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The Quest to Uncover the Secrets of Gold Hydrogen
wired.com

Inside the FBI’s Dashboard for Wiretapping the World
404media.co • Mirror

A 100km drive into Asia’s ancient empire
bbc.com

Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
flashbak.com • (see also)

The Charming, Eccentric, Blessed Life of Lee Maxwell
5280.com

People are falling in love with — and getting addicted to — AI voices
vox.com

The mind-bending mirrors behind advanced technology
bbc.com

Atlantic Niña: The Atlantic is cooling at record speed and nobody knows why
newscientist.com • Mirror

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Earthquakes With Unprecedented Accuracy
scitechdaily.com

Astrophysicists May Have Found the Source of Mysterious Wow! Signal
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Why are People Ticklish?
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Confessions of a Theoretical Physicist
nautil.us

How pythons can eat such giant meals
popsci.com

Rare Photos of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893
rarehistoricalphotos.com

Climate Change’s Latest Deadly Threat: Lightning Strikes
wired.com • (see also)

Archaeologists Stumble Upon a 2,000-Year-Old Dolphin Mosaic in England
smithsonianmag.com

Why Does AI Art Look Like That?
theatlantic.com • Mirror

A New Treatment for Severe Allergic Reactions — Without the Needle
nytimes.com

This spider uses trapped fireflies to lure in more prey
sciencenews.org

Soil’s noisy: how sound recordings track soil health
cosmosmagazine.com

At Its Core, Life Is All About Play − Just Look At The Animal Kingdom
discovermagazine.com

Video: This Man Stole a Dead Boy’s Identity, Then Disappeared [19:40]
youtube.com

Behind the Scenes of Metropolis (1927): Old Photos from a Cinematic Masterpiece
rarehistoricalphotos.com

The benefits of a well-timed curse: What science says about swearing
english.elpais.com

At the Salton Sea, Uncovering the Culprit of Lung Disease
undark.org • (see also)

What is ‘model collapse’? An expert explains the rumours about an impending AI doom
theconversation.com

Scenes From San Francisco’s Unhoused Encampment Sweeps
kqed.org

Our Very Strange Search for “Sea Level”
newyorker.com

Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today
theconversation.com

Lufthansa is using artificial sharkskin to streamline airplanes
arstechnica.com

Vaults of ambition: shock find under London Museum enchants its builders
theguardian.com

Room temperature metalworking inspired by insects and crab shells
newatlas.com

‘The one thing we’re all afraid of is going insane’ – Stockholm Syndrome and the art of hostage negotiation
bbc.com • (see also)

The race to save our online lives from a digital dark age
technologyreview.com

Video: Why Russia Built a Skyscraper in the Middle of Nowhere [8:38]
youtube.com • (see also)

Humans know very little about the deep sea. That may not stop us from mining it
salon.com

Diminishing Dark Energy May Evade the ‘Swampland’ of Impossible Universes
quantamagazine.org

‘Incredibly rare’ dead sea serpent surfaces in California waters; just 1 of 20 since 1901
yahoo.com

Linking two realms: efforts to tap real-life potential of lucid dreams advance
theguardian.com • (see also)

How did divers manage to blow up the Nord Stream pipeline?
cbc.ca

A coffee plantation in Brazil enslaved Africans. Centuries later, their descendants have taken over
theguardian.com

After 7 years and almost $100K, Canadian woman born without arms and short legs can now drive
cbc.ca

Armed conflict is stressing the bones of the global economy
vox.com

Video: Where does punctuation come from?! [18:55]
youtube.com

Libya’s central bank halts operations after director kidnapped
bbc.com

A Lab at Texas A&M Is Part of a Program Studying Insects as Food. Cue Conspiracists.
texasmonthly.com

‘Failure of Roman engineering on industrial scale’: discovery of water wells in England proves trial and error
theguardian.com

‘Canada’s version of Bernie Madoff’: The rise and fall of Greg Martel
cbc.ca

How the Brain Learns to Make Inferences
neurosciencenews.com

Video: The scientists drilling into an active Icelandic volcano [05:48]
bbc.com

The first rule of Bite Club? Survive an attack by an apex predator
theguardian.com

Blind cavefish have extraordinary taste buds that increase with age, research reveals
phys.org

Art Dealer Arrested for Trying to Sell a Fake Leonardo da Vinci for $1.4 Million
smithsonianmag.com

7.0-magnitude earthquake triggers Russian volcano eruption and ash cloud warning for aircraft
news.sky.com

Space beer may taste better than Earth beer
popsci.com

Breakthrough brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to speak again
psypost.org

Does being a gifted kid make for a burned-out adulthood?
vox.com • (see also)

Why Do Plants Wiggle? Scientists Solve Age-Old Mystery That Puzzled Charles Darwin
scitechdaily.com

How Deep Can Humans Really Go?
mcgill.ca

The Surprising Factor Making the United States a Tornado Hot Spot
eos.org