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Hong Kong makes largest-ever gold smuggling bust – it was headed for Japan disguised as machine parts
bbc.com

Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow
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‘Oppenheimer’ Opens in Japan Eight Months After Worldwide Release
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Scientists harness chemical dynamics for complex problem solving
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An Interview With a Guy Who Got a Vasectomy During the East Coast Earthquake
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US braces for cicadas by the trillion as two broods of periodic insects coincide
theguardian.com

Sickened by U.S. Nuclear Program, Communities Turn to Congress for Aid
nytimes.com

Video: Meet Tommy Trotta: the thief who stole Yogi Berra, Roger Maris and Carmen Basilio memorabilia [13:32]
cbsnews.com

Does Science Fiction Shape the Future?
nautil.us

‘Going to a child psychoanalyst four times a week for three years was bad enough. Reading what she wrote about me was worse’
aeon.co

Ancient Chinese climate change whispers a warning to the world’s green-energy leader
salon.com

Video: This Invention Made Disney Millions, but Then They Lost It [12:24]
youtube.com

The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin
theguardian.com

Mysterious Mars Rock May Be From Ancient Beach, NASA Says
forbes.com

Albert Einstein, General Relativity, and the 1919 Solar Eclipse
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The glory days of shipwreck exploration on the Great Lakes are here, but the window is closing fast
cbc.ca

The science of smell is fragrant with submolecules
arstechnica.com

What Researchers Discovered When They Sent 80,000 Fake Résumés to U.S. Jobs
nytimes.com

A century after the EEG was discovered, it remains a crucial tool for understanding the brain
theconversation.com

Interstellar interlopers like Oumuamua and Borisov are much more common than previously thought
english.elpais.com

Video: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA [1:08]
youtube.com

Antarctica is covered in volcanoes, could they erupt?
livescience.com

Mysterious object in the gap – When a black hole and a neutron star merge
mpg.de

Video: Why NVIDIA is suddenly worth $2 Trillion [12:48]
youtube.com

Shakespeare acted in a 1598 Ben Jonson play, scholar’s analysis finds
theguardian.com

30 years ago today, a “deadhead” attempted to hijack a FedEx flight
damninteresting.com

One man’s artistic wonderland, created secretly in rented apartment, given protected status
cnn.com

Hundreds of mysterious ‘rogue’ planets discovered by James Webb telescope may finally have an explanation
livescience.com

The hyenas of Harar: how a city fell in love with its bone-crunching carnivores
theguardian.com

The American swamp bird that disappeared
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Video: What Happens When Racing Has No Rules? [27:02]
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For twenty years, PostSecret has broadcast suburban America’s hidden truths—and revealed the limits of limitless disclosure
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Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn’t meant to kill?
apnews.com

Take a Trip to Thailand With These Smithsonian Photo Contest Images
smithsonianmag.com

The World’s Biggest Blueberry is 70 Times Heavier Than Most
mossandfog.com

This week: Garden censorship, AI pollution, mountain lion tips, and more!
damninteresting.com

Mississippi Considers Law Against Police Keeping Dead Bodies for “Personal Collections”
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Video: A Very Detailed View Of A Crater On Planet Mars // 8K [2:00]
youtube.com

“Unbelievable” Luck – Scientists Shed New Light on the Woman Who Outlived Alzheimer’s
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Powerful Regional Winners From the 2024 World Press Photo Contest
mymodernmet.com

The rise of magnets – from surgery to outer space
bbc.com

Salvador Dalí Created a Surreal Cutlery Collection Inspired by Nature in 1957
mymodernmet.com

World’s largest digital astronomy camera ready to solve cosmic mysteries
newatlas.com

Amphibians use scream inaudible to humans for self-defense against predators, study suggests
phys.org

A billionaire helped bring ‘3-Body Problem’ to Netflix. His business partner ensured he never lived to see its premiere
cnn.com

NASA spacecraft films crazy vortex while flying through sun’s atmosphere
mashable.com

Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results
space.com

Unexpected Phenomenon Detected in The Sky of a Very Alien World
sciencealert.com

Truck crash spills live salmon into wrong Oregon river
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The Rise Of The Bee Bandits
noemamag.com

Do Beautiful People Get Away with Murder?
saturdayeveningpost.com

The Ocean Apocalypse Is Upon Us, Maybe
nautil.us

Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches
theguardian.com

She Slept With a Violin on Her Pillow. Her Dreams Came True in Italy.
nytimes.com

Joe Lewis: How one of Britain’s richest people broke insider trading laws
bbc.com

Andy Warhol ‘Mao’ Print Vanishes From a California College’s Vault
smithsonianmag.com

Engineers Pinpoint Cause of Voyager 1 Issue, Are Working on Solution
blogs.nasa.gov

Video: This person isn’t actually screaming [5:22]
youtube.com

These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged
wired.com

How to hack the Jacksonville Jaguars’ jumbotron (and end up in jail for 220 years)
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