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Lab owner pleads guilty to faking COVID test results during pandemic
arstechnica.com

UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
bbc.com

Why plastic bottles now have their caps attached
theconversation.com

The Flying Car Is Finally Here. It’s Slightly Illegal.
nymag.com

Real art in museums stimulates brain much more than reprints, study finds
theguardian.com

Even Gamma Rays Can’t Stop This Memory
spectrum.ieee.org

Treasure hunter finally finds Golden Owl after decades
bbc.com

Disabling a Nuclear Weapon in Midflight
spectrum.ieee.org

Woman gives birth to twins from two separate uteruses; doctor calls it ‘one in a million’
livemint.com • (see also)

How zapping the brain can supercharge meditation
vox.com

See a Newly Uncovered Throne Room in Peru That May Have Belonged to an Ancient Queen
smithsonianmag.com

American WWII bomb explodes at Japanese airport, causing large crater in taxiway
cnn.com • Video

The conditions which might have sparked life on Earth
cosmosmagazine.com

The Plan to Save Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper Isn’t Going as Planned
nytimes.com

How Japan’s tsunami-ravaged coastline is being transformed by hope
bbc.com

Scientists mapped every neuron of an adult animal’s brain for the first time
popsci.com

Feel-good finalists come in to land in the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Awards
newatlas.com

Video: Did Medieval People Eat Breakfast? [18:14]
youtube.com

Eight Scientists, a Billion Dollars, and the Moonshot Agency Trying to Make Britain Great Again
wired.com

Bottlenose dolphins ‘smile’ at each other while playing, research shows
phys.org

Partial Automation Doesn’t Make Vehicles Safer
spectrum.ieee.org

The hidden toll taken by tropical storms
theverge.com

Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s a better way forward
theconversation.com

Video: Adolf Hitler’s Berlin [5:38]
youtube.com

Giant Bigfin Squid Filmed Walking Around on Its 13-Foot-Long Tentacles
petapixel.com

A star-studded Rosette nebula brings gorgeous color to the cosmos
space.com

Safety Last! Behind-the-Scenes Photos: Rare Glimpses into the Making of a Silent Film Classic
rarehistoricalphotos.com

Webb Researchers Discover Lensed Supernova, Confirm Hubble Tension
blogs.nasa.gov

Mount Everest Is Actively Climbing Higher And Faster Than It Should Be
forbes.com • (see also)

Ocean camouflage expert helps design extreme weather fabric
cosmosmagazine.com

Video: Is the World Really Running Out of Sand? [19:37]
youtube.com

The only place where whales come to watch you
bbc.com

Divers in Mexico’s Underwater Caves Get a Glimpse of Rarely Seen Artifacts, Fossils and Human Remains
smithsonianmag.com

The Vagus Nerve’s Crucial Role in Creating the Human Sense of Mind
wired.com

“Functional cure” for diabetes restores insulin production with stem cells
newatlas.com

Video: Will This Experimental Supersonic Aircraft Show Supersonic Airliners Can Work? [22:23]
youtube.com

NASA Insists It Didn’t Do Much Work on the Titanic Sub That Imploded, Killing Its Crew
futurism.com

Spanish nuclear fusion reactor takes a new approach
cosmosmagazine.com

Wreck of ‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ Found Off California
nytimes.com

Long Distance Whale Synchrony: Coincidence or Communication?
undark.org

Scientists Create the Heaviest Antimatter Particle
popularmechanics.com

The ‘mastermind’ behind India’s biggest jailbreak
bbc.com

Pilsner Goes to America: How Beer Got Big in the 19th Century
lithub.com • (see also)

‘Everything is dead’: Ukraine rushes to stem ecocide after river poisoning
theguardian.com

James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto’s icy moon Charon
space.com

China’s astronauts are aiming to land on the moon by 2030. They now have a new spacesuit to do it
cnn.com

Evidence of ‘Negative Time’ Found in Quantum Physics Experiment
scientificamerican.com

Video: What Will Happen to Voyager and Others in the Far Future? [17:42]
youtube.com • (see also)

On this day in 1769 Isabel Godin headed into the Amazon jungle to seek out her long-lost husband
damninteresting.com

Who really won when Bergson and Einstein debated time?
aeon.co

Protein study reveals how the tiny shrew achieves a resting heart rate of 1,020 beats per minute
phys.org

Why main character syndrome is philosophically dangerous
aeon.co

This 3,775-Year-Old Log May Hold the Secret to a Low-Cost Climate Solution
smithsonianmag.com

20 Years Ago, Two Physicists Made A Groundbreaking Discovery That Changed Technology Forever
inverse.com

The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself
wired.com

Just 6 Light-Years Away: Astronomers Discover New Planet Around Barnard’s Star
scitechdaily.com

Science sees miracle as first-ever single electron carbon bond spotted
interestingengineering.com

‘People say, just get surgery, and I’m like: Bruh, this is after surgery’
theguardian.com

Why the most climate-resistant glaciers are hiding in plain sight
npr.org

Video: ‘I used to hate QR codes. But they’re actually genius’ [35:12]
youtube.com