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How French winemakers outwitted the Nazis
bbc.com

Most Life on Earth is Dormant, After Pulling an ‘Emergency Brake’
quantamagazine.org

Here’s Why Commercial Airline Pilots Can’t Have Beards
thrillist.com • (see also)

How NASA Is Prepping Mars Astronauts to Cope With Isolation and Other Extremes
discovermagazine.com

Ancient crystals reveal fresh water dates back four billion years
newatlas.com

D-Day deception Operation Fortitude: The World War Two army that didn’t exist
bbc.com • (see also)

On Bali, Massive Ancient Stone Sarcophagi Included Treasures From Around the World
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

How Did We Forget the First Movie Star?
messynessychic.com

How Mars’ Moon Phobos Captures Our Imaginations
universetoday.com

D-Day shipwrecks were a WW2 time capsule – now they are home to rich ocean-floor life
bbc.com

Carbon detected in galaxy observed 350m years after big bang
theguardian.com

An Indestructible New Alloy Is Defying the Limits of Metal
popularmechanics.com

‘Google’s AI Overview Search Results Copied My Original Work’
wired.com

Video: Couple find $100K in a safe while magnet fishing [01:41]
bbc.com

In Tibetan Macaques, Females Rule the Roost
atlasobscura.com

Video: Are Vertical Farms the Future of Agriculture? [4:33]
youtube.com • From 2005

Can We Reschedule? In Praise of Carl Sagan, Iconic Pothead
lithub.com • (see also)

How the “Queen of Canada” and Conspiracy Theorists Splintered a Small Town
thewalrus.ca

Google’s second massive leak in a week shows it collected sensitive data from users
qz.com

Hubble will change how it points, but NASA says ‘great science’ will continue
npr.org

The pub where Eisenhower and Patton made D-Day plans
bbc.com

NASA, Boeing prepare for third Starliner launch attempt after multiple delays, scrubs
wesh.com • Livestream

Giant Joro spiders are invading the East Coast. Don’t worry, they’re shy.
washingtonpost.com

New Energy Source Powers Subsea Robots Indefinitely
nasa.gov

London hospitals declare emergency following ransomware attack
arstechnica.com

Internet addiction alters brain chemistry in young people, study finds
theguardian.com

Archeologists Unearth a Rare Purple Pigment That Is More Valuable Than Gold
mymodernmet.com

Designer of Burj Khalifa Now Working on Turning Skyscrapers Into Gravity-Powered Batteries
futurism.com

These 28 Horses Were Buried in an Ancient Mass Grave. How Did They Die?
smithsonianmag.com

Russia link suspected in Eiffel Tower coffin mystery
bbc.com

“Two People Were Sliding to their Deaths. And It Was Silent.”
outsideonline.com • (see also)

The warring conmen at the heart of a €5bn carbon trading scam
theguardian.com

Why doctors are ignorant and dismissive of the gut-brain relationship
aeon.co

Scientists identify a ‘sugar world’ beyond Neptune
physicsworld.com

This Rocket-Firing Boba Fett Is Officially the World’s Most Valuable Vintage Toy
gizmodo.com

Video: The Logistics of German Reunification [21:14]
youtube.com • (see also)

Italian village with 46 residents has 30 local election candidates
theguardian.com

Coldest US lab achieves a rare quantum state at -459.6 Fahrenheit
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

No physics? No problem. AI weather forecasting is already making huge strides.
arstechnica.com

Video: The Rock That’s Helping Us Find the Origin of Life [6:18]
youtube.com

Video: Can you transplant a head to another body? [5:30]
youtube.com • (see also)

For Over 1200 Years, The World’s Oldest Restaurant Has Been Serving Guests
mossandfog.com

Bubonic plague spreaders may have been lice as well as fleas
npr.org

Why North Korea dumped trash on South Korea
vox.com

Video: Animation on the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen [5:45]
youtube.com

Prehistoric ‘giant goose’ skull found in Australia
bbc.com

A Brand New Male Birth Control Worked Astonishingly Well In Mice — Are Humans Next?
inverse.com • (see also)

India launches nation’s 1st 3D-printed rocket engine
space.com

Missing Cryptoqueen’s murky links to Bulgarian underworld
bbc.com

At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
flashbak.com

The Nazis’ Atlantic wall that failed to prevent D-day
theguardian.com

Napster Sparked a File-Sharing Revolution 25 Years Ago
torrentfreak.com

New mathematical framework sheds light on how cells communicate to form an embryo
phys.org

See a Russian inspector satellite get up close and personal with a spacecraft in orbit
space.com

China’s far-side Moon mission begins journey back
bbc.com

Who Took the Cocaine Out of Coca-Cola?
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

‘They’re a mystery’: inside the deadly world of serial killer truckers
theguardian.com

The internet peaked with “the dress,” and then it unraveled
vox.com

Survival of the richest: Inside the short-lived fallout shelter bubble
thehustle.co

Watch: High-tech eSTOL aircraft hardly needs any runway
newatlas.com