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Saturn’s Ocean Moon Enceladus Is Able to Support Life
daily.jstor.org

The Mushroom Hunters Can’t Stop Finding Mysterious Fungi
nytimes.com

Mathematicians Are Suddenly Rethinking the Equal Sign
popularmechanics.com

Medieval Game Pieces Unearthed Beneath a Castle in Germany
smithsonianmag.com

The Tupac Cop – Greg Kading Cracked Tupac’s Murder
nymag.com

China’s maritime militia: the shadowy armada whose existence Beijing rarely acknowledges
theguardian.com

Boeing Starliner Stuck on Space Station as More Leaks Discovered
futurism.com

Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo
petapixel.com

The Teton Pass Collapse Photos Are Truly Terrifying
outsideonline.com

Dog helps owner get rescued after a car crash in a ravine in Oregon
npr.org

The Microsoft Excel superstars throw down in Vegas
theverge.com

The search for Earthlike worlds
planetary.org • (see also)

Is Sunscreen the New Margarine?
outsideonline.com

AI discovers new rare-earth-free magnet at 200 times the speed of man
newatlas.com

‘Who Am I Without My Voice?’
nytimes.com

Human spaceflight’s new era is fraught with medical and ethical questions
sciencenews.org

Video: The Race to Fix Australia’s Failed Dam [9:05] #DamInteresting
youtube.com • (see also)

Catapult Shots Fired During 13th-Century Siege Unearthed at British Castle
smithsonianmag.com

On the power of (very) short-term intimacy
whyisthisinteresting.substack.com

In Vermont, a Glimpse of a Plant Last Seen a Century Ago
nytimes.com

The History of Hating How People Get the News
saturdayeveningpost.com

Nigeria Confronts its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation
nytimes.com

Stunning Winners of the 2024 Drone Photo Awards
mossandfog.com

What We Can Learn from the Weirdest Climbing Rescue of 2024
outsideonline.com

Scenes from China’s 2024 Dragon Boat Festival
theatlantic.com

The Leather of the Future
nautil.us

Luigi Lineri, The Man Who Collects And Categorizes Stones
mossandfog.com

A Poisonous Diet Gives These Animals Their Own Toxic Defense
smithsonianmag.com

Why small annoyances can harm us more than big disruptions
psyche.co

Astronaut kidneys might not survive a mission to Mars
zmescience.com

An Extraordinary Metal Alloy Flips From Solid to Liquid and Back
popularmechanics.com

Explorer Shackleton’s last ship found on ocean floor
bbc.com

‘Absolutely gutted’: How a jammed door is locking astronomers out of the X-ray universe
space.com

If Gravity Can Exist Without Mass, That Could Explain Dark Matter
universetoday.com • (see also)

DARPA’s military-grade ‘quantum laser’ will use entangled photons to outshine conventional laser beams
livescience.com

‘Magical’: 17m insects fly each year through narrow pass in Pyrenees, say scientists
theguardian.com

A Big Whack That Made the Moon May Have Also Created Continents That Move
nytimes.com

Video: The Truth About Egg Freezing [21:11]
youtube.com

What is the 3-body problem, and is it really unsolvable?
space.com

Video: Are You an NPC? [13:26]
youtube.com • (see also)

Video: What Food was Served at Wild West Saloons? [21:51]
youtube.com

The Oldest Ecosystems on Earth
nautil.us

‘I jumped from a plane – and my parachute failed. As I hurtled towards earth, I felt oddly calm’
theguardian.com • (see also)

Tea Punch Was the First Cocktail
atlasobscura.com

What DART has taught us so far
planetary.org

What dead flowers tell us about the future of life on Earth
washingtonpost.com • Without paywall

Scientists unlock secrets of how the third form of life makes energy
phys.org

Elephants talk to family and friends using individual ‘names’
newatlas.com

DARPA’s planned nuclear rocket would use enough fuel to build a bomb
arstechnica.com

Twenty-Five Years Before the Wright Brothers Took to the Skies, This Flying Machine Captivated America
smithsonianmag.com

The Race to Be the Tallest Building in the World
daily.jstor.org

‘A woman should cast off her shame together with her clothes’: What women in ancient times really thought about sex
bbc.com

Norway discovers Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth metals
cnbc.com

The Long-Lost Tarzan Atari Game, Preserved
gamehistory.org

Flight MH370: can underwater sound signals solve aviation’s greatest mystery?
theconversation.com

Mars: ‘Impossible’ Discovery As Frost Found Near Equator
forbes.com

Optimism is linked to longer life spans and better physical functioning, and it can be learned
apnews.com • (see also)

Scientists discover ‘delicate balance’ in brain structure of all species
studyfinds.org

Neutrinos: The inscrutable “ghost particles” driving scientists crazy
arstechnica.com

Fire tears through historic church in Toronto’s west end, destroying Group of Seven artworks
cbc.ca