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Adults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening
theconversation.com

Many of the technologies that will define the future of space warfare are already in development
popularmechanics.com

‘My father, the serial killer: how April Balascio put her dad behind bars – and broke free of her childhood’
theguardian.com

This 100-Million-Year-Old Microraptor Flapped Its Arms While Running
discovermagazine.com

Pluto’s Small Moons Are Unlike Any Other
eos.org

Poker Cheaters Allegedly Use Tiny Hidden Cameras to Spot Dealt Cards
wired.com

Crumbling rocks, wetter avalanches: Why life-and-death rescues are changing in a warming world
bbc.com

We’re All Completely Wrong About What Others Find Physically Attractive
vice.com

Climate Scientists Project 2024 Will Be the Hottest Year on Record—and the First to Pass 1.5 Degrees Celsius of Warming
smithsonianmag.com

The Journalist Who the Nazis Could Not Silence
magazine.atavist.com

New e-tattoo technology can measure brainwaves
cosmosmagazine.com

MIT astronomers find the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt
news.mit.edu

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve
theconversation.com

Archaeologists Accidentally Discovered the Oldest Gun Ever Found in America
popularmechanics.com

Restaurant’s “Robot” Server Is Actually a Real Woman With Incredible Skills
mymodernmet.com

Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip
theguardian.com

Video: Why our brains are bad at understanding big numbers [3:14]
bbc.com

Rare New England Coin From 1652 Found in an Old Cabinet
mymodernmet.com

Video: The Most Poisonous Paints Ever [10:53]
youtube.com

Canadian man leaps onto polar bear to defend wife during attack
abc.net.au

Powerful Magnetic Fields Spin Around Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole
scitechdaily.com

Chaotic Traffic From Horse-Drawn Carriages Inspired the World’s First Traffic Lights
smithsonianmag.com

The ‘apple library’ with a lost world on its limbs
bbc.com • (see also)

Giant cyborg cockroaches could be the search and rescue workers of the future
cnn.com

Antarctic ice lake found to hold previously unknown life
semafor.com • (see also)

A ‘giant’ rising in the desert: World’s largest telescope comes together
space.com

How do we know dark matter exists if it can’t be detected?
english.elpais.com • (see also)

Sharks Are 50 Million Years Older Than Trees—A Biologist Explains
forbes.com

The Biggest Crater on The Moon Is Much Bigger Than We Ever Realized
sciencealert.com • (see also)

World’s Priciest Dinosaur Fossil Comes to Museum of Natural History
nytimes.com

Chuck E. Cheese’s Animatronics Band Bows Out
spectrum.ieee.org

Why a health care CEO’s death has provoked such complicated reactions from the public
vox.com

When Songbird Couples Split
nautil.us

On this day in 1921, Thomas Midgley did “a very unscientific jig” to celebrate the discovery of leaded gasoline
damninteresting.com

Video: How This Autonomous Liquid Metal Finds Its Way Through Mazes [8:40]
youtube.com

On secret military island, a mother strives to raise her children normally
bbc.com

Scientists are no longer sure the Universe began with a bang
aeon.co

Want to design the car of the future? Here are 8,000 designs to get you started.
news.mit.edu

The internet made a stink over her ‘politics of smell’ PhD thesis
washingtonpost.com • Mirror

Tinnitus Seems to Be Somehow Linked to Sleep
sciencealert.com • (see also)

How the mournful songs of icebergs reverberate around the world
bbc.com

How did Adolf Hitler’s car end up in Ottawa?
cbc.ca

Video: The Nuclear Test That Shocked the Planet [18:34]
youtube.com • (see also)

German island festival passes peacefully after criticism over practice of men hitting women
ctvnews.ca

The growing threat of firearms that can be made at home
theguardian.com

Video: How Shopping Malls Are Being Transformed Into Apartments In The U.S. [9:13]
youtube.com

What the Murder of the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Means to America
newyorker.com

First look at jet-powered VTOL X-plane for DARPA program
newatlas.com

The most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universe
theguardian.com

Cleopatra’s Nose
daily.jstor.org

Video: 12,419 Days Of Strandbeest Evolution [21:38]
youtube.com • (see also)

Solar maximum just knocked 3 satellites out of orbit. Here’s why more may be on the way.
space.com • (see also)

The people growing their own toilet paper
bbc.com • (see also)

Sabotage as a Tool of Solidarity
inthesetimes.com

This ‘Lollipop’ Device Lets You Taste Flavors in Virtual Reality
vice.com

This week: Simian semantics, not-so-secret Arctic bases, hibernating bat blood, and more!
damninteresting.com

Was WWI dazzle battleship camouflage actually effective?
cosmosmagazine.com • (see also)

Scientists Reveal How Our Solar System Could Capture a New Planet
sciencealert.com

The ‘bison skull mountain’ photo that reveals the US’s dark history
bbc.com

Slingshot spiders rely on good vibrations to catch supper
npr.org