interestingengineering.com

Qubits 30 meters apart used to confirm Einstein was wrong about quantum
arstechnica.com

Video: Is there a Black Hole in our Solar System? [11:51]
youtube.com

The Ether Dreams of Fin-de-Siècle Paris
publicdomainreview.org

An 11-Year-Old Climber Fell 50 Feet at an Oregon Crag. He Survived.
outsideonline.com

The 19th-Century Trippers Who Probed the Mind
nautil.us

Dark waters: how the adventure of a lifetime turned to tragedy
theguardian.com

A mysterious object has been spotted that’s 10 million times as bright as the sun. Scientists can’t work out why it hasn’t exploded.
businessinsider.com

How finding a home in America became so absurdly expensive
theguardian.com

Hurricanes of Data: The Tiny Craft Mapping Superstorms at Sea
nytimes.com

This Mauritius Palm Is the Last of Its Kind in the Wild
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Video: Nuclear energy – The fears and the facts around the world’s most contentious energy source [32:54]
youtube.com

Wendy’s to begin replacing drive-thru staff with AI chatbots
newatlas.com • (see also)

Remembering When Horse Diving Was an Actual Thing
atlasobscura.com

What if we tolerated diseases?
knowablemagazine.org

NASA’s Interplanetary Plans May Be Lurching toward Disaster
scientificamerican.com

Researchers craft a fully edible battery
arstechnica.com

A Radical Plan to Make AI Good, Not Evil
wired.com

Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome
nytimes.com

How the Voyager probes keep going and going decades after launch
cnn.com • (see also)

‘Struck by lightning, my face burned and my memory disappeared. Here is how I made it back’
theguardian.com • (see also)

Detailed image of the human retina
ethz.ch

Loving father exposed as a convicted killer who lived life on the run
cnn.com

There’s a New Plan to Relocate Hubble Space Telescope and Extend Its Lifespan
gizmodo.com

Some of the first humans in the Americas came from China, study finds
theguardian.com

Earth Could Soon Be More Detectable by Aliens, Study Says
vice.com • (see also)

Memories may be stored in the membranes of your neurons
theconversation.com

Physicists Create Elusive Particles That Remember Their Pasts
quantamagazine.org

Remembering the Golden Age of Airline Food
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Apparent meteorite strikes house in New Jersey (photos)
space.com

Edward Burtynsky’s photos show the scars of human-altered landscapes
bbc.com

The Team of Sleuths Quietly Hunting Cyberattack-for-Hire Services
wired.com

The Last Gamble of Tokyo Joe
chicagomag.com

Video: Testing Out JPL’s New Snake Robot [2:05]
youtube.com

60 years ago today scientists gave Earth a temporary ring using 480 million tiny copper needles
damninteresting.com

In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived
nytimes.com

Supercomputers have revealed the giant ‘pillars of heat’ funnelling diamonds upwards from deep within Earth
theconversation.com