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Europe’s Hera probe to launch Oct. 7 to inspect asteroid NASA smacked in 2022
space.com

Extreme 3D ocean waves can reach heights 4x steeper than previously thought
popsci.com

Bacteria on the space station are evolving for life in space
newscientist.com • Mirror

Three Mile Island nuclear plant set for restart on Microsoft AI power deal
reuters.com

Caught on camera: Satellite tracker photographs secret spacecraft
space.com

French dig team finds archaeologist’s 200-year-old note
bbc.com

Drone Awards 2024 – in pictures
theguardian.com

Students in the Philippines Create and Wear Funny “Anti-Cheating Hats” to School Exams
mymodernmet.com

Famous Fossil Frauds
nautil.us

California man finds he’s been paying his neighbor’s electric bill for 15 years
theguardian.com

‘One Day, I Got a Furious Email From a Jeopardy! Star. It Only Got Weirder From There.’
slate.com • (see also)

Apes understand reasons behind each other’s actions, research finds
phys.org

Video: Wreckage Of Titan Submersible Reveal How It Imploded [17:20]
youtube.com

Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope?
space.com

2nd Kuiper Belt? Our solar system may be much larger than thought
space.com

Hawaii hikers report exploding guts as norovirus outbreak hits famous trail
arstechnica.com

‘It smells like a food bin that’s overflowing’: The weird biology of the giant smelly ‘corpse plant’
bbc.com

The Dangerous Fantasy of Cybernetic Cops
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

No hospital, no cars … and only three school pupils: life on a remote island – in pictures
theguardian.com

The Loudest Sound in History Broke People’s Eardrums 40 Miles Away
mossandfog.com

Squid-skin-inspired screen displays encrypted images using only magnets
newatlas.com

He bought a cruise ship on Craigslist and spent over $1 million restoring it. Then his dream sank
cnn.com

What gives stars their colors?
astronomy.com

Magnetic mystery at Mercury revealed by BepiColombo probe
space.com

Scientists Identify New Blood Group After a 50 Year Mystery
sciencealert.com

Astronomers Have Found a Star with a Hot Jupiter and a Cold Super Jupiter in Orbit
universetoday.com

Ultra-Rare Copy of the U.S. Constitution, Found in a Filing Cabinet, Heads to Auction
mentalfloss.com

The largest volcano on Mars may sit above a 1,000-mile magma pool. Could Olympus Mons erupt again?
space.com

Light has been seen leaving an atom cloud before it entered
newscientist.com • Mirror • (see also)

Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?
wired.com

Video: The People Who Remember Every Moment of Their Lives [6:14]
youtube.com

Common Threads: The Rise (and Rise, and Rise) of the Mini Skirt
saturdayeveningpost.com

On this day in 1980 a technician dropped a large ratchet socket into the depths of a Titan II nuclear launch complex in Arkansas
damninteresting.com

Photographer Captures Rare Photo of Massive Red Sprite Amid Perseid Meteor Shower
mymodernmet.com

New evidence suggests allergies were partly to blame for demise of woolly mammoth
phys.org

Video: How The Irish Mob Actually Works [35:34]
youtube.com

Scientists Might Achieve the Impossible and Actually *See* Gravity
popularmechanics.com

The Arctic Seed Vault Shows the Flawed Logic of Climate Adaptation
scientificamerican.com • (see also)

James Webb Space Telescope Reveals How This Powerful Phenomenon is Creating ‘Dead’ Galaxies
thedebrief.org

Mega Mystery Over Huge Unclaimed Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot
vice.com

How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Took America By Surprise
lithub.com

Unraveling an ancient European extinction mystery: Disappearance of dwarf megafauna on paleolithic Cyprus
phys.org

Voyager 1 is slowly dying 15 billion miles from Earth
qz.com • (see also)

Listen to The Eerie ‘Sound’ From A Black Hole, Captured by NASA
sciencealert.com

On this day in 1740 Commodore Anson’s squadron departed from England on a secret world-circumnavigating mission
damninteresting.com

Video: The Board That Decides Every Place Name in the U.S. [7:56]
youtube.com

Are bugs really disappearing?
vox.com

‘Scuba-diving’ lizards use bubble to breathe underwater and avoid predators
phys.org

A ‘primordial’ black hole may zoom through our solar system every decade
space.com

The first billionaire to walk in space says the experience was pretty rough
qz.com

Quantum ‘Ghost Imaging’ Reveals the Dark Side of Plants
scientificamerican.com

NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Looked Doomed. Could Engineers Save It?
nytimes.com

1st-ever photo of Earth and Mars’ moon Phobos captured from Red Planet
space.com

The Straw Hat Riots Come to a Head
saturdayeveningpost.com • (see also)

Video: Why Did the Apollo Landers Look So Odd? [15:35]
youtube.com

30 Years Ago, NASA Tested This Bizarre Safety Backpack To Keep Astronauts From Getting Lost In Space
inverse.com

Dr. Hologram will see you now: Virtual specialists visit cancer patients
newatlas.com

Why the ‘dirty side’ of a hurricane can be 50% stronger than its ‘clean side’
bbc.com

Water droplets on a butterfly’s wing among winners in microscopic video competition
cbc.ca

Video: Why we should go back to writing in runes [20:38]
youtube.com