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‘Did Frank Sinatra Really Perform at My Grandma’s High School?’
cantgetmuchhigher.com

There Might Be More Than One Way to Make a Planet
nytimes.com

Video: The cocoa connection: How ‘brown gold’ is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea [12:03]
youtube.com

The strange and dark tale of the other Nova Scotian Alexander Keith
cbc.ca

“Golden Lettuce” genetically engineered to pack 30 times more vitamins
newatlas.com

Video: This Will Change Skyscraper Construction [10:00]
youtube.com

Physicists Have Created a One-Dimensional Gas Made Out of Light
sciencealert.com

Scientists finally know why ultraviolent superstorms flare up on Uranus and Neptune
livescience.com

Video: How can a jigsaw have two distinct solutions? [26:22]
youtube.com

Which animals are evolving fastest?
livescience.com

Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme ‘Rogue Wave’ on Record
sciencealert.com • (see also)

For the First Time, Gold Bars Are Worth $1 Million Dollars
mymodernmet.com

How to succeed in MrBeast production (leaked PDF)
simonwillison.net

Video: What history — and geography — brought these women together to make one of the greatest photographs of all time?
youtube.com

‘Entire ecosystem’ of fossils 8.7m years old found under Los Angeles high school
yahoo.com

The remarkable reason why these bugs are seeking out devastating wildfires
vox.com

Video: This new type of illusion is really hard to make [17:57]
youtube.com

The Parasites of Malibu
thecut.com • Mirror

Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring – like Saturn
theconversation.com

These Creatures Occupy ‘Third State’ Beyond Life And Death, Scientists Say
sciencealert.com

Stolen Banksy ‘Girl with Balloon’ painting found
reuters.com

Whale feeding wins Ocean Photographer of the year award
bbc.com

Waking up with a bang? It could be ‘exploding head syndrome’
theconversation.com

The Strange Theft of a Priceless Churchill Portrait
thewalrus.ca

Throwable tactical camera transmits 360° panoramic thermal images
newatlas.com

Looking for the mysterious photographer who snapped occupied Paris and mocked the Nazis
lemonde.fr • Update, but paywalled

Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists can model them to predict how they grow
theconversation.com

Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole
science.nasa.gov

Climate change prompted these scientists to reinvent chocolate
npr.org

African heatwaves impact 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
postandcourier.com

On this day in 1848, a steel rod flew through a man’s head. He lived to tell the tale.
damninteresting.com

Astronomy photographer of the year 2024 – winners and finalists
theguardian.com

Mega El Niños helped kill 90 percent of life on Earth
popsci.com

Earth to have new mini-moon for two months
phys.org

Ig Nobel prize goes to team who found mammals can breathe through anuses
theguardian.com • (see also)

Meet the radio-obsessed civilian shaping Ukraine’s drone defense
technologyreview.com

Inspired by Natural Camouflage Techniques, Humans Adapted Patterns for Warfare
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Found dead in the snow − how microbes can help pinpoint time of death for forensic investigations in frigid conditions
theconversation.com • (see also)

NASA scientists recreate Mars’s spider-shaped geologic formations in lab for the first time
phys.org

How oligarchs took on the UK fraud squad – and won
theguardian.com

‘I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy’: The people who work inside the eye of a hurricane
bbc.com

Why This Great Mathematician Wanted a Heptadecagon on His Tombstone
scientificamerican.com

Personal carbon footprint of the rich is vastly underestimated by rich and poor alike, study finds
cam.ac.uk

New method uses light to bend DNA strands for better disease understanding
interestingengineering.com

The Cost of Lightning
wired.com • (see also)

Supermassive Black Holes in Nearby Galaxy Caught on The Brink of Collision
sciencealert.com

‘My family knew that my father had been tapping the phone lines. Only later would I discover the secrets the recordings contained.’
thecut.com

Your AI Breaks It? You Buy It.
noemamag.com

The Golden Age of Offbeat Arctic Research
undark.org • (see also) • (see also)

Watch SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts conduct 1st private spacewalk early Sept. 12
space.com

America’s Most Advanced Spy Satellite Captured Russian Military Secrets. Then It Crashed Into the Pacific.
popularmechanics.com • (see also) • (sea also)

Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have
arstechnica.com

Doldrums debunked: what really causes still water?
cosmosmagazine.com

NASA’s Juno probe spots massive new volcano on Jupiter moon Io
space.com

Video: The luxury plane that took flight 75 years ago [01:19]
bbc.com • (see also)

Mars leaks faster when closer to the sun
space.com

The Internet Spent Years Searching for Her. She Had No Idea.
nytimes.com

The moon might still have active volcanoes, China’s Chang’e 5 sample-return probe reveals
space.com

Video: Boatlift 9/11 [11:56]
youtube.com

How we discovered that people who are colorblind are less likely to be picky eaters
theconversation.com