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Electroadhesive ‘meat magnet’ drops chops when the power stops
newatlas.com

Can an A.I. Make Plans?
newyorker.com

Titan’s dark dunes could be made from comets
sciencenews.org

What does python taste like? Because it could be slithering onto our dinner plates.
livescience.com

Do black holes explode? The 50-year-old puzzle that challenges quantum physics
nature.com

How to think about Boeing’s recent safety issues
vox.com

Are we breaking the Atlantic Ocean? The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, explained.
vox.com

Echidnas caught eating the eggs of Queensland’s bum-breathing turtles, potentially endangering the reptile’s future
abc.net.au

This week: Overt anatomy, brain wave traffic, lightning maps, and more!
damninteresting.com

‘If anything happens, it’s not suicide’: Boeing whistleblower’s prediction before death
abcnews4.com

Does Pi Contain All of Shakespeare?
scientificamerican.com

Scientists may have just caught 7 exotic ‘ghost particles’ as they pierced through Earth
space.com

The drug pilots take to stay awake
bbc.com

Urban humans have lost much of their ability to digest plants
arstechnica.com

This Peaceful Forest in Belgium Turns Blue in the Spring
mossandfog.com

Researchers resurrect long-extinct fossil creature as a robot
arstechnica.com

EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others
arstechnica.com

‘Loudest underwater sound ever recorded’ heard in Earth’s most remote location
indy100.com

Google DeepMind’s Latest AI Agent Learned to Play ‘Goat Simulator 3’
wired.com

Rarely seen ‘blue dragons’ are disrupting spring breakers’ beach plans
bbc.com

Scientists Discovered the World’s Oldest Forest Hiding in England
popularmechanics.com

Putin has no successor, no living rivals and no retirement plan – why his eventual death will set off a vicious power struggle
theconversation.com

Colliding Neutron Stars are the Ultimate Particle Accelerators
universetoday.com

Elihu Yale: The cruel and greedy Yale benefactor who traded in Indian slaves
bbc.com

Some states are now trying to ban lab-grown meat
arstechnica.com

Not All Bees Have a Queen. Two Bug Experts Explain Why.
inverse.com • (see also)

Watch: The first test of a magnetic levitation train on an existing track
thenextweb.com

Over or under? Surprisingly, there actually is a ‘correct’ way to hang a toilet paper roll.
upworthy.com • (see also)

New high-speed microscale 3D printing technique
phys.org

Video: ‘I put 4 Million Suns in a Black Hole over New York’ [14:01]
youtube.com

Image-scraping Midjourney bans rival AI firm for scraping images
arstechnica.com

Sail-powered cargo ship ‘shows potential of wind’
bbc.com

Video: Watch SpaceX Starship re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in these incredible views [8:07]
youtube.com

Why You Hate Bringing Your Lunch to Work
time.com

US rancher used tissue and testicles to breed ‘giant’ sheep to sell for hunting
theguardian.com

Study: Conflicting values for Hubble Constant not due to measurement error
arstechnica.com

The strange world of crocodile hairballs and the Queenslanders who collect them
abc.net.au

How Ancient Civilizations Reacted to Eclipses
smithsonianmag.com

Middle-age obesity linked to shape-shifting brain neurons
newatlas.com • (see also)

NASA finds clue while solving Voyager 1’s communication breakdown case
space.com

How a 19th-Century portrait of Abraham Lincoln was later revealed to be a fake
bbc.com

Cheetahs’ unrivaled speed explained by their ‘sweet spot’ size, study finds
phys.org • (see also)

A new “post-quantum” theory of gravity says we can wave dark matter and dark energy goodbye
nautil.us • (see also)

Victoria Benedictsson assumed a male identity, achieved literary stardom, and took her own life. Then Strindberg stole it
aeon.co

Marbled paper was a way to make banknotes and checks unique—a critical characteristic for a nascent American Republic
daily.jstor.org

Swirling Forces, Crushing Pressures Measured in the Proton
quantamagazine.org

‘I Always Knew I Was Different. I Just Didn’t Know I Was a Sociopath.’
wsj.com

This 200 Year-Old Law Of Heat Has A Blind Spot. It Could Change Engineering.
popularmechanics.com

Only the deep past can make sense of terrifying nuclear futures
aeon.co

The No Symbol: The History Of The Red Circle-Slash
tedium.co

Winners of the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition
theatlantic.com

Unveiling the little-known Monuments Women who helped recover art from the Nazis
bbc.com

How many nuclear weapons does Russia have and who controls them?
reuters.com

“A Nation of Lunatics.” What Oscar Wilde Thought About America
lithub.com

Video: How tumbleweed became an invasive species in the US [2:33]
bbc.com

A Giant Star Looks Like It’s Defying Astrophysics
popularmechanics.com

Paul Alexander, lawyer who lived for decades with an iron lung, dies aged 78
theguardian.com

Scientists reveal the first unconventional superconductor that can be found in mineral form in nature
phys.org

A Long-Lost Tropical Island Lies Off Brazil’s Coast
eos.org • (sea also)

Playing thriving reef sounds on underwater speakers ‘could save damaged corals’
theguardian.com