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China’s “Sky Train” levitates power-free on permanent magnet tracks
newatlas.com • (see also)

Mushrooms are more interesting than you think
medium.com

45 years ago today SETI received a strong, still inexplicable signal
damninteresting.com

In a first, researchers produce oxygen from magnets for space exploration
interestingengineering.com

Extreme physics of ‘supercritical’ matter may be surprisingly simple
livescience.com

Reverse-Engineering Insect Brains to Make Robots
eetimes.com

What If Cells Kept Receipts of Their Gene Expression?
wired.com

It’s raining PFAS: even in Antarctica and on the Tibetan plateau rainwater is unsafe to drink
su.se • (see also)

James Webb Space Telescope catches ‘impostor’ galaxies red-handed
space.com

Video: Life on the Internet: A 13-part television series from 1996
youtube.com

How to verify a photo online and fight the spread of misinformation
observers.france24.com

Cancer in the Cold
science.org

Howard Carter stole Tutankhamun’s treasure, new evidence suggests
theguardian.com

Surprise, Surprise: Subsurface Water On Mars Defies Expectations
scitechdaily.com

A Pig and a Locust Get Into Serious Trouble With the Law: On Justice in Medieval Europe
lithub.com

Video: ‘I Was a North Korean Assassin’ [19:24]
youtube.com

World’s oldest ice core could stretch back 5 million years
newatlas.com

Listen to the heartbeat of the blue whale, the world’s largest animal
vox.com • (see also)

The Moon Stole Something From Deep Inside Earth Eons Ago, and Scientists Can Prove It
sciencealert.com

Sound Waves Let Researchers Build Stuff With the Force
gizmodo.com

Scientists recreate the song of long-lost insect to help find it again
newatlas.com

According to author and researcher Eric J. Lerner, images from JWST contradict the Big Bang hypothesis
iai.tv

Artificial cornea made from pig collagen gives legally blind 20/20 vision
zmescience.com

This week: 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Japanese relationship saboteurs, 🛰️artisanal satellites, 🐺Japanese scarecrow wolves, and more!
damninteresting.com

If a Clam Can Live to 500, Why Can’t We?
theatlantic.com

Why NASA Wants to Go Back to the Moon
wired.com

Why there is a shortage of Dijon mustard in France
archive.ph

Video: Did An Ancient Pathogen Reshape Our Cells? [8:44]
youtube.com

Hubble Sees Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Recovering After Never-Seen-Before Titanic Eruption
scitechdaily.com

Gorillas Have Invented A Unique Vocalization to Get Zookeepers’ Attention
sciencealert.com

Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain Works
quantamagazine.org

Fossil bug-eyed insect is weird enough to merit its own distinct family
newatlas.com

Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t change minds
theconversation.com

A breakthrough compound destroys over 300 drug-resistant bacteria
interestingengineering.com

Death by Ice Cream
daily.jstor.org

Turkey’s underground city of 20,000 people
bbc.com

Fighting AI with AI: The Battle against Deepfakes
thewalrus.ca

Winners of the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2022
theatlantic.com

Why thinking hard makes us feel tired
nature.com

Math error: A new study overturns 100-year-old understanding of color perception
phys.org • (see also)

This 17-Year-Old Designed a Motor That Could Potentially Transform the Electric Car Industry
smithsonianmag.com

New image of colliding galaxies previews the fate of the Milky Way
cnn.com

On this day in 1920 the original Ponzi scheme unraveled
damninteresting.com

Researchers decode metal-making recipes in ancient Chinese text
theguardian.com

The Road Ahead for Webb
supercluster.com

The mysteries that gave birth to the world’s newest micronation
bbc.com • (see also)

How Do Pandemics End?
zocalopublicsquare.org

How learning to communicate with aliens could save humanity
expmag.com • (see also)

Everything We Know About the Air Force’s Secret Plan to Develop a Hypersonic Bomber
popularmechanics.com

Sneeze by Sneeze, Sponges Fill the Seas With Their Mucus
nytimes.com

Humans Are Overzealous Whale Morticians
nautil.us

How Bolivia’s ruthless tin baron saved thousands of Jewish refugees
theguardian.com

Why aren’t smart people happier?
experimentalhistory.substack.com

Video: The Horrors You Hear as a 911 Operator [6:23]
youtube.com

Scientists say they may have challenged one of Newton’s fundamental laws of physics
news.sky.com

Exoplanets: What NASA Will See with the Webb Telescope
exoplanets.nasa.gov

Lipstick’s Complex History
daily.jstor.org

NASA’s Fermi Confirms ‘PeVatron’ Supernova Remnant
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

The language that doesn’t use ‘no’
bbc.com

Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form
phys.org • (see also)