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The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View
quantamagazine.org

Raking Leaves Is Pointless—and Bad for Your Yard
outsideonline.com

Photos: Building Human Towers in Spain
theatlantic.com

Meet Big Boy, a 600-Ton Train with Devoted Fans
thrillist.com

Scientists accidentally find deep-sea ‘jelly’ creatures merged into ‘single entity’ after injury, revealing bizarre new behavior
livescience.com

Squid Collapse Triggers Massive Sperm Whale Migration From the Gulf of California
scitechdaily.com

The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes
404media.co

Fugitive father filmed with children in New Zealand wilderness three years after disappearing
theguardian.com

A satellite collision catastrophe is now inevitable, experts warn
sciencefocus.com

Two never-before-seen tools, from same group, infect air-gapped devices
arstechnica.com

Backpack bans to prevent school shootings are forcing girls to hide tampons in their hair and shoes
thecut.com

On this day in 1446 the king of Korea dropped a new alphabet
damninteresting.com

On the Nature of Time
writings.stephenwolfram.com

Video: Japan’s $40BN Airport is Sinking [12:26]
youtube.com

Google threatened with being broken up by US
bbc.com

Geckos Use Hidden Inner Ear “Sixth Sense” to Detect Vibrations
neurosciencenews.com

Aurora’s high-speed VTOL X-plane passes ground effect testing
newatlas.com • (see also)

A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out
institutions.newscientist.com

Video: Duracell PowerCheck: A genius idea which didn’t last that long [16:12]
youtube.com

Nanostructures Found in Deep Sea Vents Generate Energy Without Life
sciencealert.com

‘We’ve used hallways, we’ve used bathrooms’: How zoos protect animals when hurricanes hit
bbc.com

Video: The Prime Constant [11:23]
youtube.com

We’re finally going to the Solar System’s most intriguing but unexplored frontier
arstechnica.com

Control the path and power of hurricanes like Milton? Forget it, scientists say
apnews.com

The “People’s Car.” How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle
lithub.com

Cocaine: a cultural history, from medical wonder to illicit drug
aeon.co

SpaceX rocket snaps amazing views of Earth during Hera asteroid probe launch (photos)
space.com

Video: The Problems with China’s Space Program [16:45]
youtube.com

Teenager claims first ever Tetris ‘rebirth’
bbc.com

The Wendigo and 6 Other Ancient Monsters From Indigenous Folklore
atlasobscura.com

Long Covid: study shows damage to brain’s ‘control centre’
theweek.com

Near-Earth asteroid data help probe possible fifth force in universe
phys.org

Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?
apnews.com

California Just Became the First State to Ban Sell-By Dates
foodandwine.com

Video: The Game Prototype That Had to Be Banned by Its Own Studio [16:05]
youtube.com

Hurricane Milton’s rapid intensification into a Category 5 storm, explained
vox.com

Microbes Found Alive Sealed in Rock For 2 Billion Years
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Our Galaxy Could Be Falling Into a Colossal ‘Basin of Attraction’ That’s as Old as Time
sciencealert.com

Video: The real reason cheese is yellow [6:32]
youtube.com

Archaeologists found an ancient Egyptian observatory
arstechnica.com

Unseen Thunderbirds films found in garden shed
bbc.com

NASA Made the Hubble Telescope to Be Remade
spectrum.ieee.org

Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity
wired.com

Earthquakes May Lace Quartz Veins with Gold
eos.org

Dreamy Photo of Mama Bear and Cubs Wins 2024 Creative Photo Awards
mymodernmet.com

What Is Privacy For?
newyorker.com

Does psilocybin really provide long-term relief from depression, as new study suggests?
theconversation.com

NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries
theconversation.com

The Sun’s Coronal Magnetic Field In Finally Coming Into Focus Like Never Before
inverse.com

The big idea: should we be thinking about luck differently?
theguardian.com • (see also)

Video: How a Hacker Saved The Internet [15:56]
youtube.com

How a newspaper revolution sparked protesters and influencers, disinformation and the Civil War
theconversation.com

Tiny Black Holes Could Lurk Inside Asteroids, Moons, or Even Planets Like Ours
sciencealert.com

Electric vehicles can feed power into the electricity grid, something experts say could be done more in the future
abc.net.au

Ghostly Glow of a Nuclear Power Station Was Detected in Pure Water 150 Miles Away
sciencealert.com

Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time, but designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easy
phys.org

Stunning photos of a vast e-waste dumping ground — and those who make a living off it
npr.org

The Merchants of Venice—In Code
daily.jstor.org

Two and a Half Years After the Russian Invasion, Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage Remains at Risk
smithsonianmag.com

NASA postpones launch of Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter moon
digitaltrends.com