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Secret audio sheds light on toppled dictator’s frantic last hours
bbc.com

Nasa begins months-long effort to focus James Webb space telescope
theguardian.com

“Spectacular Discovery” in Antarctica: Massive Icefish Breeding Colony With 60 Million Nests
scitechdaily.com

Archaeologists Discover—and Start to Decode—Rare Medieval Runes
smithsonianmag.com

Turns Out Schrödinger, the Father of Quantum Physics, Was a Pedophile
futurism.com

Water vapor found in another planet’s atmosphere
nbcnews.com

The Overlooked Art (and Drama) of Courtroom Sketching
messynessychic.com

Epstein-Barr Virus Could Be the Leading Cause of Multiple Sclerosis, Large Study Finds
gizmodo.com

Why Nasa is exploring the deepest oceans on Earth
bbc.com • (see also)

Tchaikovsky’s Patroness
daily.jstor.org

A Look Inside Rikers: ‘Fight Night’ and Gang Rule, Captured on Video
nytimes.com

Scientists hunting alien moons think maybe they’ve found one bigger than Earth
npr.org

China Building “Artificial Moon” Facility That Simulates Low Gravity With Magnets
futurism.com

A Q&A With the Scientist Who Discovered Cannabis Can Prevent COVID-19
vice.com

Quantum mechanics questions the fundamental nature of reality
sciencenews.org

Why Is the Santa Susana Nuclear Accident Still Being Covered Up?
zocalopublicsquare.org

Star Trek has tractor beams. So do we.
expmag.com

Shawn Bradley wrestles with life at 7’6″ in a wheelchair
si.com

The Worrisome Rise of NFTs
nautil.us

The True-Crime “Podcast Junkie” Turned Real-Life Murder Suspect
narratively.com

After the Beanie Baby bubble burst
vox.com

Scammers put fake QR codes on parking meters to intercept parkers’ payments
arstechnica.com

Video: The Boys Who Ran Away from Home on a 747 [29:57]
newyorker.com

‘I felt a sickening pain’: how the ‘first true Hitchcock movie’ almost killed its star
theguardian.com

Why Nobody Really Knows What Time It Is
forbes.com

Ancient Mesopotamian Discovery Transforms Knowledge of Early Farming
rutgers.edu

Is cell-cultured meat ready for prime time?
techcrunch.com

Rare ‘bionic’ armor discovered in 2,500-year-old China burial
livescience.com

Black hole at center of Milky Way unpredictable and chaotic
eurekalert.org

When Mind Melds With Machine, Who’s in Control?
wired.com

The Great Siberian Thaw
newyorker.com

World’s tiniest antenna is made from DNA
zmescience.com

The Medieval Queens Whose Daring, Murderous Reigns Were Quickly Forgotten
smithsonianmag.com

Astronomers Spot an Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football
gizmodo.com

China’s Chang’e-5 probe finds on-site evidence of water on the Moon’s surface
techcrunch.com

Why is so little known about the 1930s coup attempt against FDR?
theguardian.com • (see also)

Physicists detect a hybrid particle held together by uniquely intense ‘glue’
phys.org

Euler’s 243-Year-Old ‘Impossible’ Puzzle Gets a Quantum Solution
quantamagazine.org

How much water is in Earth’s atmosphere?
livescience.com

Antarctica’s unique ecosystem is threatened by invasive species ‘hitchhiking’ on ships
theconversation.com • (see also)

Stendhal syndrome: The travel syndrome that causes panic
bbc.com

Where are memories stored in the brain? New research suggests they may be in the connections between your brain cells
theconversation.com

Why Skinny Skyscrapers Are So Loud (And How To Quiet Them)
insidescience.org

President Grant’s Memorial Flowers Have Survived for 136 Years
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Medieval warhorses no bigger than modern-day ponies, study finds
theguardian.com

NASA Says Space Debris Will Definitely Slam Into the James Webb Space Telescope
futurism.com

Scientists Want to Send Tardigrades to Distant Stars With Massive Lasers
vice.com

In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
apnews.com

A data ‘black hole’: Europol ordered to delete vast store of personal data
theguardian.com

‘My Uncle the Witch Hunter’: Unearthing the Uncanny Story of John Troyer
thewalrus.ca • (see also)

The forgotten medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’
bbc.com

Our curation is going to be a hot mess for a week or two owing to omicron concerns and child care. We’re all doing our best.
damninteresting.com

Lion Bones Are Popping Up in Some Very Unexpected Places
theatlantic.com

Women 32% more likely to die after operation by male surgeon, study reveals
theguardian.com

This Metal-Rich, Potato-Shaped Asteroid Could Be Worth $10 Quintillion
smithsonianmag.com

Inside psychogenic death, the phenomenon of “thinking” yourself to death
salon.com

Student sleuths: Scotland’s undergraduate-led cold case unit
theguardian.com

What a Shipwreck’s Tree Rings Reveal
sapiens.org

Microbes: Ocean-dwelling species produces oxygen in a way we have never seen before
newscientist.com • (see also)

A Zimbabwean archaeologist reimagines the story of a momentous African civilisation
economist.com