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Here’s the Deal With Las Vegas’ Huge Psychedelic Orb
gizmodo.com

How the 1918 Pandemic Revolutionized Virology
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Video: Why Is Desalination So Difficult? [20:31]
youtube.com

Scientists Just Created Artificial Cells That Evolve Faster Than Natural Ones
inverse.com

Video: ‘Oumuamua Is Not the Only Object Inexplicably Accelerating [14:23]
youtube.com

Io9 Staff Horrified as Site Publishes Error-Filled AI Generated Garbage
futurism.com

Winners of the 2023 Drone Photo Awards
mossandfog.com

The Bizarre Story of the ‘Cowboy Mutiny’
crimereads.com

An end to malaria? Scientists find a way to suppress mosquitoes carrying deadly parasite
cosmosmagazine.com

Earth’s Core Keeps Getting Weirder
inverse.com

Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted, could explain why modern birds survived while other dinosaurs died
phys.org

Eric Schmidt: This is how AI will transform how science gets done
technologyreview.com

Plasma-based noise cancellation could silence rooms, cars and planes
newatlas.com

Women Against Women’s Suffrage
daily.jstor.org

A Saskatchewan judge says a thumbs-up emoji can amount to a contractual agreement
cbc.ca

The mystery of microbes that live inside tumours
bbc.com

A gigantic landslide shows the limit to how high mountains can grow
archive.is

Archaeologists may have found ruins of fabled entrance to Zapotec underworld
arstechnica.com

How the Chocolate Islands are rediscovering their roots
bbc.com

Meet the Scientists Working to Prevent Interplanetary Contamination
gizmodo.com

Despite advances in molecular genetics, too many biologists think that natural selection is driven by random mutations
aeon.co

Watch Baby Octopuses Hatch from a Surprising Deep-Sea Nursery
scientificamerican.com

Workers find 2,000-year-old family treasure in Italy: photos
miamiherald.com

Bee Bombs and Other Artillery Weapons from a 17th Century Weapons Catalogue
flashbak.com

A New Experiment Casts Doubt on the Leading Theory of the Nucleus
nautil.us • (see also)

Where 9-Year-Olds Do 60 M.P.H.
nytimes.com

‘The Romance Scammer on My Sofa’: A writer’s quest to find the con artist in Nigeria who duped his mother
magazine.atavist.com

This July 4 Was the Earth’s Hottest Day on Record
futurism.com

Orcas are ramming into boats, but experts warn against calling it revenge on humans
cbc.ca

‘I was lost in the desert for nine and a half days – and sustained myself with raw bats and urine’
theguardian.com

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation
lithub.com

Video: ‘We Tried The Tech Changing Movies’ (feat. MKBHD) [16:45]
youtube.com

Why Birds Are Conspiring with Honey Badgers to Steal Honey
discovermagazine.com

Video: Elephant Rifle Annihilates Ballistic Gel at 82,000FPS [20:03]
youtube.com

People with dementia are still able to learn new things, study finds
newatlas.com

Unpublished letter by Abraham Lincoln discovered in Pennsylvania
theguardian.com

The Dark Side of Fungi
nautil.us

Researchers induce cancer cells to ‘commit suicide’ with a self-produced bacterial toxin
phys.org • (see also)

The Metropol Hotel: A Brief History of Moscow’s Legendary (and Notorious) Hotel
crimereads.com

Video: The Genius AI Behind The Sims [21:37]
youtube.com

Ruins found of Munich synagogue destroyed by Hitler
bbc.com

Why Tour de France Cyclists Shave Their Legs
nautil.us

The trauma of Cary Grant: how he thrived after a terrible childhood – as told by his daughter
theguardian.com

AI is an existential threat – just not the way you think
theconversation.com

Researchers develop ‘ice inhibitors’ to protect cells during cryopreservation
ualberta.ca • (see also)

What Pompeii’s ruins say about its enslaved, prostituted women
aeon.co

What a major new study on homelessness in California tells us
vox.com

Amazing Accomplishments the James Webb Telescope Achieved in Its First Year
smithsonianmag.com

NASA’s VIPER Rover’s First Moments on the Moon Might Be its Most Terrifying
universetoday.com

Man Finally Collects $3 Million Lotto Win After Ticket Was Stolen by Cashier
people.com

Meet the President’s Daughter, a “Wild Animal That Had Been Put Into Good Clothes”
messynessychic.com

‘You reach a point where you can’t live your life’: what is behind extreme hoarding?
theguardian.com

Time to take laughter seriously
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Chemists discover why photosynthetic light-harvesting is so efficient
phys.org

Ocomtún: A long-lost Maya city that was just discovered
bbc.com

100 years ago today a booming oil town aimed to become a western metropolis through one of the most ill-conceived boxing matches of all time
damninteresting.com

We’re offline for US Independence Day. But here are some things to read in a pinch:
damninteresting.com

Video: The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics [27:14]
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‘Not so alien’: biologist busts myths and explores enigma of the octopus
theguardian.com

Time Appears to Have Run 5 Times Slower in The Early Universe
sciencealert.com