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How an eccentric English tech guru helped guide Allende’s socialist Chile
theguardian.com • (see also)

NASA Unveils an X-Plane They Hope Will Save Earth
goodnewsnetwork.org

Play The Nimatron, The World’s First Video Game Invented in 1930s New York
flashbak.com

What’s in a hot dog? Beef, pork, and a complicated history of class dynamics
cbc.ca

Remember the ‘Gimli Glider’? This couple does — he was the pilot and she was a passenger
cbc.ca • (see also)

Why do spiders have 8 legs?
livescience.com

What would happen if we stopped fishing?
bbc.com

‘No more cover-up’: Nazi concentration camps on Channel Island finally to be officially investigated
theguardian.com

Dogs in this French town will have their DNA tested to crack down on poo problem
euronews.com

We Just Discovered What Actually Changes The Size of Your Pupils
sciencealert.com

40 years ago today a passenger liner ran out of fuel mid-flight
damninteresting.com

Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits
space.com

How can contemporary biographers contend with the explosion of materials at their disposal?
daily.jstor.org

Centuries on, Newton’s gravitational constant still can’t be pinned down
sciencenews.org • (see also)

This week: Anti-bird nests, yeast overlords, Coriolis lies, and more!
damninteresting.com

GPS satellites may be able to detect earthquakes before they happen
space.com

A massive galaxy with no dark matter?
curiosmos.com

The Chicago Mob vs. the World’s Fair
crimereads.com

World’s largest 3D-printed housing development reveals completed model home
newatlas.com

Lawn and Order: Green Spaces for a Better Society
daily.jstor.org

How Many Dinosaurs Remain Undiscovered?
smithsonianmag.com

Trinity Nuclear Test’s Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico, Study Finds
nytimes.com • (see also)

Carl Sagan’s personal Golden Record tapes go on the block
newatlas.com • (see also)

Mercury’s X-Ray Aurora Proves It’s The Most Goth Planet
inverse.com

Zooming across time and space simultaneously with superresolution to understand how cells divide
theconversation.com

Did That Message Come From Earth or Space? Now SETI Researchers can be Sure
universetoday.com • (see also)

Video: The Shipwreck That Brought The US Into WWI [49:44]
youtube.com

Thanks to ‘Galactic Noise,’ We’re Still Hunting for the First Stars in Our Universe
popularmechanics.com

Malibu Stacy: The Untold Story of ‘The Simpsons’ vs. Barbie
vanityfair.com

Some Humans Create This Temporary, Alien Organ Which Has Baffled Scientists Until Now
inverse.com

Hubble sees boulders escaping from asteroid Dimorphos
esa.int

Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, will retract at least three papers
stanforddaily.com

Prehistoric people in Spain mastered climbing with rope ladders around 7,500 years ago
zmescience.com

James Webb Space Telescope detects interstellar dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time
ox.ac.uk

How Apollo 11 inspired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson
space.com

New Toothpaste Study Reveals a Viable Alternative to Fluoride
sciencealert.com

Sex in space: why it’s worrying that the space tourism sector hasn’t considered the consequences
theconversation.com

Self-healing metal? It’s not just the stuff of science fiction
reuters.com

Inside This Extraordinary Living Lab
nautil.us

Why Einstein Was Not Part of the Manhattan Project
businessinsider.com

They all have a 50-50 chance of inheriting a cruel genetic mutation — which means disappearing into dementia in middle age. This is the story of what it’s like to live with those odds.
nytimes.com

Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988
arstechnica.com

Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator
arstechnica.com

Study Reveals the Best Place to Stand in Your House During a Nuclear Attack
popularmechanics.com

Gizmodo Owner Vows to Keep Publishing AI-Generated Articles After Error-Filled Debut
futurism.com

Kitchen shrine serpents and more fascinating new Pompeii discoveries
bbc.com

First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history
theconversation.com • (see also)

Can Wikipedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process?
nytimes.com

How AI is bringing film stars back from the dead
bbc.com

Video: Fiery crash as passenger train ploughs into truck in Indonesia [00:34]
bbc.com

Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed?
nature.com • (see also)

The Psychology Behind Playing Hard-to-Get: Is It Effective?
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Two-faced star exposed: Unusual white dwarf with a hydrogen side and a helium side
phys.org

Autonomous, omnidirectional hamster ball robot can fly over obstacles
newatlas.com

Scientists discover ‘glitched’ neutron star that obliterated an asteroid, then fired off a brilliant explosion
space.com

Scientists discover ancient, underwater volcano is still active — and covered in up to a million giant eggs
yahoo.com

What the automation of telephone operators tells us about AI’s effect on work
vox.com

JWST Just Detected Carbon in The Cosmic Dawn… Before We Thought Carbon Was Possible
sciencealert.com

Video: Deep Fakes are About to Change Everything [20:40]
youtube.com

The Existential Crisis of Writing for Free
thewalrus.ca