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Call of an elusive toadlet finally recorded after 43 years
cosmosmagazine.com

Video: How chaos onboard flight SQ321 unfolded [01:14]
bbc.com • (see also)

How plants choose their mates and repel other suitors
phys.org

Peering into Pluto’s ocean using mathematical models and images from the New Horizons spacecraft
phys.org

When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid
steveblank.com

Complete Stellar Collapse: unusual star system proves that stars can die quietly
eurekalert.org

Electric ‘Ripples’ in the Resting Brain Tag Memories for Storage
quantamagazine.org

Beachcombers Discover Rare, Deep-Sea Anglerfish Washed Up on Oregon Coast
smithsonianmag.com

Nova explosion visible to the naked eye expected any day now
arstechnica.com

Russia begins nuclear drills in an apparent warning to West over Ukraine
apnews.com

What Scarlett Johansson v. OpenAI Could Look Like in Court
wired.com

Milky Way photographer of the year 2024 – in pictures
theguardian.com

Video: Deadly Shootouts & Betrayals: Inside the Bandidos [47:02]
youtube.com

AI computers could run in extreme environments like Venus thanks to heat-proof memory device
livescience.com

NASA Doesn’t Want Random Billionaires Messing Up The Hubble Space Telescope
jalopnik.com

‘Hidden Gem’ Dinosaur Skin Fossil Reveals Surprises About Feather Evolution
sciencealert.com

Something strange is happening with Earth’s magnetic field tail
space.com

The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely
arstechnica.com

Scientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new process
livescience.com

Ancient viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
medicalxpress.com

After Swirling Around a Black Hole, Matter Just Falls Straight In
universetoday.com

Ketamine’s Effect on Brain Activity Revealed
neurosciencenews.com

AI Is a Black Box. Anthropic Figured Out a Way to Look Inside
wired.com

TSMC’s EUV machines are equipped with a remote self-destruct in case of an invasion
tomshardware.com

Scientists Shrunk the Gap Between Atoms to an Astounding 50 Nanometers
popularmechanics.com

The Tragic Downfall of the Internet’s Art Gallery
slate.com

East Coast has a giant offshore freshwater aquifer—how did it get there?
arstechnica.com

Wonderfully Colorful Caterpillars Photographed by Samuel Jaffe
mossandfog.com

Migratory freshwater fish populations ‘down by more than 80% since 1970’
theguardian.com

Video: 343867 and Tetrahedral Numbers [12:03]
youtube.com

Alaska’s technicolor rivers are rapidly spreading – and we now know why
newatlas.com

More valuable than gold: New Zealand feather becomes most expensive in the world
theguardian.com

Why are there so many rogue planets and what do they look like?
newscientist.com • Without paywall

Mars rover mission will use pioneering nuclear power source
nature.com

A Closer Look at the Science of Mirror Neurons
nautil.us

Earth’s quasi-moons, mini-moons, and ghost moons
planetary.org

Video: The Engineering of Duct Tape [10:43]
youtube.com

How Neanderthal language differed from modern human – they probably didn’t use metaphors
theconversation.com

Video: What Happened To Etsy? [12:04]
youtube.com

Microplastics found in every human testicle in study
theguardian.com

On this day in 1946 Dr. Louis Slotin was bitten by the nuclear dragon
damninteresting.com

Research reveals that prehistoric seafloor pockmarks off the California coast are maintained by powerful sediment flows
phys.org

Black holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects
space.com

A century ago, anti-immigrant backlash almost closed America’s doors
theconversation.com

Nova Scotia’s Billion-Dollar Lobster Wars
newyorker.com

This Polish Museum Received a Mysterious Package in the Mail—With Missing 17th-Century Tiles Inside
smithsonianmag.com

‘The fear has properly set in: how it feels to watch my home town disappear into the sea’
theguardian.com

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