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A Private Coup: Guatemala, 1954
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Viewers of Quantum Events Are Also Subject to Uncertainty
wired.com

Scientist’s ‘ruthlessly imaginative’ 1925 predictions for the future come true
theguardian.com

Similarity-attraction proves to be a surprisingly unshakable psychological effect
psypost.org

Scientists predict an undersea volcano eruption near Oregon in 2025
sciencenews.org

Video: How North Korea Actually Works [43:59]
youtube.com

‘All people could do was hope the nerds would fix it’: the global panic over the millennium bug, 25 years on
theguardian.com

3 Years After JWST’s Launch, Here’s What It Has Taught Us About The Universe
sciencealert.com

Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Found a Portal to the Fifth Dimension
popularmechanics.com

The New Science of Controlling Lucid Dreams
scientificamerican.com • (see also)

Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers
wsj.com • Mirror

New physics engine lets robots practice tasks 430,000x faster
interestingengineering.com

Hawk Tuah Wasn’t What It Seemed
theatlantic.com • Mirror

NATO’s Emergency Plan for an Orbital Backup Internet
spectrum.ieee.org

Tiny Fossilized Embryos Reveal Stunning Details of Life Half a Billion Years Ago
sciencealert.com

For Science That Comes With Risks, a Key Question: Who Decides?
undark.org

Our Sun may once have had a twin. What happened to this stellar sibling?
bbc.com

Climate Change Is Making Plants Less Nutritious. That’s A Huge Problem
inverse.com

New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant’s massive bands disappear
space.com

‘The dead zone is real’: why US farmers are embracing wildflowers
theguardian.com

Flat Earther (Kind of) Admits They Were Wrong After Trip to Antarctica
vice.com

Indian Ocean Tsunami Was the Deadliest in History. 20 Years Later, Challenges Still Remain.
nytimes.com

From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025
theconversation.com

Video: Reading the Lord’s Prayer in English, 1124 [12:14]
youtube.com

Mars Orbiter Captures a Winter Wonderland on Summertime Mars
gizmodo.com

Researchers Link 6,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Artifacts to the Origins of the Written Word
mymodernmet.com

Scientists await signal from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe after historic close sun flyby. Will it phone home?
space.com

‘Really incredible’ sixth-century sword found in Kent
theguardian.com

Why Do Some People Thrive on So Little Sleep?
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Bubonic plague discovered in ancient Egyptian mummy DNA
popsci.com

Scientists create ‘twisted light’ so that robots can see like shrimp
interestingengineering.com

Video: The 10 Weirdest Ways Animals Have Sex [12:21]
youtube.com

Astronomers spot an enormous explosion from the 1st black hole ever photographed
livescience.com

Video: Did Neanderthals Make You A Morning Person? [9:22]
youtube.com

Cadbury loses royal warrant after 170 years
bbc.com

MIT’s (mostly) secret society
technologyreview.com

How French Crown Jewels Ended Up in New Jersey
nytimes.com

Grapes of math: Ordinary fruit enhances performance of quantum sensors
phys.org

The Parker Solar Probe passed closer to the Sun than any spacecraft ever before on Christmas Eve 2024
skyatnightmagazine.com

Video: What if we put a pool on the moon? [2:52]
youtube.com

Ants prove superior to humans in group problem-solving maze experiment
phys.org

Video: What ACTUALLY Happened to the Rudolph Puppets? [24:19]
youtube.com

Interstellar “tunnel” connects our solar system to other stars
earth.com

In 1928, Eric the Robot promised the robo-butler of the future
popsci.com

The Hidden Culprit Behind Alzheimer’s Revealed: Microglia Under the Microscope
scitechdaily.com

Two Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting nearby star detected
phys.org

‘Like going to the moon’: Why this is the world’s most terrifying ocean crossing
accuweather.com • (see also)

Teleoperated robots at scale could mean a seismic shift in how we think about labor and automation
technologyreview.com

A strong sense of self-continuity can improve health and well-being
knowablemagazine.org

From Earth to alien worlds: Exploring the fundamental limits to life
phys.org

A Distant Quasar Has 140 Trillion Times the Water of Earth’s Oceans
vice.com

The next massive volcanic eruption is coming. It will cause chaos the world is not prepared for
cnn.com • Mirror

Dramatic drone footage shows fishermen’s tinnie surrounded by sharks
abc.net.au

Captured by Venera 13 in 1982: The Only Photos Humanity Has of Venus’ Surface
rarehistoricalphotos.com • (see also)

Why do [Americans] still have to use airplane mode?
popsci.com

General Sherman Offered Savannah as a ‘Christmas Gift’ to President Lincoln. The Victory Signaled the End of His Brutal March to the Sea
smithsonianmag.com

Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
openculture.com

Potentially habitable planet TRAPPIST-1b may have a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere
space.com

The New Climate Gold Rush: Scrubbing Carbon From the Sky
nytimes.com

Introducing perceptein, a protein-based artificial neural network in living cells
phys.org