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How To Make Millions As a Professional Whistleblower
gq.com

Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green tech
theguardian.com

NASA’s Starliner decision was the right one, but it’s a crushing blow for Boeing
arstechnica.com

Mitochondria are flinging their DNA into our brain cells, study shows
phys.org

The Earth’s deepest living organisms may hold clues to alien life on Mars
bbc.com

Second-Largest Diamond Ever Found Is Discovered in Botswana
nytimes.com

Mosquitoes sense infrared from body heat to help track humans down, study shows
phys.org

Chinese Plan ‘Magnetic Moon Launcher’ To Transport Extracted Lunar Resources Back To Earth
eurasiantimes.com

Woman swallowed by pavement sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur
bbc.com

A Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With Studios and Inspired Change. But She Never Actually Existed.
ign.com

Fake watermelons full of drugs fail to fool US agents
bbc.com

Electrostatic Motors Reach the Macro Scale
spectrum.ieee.org

World-first lung cancer vaccine trials launched across seven countries
theguardian.com

NASA Asteroid Collision Debris May Be Headed Toward Earth
sciencealert.com

The Moon was once covered by an ocean of molten rock, data from India’s space mission suggests
space.com

Can Plastic Waste Be Transformed Into Food for Humans?
undark.org

‘I’ve never seen a vessel this size go down so quickly’: why did the Bayesian sink in 60 seconds?
theguardian.com

Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in California’s Mono Lake
phys.org

Scientists Uncovered a Blow From the Past: 17th Century Brains Contained Cocaine
popularmechanics.com

Astronomers are rallying to save NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
astronomy.com

‘Gay animals more common than you would think’
bbc.com

A newly approved ‘living drug’ could save more cancer patients’ lives
sciencenews.org • (see also)

Volcano Erupts Near Fishing Town in Iceland
nytimes.com

US hospital told family their daughter had checked out when in fact she’d died
theguardian.com

Video: Sometimes…Jellyfish Live on Land [6:42]
youtube.com

Strange stars full of metals may be created by imploding supernovae
newscientist.com • Mirror • (see also)

Archaeology Student Discovers Trove of Silver Viking Age Armbands in Denmark
smithsonianmag.com

Kentucky prisoners hack state-issued computer tablets to digitally create $1M
kentucky.com

Video: For mRNA Vaccines, COVID Was Just the Beginning [11:06]
youtube.com

Zapping sand to create rock could help curb coastal erosion
sciencenews.org

World’s fastest microscope freezes time at 1 quintillionth of a second
newatlas.com

Bifungites Fossils Are Found All Over but What Made Them Was a Mystery
nytimes.com

Solar panels: Great moments from more than 140 years of innovation
newatlas.com

Everest’s Sherpas fear their homes could wash away
bbc.com

Humpback Whales Wield and Manufacture Their Own Tools
sci.news

Town urges curfew over mosquito-spread disease that kills up to 50% of people
arstechnica.com

90 years ago today, a shadowy cabal asked a highly decorated Marine major general to lead a coup against the US government
damninteresting.com

Ramses: A new mission racing to land on asteroid Apophis
planetary.org

Why we need a better way to measure hurricanes
bbc.com

Hacker dad who faked death to avoid child support sentenced to prison
arstechnica.com

Beyond gene-edited babies: the possible paths for tinkering with human evolution
technologyreview.com

Bayesian Yacht Sinking: Climate Change Created Perfect Storm for Waterspouts
wired.com

Prehistoric humans may have stuck pikes in ground to kill mammoths, say experts
theguardian.com

Discover the Hidden History of Tomb Robbing in Ancient Egypt
smithsonianmag.com

A bank in Wales says it received a postcard from 121 years ago
cbc.ca

Winners of the 2024 iPhone Photography Awards
mymodernmet.com

Here’s how NASA will deorbit the International Space Station
astronomy.com • (see also)

Scientists collect high-resolution images of the North Star’s surface for 1st time
space.com

Mathematicians Prove Hawking Wrong About ‘Extremal’ Black Holes
quantamagazine.org

Rare Fossils Give Clues to How Tardigrades Survived Mass Extinctions by Hitting the Snooze Button
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

The Thin Purple Line: The dubious rise of the private-security industry
harpers.org

Video: The Untold Story of the Intelsat 708 Accident [13:50]
youtube.com

On this day in 1981, Dr. Julie Cliff received a telex about a mysterious malady in Mozambique
damninteresting.com

Hurricane season has flatlined. When will it roar back to life?
washingtonpost.com

Hidden doorway to Shakespeare’s past uncovered in 600-year-old UK theatre
euronews.com

High-Dimensional Sudoku Puzzle Proves Mathematicians Wrong on Long-standing Geometry Problem
scientificamerican.com

A Personalized Brain Pacemaker for Parkinson’s
nytimes.com

Against all odds, an asteroid mining company appears to be making headway
arstechnica.com

Amateur Sleuth Identifies the Mystery Women in a Museum’s Fabergé Frames
smithsonianmag.com

Perseverance rover’s Mars samples must be brought back to Earth, scientists stress
space.com