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Leap seconds could become leap minutes, despite pushback from Russians, Vatican
arstechnica.com

Want to Find Life? Compare a Planet to its Neighbors
universetoday.com

Study uncovers hundred-year lifespans for three freshwater fish species in the Arizona desert
phys.org

Bizarre blip: Cases of fetuses with flipped organs quadrupled in China
arstechnica.com

The Family Recipes That Live On in Cemeteries
atlasobscura.com

Supermassive Black Holes Posses A Strange Mechanism That Prevents Overeating
inverse.com

A collapsed Mars lava chamber seen from space
phys.org

Pablo Escobar’s feral hippos face cull in Colombia
bbc.com

Understanding that chronic back pain originates from within the brain could lead to quicker recovery, a new study finds
theconversation.com

Video: Car crash leads to fireworks show on Canadian motorway
bbc.com

This week: Found crabs, attention span attenuation, addiction audio, and more!
damninteresting.com

The Harassment Case That Has Berkeley at a Boil
archive.ph

Thieves cut through museum floor to steal ‘priceless’ silver antiques
bbc.com

Laughing At Evil: When Charlie Chaplin Brought Hitler to the Big Screen
lithub.com

Giraffes could go extinct
theconversation.com

The Deadly Maui Inferno, Hour by Hour
nytimes.com

The math problem that took nearly a century to solve
phys.org • (see also)

Larger-scale warfare may have occurred in Europe 1,000 years earlier than previously thought
phys.org

Undersea UHAB station designed to train astronauts for life on Mars
newatlas.com

Archaeologists Discover Electoral Campaign Inscription Inside Pompeii House
smithsonianmag.com

Lab-made ‘super melanin’ speeds up healing and boosts sun protection
popsci.com

‘I’ve researched time for 15 years – here’s how my perception of it has changed’
theconversation.com

Yes, We Have Free Will. No, We Absolutely Do Not
nautil.us

What causes fainting? Scientists finally have an answer
nature.com

NASA Just Revealed a 7-Planet System Hiding in Old Mission Data
sciencealert.com

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Discovers 2nd Asteroid During Dinkinesh Flyby
nasa.gov

Electric mountain: the power station that shows the beauty of infrastructure
theguardian.com

Did Michelangelo Sketch These Drawings in a Secret Room Below a Florence Chapel?
smithsonianmag.com

Damaging thunderstorm winds rising in central US: Research finds five-fold increase
phys.org

America’s shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves
vox.com

OSIRIS-REx flies on as OSIRIS-APEX to explore its second asteroid
phys.org

This California Museum Is Home to Hundreds of Nature’s Scents
smithsonianmag.com

Jonas Salk, the man who cured polio, “would be shocked” by anti-vaxxers, experts say
salon.com

Video: Mars Is Not As Dead As It Seems: The Phenomenon That Covers an Entire Planet [13:58]
youtube.com

How neutron imaging uncovers hidden secrets of fossils and artifacts
sciencenews.org

NASA’s robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow someday
theconversation.com

As Russia invaded Ukraine, three women in the same family became pregnant at the same time. Then the war tore them apart.
magazine.atavist.com

Daily Telescope: The brilliant remains of a star that died 10,000 years ago
arstechnica.com

Do spiders dream? What about cuttlefish? Bearded dragons? This is how animals sleep
english.elpais.com

Drought Saps the Panama Canal, Disrupting Global Trade
nytimes.com

A Photo Preservationist Saved a Trove of 4,000 Glass Plate Negatives That Nearly Went Into the Trash
thisiscolossal.com

Long presumed to have no heads at all, starfish may be nothing but
phys.org

Modern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today
theconversation.com • (see also)

How a tiny Pacific Island became the global capital of cybercrime
technologyreview.com

This Is How Time Began
popularmechanics.com

The Hidden Connection That Changed Number Theory
quantamagazine.org

Rats have an imagination, new research finds
phys.org

These Companies Think Legal Cocaine Energy Drinks Are the Future
vice.com

Chimps use military-style tactics to gain advantage on rivals, study reveals
theguardian.com

Winners of the 2023 Nature Conservancy Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

First-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus
phys.org

Wild Experiment Reveals What Would Happen if You Touched a Quantum Superfluid
sciencealert.com • (see also)

The Giant Koalas of Yesteryear and Why They Went Extinct
discovermagazine.com

The Isle of Eigg: The community-owned island that powers itself
bbc.com

Stunning 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture Unearthed in Iraq
smithsonianmag.com

Did nature have a hand in the formation of the Great Sphinx?
phys.org

How giant mirrors are made for what will be the world’s largest telescope
sciencenews.org

Merchant of Death: The case of Kenneth Law, the man charged with selling suicide kits
torontolife.com

Remains of planet that formed the Moon may be hiding near Earth’s core
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Blocking ‘Jumping Genes’ Could Drastically Increase Our Lifespan, New Research Shows
popularmechanics.com