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The Mayaguez Incident: The Last Chapter of the Vietnam War
daily.jstor.org

Roadside Relics of the USSR
flashbak.com

Scientists discover “glue” that holds memory together in fascinating neuroscience breakthrough
psypost.org

A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor
zmescience.com

Amateur sleuth finds largest known prime number with 41 million digits
institutions.newscientist.com

Woman wedged upside down between boulders for seven hours after trying to retrieve phone in regional NSW
theguardian.com

America’s Earliest Sports Stars Were … Professional Walkers?
zocalopublicsquare.org

A new theory suggests mistakes are an essential part of being alive
aeon.co

Scientists have traced 70% of meteorite falls to three collisions that occurred in the asteroid belt within the past 40 million years
skyandtelescope.org

Video: Should We Build A Geothermal Power Plant In Yellowstone? [10:34]
youtube.com

A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago, but provided a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life
cnn.com

WWII submarine discovered 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission
popsci.com

Video: Inside the FBI’s Secret Encrypted Phone Company ‘Anom’ [39:23]
youtube.com

How dogs were implicated during the Salem witch trials
theconversation.com • (see also)

Why a Kansas City Museum Called in the Bomb Squad to Open a 100-Year-Old Time Capsule
vice.com • (see also)

These Florida domed homes have survived category 5 hurricanes
bbc.com

What It’s Like to Experience Polar Night in the World’s Northernmost Town
smithsonianmag.com

Bitcoin bro searched ‘how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI’ before FBI arrest
popsci.com

The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick
thewalrus.ca

The Mystery of the Cave Cats
nautil.us

The Firebird III Was Peak General Motors Whizbang Design
mossandfog.com • (see also)

Scientists could soon resurrect the Tasmanian tiger. Should we be worried?
sciencefocus.com

It’s Time to Build the Exoplanet Telescope
palladiummag.com

Allen Telescope Array Searches for Radio Technosignatures from TRAPPIST-1 System
sci.news • (see also)

Fungi deserve same protections as plants and animals, conservationists argue
salon.com

Pavlov saw it first: How emotions hijack our behavior
english.elpais.com

How animals react to death: From vigils to cannibalism
popsci.com

Himilco, Hanno, Faxian… And Other Early World Explorers Who Should Be More Famous
lithub.com

Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up during organ harvesting
theguardian.com

The neutron lifetime problem—and its possible solution
phys.org

Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
flashbak.com

The laws of physics appear to follow a mysterious mathematical pattern
institutions.newscientist.com

In the Kentucky Mountains, a Bitcoin Mining Dream Turned Into a Nightmare
wired.com

Plankton balloon to six times their size in newly discovered mode of oceanic travel
phys.org

‘It’s our moonshot’: Why scientists are drilling into volcanos
bbc.com

Math Is Still Catching Up to the Mysterious Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Smallest dinosaur egg ever found confirmed in China
phys.org

Why do humans have near-equal numbers of male and female babies, unlike many other animals? New study offers some clues
zmescience.com

Video: What happens when you set a river free? [3:37]
youtube.com

What the US Army’s 1959 ‘Soldier of Tomorrow’ Got Right About the Future of Warfare
wired.com

Video: The “dirty side” of a hurricane, explained [5:06]
youtube.com

Sydney reopens beaches after tar ball mystery
bbc.com

Is There Life on Europa?
404media.co

Riding the Sunset Limited of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1950s: Photos of an Era When Travel Was Glamorous
rarehistoricalphotos.com

She Shared Her Notes with John Steinbeck. It was Her Novel’s Undoing.
nytimes.com

Socially distanced layout of the world’s oldest cities helped early civilization evade diseases
theconversation.com

New, non-hallucinogenic versions of psychedelics are blurring the boundaries of the drug trip
theatlantic.com • Mirror

Video: How This Chalk Artist Creates Illusions on Pavement [9:29]
youtube.com

Kurt Vonnegut’s Lost Board Game Is Finally for Sale
openculture.com

A tipster warned of a ‘dysfunctional’ hire at a local police department. That was an understatement.
poynter.org

Stunning Fossil Reveals Fireflies Glowed When Dinosaurs Ruled Earth
sciencealert.com

See the First Section of the Largest-Ever Cosmic Map, Revealed in Stunning Detail by the Euclid Space Telescope
smithsonianmag.com

On this day in 1998 Zhiqiang Shoe Factory in China announced they were officially halting production of “lotus shoes.”
damninteresting.com

Standing desks do not reduce risk of stroke and heart failure, study suggests
theguardian.com

Can Virtual Reality Help You Kick Cocaine? UK Scientists Are Finding Out
vice.com • (see also)

Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
spacenews.com

In Rare Move, Judge Changes Mind After 27 Years and Frees Brooklyn Man
nytimes.com

North Korea deploys troops to fight with Russia: Seoul
bbc.com

Tech bosses think nuclear fusion is the solution to AI’s energy demands – here’s what they’re missing
theconversation.com

Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities
nasa.gov