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Mysterious Object May Be a ‘Strange Star’ Made Out of Quarks, Scientists Say
sciencealert.com

Inside the ‘Gates of Hell’: Turkmenistan’s 50-year inextinguishable fire pit
zmescience.com • (see also)

10,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found in Britain Has a Modern-Day Descendant Living Close By
mymodernmet.com

5 tourists trapped about 200 feet underground at Arizona’s Grand Canyon Caverns
cnn.com

The driest desert in the world hosts a dazzlingly diverse flower bloom. But to insects, it’s even more spectacular
zmescience.com

Hot on the Trail of a Mass-School-Shooting Hoaxer
wired.com

Plastic Recycling Is a Disaster and a ‘Myth,’ Report Says
vice.com

Human-AI Collaboration Discovers Quantum Phenomenon Beyond Human Intuition
discovermagazine.com

That Time the Soviet Union Shot a Secret Space Cannon in Orbit
popularmechanics.com

The US Navy wants swarms of thousands of small drones
technologyreview.com

Saudi Arabia Breaks Ground on Massive Sci-Fi Megacity
gizmodo.com

Video: Aftermath of the Biggest Explosion Ever Caught on Camera [11:36]
youtube.com

New Entanglement Results Hint at Better Quantum Codes
quantamagazine.org

The forgotten history of the US’ African American coal towns
bbc.com

Why we enjoy fear: the science of a good scare
theguardian.com

200 Frozen Heads and Bodies Await Revival at This Arizona Cryonics Facility
smithsonianmag.com

Engineered protein calms immune cells to prevent autoimmune diseases
newatlas.com

The Incredible Colors of Animals Mean Different Things, But We Just Found a Pattern
sciencealert.com

Shark Skin Is Engineered for Speed
theatlantic.com

‘Why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days?’
washingtonpost.com

Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet’s traffic per second
newatlas.com

Why is 13 considered unlucky? Explaining the power of its bad reputation
theconversation.com

Gravitational Propulsion: Could We Travel Through Space by Manipulating Dark Energy?
thedebrief.org

The Medical World’s Greatest Discovery Was Once Condemned As ‘Misinformation’
historyrinserepeat.substack.com

Electric Discharge From Plants May Be Changing Air Quality in Ways We Didn’t Expect
sciencealert.com

Washington state woman survives bear attack by punching animal’s nose
theguardian.com

Early Life on Mars May’ve Wiped Out Early Life on Mars, a New Study Suggests
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Seeking answers, planetary scientists plot a return to the nearest ice giant
pnas.org

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