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Helicopters Evacuate Travelers Stranded at Machu Picchu
smithsonianmag.com

Gene therapy cures kids with rare “bubble-boy” disease in new trial
newatlas.com

NASA retires InSight Mars lander
upi.com

James Webb Space Telescope meets the 7 intriguing exoplanets of TRAPPIST-1
space.com

How Glass Frogs Weave the World’s Best Invisibility Cloak
theatlantic.com

Vertical Farming Has Found Its Fatal Flaw
wired.com

NASA’s Pluto Spacecraft Begins New Mission at the Solar System’s Edge
scientificamerican.com

Astronomers identify the ancient heart of the Milky Way galaxy
phys.org

Researchers use quantum mechanics to see objects without looking at them
phys.org

‘Doctors fitted a contraceptive coil without my consent’
bbc.com • (see also)

For Humpbacks, Bubbles Can Be Tools
hakaimagazine.com

Archaeologists Discover Huge Lost Civilization in Guatemala
vice.com

‘It was a set-up, we were fooled’: the coal mine that ate an Indian village
theguardian.com

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface
mars.nasa.gov

Video: We tested the US Military’s secret space weapon [24:38]
youtube.com

Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Search for Warp Drive Signatures
universetoday.com

Ukraine has become the world’s testing ground for military robots
thenextweb.com

Why Are We So Obsessed with Scammers?
thewalrus.ca

Video: Exploring Italy’s 6000 Abandoned Ghost Towns [23:58]
youtube.com

Video: How the Swiss Turned the Alps into a MASSIVE Fortress [29:22]
youtube.com

Chinese Mission to Pluck Samples from Moon’s Far Side Just Got More Interesting
gizmodo.com

‘Zombie’ Viruses, Up to 50,000 Years Old, Are Awakening
discovermagazine.com

Video: Scams, Zealots, and Jet Skis: Life Inside the Crypto Scene [22:41]
youtube.com

FTX’s collapse mirrors an infamous 18th century British financial scandal
theconversation.com • (see also)

Scientists Find a Mammal’s Foot Inside a Dinosaur, a Fossil First
gizmodo.com

Christmastime in 1960s Japan
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

The Perception of Time is not Universal Even Among Humans
thedebrief.org

How to build an emergent space-time in the laboratory
astronomy.com

Was the Civil War Inevitable?
nytimes.com

Alien life nearby? 2 Earth-like planets discovered in habitable zone just 16 light years away
studyfinds.org

The Crispr Baby Scientist Is Back. Here’s What He’s Doing Next
wired.com

The miracle 110-year-old violin that survived the sinking of the Titanic
classicfm.com

MSG’s Facial Recognition at Radio City Gets Girl Scout Mom Kicked Out
nbcnewyork.com

Scientists Have Figured Out Just How Old Our Water Is, And It’s Old
sciencealert.com

The US Army’s laser weapon platoon will be ready next month
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

Video: A New Way to Achieve Nuclear Fusion: Helion [30:47]
youtube.com

‘Fullertubes’ Join the Family of Carbon Crystals
quantamagazine.org

Irmgard Furchner: Nazi typist guilty of complicity in 10,500 murders
bbc.com • (see also)

Longtermism – why the million-year philosophy can’t be ignored
theconversation.com • (see also)

How Animals May Have Conquered Snowball Earth
hakaimagazine.com

The lost medieval sword fighting tricks no one can decode
bbc.com

Cosmological enigma of Milky Way’s satellite galaxies solved
phys.org

‘My power’s really low’: Nasa’s Insight Mars lander prepares to sign off from the Red Planet
theguardian.com

A New Type of Fractal Has Been Discovered in Magnetic Ice
sciencealert.com

Shock wave from sun has opened up a crack in Earth’s magnetic field, and it could trigger a geomagnetic storm
livescience.com • (see also)

How the McMurtry Electric Fan Car Clocked a 7.9-Second Quarter-Mile
thedrive.com

Ancient Humans May Have Sailed The Mediterranean 450,000 Years Ago
sciencealert.com

40-Year Study Finds Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures at Jupiter
nasa.gov

Many Know of Mount Vesuvius. Few Realize There’s a More Destructive Volcano Right Next Door
popularmechanics.com

We can now 3D print as much wood as we want without cutting a single tree
interestingengineering.com

More than 100 new designs discovered in Peru’s ancient Nazca plain
theguardian.com

Video: Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn’t Exist [12:22]
youtube.com

Iran Arrests One of Its Most Famous Actresses
smithsonianmag.com

‘Our weapons are computers’: Ukrainian coders aim to gain battlefield edge
theguardian.com

The History of the Legendary Winchester Rifle
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

South Korea’s First Moon Mission Enters Lunar Orbit
gizmodo.com

The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas
theconversation.com

The Adventurous Life and Mysterious Death of Frank Lenz
daily.jstor.org

A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
technologyreview.com

Video: ‘I was wrong (and so was everyone)’ [6:43]
youtube.com