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‘The lunacy is getting more intense’: how Birds Aren’t Real took on the conspiracy theorists
theguardian.com

‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Is Often Misunderstood
realclearscience.com

Leaked documents show notorious ransomware group has an HR department, performance reviews and an ‘employee of the month’
cnbc.com

Oldest Microfossils On Earth Found In Canada
forbes.com

How ending mining would change the world
bbc.com

How swearing became a weapon of resistance for Ukrainians
theguardian.com

What would it take for possible lifeforms to survive on Venus?
interestingengineering.com

Can the BBC Survive the British Government?
newyorker.com

Ancient Peruvian was buried with tools for cranial surgery
arstechnica.com

Artemis-1’s next-generation rocket faces setback from pocket-sized valve
inverse.com

Animals Feel What’s Right and Wrong, Too
nautil.us

A day in the life of (almost) every vending machine in the world
theguardian.com

The Journey To Complete Meat Substitution: Are We There Yet?
zmescience.com

How tall will Mount Everest get before it stops growing?
bbc.com • (see also)

Cruxy O’Connor and the Central Park Ambush
nytimes.com

Today Your Phone Became a Police Radio
theatlantic.com

Space balloon company offers first look at luxury cabins
phys.org

A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine
news.mit.edu

Webb Telescope’s Coldest Instrument Reaches Operating Temperature
jpl.nasa.gov • (see also)

Video: Inside the world’s largest crystal ‘cave’ [05:52]
bbc.com

Scientists Unravel How the Tonga Volcano Caused Worldwide Tsunamis
quantamagazine.org

How Japan Built Cities Where You Could Send Your Toddler on an Errand
slate.com

The women who redefined colour
bbc.com

Airbus hits the wind tunnel to pursue bird-inspired active wing control
newatlas.com

Video: FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico [53:25]
youtube.com

A man’s sudden death during a routine brain scan has given researchers a glimpse of the dying human brain
discovermagazine.com

Hubble Confirms Huge Comet With 85-Mile-Wide ‘Dirty Snowball’ Nucleus
cnet.com

Soil Scientists Dig Deep to Understand the ‘Skin of the Earth’
atlasobscura.com

She worked as a nurse for decades. She wasn’t who she said she was.
macleans.ca

How America Became Enamoured with Octagon Houses
messynessychic.com

Video: The Giant Hogg Horn That Discovered the Big Bang [11:44]
youtube.com • (see also)

How shops use psychology to influence your buying decisions
theconversation.com

The big idea: should we get rid of the scientific paper?
theguardian.com

‘Dead sunspot’ launches ball of plasma toward Earth
livescience.com • (see also)

Over 15% of world population has a headache on any given day, new global estimate finds
english.elpais.com

She Was Missing a Chunk of Her Brain. It Didn’t Matter
wired.com

On this day in 1927 as many as 5,000 people were killed in the Shanghai massacre
damninteresting.com

Exotic lumber salvaged from a remote forest in Belize is the world’s most coveted tonewood
smithsonianmag.com

‘The best reality TV’: how a falcon couple’s saga mesmerized a human audience
theguardian.com

Giant space telescopes could be made out of liquid
phys.org

Human Brain Compresses Working Memories into Low-Res ‘Summaries’
directorsblog.nih.gov

Photos: Two Weeks of COVID Lockdown in Shanghai
theatlantic.com

Video: What’s Life Like in a Private British Boarding School? | Leaving Home at 8 Years Old [45:17]
youtube.com

A universe without mathematics is beyond the scope of our imagination
theconversation.com

Psychedelic frees up depressed brain, study shows
bbc.com

Neptune just experienced an unexplained temperature shift
cnn.com

Inside the fierce, messy fight over “healthy” sugar tech
technologyreview.com

Experience: ‘my scream is famous’
theguardian.com • (see also)

Video: How Loud Can Sound Physically Get? [12:30]
youtube.com

Mysterious Gut Taste Buds Might Inform Your Diet
discovermagazine.com

NASA will test SpinLaunch’s ability to fling satellites into orbit
newatlas.com

This horse-riding astronaut is a milestone in AI’s ability to make sense of the world
technologyreview.com

The Secrets of Zugzwang in Chess, Math and Pizzas
quantamagazine.org

Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story
spectrum.ieee.org

Physical fatigue is in the brain as much as in the body
psyche.co

Art found in a Connecticut dumpster is worth ‘millions’
ctpost.com

Beatle v mobster: the day John Lennon put paid to a shady record label boss
theguardian.com

Is the origin of dark matter gravity itself?
space.com

The Long Shadow of the ‘Nigerian Prince’ Scam
wired.com

Video: The Man Who Flies with Birds [5:34]
youtube.com