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The Navy’s Next Laser Weapon Is Basically a Real-Life Ray Gun
popularmechanics.com

What happens if quantum physicists can prove reality isn’t real?
thenextweb.com

‘Double’ galaxy mystifies Hubble astronomers
phys.org

Mathematicians Prove Melting Ice Stays Smooth
quantamagazine.org

Google Just Used Artificial Intelligence To Restore Old Paintings Burned During WW2
techtimes.com

This week: 💉 Tumor injections, 🔮 Disney’s utopia, 🌵 cactus poaching, and more!
damninteresting.com

Flatworms Can Reproduce by Ripping Themselves in Half
theatlantic.com

Invisible fridges and cooling cubbies: how kitchens have been designed for the rich
theguardian.com

Inside the Year-Long Effort to Restore the Waldorf Astoria’s Famed Clock
atlasobscura.com

Video: The Iranian city once home to 15 distinct civilizations [3:12]
bbc.com

This Unusual Plant From The Amazon Rainforest Has Baffled Scientists For 50 Years
sciencealert.com

‘It was a nice break from everything’: two men rescued after 29 days lost at sea
theguardian.com

This trilobite was equipped with a ‘hyper-eye’ never seen before in the animal kingdom
livescience.com

World’s first malaria vaccine approved for use in children in Africa
newscientist.com

The Untold Story of van Gogh’s Once-Maligned Masterpiece, ‘The Potato Eaters’
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Video: Witness the majesty of moths taking flight at 6,000 frames per second [5:24]
aeon.co

Mars’ Jezero Crater Was Home to a River Delta Like Those Found On Earth, New Study Confirms
thedebrief.org

With a Nearly Foot-Long Proboscis, This New Moth Species Holds Record for Longest Insect Tongue
smithsonianmag.com

Why California is shutting down its last nuclear plant
cnbc.com

The Safety Belt of Our Solar System
nautil.us

The water you’re drinking may be thousands of years old – growing demand for deeper wells is tapping ancient reserves
theconversation.com

The Long History of the Quest to Find a Peak Taller Than Everest
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Alzheimer’s: The heretical and hopeful role of infection
bbc.com

Hidden Forest Has Been ‘Trapped in Time’ For 100,000 Years, Scientists Say
sciencealert.com

Caltech’s LEONARDO bipedal robot can skateboard and more
slashgear.com

Is it true that you cannot eat polar bear liver?
mcgill.ca • (see also)

Nuking an Asteroid to Prevent Armageddon Could Actually Work, Study Shows
sciencealert.com

Elite Wildland Firefighters Sew Their Own Gear
theatlantic.com

Researchers have found an effective solution to the famous age-old, three-body problem in physics
scitechdaily.com

Journey to the Surface of Venus
airspacemag.com • (see also)

The Disneyfication of Atomic Power
nautil.us

Can Nuclear Fusion Put the Brakes on Climate Change?
newyorker.com

Former cops claim to have identified Zodiac Killer and linked him to another victim
independent.co.uk

What Happened to the Secret Bunker beneath the Eiffel Tower?
messynessychic.com

Scientists Just Created the Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in the Lab
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Researchers Record the Breaking of a Single Chemical Bond – “Amazing”
scitechdaily.com

Perseverance Rover spotted from space in striking new satellite image
space.com

Sunlight affects whether languages have a word for ‘blue’
science.org

Archaeologists Extract 1,300-Year-Old Wooden Ski From Norwegian Ice
smithsonianmag.com

Birds Have a Mysterious ‘Quantum Sense’. Scientists Have Now Seen It in Action
sciencealert.com • (see also)

2,700-Year-Old Private Toilet Found in Jerusalem
smithsonianmag.com

Chhurpi: The world’s hardest cheese?
bbc.com

‘Dystopian world’: Singapore patrol robots stoke fears of surveillance state
theguardian.com

Astronomers Get Ready to Probe Europa’s Hidden Ocean for Life
wired.com • (see also)

Tardigrade discovered in 16-million-year-old amber a ‘once in a generation’ find
cnet.com

Is it an asteroid or comet? This strange solar system object is actually both.
space.com

Video: The mystery of the “same sky” postcards [9:01]
youtube.com

Reports of mysterious Mossad operation to find Israeli airman confirmed
theguardian.com

The 50-Year Evolution of Walt Disney World in Maps
visualcapitalist.com

‘People arrived for work and got vaporised’: how Kikuji Kawada captured the trauma of Hiroshima
theguardian.com • (see also)

Is Your Brain Wired for Numbers?
the-scientist.com

Once Upon a Time in a Real “Westworld” Hoax Town
messynessychic.com

Video: The genes you don’t get from your parents (but can’t live without) [5:02]
youtube.com

Fatty Arbuckle and the Birth of the Celebrity Scandal
newyorker.com

The brutal trade in enslaved people within the US has been largely whitewashed out of history
theconversation.com • (see also)

Tiny worms ‘hear’ without an eardrum, surprising scientists
nationalgeographic.com

This ‘Extraordinary Gamma-Ray Burst’ Likely Came From Something Much Closer to Earth
sciencealert.com

NASA’s DART mission will deliberately crash into an asteroid’s moon
cnn.com

Yemen’s ancient, soaring skyscraper cities
bbc.com

Using theory and experiments, researchers show how apples get their shapes
phys.org