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Dreams of new physics fade with latest muon magnetism result
nature.com

Video: How the potato made the world [8:25]
youtube.com • (see also)

‘Make mud, not war’: how US used weather warfare in Vietnam
theguardian.com

“I don’t want China to get to the south pole first with humans and then say: this is ours, stay out”
futurism.com • (see also)

World’s Strangest Research Vessel Heads for Scrapyard After 60 Years
maritime-executive.com • (see also)

Presidential Candidate Assassinated in Ecuador Just Days Before Election
vice.com

Two Students Unravel a Widely Believed Math Conjecture
quantamagazine.org

Hydrogen-powered planes almost ready for takeoff
arstechnica.com

The Next Human Genome Challenge
discovermagazine.com

‘Unbelievable’: Astronomer Claims ‘Direct Evidence’ of Gravity Breaking Down
vice.com • (see also)

For the First Time Ever, Scientists Have Observed Quantum Superchemistry
popularmechanics.com

Most distant star ever recorded is more than twice as hot as the sun, about a million times more luminous
cbsnews.com

LK-99 Isn’t a Room Temperature Superconductor After All
popularmechanics.com

Stunning timelapse video captures 17-year journey of exoplanet around its star
space.com

Mars rover finds signs of seasonal floods
arstechnica.com

Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas
theguardian.com

Video: The Race to Replace a Cracked Dam [24:39]
youtube.com

‘Large’ creature — with 20 arms — found lurking in Antarctic sea. It’s a new species
miamiherald.com

Closer Then We Think – Syndicated Visions Of The Future (1958-1961)
flashbak.com

Ancient reptile was riddled with parasites, fossilized poop reveals
cnn.com

Video: The (Second) Most Deadliest Virus on Earth [11:08]
youtube.com

The Civil-Rights Showdown Nobody Remembers
newyorker.com

Do all blue eyed people share a common ancestor?
thetech.org

B.C. woman buried in Amazon packages she did not ask for and does not want
cbc.ca

What are Hollywood actors and writers afraid of? A cinema scholar explains how AI is upending the movie and TV business
theconversation.com

How the Smallest Butterfly in North America Travels Using Gusts of Wind
discovermagazine.com

The atomic bomb marker inside your body
bbc.com

Scientists Just Scanned the Brain of an Animal That’s Been Extinct for 87 Years
inverse.com

Scientists create experimental Alzheimer’s vaccine that delays symptoms in mice
zmescience.com

How many ‘city killer’ asteroids narrowly miss Earth each year?
livescience.com

Tiny Brains In a Dish Could Finally Uncover The Long-standing Mysteries of Psychedelics
inverse.com

When Lord Byron Tried to Buy a Twelve-Year-Old Girl
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

The short, spectacular life of that viral room-temperature superconductivity claim
science.org

The ‘unknome’: A database of human genes we know almost nothing about
phys.org

On this day in 1945, 29-year-old Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived his second atomic bomb
damninteresting.com

She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead.
washingtonpost.com

A New, Chilling Secret About the Manhattan Project Has Just Been Made Public
slate.com • (see also)

A Massive Landslide Beheaded One of the World’s Highest Peaks
eos.org

Video: What happens if you don’t put your phone in airplane mode? [4:54]
youtube.com

The Hidden Harms of CPR
newyorker.com

These 239 Million-Year-Old Fossils Could Help Us Hunt Aliens on Mars
inverse.com

The helicopter on Mars just flew again after surviving an emergency landing
arstechnica.com

Virginia woman sets Guinness World Record for loudest burp by a woman
washingtonpost.com

The painful puzzle of diseases that have no name
bbc.com

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