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You can smile yourself a little happier, scientists suggest
theguardian.com

Most Precise Measurements of the Universe Suggest That Something Is Very Wrong
futurism.com

How Do the Books We Read Change Our Brains?
lithub.com

The Strange, Awful Truth Behind Utah’s Eerie Stone Cross
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

This week: 🦠Voltron tooth bacteria, 🌹Victorian floriography, 👃AI scent analysis, and more!
damninteresting.com

We used to get excited about technology. What happened?
technologyreview.com

Scientists Are Gaming Out What Humanity Will Do If Aliens Make Contact
vice.com

The Fake Conference That Helped 100 Russians Escape Putin’s War
bloomberg.com

Astonishing eVTOL flying car design uses side panels as biplane wings
newatlas.com

How 20 Seconds of Film Changed Movie History
atlasobscura.com

A Fluffy ‘Marshmallow’ World Has Been Discovered With Incredibly Low Density
sciencealert.com

Life Was Built Around Snow. What Happens When It Vanishes?
nytimes.com

The Quest to Treat Binge-Eating and Addiction—With Brain Zaps
wired.com

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity reaches intriguing salty site after treacherous journey
space.com

A Clever Way to Map the Moon’s Surface—Using Shadows
wired.com

The Mysterious Patient in Room 23: The Hermit Baroness
nytimes.com

New Pill Replicates Exercise and Strengthens Muscle
scitechdaily.com

US doctor removes 23 contact lenses stuck in eye like ‘stack of pancakes’
theguardian.com

China’s FAST telescope finds biggest atomic cloud ever discovered
scmp.com

Experiments Spell Doom for Decades-Old Explanation of Quantum Weirdness
quantamagazine.org

Real Zombies and Body Snatchers Live Among Us
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

The stories hidden in the ancient Indian craft of kantha
bbc.com

Meet Nature’s Apex Regenerator: The Mighty Baobab Tree
lithub.com

Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis
radleybalko.substack.com

On this day in 1998 Zhiqiang Shoe Factory in China announced they were officially halting production of “lotus shoes.”
damninteresting.com

She Was Killed by the Police. Why Were Her Bones in a Museum?
nytimes.com

Bizarre near-Earth asteroid is spinning faster every year — and scientists aren’t sure why
livescience.com

The Infinite Possibilities in a Tiny Smudge From Outer Space
theatlantic.com

Bubonic plague left lingering scars on the human genome
nature.com

Comedy Wildlife Photo finalists – in pictures
theguardian.com

When a Houseplant Obsession Becomes a Nightmare
wired.com

Scientists Transformed Pure Water Into a Metal, And There’s Footage
sciencealert.com

Genetic traits of Black Death survivors linked to autoimmune diseases today
theguardian.com

How desk jobs alter your brain – and why they’re so tiring
theconversation.com

How a magician-mathematician revealed a casino loophole
bbc.com

Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom about Evolution of Human Bipedalism
scientificamerican.com

“Monster” black hole may be the closest to Earth found so far
newatlas.com

‘Oumuamua still puzzling scientists 5 years after discovery
space.com

Murder at Sea
hakaimagazine.com

Ukraine’s true detectives: the investigators closing in on Russian war criminals
theguardian.com

How evolution made us laugh.
nautil.us • (see also)

Dark matter “meteors” could be streaking through Earth’s atmosphere
newatlas.com

Radioactive Waste Found on Missouri Elementary School Grounds
smithsonianmag.com

A new type of material called a mechanical neural network can learn and change its physical properties to create adaptable, strong structures
theconversation.com

The Extragalactic Alien Hunt
supercluster.com • (see also)

The Story Behind “This is Your Brain on Drugs”
daily.jstor.org

Homing missile molecule eradicates even advanced cancers in mice
newatlas.com

How the California Gold Rush Drew People from All Over the World
lithub.com

Humans are 8% virus – how the ancient viral DNA in your genome plays a role in human disease and development
theconversation.com

New research suggests our brains use quantum computation
phys.org

Microphones dropped into ocean off Greenland to record melting icebergs
theguardian.com

First Known Family of Neanderthals Found in Russian Cave
nytimes.com

Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing’ Imaginable
quantamagazine.org

NASA’s Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation
nasa.gov

First known map of night sky found hidden in Medieval parchment
nature.com

You See a Venomous Black Widow Spider. These Lizards See a Snack.
nytimes.com

Anna May Wong will become the first Asian American on U.S. coins
npr.org

Next pandemic may come from melting glaciers, new data shows
theguardian.com

Your Mind Wanders Because Your Brain Whispers
neurosciencenews.com

Where Have All the Men in Moscow Gone?
nytimes.com