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Punchline science: What we accidentally learned from a study on humor
salon.com • (see also)

Reviving the Classic American Burger
newyorker.com

Video: Spinning a Laserdisc to Shrapnel at 80,000fps [12:42]
youtube.com

The Whale Who Went AWOL
nytimes.com

Ada Blackjack’s Secret Weapon
daily.jstor.org

Video: Inside One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Final-Ever Designs [14:03]
youtube.com

A Hot Air Balloon Gave Us the First Aerial Map
atlasobscura.com

Iceland battles a lava flow: Countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it’s hard to stop molten rock
theconversation.com

Betavolt says its diamond nuclear battery can power devices for 50 years
newatlas.com

The Immune System Helps with Digestion
the-scientist.com

He hit three monster bets — and then the sportsbook wouldn’t pay
washingtonpost.com • Without paywall

Most STEM grads don’t work in STEM jobs
tampabay.com

Search engine results are getting worse, research confirms
theregister.com

Meet Helios, a new class of space tug with some real muscle
arstechnica.com

Ground-fired lasers to be tested in fight against space junk
digitaltrends.com

Engineers Finally Open OSIRIS-REx’s Sample Container
universetoday.com

Cloned rhesus monkey lives to adulthood for first time
nature.com

James Webb Telescope detects earliest known black hole — it’s really big for its age
npr.org

Was the Big Bang a white hole?
iai.tv

Massive tectonic collision causing Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet apart
livescience.com

Radio signal detected in an ancient star cluster
studyfinds.org

“Dirt-powered fuel cell” draws near-limitless energy from soil
newatlas.com

Murder, drought and peyote: the deadly struggle for Mexico’s water
theguardian.com

Actor paid to pose as crypto CEO “deeply sorry” about $1.3 billion scam
arstechnica.com

A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant
grist.org

The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
theguardian.com

The Life and Times of William J. Flynn, the “Bulldog Detective”
crimereads.com

4,000-year-old wall found around oasis in Saudi Arabia likely defended ‘against raids from nomads’
livescience.com

Do Astronauts Need Sunscreen in Space?
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Video: Why The World’s Biggest Aquarium Broke [12:22]
youtube.com • (see also)

After a trust fall left him paralyzed, climber scales 3,000-foot El Capitan using only his arms
latimes.com

‘World’s oldest dog’ has title suspended as claim is investigated
theguardian.com

The Economists Who Found the Richest People of All Time
newrepublic.com

Ancient reptile’s fossilised skin is the oldest ever discovered
cosmosmagazine.com

The ‘quiet’ jet from NASA that could usher in a new era of supersonic air travel
euronews.com

Yellowstone Coyote Named ‘Limpy’ Tries To Sucker Tourists For Snacks
cowboystatedaily.com

‘Like a horror movie’: the deadly earthquake that changed California
theguardian.com

A Black Hole Breakthrough Might Actually Solve the Information Paradox
popularmechanics.com

How a forgotten physicist’s discovery broke the symmetry of the Universe
nature.com

Archaeologists Just Found An Ancient Roman Bullet With Julius Caesar’s Name On It
popularmechanics.com

Visualising the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
bbc.com

We’ve been ‘close’ to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?
space.com

The Gallium Anomaly: Uncovering a New Particle in Physics
scitechdaily.com

This week: Tetris apotheosis, Train Force One, Emoji v. Law, and more!
damninteresting.com

New Kind of Magnetism Spotted in an Engineered Material
quantamagazine.org

Dubbed a “miracle” of engineering, the so-called Sky Train climbs to an elevation of 5,702m at the “roof of the world”
bbc.com • (see also)

Invisible Ink: At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group
theparisreview.org

Huge ancient lost city found in the Amazon
bbc.com

Humans can ‘smell’ each other’s emotions — but we don’t know how
livescience.com

NASA’s Fermi Detects Surprise Gamma-Ray Feature Beyond Our Galaxy
science.nasa.gov

A Self-Eating Engine Could Make Rockets More Efficient
universetoday.com

Our fingerprints may not be unique, claims AI
bbc.com

This Distant Planet Has a 350,000-Mile-Long Comet-Like Tail
nytimes.com

Astronomers believe they have witnessed the birth of a black hole
cosmosmagazine.com

How giant impacts shaped the formation of the solar system’s planets
space.com

“Cannot Be Explained” – Scientists Unveil Revolutionary SS-H2 Steel
scitechdaily.com

NASA Finally Prises Lid Off The Largest Haul of Asteroid Dust Ever Obtained
sciencealert.com

Why Are American Drivers So Deadly?
nytimes.com

The real culprit in a 19th century dinosaur whodunit is finally revealed
sciencenews.org

Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
flashbak.com