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This week: Scanner breakthroughs, Gambling math, Cognitive roadblocks, and more!
damninteresting.com

Steam’s Last Stand
technicshistory.com • (see also)

The Textbooks Were Wrong About How Your Tongue Works
nytimes.com

On this day in 1934, a very stubborn man attempted to be the first to summit Mount Everest
damninteresting.com

A beginner’s guide to tungsten
qz.com

Video: The Insane Biology of: The Elephant Seal [26:22]
youtube.com

‘Sleeping on it’ really does help and four other recent sleep research breakthroughs
theconversation.com • (see also)

World’s 1st carved horse: The 35,000-year-old ivory figurine from Vogelherd cave
livescience.com

Revealed: Churchill’s unsent letter that could have changed the course of history
theguardian.com

Did pandemic lockdowns stunt kids’ immune systems long-term?
livescience.com

Sun’s Magnetic Field Forms Close to Surface
learningenglish.voanews.com

Video: What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About Color [32:36]
youtube.com • (see also)

Former California water official pleads guilty in heist to steal and sell water with secret pipe
theguardian.com

Mapping the universe with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory
theconversation.com

North Korea drops trash balloons on the South
bbc.com • (see also)

The death of Vulcan: Study reveals planet is actually an astronomical illusion caused by stellar activity
phys.org

Spiral Waves May Explain the Sun’s Baffling Rotation
eos.org

A New Hydrogen Combustion Engine Is Legitimately Heating Up
popularmechanics.com

What’s Under This Hole on the Surface of Mars?
universetoday.com

The real threat with AI is falling prey to the hype
thewalrus.ca

To pee or not to pee? That is a question for the bladder — and the brain
knowablemagazine.org • (see also)

Stuck at sea for years, a sailor’s plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment
apnews.com

Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span
arstechnica.com

Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon
cnn.com • (see also)

Sports cars and millions seized in cybercrime busts
bbc.com

World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September
newatlas.com

Music Helped Connect Hunter-Gatherer Groups in Central Africa
discovermagazine.com

The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer
wired.com

The Greek Beach That Looks Like the Moon
thrillist.com

A Crocodile Equipped with Armadillo Armor Once Roamed Earth
discovermagazine.com

Veteran Survives Grizzly’s Attack After It Bites Into Can of Bear Spray
nytimes.com • (see also)

Video: Our Galaxy May Be 10 Times Bigger Than We Thought [8:55]
youtube.com

The Social Lives of the Teens Who Don’t Have Phones
thecut.com

The best spots on the Moon for lunar bases are the same spots where scientists want to build telescopes
theconversation.com • (see also)

On this day in 1832 a mathematician engaged in a deadly duel
damninteresting.com

Video: How This Guy Makes the World’s Best Puzzle Boxes [11:39]
youtube.com

NASA Lucy Images Reveal Asteroid Dinkinesh to be Surprisingly Complex
nasa.gov

Physicists Puzzle Over Emergence of Strange Electron Aggregates
quantamagazine.org

Surprising Evolutionary Insights Revealed by First Complete Chromosome Sequences From Great Apes
scitechdaily.com

Huge Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm
searchengineland.com

Iceland volcano dramatically erupts again as streams of lava reach town’s defensive walls
cnn.com

The ESA is visiting the asteroid punched by NASA’s DART mission
theverge.com

Video: Cones are MESSED UP [18:52]
youtube.com

Babbling babies may be warming up for speech, say scientists
theguardian.com • (see also)

Can Music Make Your Food Taste Better?
atlasobscura.com

Video: Taking a 100-Year-Old Model T to a Ford Dealer for Service [35:15]
youtube.com • (see also)

Video: If all humans died, when would the last light go out? [5:03]
youtube.com

Eleven rivals. Countless billions. One prize: the right to build a casino in the heart of New York
nymag.com

Video: Light sucking flames look like magic [18:04]
youtube.com

Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin
arstechnica.com

Billionaire Plans Dive to the Titanic in a Newly Designed Submersible
nytimes.com

A Bizarre Form of Water Could Help Explain Uranus’s Messy Magnetism
sciencealert.com

Spots, stripes and more: Working out the logic of animal patterns
knowablemagazine.org

“Absolute Miracle” – New Concrete Recycling Method Could Help Solve One of the World’s Biggest Climate Challenges
scitechdaily.com

A chicken recipe so good its origin is being fought in court
bbc.com

Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food
theconversation.com

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Last Dream Was to Turn Ellis Island Into a Self-Contained City of the Future
mymodernmet.com

Piecing Together the Secrets of the Stasi
newyorker.com

50,000 Galaxies Caught In Stunning New Deep Space Image
giantfreakinrobot.com

The satellites using radar to peer at earth in minute detail
bbc.com