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Quantum Speedup Found for Huge Class of Hard Problems
quantamagazine.org

When the dotcom bubble burst
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Video: Can You Fool A Self Driving Car? [18:53]
youtube.com

Cancer Vaccines Are Suddenly Looking Extremely Promising
futurism.com

The Man Who Finds Melodies Inside Mushrooms
atlasobscura.com

Peruvian fisher rescued after three months stranded at sea
theguardian.com

Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein
theguardian.com

A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells
arstechnica.com

Mürren: The stunning car-free village reached by cable car
bbc.com

The explosive potential of custard powder
bbc.com

‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture
quantamagazine.org

On this day in 1968, thousands of sheep died suddenly in Utah’s Skull Valley
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Should Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment be retracted?
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A Boy and His Atom: Watch The World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film
openculture.com

The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – for good reason
theconversation.com

What Will the Betelgeuse Supernova Be Like – And Will It Hurt Us?
universetoday.com

Video: This Material Gets Bigger When You Squish It [5:17]
youtube.com

The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting
theguardian.com

‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds
theguardian.com

This is no world for an axolotl
english.elpais.com

In Mexico, a Grisly Discovery of Piles of Shoes, Ovens and Human Remains
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The untold story of the battle that helped end WW2 in Europe
bbc.com

Rocks and racism? How geologists created and perpetuated a narrative of prejudice
theguardian.com

How police around Australia are cracking cold cases using investigative genetic genealogy
abc.net.au

Why does nature love spirals? The link to entropy
phys.org

Spiral starburst galaxy glows in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image
space.com

‘It’s an extremely sexy story’: How the legendary tale of ‘rebel’ saint Mary of Egypt became a medieval blockbuster
bbc.com

Primordial surf: ‘microlightning’ in mist may have sparked life on Earth, study finds
theguardian.com

The Five Oldest Companies in the World Are All Japanese
mossandfog.com

Video: Researchers Find Shipwreck Lost Since 1892 [0:58]
nytimes.com

For Sale: A 19th-Century Portrait Painted on a Spiderweb
atlasobscura.com

Hilbert’s sixth problem: Mathematicians solve 125-year-old quest to unite key laws of physics
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Video: We calculated pi with colliding blocks [23:36]
youtube.com

Swollen eyeballs, baby-like skin, and the overview effect: how astronauts feel when they return to earth
theguardian.com

Video: The 19 Year Process of Inventing a New Apple [8:23]
youtube.com

When humans use AI to earn patents, who is doing the inventing?
theconversation.com

One Man’s Lifelong Quest to Create a Lettuce Cigarette
atlasobscura.com

NASA Cameras on Blue Ghost Capture First-of-its-Kind Moon Landing Footage
nasa.gov

This week: Golden blood, cranium chewing, lottery legalities, and more!
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Meta stops ex-director from promoting critical memoir
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‘In plain sight’: how The Hague museum was secret hideout from Nazi forced labour
theguardian.com

Tobacco’s hidden friendly side: how the controversial plant could be used for good
theconversation.com

Can’t Wrap Your Head Around Pi? Here’s a Cool Visual to Help
wired.com

Man Discovers Message in a Bottle Hidden Above a Historic Scottish Theater’s Stage, Untouched for Nearly 120 Years
smithsonianmag.com

Video: The Disappearance of Miss Scott [1:23:25]
pbs.org

Wireless Electricity Is on the Horizon—And It Could ‘Beam’ Power Right to Your House
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World-first: US quantum computer solves problem million years faster than supercomputer
interestingengineering.com

We know how to protect homes from wildfires. Why don’t more people do it?
thenarwhal.ca

Super Nintendo Hardware Is Running Faster as It Ages
404media.co

AI search engines give incorrect answers at an alarming 60% rate, study says
arstechnica.com

Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe’s Hera asteroid probe (photos)
space.com

Landscapes, Customs, and Culture Shape the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
thisiscolossal.com

You’re More Likely to Die If You Have Surgery on a Friday
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How 100 years of deep-sea filmmaking changed ocean exploration
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Violent Supernovae Could Have Triggered at Least 2 Extinction Events
sciencealert.com

Archaeologists Unearth 1,300-Year-Old Flush Toilets at a Palace Complex in South Korea
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Incredible Poison Arrow Frog Raises Tadpoles in the Treetops [3:29]
youtube.com

3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the Moon and Mars
theconversation.com

Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind
space.com

Armed With Just a Badge, Los Angeles’ First Policewoman Protected the City’s Most Vulnerable in the Early 20th Century
smithsonianmag.com