Printed from https://www.damninteresting.com/curated-links/?after=94025

What Your Brain Is Doing When You’re Not Doing Anything
quantamagazine.org

Texas Town’s Misery Underscores the Impact of Bitcoin Mines
time.com

Video: Flash photography used to be pretty wild [33:52]
youtube.com

Scientists Transformed Pure Water Into a Metal – And There’s Video
sciencealert.com

1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even be ‘a fragment of an ancient ocean world’
space.com

Ancient 15,000-Year-Old Viruses Seen in Melting Tibetan Glaciers
sciencealert.com

The next generation of mRNA vaccines is on its way
technologyreview.com

Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Climate Crisis?
nytimes.com

Huge atom-smasher bid to find missing 95% of Universe
bbc.com

Video: The photography behind Earthrise [14:04]
youtube.com

This Eight-Day Festival Celebrates One of Alaska’s Weirdest Worms
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist
arstechnica.com

Secret agent protein could help understand longevity and cancer
cosmosmagazine.com

‘If you scream you are a dead duck’: At 14, my mother left me alone all summer – then the man with a knife found me
theguardian.com

In a ‘Dark Dimension,’ Physicists Search for Missing Matter
quantamagazine.org

Stone Age People Used This 35,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tusk Tool to Make Rope, Scientists Say
smithsonianmag.com

Lunar science is entering a new active phase, with commercial launches of landers that will study solar wind and peer into the universe’s dark ages
theconversation.com

‘How I got scammed’ (Cory Doctorow)
pluralistic.net

AI helps scholars read scroll buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD79
theguardian.com

How Dangerous are Kilonovae?
universetoday.com

The Biggest Snowflake Ever Recorded Is Much Larger Than You’d Think
mymodernmet.com • (see also)

The Story Behind The Corvette’s Failed Cousin, The Pontiac Banshee XP-833
hotcars.com

How our drinking water could come from thin air
bbc.com

How Two Single Moms Escaped an Alleged Sex-Trafficking Ring and Ultimately Saved Each Other
cosmopolitan.com

Feldspar: The common mineral that’s always wet
pubs.aip.org

‘Sudden Death’ Discovery Defies Our Understanding of Superconductivity
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Will future colonists on the moon and Mars develop new accents?
livescience.com

How Could Laser-Driven Lightsails Remain Stable?
universetoday.com

Plan to Resurface a Pyramid in Granite Draws Heated Debate
nytimes.com

Sleepless and Sex-driven: How One Animal’s Breeding Season is Often its Last
zmescience.com

State-of-the-art telescope in Chile to offer best view yet of universe
theguardian.com

In a Medical First, a French Bulldog Puppy Spontaneously Regrew His Lower Jaw
gizmodo.com

Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space – more than 878 days [across multiple missions]
reuters.com

“Old Smoker” and the “Squalling Newborns”: Strange new star type discovered hiding in the Milky Way
salon.com

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cacao
eater.com

How the codpiece flopped
bbc.com

What Physicists Have Been Missing
nautil.us

Canada shipwreck: Newfoundland locals try to solve Cape Ray mystery
bbc.com

The US Is Selling Its Helium. Here’s What It Means for Balloons and MRIs
nytimes.com • (see also)

Archaeologists Discover a ‘High-End’ Blacksmith’s Iron Age Workshop
smithsonianmag.com

“Zombie” COVID-19 fragments linger for some, causing severe disease outcomes, new research reveals
salon.com

In a Creepy Twist, One of The Oldest Tombs in Sweden Is Missing All of Its Skulls
sciencealert.com

Rethinking Washington Crossing the Delaware
themontrealreview.com

Did art exist before modern humans? New discoveries raise big questions.
livescience.com

Who Stole—and Burned—This Jackie Robinson Statue?
smithsonianmag.com

Weird ancient tree from before dinosaurs found in Canadian quarry
cbc.ca • (see also)

The Jewish boy who became a Nazi mascot: the extraordinary story of Alex Kurzem
theguardian.com • (see also)

How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
wired.com

The Cost of Inflation in Prison
daily.jstor.org

‘Incredibly rare’ discovery reveals bedbugs came to Britain with the Romans
theguardian.com

This New Video From the International Space Station Reveals Earth In All Its Glory
inverse.com

Why Don’t We Teach People How to Parent?
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

Our oldest microbial ancestors were way ahead of their time
arstechnica.com

Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin
arstechnica.com

The Optimistic Futurism of Space Artist Robert McCall
mossandfog.com

Deer Are Beta-Testing a Nightmare Disease
msn.com

Look out! Clownfish can count
cosmosmagazine.com

Neanderthals and Humans Coexisted For So Much Longer Than We Thought
inverse.com

Nikola Tesla defied age for decades with these prescient—and occasionally problematic—life hacks
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Under Hokusai’s Great Wave
daily.jstor.org