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Following British Explorer Isabella Bird’s Footsteps Through the Rockies, 150 Years Later
smithsonianmag.com

Light Pollution Is Causing Oyster Insomnia
hakaimagazine.com

Study reveals how mutated protein invades the brain in Parkinson’s
newatlas.com

Rare polar ring galaxy is ‘one of the most spectacular’ astronomers have ever seen
livescience.com

What Would a Trip to Mars Look Like For a Tourist?
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Huge plasma arc wins
bbc.com

Space Delivery: OSIRIS-REx’s Asteroid Sample Touchdown
scitechdaily.com

Video: Italy’s $12BN Bridge Mystery [10:39]
youtube.com

A New Look at One of the Oldest Weapons
nautil.us

Ambitious project aims to create research base over 600 ft underwater
newatlas.com

The importance of shining a light on hidden toxic histories
theconversation.com

Stone Age Artists in Namibia Were Master Track-Makers
discovermagazine.com

Video: This “perpetual motion” device is really clever [9:25]
youtube.com

The widow and the murderer: a friendship born of tragedy
theguardian.com

Lisztomania Enters the Twenty-first Century
newyorker.com

Bend and snap: tiny origami robots fold to control flight
cosmosmagazine.com

On this day in 1979, two desperate families took to the sky in a homemade hot air balloon
damninteresting.com

NASA UAP study team finds no extraterrestrial origins of UFO sightings in 1st report
space.com

Salt taste is surprisingly mysterious
knowablemagazine.org

JWST Just Measured The Expansion Rate of The Universe. Astronomers Are Stumped.
sciencealert.com

Video: Herculaneum scrolls: A 20-year journey to read the unreadable [6:46]
youtube.com

Robot Police Dogs Are on Patrol, But Who’s Holding the Leash?
undark.org

New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease
scitechdaily.com

American Caver Mark Dickey Calls His Rescue a “Crazy Adventure”
outsideonline.com

‘You may have been poisoned’: how an independent Russian journalist became a target
theguardian.com

Where Did the Brain Come From?
nautil.us

Tiny submersible may one day explore ice-covered extraterrestrial oceans
newatlas.com • (see also)

Video: NASA’s Plan to Build A Telescope on the Moon [15:05]
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How Do Flies Find Every Stinky Garbage Dumpster? A Biologist Explains Their Sensory Superpower
discovermagazine.com

Video: Putin vs. The Press (full documentary) [52:46]
youtube.com

Wiping Out the Dinosaurs Let Countless Flowers Bloom
nytimes.com

In search of Excalibur – A U.S. family’s quest to solve a WWII mystery
cbc.ca

Seoul’s secret space: vast mysterious tunnel revealed for the first time
theguardian.com

The Hubble Imaged Some Globular Clusters in an Unusual Place: Near the Milky Way’s Centre
universetoday.com

Brain imaging reveals OCD sufferers have difficulty processing certainty
newatlas.com

Amateur Metal Detectorist Makes ‘Gold Find of the Century’ in Norway
smithsonianmag.com

Eclipse Records Pin Dates of 12th and 13th Century Eruptions
eos.org

New mothers may have enhanced ability to see faces in objects
theguardian.com

A Tower of Conjectures That Rests Upon a Needle
quantamagazine.org

JWST deepens major debate over universe’s expansion rate
space.com

NASA to Release, Discuss Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Report
nasa.gov

Video: Why Red Palm Oil Farmers Risk Their Lives For This Precious Cooking Oil [11:25]
youtube.com

The Pirate Preservationists
reason.com

Portuguese town flooded by river of ‘good quality’ red wine
theguardian.com • (see also)

The Race to Catch the Last Nazis
gq.com • (see also)

How Do Venus Flytraps Work, and What Do They Really Eat?
discovermagazine.com

Mathematicians Solve 50-Year-Old Möbius Strip Puzzle
scientificamerican.com

Deadly floods in Libya – in pictures
theguardian.com

Coca-Cola embraces controversial AI image generator with new “Y3000” flavor
arstechnica.com • (see also)

World’s first device to monitor transplanted organ health in real-time
newatlas.com

Footballers wearing jerseys with small numbers are rated as more slender than those wearing big numbers
zmescience.com

Ruby Franke and 8 passengers: The rise and fall of a parenting influencer
bbc.com

Video: That Time The Ocean Lost (Almost) All Its Oxygen [11:33]
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‘A little bit cursed’: how stolen Van Gogh was a ‘headache’ for the criminal world
theguardian.com

Early humans intentionally made baseball-sized spheres — and we’re not sure why
zmescience.com

Why beautiful sadness — in music, in art — evokes a special pleasure
npr.org

The Qing Dynasty ruled China for 250 years before it suddenly collapsed. Scholars now think they know why
zmescience.com • (see also)

How Close Is Science to Solving the Problem of Consciousness?
discovermagazine.com

1,000-Year-Old Mummy With a Full Head of Hair Discovered in Peru
smithsonianmag.com

Videos of ‘Earthquake Lights’ Above Morocco Are an Unexplained Mystery
nytimes.com