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Fumes of Fiery Volcanic Moon Detected Outside The Solar System
sciencealert.com

Why pickles and ice-cream? The science of strangely specific pregnancy cravings
theguardian.com

Physicists Synthesize New Isotope of Plutonium
sci.news • (see also)

A Husband in the Aftermath of His Wife’s Unfathomable Act
newyorker.com

How Scientists Started to Decode Birdsong
newyorker.com

To build a better dome, look to dragonfly wings
popsci.com

Meet the tiny tuft-tailed saviour of Madagascar’s endangered baobabs
rfi.fr

Harnessing Hellfire: The Geothermal Breakthrough Set to Transform Clean Energy
scitechdaily.com

NASA, SpaceX set for launch of historic Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter
nasaspaceflight.com • Livestream

170 years ago today, a Japanese castaway returned home after accidentally circumnavigating the globe
dam.mn

The pickled dragon hoax that fooled the world
bbc.com

Attention Kmart Shoppers: It’s Closing Time
nytimes.com

Video: The Insane Engineering of Europa Clipper [20:56]
youtube.com

Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
wsj.com • Mirror

Even a Single Bacterial Cell Can Sense the Seasons Changing
quantamagazine.org

A simple experiment revealed the complex ‘thoughts’ of fungi
popsci.com

Closure for family as body found 56 years after India plane crash
bbc.com

Video: How SpaceX Landed A Rocket… Without Landing Legs. Catching a Giant Rocket With Giant Chopsticks [21:02]
youtube.com

Cells From Different Species Can Exchange ‘Text Messages’ Using RNA
wired.com

Alien worlds might not have a night and day. How would that change evolution?
bbc.com

Scientists found a way to make sound travel in only one direction
zmescience.com

A unique event in Japan gave scientists unprecedented insight into gaming’s mental health effects
psypost.org

Why have so many people been killed or gone missing in Dawson Creek, B.C.?
cbc.ca

The anonymous, anything-goes forum at the heart of the Pelicot rape case
theguardian.com

The Real Tomb Raiders: How Freeports Enabled International Art Theft
lithub.com

Gravity can exist without mass and dark matter could be myth, says study
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

SpaceX launches mega Starship rocket in successful test flight (with tower landing)
apnews.com • Video 1 • Video 2

Video: NASA’s Search For Life in a Radiation Death Zone [17:55]
youtube.com

Point Nemo, the Most Remote Place in the World
theatlantic.com • Mirror

Video: ‘Our flatmate found a scorpion in her Shein parcel’ [0:58]
bbc.com

Dramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century
theguardian.com

Remains of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine found on Everest
arstechnica.com

Video: Every Other Video About Color is Wrong [21:33]
youtube.com

New Gmail Security Alert For Billions As 7-Day AI Hack Confirmed
forbes.com

Video: The Secret to Good Airport Design: Aesthetic vs Efficiency [16:38]
youtube.com

America Is Updating Its Nuclear Weapons. The Price: $1.7 Trillion.
nytimes.com

Hardy’s Paradox Finally Confirmed: Landmark Experiment Shakes Local Realism
scitechdaily.com

Man learns he’s being dumped via “dystopian” AI summary of texts
arstechnica.com

An Enormous Photo of the Moon Zooms in on the Cratered Lunar Topography in Incredible Detail
thisiscolossal.com

‘There’s nobody like him’: Sammy Basso, longest survivor of rapid ageing disease, dies at 28
cbc.ca

Video: Math’s Fundamental Flaw [33:59]
youtube.com

World’s highest-voltage gun accelerates electrons from zero to 80% the speed of light
phys.org

Meet the team paid to break into top-secret bases
bbc.com

North Korea accuses South Korea of flying drones to its capital and threatens to attack next time
apnews.com

The Pettiest Drama in the Tech World Is Taking Place at … WordPress?
slate.com

Webb allows researchers to use new method of finding atmospheres in distant planets
phys.org

Video: Why is it always Rubidium? [19:39]
youtube.com

In a rare disclosure, the Pentagon provides an update on the X-37B spaceplane
arstechnica.com

New images show remarkable state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton’s ship
theguardian.com

Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive
rollingstone.com

Each of These Glittering Stars Is 10,000x More Massive Than the Sun
petapixel.com

The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due
theconversation.com

The Best Wildlife Photographs From Years Past
smithsonianmag.com

Our Better Nature: Great Pumpkins
saturdayeveningpost.com

These beaches are among LA’s favourites. But they’re fake
bbc.com

The dinosaur-killing asteroid turned ants into farmers
popsci.com

Never-before-seen head of prehistoric, car-size ‘millipede’ solves evolutionary mystery
livescience.com

Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Getting Much, Much Stronger
wired.com

Can New Mexico’s Ancient Water System Survive Climate Change?
undark.org • (see also)

World’s most powerful X-ray laser set for massive upgrade that will help us better understand the atomic world
livescience.com