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DNA “computer” solves sudoku and stores millions of GB for millennia
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Video: Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible [23:33]
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Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Entanglement
quantamagazine.org

Video: The full MH370 Story so far [56:05]
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Huge mastodon skull found in a rural Iowa creek
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The Contingency Contingent: ‘My fake job in Y2K preparedness’
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Hubble Space Telescope Gazes at UGC 3478
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Urban Lights Make Tree Leaves a Tougher Meal for Insects
eos.org

Paper types ranked by likelihood of paper cuts
phys.org

Real Estate Shopping for the Apocalypse
newyorker.com

The Creepy Coincidences of the Billionaire Superyacht Sinking
nymag.com

Why some people are volunteering to be infected with diseases
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Builders renovating National Gallery find funder’s letter commending demolition
theguardian.com

Kamikaze termites protect their colony with the help of a special enzyme whose secrets have now been uncovered
phys.org

Over 1,700 frozen viruses found in a Tibetan glacier
popsci.com

Why Is Space So Cold? It Has To Do With Kinetic Energy
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Scientists achieve highest resolution black hole image ever from Earth
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Dismantling the Ship That Drilled for the Ocean’s Deepest Secrets
nytimes.com

Valve problem blamed for Peregrine lunar lander failure
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Why has Japan been hit with rice shortages, soaring prices despite normal crops?
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knowablemagazine.org

She was struck by a car during the holidays in 1989. DNA just helped find the driver
npr.org

The Random Music Hiding On Gold & Platinum Records
tedium.co

How do we know what our Milky Way galaxy looks like when we’re inside it?
skyatnightmagazine.com

In six new rogue worlds, Webb telescope finds more star birth clues
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Winners of the 2024 Black and White Photo Awards
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How Foreign Tyrants Contract American Lobbyists to Whitewash Their Crimes
lithub.com

Physicists Observe Antihyperhydrogen-4 for First Time
sci.news

Why toilet paper keeps getting smaller and smaller
thehustle.co

Cetacean conversation: AI could let us talk to whales. Experts question if that’s a good idea
salon.com

The Connection Between Diet and Mood Disorders Is Growing Stronger — Here’s What Researchers Know
inverse.com

Placebos reduce anxiety even when people know they’re taking fake pills
newatlas.com

US achieves superconductor breakthrough, creates new material for quantum leap
interestingengineering.com

A 600-year-old coral shows us how the Pacific Ocean has changed since 1370
theconversation.com

“Right to Disconnect” Law Means You Can Legally Ignore Your Boss
vice.com

The staggering death toll of scientific lies
vox.com

Rain and a trade means ex-Jay will become 1st in MLB history to play for both teams in same game
cbc.ca

In the hunt for alien life, is man truly ‘the measure of all things?’
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Doctors Saved Her Life. She Didn’t Want Them To.
nytimes.com

Plutonium levels near US atomic site in Los Alamos similar to Chornobyl, study finds
theguardian.com

China produced large quantities of water using the Moon’s soil
bgr.com

What the unique shape of the human heart tells us about our evolution
theconversation.com

Matching Dinosaur Footprints Connect Ancient Continents Across the Atlantic
scitechdaily.com

“Suspended animation” drug could buy time in medical emergencies
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Ancient Mars lake was larger than any on Earth
earthsky.org

On this day in 1980 a strange device and a menacing letter mysteriously appeared in a Lake Tahoe casino
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Just 5 impacts on Mars sent hundreds of meteorites to Earth
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Finding love: Study reveals where love lives in the brain
medicalxpress.com

The brothers on a four-month voyage through the Arctic Circle
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This Victorian-Era Technology Is Still Astonishingly Accurate At Capturing Weather
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How To Make Millions As a Professional Whistleblower
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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