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Ukraine redesigned its most famous monument to be a gigantic ‘screw you’ to Putin
fastcompany.com

Meet the Kākāpō, an Endangered Flightless Parrot That Smells Good, and Looks Like a Muppet
mossandfog.com • (see also)

Starliner undergoing three independent investigations as flight slips to 2024
arstechnica.com

Remarkable Chinese Fossil Reveals Reptiles Using Whale-Like Filter Feeding 250 Million Years Ago
scitechdaily.com

Mars Keeps Spinning Faster, And Scientists Don’t Know Why
sciencealert.com

Scientists make eye-opening discovery in deep sea caves
mashable.com

Italian man crushed to death under falling cheese wheels
bbc.com

More than Half of Earth’s Species Live Underground
scientificamerican.com

The Dream of Geothermal Energy Is Alive in Utah
wired.com

The war hero without a name: London museum hunts for Wren’s identity
theguardian.com

True shape of lithium revealed for the first time
phys.org

Russia to launch first lunar mission in nearly half a century Friday
france24.com

Who murdered Tupac Shakur? Only one man knows for sure
theguardian.com

Archaeologists are too scared to open the tomb of China’s first emperor because they fear booby traps
businessinsider.com

Is That Really Your Boss on the Phone?
nautil.us

Some Metal Meteorites Have a Tiny Magnetic Field. But How?
universetoday.com

Plastic rocks, plutonium, and chicken bones: the markers we’re laying down in deep time
theconversation.com

Eight key questions about lab-grown meat
cosmosmagazine.com

India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon rover enters lunar orbit, snaps stunning photos (video)
space.com

Before he developed the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s early work revolutionized the field of quantum chemistry – and his theory is still used today
theconversation.com

500-Million-Year-Old “Dune” Monster Unveiled
scitechdaily.com

‘The most magical equation in physics’: How Paul Dirac accidentally revealed the strange world of antimatter
livescience.com

The Protests Inside Iran’s Girls’ Schools
newyorker.com

Video: This town banned cars (except tiny electric ones) [5:58]
youtube.com

The Lunar Codex Will Archive the Work of 30,000 Artists—on the Moon
smithsonianmag.com

New Calculations Show How to Escape Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox
quantamagazine.org

Solar Surprise: Scientists Discover Unprecedented High-Energy Light Coming From the Sun
scitechdaily.com

Scientists Are One Step Closer to Proving That Dark Matter Is Made Up of ‘Fuzzy’ Little Axions
popularmechanics.com

Binary system discovered with two stars so close together they could fit inside the sun
phys.org

Ancient Skull Found in China Is Unlike Any Human Seen Before
sciencealert.com

New Damn Interesting announcement: Giving the Bird the Bird
damninteresting.com

Underground Cells Make “Dark Oxygen” Without Light
nautil.us

Video: Deep Cleaning A $12,500 Tabriz Persian Rug [8:15]
youtube.com

This jellyfish was the terror of the sea 500 million years ago
cbc.ca • (see also)

Stack Rock Fort: Victorian island reclaimed by nature
bbc.com

Our Galaxy Is Home to Trillions of Worlds Gone Rogue
nytimes.com

What is the biggest spider in the world?
livescience.com

We Are All Animals at Night
hazlitt.net

It Conveyed Them: When The Beatles Recorded “Twist and Shout”
lithub.com

Video: ‘What I learned from taking a train across the US’ [12:56]
youtube.com

Henrietta Lacks Family Reaches Settlement With Biotech Company Over Her ‘Immortal’ Cells
gizmodo.com • (see also)

First-of-its-kind tech restores movement, feeling to quadriplegic man
newatlas.com

In Pictures: Eight spectacular photos from a US storm chaser
bbc.com

The aftermath: how the Beirut explosion has left scars on an already broken Lebanon
theguardian.com

NASA restores contact with lost Voyager 2 space probe after two weeks of silence
washingtonpost.com

The Art of Telling Forbidden Stories in China
nytimes.com

This week: X v. Dunkin, ✈️driving planes, dog doo DNA, and more!
damninteresting.com

The Cartel That Controls the US Meat Industry
statecraft.beehiiv.com

James Webb telescope captures end stages of dying star’s life
bbc.com

An Aging Expert Thinks Humans Can Live for 20,000 Years. He’s Not Crazy.
popularmechanics.com

Scientists Uncover a Surprising Link Between Pure Mathematics and Genetics
scitechdaily.com

James Webb Space Telescope spies cosmic question mark in deep space
space.com

How a Pinochet ‘death flight’ helicopter became UK gamepark prop
theguardian.com • (see also)

What’s going on with the reports of a room-temperature superconductor?
arstechnica.com

Ocean surface hits highest ever recorded temperature and set to rise further
theguardian.com

The Enticing Mysteries of U.F.O. Photography
newyorker.com

The Australian town where people live underground
bbc.com

Exposure to Certain Fragrances During Sleep Dramatically Boosts Cognitive Function
sciencealert.com

The Psychopathic Path to Success
nautil.us • (see also)

DNA From Beethoven’s Hair Reveals Surprise Almost 200 Years Later
sciencealert.com