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Man’s brain turned to glass by hot Vesuvius ash cloud
bbc.com

Video: Zoom over the surface of the moon in new Blue Ghost low lunar orbit footage [01:36]
digitaltrends.com • (see also)

Why can some people wiggle their ears?
popsci.com

The International Space Station lacks microbial diversity. Is it too clean?
sciencenews.org

India: A billion people have no real money to spend, says report
bbc.com

Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
theguardian.com

The Sun Sets On The British Empire
oikofuge.com

Citrus Fruit Consumption Helps Protect against Depression via Gut Microbiome: Study
sci.news

AI’s growing threat to challenging ideas
iai.tv

Captain ‘lost for words’ after witnessing a super pod of more than 2,000 dolphins
cbc.ca

Video: What the Research Actually Says About Fluoride in Drinking Water [14:50]
youtube.com

Lightning strikes link weather on Earth and weather in space
theconversation.com • (see also)

The Job Market Is Frozen
theatlantic.com • Mirror

So This is How You Get Magnetars
universetoday.com

On this day in 1741 a secret squadron sailed through the Straits le Maire⁠—the gateway to the dreaded Drake Passage
damninteresting.com

Archaeologists Found Ancient Tools That Contradict the Timeline of Civilization
popularmechanics.com

Who Killed the Footless Goose?
nymag.com • (see also)

Stonehenge-like circle unearthed in Denmark may have links to UK
theguardian.com

Mega-iceberg from Antarctica is headed toward South Georgia—here’s what could happen
phys.org

The women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for it
theverge.com

There’s a Spoon’s Worth of Plastic in Our Brains. Now What?
nymag.com

Humans moved into African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago
sciencenews.org

Notes on the Sexual Habits of the ‘Astonishingly Depraved’ Adélie Penguin, 1911
flashbak.com

The Decades of Double Features
daily.jstor.org

Diagnostic dilemma: Teen’s improbable pregnancy occurred after oral sex
livescience.com

When William Faulkner Set the World Record for Writing the Longest Sentence in Literature
openculture.com

Video: Why a Carbon Capture Breakthrough Will/Won’t Save Us [9:56]
youtube.com

Human flesh does a body good? Cannibalism as medicine in Medieval Europe
theconversation.com • (see also)

Striking Winners of the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards
mymodernmet.com

Stars Are Born and Die Every Day — Here’s How They Evolve in Space
discovermagazine.com

Lunar Trailblazer sets out to find water on the moon
npr.org

3 Men on Trial for Stealing $6 Million Gold Toilet
vice.com

Winners of the 2025 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
theatlantic.com

‘Utterly cataclysmic’: James Webb telescope spots 2 alien planets disintegrating before our eyes
livescience.com

Meet the ‘Wooly Devil,’ the First New Plant Genus Discovered in a National Park Since 1976
smithsonianmag.com

New clues to the ‘nailed head ritual’ uncovered in Spain
popsci.com

Video: The Flu May Cause Alzheimer’s [12:01]
youtube.com

Watch: World’s first front-flippin’ humanoid robot
newatlas.com

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding
lithub.com

Video: This Is NOT An Anti Meat Video [15:29]
youtube.com

A Fusion Machine Maintained Plasma for an Astonishing 22 Straight Minutes
popularmechanics.com

What one scientist discovered when she lived without light for 10 days
vox.com

How North Korea pulled off a $1.5 billion crypto heist—the biggest in history
arstechnica.com

Brewing tea removes heavy metals from water, study finds
theguardian.com • (see also)

‘It stirred the people to breathless wonder and scalding abuse’: The tumultuous history of the Sydney Opera House
bbc.com

Researchers Thought It Was Just a Fortress. It Turned Out to Be a Lost Zapotec City
smithsonianmag.com

Laser-powered device tested on Earth could help detect microbial fossils on Mars
phys.org

Lab mice may give ‘first aid’ to unconscious mates
npr.org

Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant impact risk
esa.int

Hydrogen becomes a superfluid at nanoscale, confirming 50-year-old prediction
phys.org • (see also)

Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they really liked snacks, model suggests
livescience.com

The Shrouded, Sinister History Of The Bulldozer
noemamag.com • (see also)

NASA to Launch Long-Awaited SPHEREx Space Telescope This Week
extremetech.com

Birth rates are crashing around the world. Should we be worried?
newyorker.com

Ambitious “super sewer” finally complete after decade of construction
newatlas.com

Playing with the Page by Toon Joosen
mossandfog.com

What happens if Istanbul’s water supplies run dry?
bbc.com

Man Vandalizes Famed 12-Angled Stone, an Inca Engineering Marvel in Peru
smithsonianmag.com

Two Hikers Found a Backpack in Utah. It Helped Them Stay Alive.
outsideonline.com

How Ukraine’s Defense at Hostomel Airport Crushed Russia’s Blitzkrieg Plan
united24media.com