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How Knot Theory Can Help Spacecraft Can Change Orbits Without Using Fuel
universetoday.com

Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025
theconversation.com

This is an Actual Picture of Space Debris
universetoday.com

Belugas may communicate by warping a blob of forehead fat
sciencenews.org

‘On every roof something is possible’: how sponge cities could change the way we handle rain
theguardian.com

Neanderthal woman’s face revealed 75,000 years later
cosmosmagazine.com

Rabbits Are Creatures of the Underworld According to Ancient Fears
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Emotional support alligator taken and released in swamp
bbc.com

Lawyer Suing Boeing Surprised to Find Large Piece That Fell Off Boeing Plane Outside His House
futurism.com

Archaeologists Discovered a Haunting Grave That Was Built to Contain Zombies
popularmechanics.com

Inside Ukraine’s Killer-Drone Startup Industry
wired.com

Here’s what to expect during Boeing Starliner’s 1st astronaut test flight on May 6
space.com

Cassava: The perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop
theconversation.com • (see also)

Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks [NSFW text]
flashbak.com • (see also)

Inside the quest to map the universe with mysterious bursts of radio energy
technologyreview.com

Chicago Removes the World-Famous “Rat Hole” From Its Sidewalk
mymodernmet.com

The New Zealand city with a labyrinth of underground caves
bbc.com

How Silk Helped the Armies of Genghis Khan Conquer Asia
lithub.com • (see also)

Man Finds John Lennon’s Forgotten Guitar in His Father’s Attic
smithsonianmag.com

The Revenge of the Home Page
newyorker.com • (see also)

A Brief History of the World’s First Planetarium
spectrum.ieee.org

Aging Hubble Space Telescope Roars Back To Life After Glitch
forbes.com

Lab mice might be doing their own experiments
popsci.com

Tokyo takes top spot: Highest telescope observatory opens in Chile
interestingengineering.com

The Animals That Turn Bodily Fluids into Weapons
nautil.us

The Last Shall Be First
magazine.atavist.com

Video: An amazing thing about 276 [15:38]
youtube.com

Swimming Beneath Sand, It’s ‘the Hardest of All Animals to Find’
nytimes.com • (see also)

Astronauts could run round ‘Wall of Death’ to keep fit on moon, say scientists
theguardian.com

Video: To be able to not feel pain has become a tacit agreement between doctor and patient — but at what price? [54:47]
youtube.com

Internet Horrified at AI App for Cloning Dead Family Members
futurism.com

The Soviet Rebel of Music
nautil.us • (see also)

Scientists show that there is indeed an ‘entropy’ of quantum entanglement
phys.org

Image: An eclipse of the Sun taken from the Apollo 12 spacecraft, November 1969.
science.nasa.gov

Missing Satellite Found After 25 Years of Being Lost in Space
gizmodo.com

How UFOs almost killed the search for life in the Universe
aeon.co

Scientists Find a Fast Way to Describe Quantum Systems
quantamagazine.org

China set to blast off to the far side of the Moon – here’s what it could discover
theconversation.com • (see also)

Akiya houses: why Japan has nine million empty homes
theguardian.com

Astronomers finally know why stars born from the same cloud aren’t identical twins
space.com

China unveils video of its moon base plans, which weirdly includes a NASA space shuttle
space.com

The big idea: what if dreaming is the whole point of sleep?
theguardian.com

Video: How do gas masks actually work? [4:30]
youtube.com

Robot bee swarms fly collision-free in close formation
newatlas.com

The California man who hid for 6 months in a secret room inside Circuit City
sfgate.com

Delacroix’s Liberty shows her true colours after Louvre restoration
theguardian.com

Video: Dining on the Luxury Liner Lusitania [37:46]
youtube.com • (sea also)

Therapists report significant psychological risks in psilocybin-assisted treatments
psypost.org

Video: How Communists Made Unbreakable Glass [15:01]
youtube.com

Boeing’s crewed Starliner launches Monday. Here’s why it’s a big deal
newatlas.com

How ECMO Is Redefining Death
newyorker.com

Video: AI Just Ended Music (Now it’s Personal) ft. Rick Beato [25:45]
youtube.com

Archaeologists Discover ‘Unique’ Artificial Body Part in 18th Century Skull
newsweek.com

Video: We should use this amazing mechanism from the grasshopper’s leg [19:18]
youtube.com

Scientists Fused Two Methods to Contain Nuclear Plasma
popularmechanics.com

Video: A Series of Headaches: Shakespeare’s First Folio meets the London Review of Books [18:34]
youtube.com

New Antivenom Knocks Out Wide Range of Snake Toxins
discovermagazine.com

NASA lays out how SpaceX will refuel Starships in low-Earth orbit
arstechnica.com

How a NASA Probe Solved a Scorching Solar Mystery
quantamagazine.org

Scientists racing to solve the mystery of why pilot whales lose their bearings
abc.net.au