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New Zealand plans to wipe out every last rat, possum and stoat. Can the plan work?
bbc.com

Video: Deadly Mistake That Sank The Costa Concordia [1:27:18]
youtube.com

These ‘beatboxing’ orangutans may shed light on the evolution of human speech
sciencefocus.com

The digital future may rely on ultrafast optical electronics and computers
theconversation.com

Prigozhin Showed Russians That They Might Have a Choice
newyorker.com

The Bizarre, True Story of the World’s Greatest Living Art Thief
lithub.com

Forgotten Object du Jour: The Vinaigrette
messynessychic.com

Megalodons were warm-blooded, and it may have led to their demise
sciencefocus.com

As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it?
knowablemagazine.org

How Thomas Edison Tricked the Press Into Believing He’d Invented the Light Bulb
smithsonianmag.com

Magnetic bacteria provide clues for the early diversification of bacteria
phys.org

Antarctica’s mysterious Blood Falls aren’t made by minerals after all
newatlas.com

How George Washington Wrote His Farewell Address
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

JWST Just Dropped Its First, Raw Images of Saturn
sciencealert.com

Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show
phys.org

Video: Can this house slow down time? [15:18]
youtube.com

The Battle of the Beanfield – 1 June 1985
flashbak.com

Preserving the LGBTQ Legacy of One of America’s Most Historic Homes
atlasobscura.com

There Will Never Be Another Second Life
theatlantic.com

Hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Designs Were Never Built. Here’s What They Might Have Looked Like
smithsonianmag.com

OceanGate CEO Bragged About Using Expired Carbon Fiber to Build Doomed Sub
futurism.com

Thanks to a Tapeworm Parasite, European Ants Live Long, Cushy Lives
discovermagazine.com

Did Nim the chimpanzee actually learn American Sign Language?
salon.com • (see also)

Step inside the world’s only nuclear-powered passenger ship
npr.org

The Divine Comedy of Roman Emperors’ Last Words
newyorker.com

The Secret Messages in Ancient Storms
nautil.us

3 people have acquired malaria in the US. They’re the first in 20 years.
vox.com

The Wild World of Extreme Tourism for Billionaires
wired.com

Webb Makes First Detection of Crucial Carbon Molecule
webbtelescope.org

How a Venetian Monk Created the First Annotated Map of the World
lithub.com

How a dose of MDMA transformed a white supremacist
bbc.com

Computer memory prototype ditches 1s and 0s for denser data storage
newatlas.com

Video: The first jungle gym was meant to hack kids’ brains [3:42]
youtube.com

Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads
technologyreview.com

Fusion, Recoil, Discovery: A New Type of Atomic Nucleus Discovered
scitechdaily.com • (see also)

The One-Shot Drug That Keeps on Dosing
wired.com

NASA successfully recycles 98 percent of urine and sweat into drinking water on the ISS
interestingengineering.com

Fossil marks suggest hominids butchered one another around 1.45 million years ago
sciencenews.org

What Medieval Manuscripts Reveal About the Hidden History of Whales
smithsonianmag.com

Can you solve it? The simple question almost everyone gets wrong
theguardian.com

A Big Gravitational Wave Announcement Is Coming Thursday. Here’s Why We’re Excited
sciencealert.com

Isabelle Eberhardt: Travel’s Rebel with a Cause
daily.jstor.org

Found in Ancient Spa, Stunningly Preserved Bronze Statues Go on View in Rome
smithsonianmag.com

‘Where in the brain is my sense of self?’
scopeblog.stanford.edu

Strange Objects Found at The Galactic Center Are Like Nothing Else in The Milky Way
sciencealert.com

Can parents give their children too much attention?
theconversation.com

The deadly legacy of a stem cell charlatan
bmj.com

When wealthy adventurers take huge risks, who should foot the bill for rescue attempts?
apnews.com

See the ‘monster’ sunspot that launched the Carrington Event, the most devastating solar storm in recorded history
livescience.com • (see also)

The women who run Antarctica’s ‘penguin post office’
cnn.com

There’s a gravity ‘hole’ in the Indian Ocean and now we may know why
archive.is

Liquid metal could turn everyday things like paper into smart objects
arstechnica.com

‘Highly unusual’: lost 17th-century portrait of black and white women as equals saved for UK
theguardian.com

“Cytoelectric Coupling”: A Groundbreaking Hypothesis on How Our Brains Function
scitechdaily.com

The Clouds of Venus Could Support Life
universetoday.com

Astronomers find a brand new way that stars die
zmescience.com

Are hummingbirds getting drunk on flowers?
newatlas.com

NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag—and it’s colossal
arstechnica.com

Inside Barbie’s Dreamhouse: Her Iconic Home and the American Dream
nytimes.com

Titan Sub Lacked Standard Location Tech That Would Have Made Finding It “Routine”
inverse.com