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‘Golden spike’ showing the moment Earth turned into a giant snowball discovered in ancient Scottish rocks
livescience.com • (see also)

Thousands of Sharks Found Sleeping ‘Like a Carpet’ on the Ocean Floor
gizmodo.com

This Gargantuan Lab Simulates Blasting Satellites Into Space
wired.com

Photos: The Building of Nusantara, Indonesia’s new capital city
theatlantic.com

Minuscule wasps enlisted to fight off moths in new pest control strategy
theguardian.com

A Logo on a Prosthesis Is Like a Tattoo You Didn’t Ask For
theatlantic.com • Mirror

How the Great Depression Fueled a Grassroots Movement to Create a New State Called Absaroka
smithsonianmag.com

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 Finalists
theatlantic.com

Archaeologists Finally Decoded a 4,000-Year-Old Tablet—and It Warns, ‘A King Will Die’
popularmechanics.com

Video: Dragonflies hunt by predicting the future [16:51]
youtube.com

Fluid Keeps Your Brain From Crushing Itself but What Happens When It Stops Working?
discovermagazine.com

An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, not a comet, new study finds
arstechnica.com

New brain tech turns paralyzed patient’s thoughts into speech with 97% accuracy
interestingengineering.com

On this day in 1977 SETI received a strong, still inexplicable signal
damninteresting.com

Unresponsive Brain-Damaged Patients May Have Some Awareness
nytimes.com

Video: How do bulletproof vests work? [5:15]
youtube.com

Mold Burger: Coming Right Up
the-scientist.com

A Youth League’s Stolen Jackie Robinson Statue Has Been Replaced
smithsonianmag.com

Roach sprays don’t work
popsci.com

What the Mesopotamians had for dinner
bbc.com

Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime
arstechnica.com

A Practiced Escape
nasa.gov

This Is the Most Detailed Map of Human Brain Connections Ever Made
wired.com

NASA acknowledges it cannot quantify risk of Starliner propulsion issues
arstechnica.com

Study: Asteroid Psyche Originated beyond Solar System’s Snow Line and Later Migrated to Main Belt
sci.news

40 years ago today, a lake exploded and killed 37 people
damninteresting.com

Why there is more to Banksy than meets the eye
bbc.com

Your Memories Are Like Paintings
nautil.us

Huge mammoth tusk discovered sticking out of Mississippi streambed
livescience.com

Drunk flies show why we feel better when we drink with friends
newatlas.com

They All Got Mysterious Brain Diseases. They’re Fighting to Learn Why.
nytimes.com

Vivaldi taught Venetian orphan girls – did they help write his music in return?
theguardian.com

The Strange Heat Island Lurking Beneath Minneapolis
atlasobscura.com

The Veterinarians Preventing the Next Pandemic
newyorker.com

Artists claim “big” win in copyright suit fighting AI image generators
arstechnica.com

The Final Piece of the US National World War I Memorial Is Almost Finished
smithsonianmag.com

Entangled Photons Maintained under New York Streets
physics.aps.org

France honours overlooked heroes of 1944 Provence landings, 80 years on
rfi.fr

Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds
theguardian.com

The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why
npr.org

How do you measure wind on Mars? These scientists have a plan
space.com

Video: How Audio Illusions Trick Our Brains [24:54]
youtube.com • (see also)

NASA demonstrates ‘ultra-cool’ quantum sensor for first time in space
phys.org • (see also)

You’ve got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon’s contact lenses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Two Mile Long X-Ray Laser Opens New Windows Into a Mysterious State of Matter
scitechdaily.com

‘My Criminal Record Somehow Vanished’
theatlantic.com

One Year After a Devastating Fire, Lahaina’s 151-Year-Old Banyan Tree Is Healing
smithsonianmag.com

Rarely seen Titanic artefacts kept in secret warehouse
bbc.com

Japanese are worried and confused after the first megaquake advisory. What does it mean?
apnews.com

How the World’s Oldest Humpback Whale Has Survived Is a Mystery
nytimes.com

NASA just shut down a planetary defence mission that tracks asteroids. Now what?
theconversation.com

Video: Debunked Science Put This Man on Death Row. He’s Going to Be Executed Anyway. [5:22]
youtube.com

Video: What if we teleported the oceans to Mars? [4:27]
youtube.com

Archaeologists conduct first ‘space excavation’ on International Space Station – and discover surprising quirks of zero-gravity life
theconversation.com

Study Reveals a Cell-Eat-Cell World
the-scientist.com

Video: Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? [4:46]
youtube.com

A controversial experiment to artificially cool Earth was canceled
theverge.com

A Hopper Could Explore Over 150km of Triton’s Surface In Two Years
universetoday.com

NIST Announces Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
spectrum.ieee.org

Webb Observes Hidden Depths of Messier 106
sci.news