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The 1920s chemists who thought they’d achieved the alchemists’ dream
chemistryworld.com

Amazing Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2024
mymodernmet.com

Enchanting new Hubble Telescope image reveals an infant star’s sparkle
space.com

The Faces of 1870s Egypt: Captivating Old Photos by Émile Béchard
rarehistoricalphotos.com

Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances
astrobiology.com

The Supermarket Scanner Changed the Way We Buy Groceries Forever
smithsonianmag.com

Mysterious Code in Ancient Assyrian Temples Can Finally Be Explained
sciencealert.com

How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
newyorker.com

A Rat Purge Saved This Island
theatlantic.com • (see also) • Without paywall

Haunted Soldiers in Mesopotamia
daily.jstor.org

Real-life ‘stillsuit’ recycles body fluids into drinkable water
newatlas.com

Pass on the Salt: Should We Ask for Potassium Chloride at the Dinner Table Instead?
mcgill.ca

New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

When Dynamite Turned Terrorism Into an Everyday Threat
nytimes.com • (see also)

Incredible maths proof is so complex that almost no one can explain it
newscientist.com • Without paywall

The mystery over why human brains have shrunk over time
bbc.com

Remains of two men from central China shed light on ancient practice of punitive amputation
phys.org

Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free
techcrunch.com

Why the world’s oceans are changing colour
bbc.com

The simple trick that can sabotage your critical thinking
theguardian.com

Can a commercial airplane do a barrel roll?
livescience.com • (see also)

Inside the England museums averaging fewer than one visitor a day
bbc.com

Ed Dwight Goes to Space 63 Years After Training as 1st Black Astronaut
nytimes.com

Saber Teeth are as Mysterious Evolutionarily as They are Iconic Visually
discovermagazine.com

The Toilet Theory of the Internet
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

‘I Couldn’t Escape Poison Oak. So I Started Eating It.’
wsj.com • Without paywall

How the Space Shuttle completed a final, daring Hubble repair 15 years ago
nasaspaceflight.com

How the perils of space have affected asteroid Ryugu
arstechnica.com

Did Earth’s Multicellular Life Depend on Plate Tectonics?
universetoday.com

NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months
space.com

PCI Slot History: A Success Story Rooted In Corporate Deception
tedium.co

More than a million people die on roads every year. Meet the man determined to prevent them
bbc.com

The British Royals’ Huge Staff Once Included Exotic Cat Wranglers, Rat Killers and Toilet Attendants
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Why a giant ‘cold spot’ in the cosmic microwave background has long perplexed astronomers
space.com

40 years ago today Michael Larson pressed his luck
damninteresting.com

Helium-3: Mining the fuel of the future on the Moon
english.elpais.com

After 124 Years, One of Canada’s Oldest Independent Newspapers Dies
thewalrus.ca

OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded
wired.com

James Webb Telescope Detects Earliest Known Black Hole Merger, Just 740 Million Years After the Big Bang
smithsonianmag.com

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone
nytimes.com

Slack under attack over sneaky AI training policy
techcrunch.com

Carbon pricing works, major meta-study finds
phys.org

Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running
arstechnica.com

Solving the Mystery of the Dancing Honey Bees
lithub.com

Military rank affects medical care, offering societal insights: Study
phys.org

On the Front Lines with Ukraine’s Night Bombers
esquire.com

Falling in Love with a Fly
nautil.us

Google Is About to Change Everything—and Hopes You Won’t Find Out
slate.com

China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky
futurism.com

This enzyme is responsible for life on Earth. It’s a hot mess.
grist.org

Journey Into the Fiery Depths of Earth’s Youngest Caves
smithsonianmag.com

Europa’s Icy Crust Is ‘Free-Floating’ Across the Moon’s Hidden Ocean, New Juno Images Suggest
gizmodo.com

Video: Why Everyone’s Talking About the Houthis Lately [22:08]
youtube.com

The Jessie Scouts: America’s Original Special Forces Unit
crimereads.com

Psychedelics could treat some of the worst chronic pain in the world
vox.com

MeerKAT: The South African Radio Telescope That’s Transformed Our Understanding of the Cosmos
daily.jstor.org

D-Day changed Omaha Beach’s sand in astonishing way, researchers found
localsyr.com

Voice Actors Sue Company Whose AI Sounds Like Them
nytimes.com

On this day 1899, Nikola Tesla arrived in Colorado Springs to conduct groundbreaking wireless electricity experiments
damninteresting.com

7 Antarctica Photos That Capture the Continent’s Remote Transantarctic Mountains
atlasobscura.com