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Moth employs novel optical illusion to appear 3D
cosmosmagazine.com

Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane
space.com

‘My Secret Landlord and Me’
curbed.com

A tourist lost both of her hands to a bite while trying to photograph a shark
nytimes.com

How Does Earth’s Magnetic Field Work?
discovermagazine.com

This Mom Flies to Work Every Day Because It’s Cheaper Than Renting
vice.com

No More Needles: Stanford Scientists Create a Painless, Living Vaccine You Rub on Your Skin
scitechdaily.com

‘He meant a great deal to me and my people’: How the assassination of Malcolm X shook the US 60 years ago
bbc.com

Eating from plastic takeout containers can increase heart failure risk – study
theguardian.com

New study finds meteoric iron in early Iron Age artifacts in Poland
phys.org

This River Is Filled With Human Bones but No One Knows Exactly Why
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NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
gizmodo.com

Birds-of-Paradise Glow to Attract Mates, Adding a Flashy Element to Their Impressive Courtship Displays
smithsonianmag.com

Unexpected TV signal leads to a new method for filtering out unwanted radio frequencies
phys.org • (see also)

The teeming life of dead trees
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Chronic stress affects the way mice perceive loudness
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Dial Up the Story of the First 911 Call, Which Was Placed on This Day in 1968
smithsonianmag.com

How to Prepare for Your Digital Afterlife
nytimes.com

Unusual Ways People Used Lead—and Suffered For It
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

If the ultra-rich want to escape from reality — good riddance
salon.com

Why can’t we remember our lives as babies or toddlers?
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Smell like an Egyptian: researchers sniff ancient mummies to study preservation
theguardian.com

Man from uncontacted Indigenous tribe emerges in Amazon, and villagers demonstrate a lighter
apnews.com

The Parking Lot Frisbee Game That Started in 1968 Is Still Going Strong
nytimes.com

‘I thought I was dead’: Terrifying video of humpback whale gobbling up kayaker explained
livescience.com

A Flaming Flower in the Large Magellanic Cloud
universetoday.com

Cuttlefish ink can help keep sharks away from humans
popsci.com

Memories of a Military Coup: Making Sense of a Vanishing Haitian Heritage
lithub.com

Arctic Rush: Inside the 19th-Century Craze to Reach the North Pole
lithub.com • (see also)

Why some animals thrive on being alone
bbc.com

Offshore worker Robbie Robson was bludgeoned to death on an oil rig. Was it a random attack or does the industry have questions to answer?
theguardian.com

These Black Holes Are So Ancient They Shouldn’t Even Exist
popularmechanics.com

Discovery of collagen in fossil bone could unlock new insights into dinosaurs
news.liverpool.ac.uk

How Much Is Your Kidney Worth?
noemamag.com

Enzymes are the engines of life − machine learning tools could help scientists design new ones to tackle disease and climate change
theconversation.com

Scientists Found the Largest Underground Thermal Lake at the Bottom of a Subterranean Abyss
popularmechanics.com

Accidental Breakthrough As Supercooled Wires Detect Near-Light-Speed Protons
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Mammals, birds, and reptiles evolved complex brains through different paths
english.elpais.com

This week: Cow communication, postal peculiarities, spacetime symmetry, and more!
damninteresting.com

Planetary Valentines
planetary.org

The curious case of the stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald statue
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A Blown-Glass Structure Could House Astronauts on the Moon
universetoday.com

Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Banished Forever
vulture.com

Mysterious Radioactive Anomaly Discovered Deep Under The Pacific Ocean
sciencealert.com

Video: An Engineer’s Love Letter to Cable-Stayed Bridges [20:18]
youtube.com

A bacteria-based Band-Aid helps plants heal their wounds
sciencenews.org

4,100-Year-Old Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Royal Physician Unearthed in Saqqara
mymodernmet.com

Hummingbirds Living in a Hive Found for the First Time
nytimes.com

The ENIAC was a 30-ton ‘numerical monster’—and pivotal in the history of consumer technology
popsci.com

Video: The Octopuses Are Making Fish Armies [7:48]
youtube.com

Archaeologists discover London’s first Roman basilica under office building
nbcnews.com

This City’s Sewer System Is Full of Alligators, but It’s Not New York
nytimes.com

A Supermassive Black Hole Is on a Collision Course With The Milky Way
sciencealert.com

‘As a young reporter, I was sent to cover the Moorgate train disaster. I had no idea it had killed my father’
theguardian.com

This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike
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‘If You Ever Stacked Cups In Gym Class, Blame My Dad’
defector.com

‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry
theguardian.com

Video: Watch moment US fighter jet crashes into San Diego Bay [00:38]
bbc.com

Video: How Caulk Accidentally Flattened Architecture [19:37]
youtube.com

Physicists uncover evidence of two arrows of time emerging from the quantum realm
phys.org