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How will we react when the aliens arrive?
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Video: The Mysterious Explosion on the Moon Shouldn’t Have Happened [17:00]
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This week: 🥩Mile-high gourmet, 🌙lunar nukes, 🤖blinking robots, and more!
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How a Threadbare ‘Bag of Secrets’ Led to Guy Fawkes’s Gruesome Execution
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‘You can’t be – they’re all dead’: the miracle and tragedy of Tasmania’s Blythe Star shipwreck
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The Hidden Dangers of the Decentralized Web
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Can NASA’s Artemis moon missions count on using lunar water ice?
space.com

The global thickness and density of the Martian crust revealed
techexplorist.com

Is Consciousness More Like Chess or the Weather?
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We’re effectively alone in the Universe, and that’s OK
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The Young Miners Dying of “An Old Man’s Disease”
inthesetimes.com

The Time Arthur Conan Doyle Got Pranked So Hard He Claimed Fairies Exist
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Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same
livescience.com

On this day in 1984 Michael Larson pressed his luck
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What are the odds of a successful space launch?
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Comb Jellies May Be the World’s Oldest Animal Group
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Some black holes may actually be tangles in the fabric of space-time, new research suggests
livescience.com

Genetically modified eggs may mean the end of allergies
newatlas.com

Time is not an illusion. It’s an object with physical size
aeon.co

New York City is sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers, new research finds
theguardian.com

Future space food could be made from astronaut breath
technologyreview.com

A Centuries-Old Mystery: Did This Elusive Viking City Exist?
nytimes.com

Astronomers Find an Earth-Sized World That May Be Carpeted in Volcanoes
universetoday.com

To Pay Rent in Medieval England, Catch Some Eels
atlasobscura.com

Video: Why Did America Abandon Route 66? [43:55]
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On this day in 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted
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Secret Messages Can Hide in AI-Generated Media
quantamagazine.org

Searching for the matter that hides its shine
symmetrymagazine.org

Ennedi Massif: Africa’s remote geological wonder
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By Fighting the Ozone Hole, We Accidentally Saved Ourselves
hakaimagazine.com

This Spider Is Imperfect, and That May Be the Secret of Its Survival
nytimes.com

ChatGPT can’t think – consciousness is something entirely different to today’s AI
theconversation.com

Also on this day in 1927, Grace Fryer filed a lawsuit against the employer who was killing her with radioactive paint
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On this day in 1927 an unhinged custodian blew up a school
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The Daring Robot Surgery That Saved a Man’s Life
wired.com

Could restaurants solve the world’s jellyfish problem?
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Sharks are older than Saturn’s rings
zmescience.com

Study Offers New Twist in How the First Humans Evolved
nytimes.com

The Oldest Known Blueprints Depict Stone Age ‘Megastructures’
vice.com

A Jungle Prison Becomes a Spaceport
supercluster.com

Drawing the Deep Sea from a Seat on the Shore
hakaimagazine.com • (see also)

AI Shouldn’t Decide What’s True
nautil.us

The rubbishscapes of Essex: why our buried trash is back to haunt us
theguardian.com

Video: Why is Older NASA Launch Film Footage Still the Best? [14:54]
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Video: This Lego-Inspired City Was Unfinished — Until Now [16:56]
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See the World’s Unsold Clothing in a Huge Desert Pileup
gizmodo.com

Bees can learn, remember, think and make decisions – here’s a look at how they navigate the world
theconversation.com

Video: Living in the Coldest Villages on Earth [35:10]
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Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot
theverge.com

This Soft Robot Unfurls Inside the Skull
spectrum.ieee.org

The splat is out of the bag: a first-ever look at the making of the Rorschach test
theguardian.com

The complicated history of how the Earth’s atmosphere became breathable
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Sex-Cult Rocket Man
daily.jstor.org

Apollo: How Moon missions changed the modern world
bbc.com

What’s a President to Do When a Nation’s Capital Is Sinking? Move It.
nytimes.com

CNET Published AI-Generated Stories. Then Its Staff Pushed Back
wired.com

Replication of high-temperature superconductor comes up empty
arstechnica.com

Video: Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions: What Really Happened? [16:43]
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1.7 billion Tyrannosaurus rexes walked the Earth before going extinct, new study estimates
livescience.com

In this day 1899, Nikola Tesla arrived in Colorado Springs to conduct groundbreaking wireless electricity experiments
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