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Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may have jammed constantly, like a modern printer. Was it just a janky toy?
livescience.com • (see also)

How Nintendo Bled Atari Games to Death
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Yvonne ‘Y.Y.’ Clark: Pioneering Engineer Who Broke Barriers
spectrum.ieee.org

Scientists find evidence that challenges theories of the origin of water on Earth
phys.org

Looking at the Universe’s dark ages from the far side of the Moon
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Video: The Simple Secret of Runway Numbers [19:36]
youtube.com

Super-Sniffing Rat Sets a New World Record for Discovering Deadly Land Mines—and He’s Just Getting Started
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Worth Thousands on the Black Market, Lego Kits Are Now a Target of Thieves
nytimes.com

Incredible Photo of a Dying Star Shows How Far Telescopes Have Come
petapixel.com

Book bound in human skin found in museum office
bbc.com

A crow’s math skills include geometry
npr.org

Robert FitzRoy and the Laws of Storms
daily.jstor.org

Colorado funeral home owner pleads guilty to corpse abuse and theft
theguardian.com • (see also)

Life Deep Beneath The Soil Dominated by Mysterious New Phylum of Bacteria
sciencealert.com

Mild Brain Stimulation Alters Decision-Making Speed and Flexibility
neurosciencenews.com

A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time
npr.org

4chan has been down since Monday night after “pretty comprehensive own”
arstechnica.com

The Mediterranean Sea Was Once Dry—Then a Gigantic Flood Changed Everything
zmescience.com

As ‘Bot’ Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond
voiceofsandiego.org

A Newly Discovered and Brilliantly Green Comet Is Dazzling Astronomers. Here’s What to Know About the Glowing Celestial Visitor
smithsonianmag.com

He Was Held Captive in His Room for Decades. Then He Set It on Fire.
nytimes.com

50 years ago today Patty Hearst robbed a bank
damninteresting.com

A slowly spinning universe could solve the Hubble tension
phys.org

The most-cited papers of the twenty-first century
nature.com • Mirror

A New Form of Light Spirals Just Like Nautilus Shells and Sunflower Seeds
discovermagazine.com

This Fungus Contains The Most Bitter Substance Known to Humankind
sciencealert.com

Long-Lost ‘Merci Train’ Given to New Jersey After World War II Has Been Found
smithsonianmag.com

The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town
theguardian.com

Mathematicians Crack 125-Year-Old Problem, Unite Three Physics Theories
scientificamerican.com

What Are Microplastics Doing to Our Bodies? This Lab Is Racing to Find Out.
nytimes.com

Does Luck Exist?
nymag.com • Mirror

Gamaredon: The Turncoat Spies Relentlessly Hacking Ukraine
wired.com

Video: The Problem In Relativity Einstein Couldn’t Fix [27:39]
youtube.com

The Body Remembers: Trauma Leaves Lasting Biological Imprints
neurosciencenews.com

Most Carbon-Rich Asteroids Never Make It to Earth—and Now We Know Why
gizmodo.com

Garbage on the Final Frontier
daily.jstor.org

Video: Every Eye In The Animal Kingdom [36:24]
youtube.com • (see also)

Half of the universe’s hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found
phys.org

Mysterious Jawbone Found at an Antique Shop in Taiwan Belonged to a Male Denisovan, Scientists Say
smithsonianmag.com

Scientists Investigating Patches of Ocean With Otherworldly Glow
futurism.com

Woman’s Rare Condition Made Her Baby Bump So Big People Thought It Was Fake
vice.com

Video: The Ancient Mummy that simply shouldn’t exist [11:52]
youtube.com

Video: Death to Nickels [7:35]
youtube.com • (see also)

Ancient rocks tie Roman Empire’s collapse to a mini ice age
popsci.com

The Medieval Manuscript That Features “Yoda”, Killer Snails, Savage Rabbits
openculture.com

Video: The Skeleton That Was 8 Different People [6:32]
youtube.com

After Paris curbed cars, air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change
washingtonpost.com • Mirror

Edvard Munch Is Known as the Painter of ‘The Scream.’ His Many Haunting Portraits Show That He Was Much More Than His Masterpiece
smithsonianmag.com

Who stole all the cheese? The inside story of the boom in luxury food heists
theguardian.com

Video: The masterful design of the two-liter plastic soda bottle [12:54]
youtube.com

Where Babies Come From
asteriskmag.com

No One Knew This Giraffe Was Pregnant—Until She Suddenly Gave Birth to a Healthy Baby Girl
smithsonianmag.com

45-year mystery behind eerie photo from The Shining is believed to be solved
cbc.ca

New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day
livescience.com • (see also)

Trillions of Rogue Planets ?
nextbigfuture.com

This Famous Physics Experiment Shows Why the Government Should Support ‘Useless’ Science
wired.com

Scientists Found Evidence of a 138-Foot-Deep Lake in the Middle of an Enormous Desert
popularmechanics.com

‘Paraparticles’ Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum Particle
quantamagazine.org

Some ‘Hairy’ Medieval Books Were Covered in Sealskin, and Researchers Don’t Know Exactly Why
smithsonianmag.com

NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise
science.nasa.gov