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The Remarkable Emptiness of Existence
nautil.us

Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?
nytimes.com

The Curious Case of Nebraska Man
magazine.atavist.com

Government Scientists Discover Entirely New Kind of Quantum Entanglement in Breakthrough
vice.com

Contrary to Popular Belief, the Big Bang Is Not a Theory of the Creation of Our Universe
popularmechanics.com

Video: Wagner Group: How Russian Mercenaries Help Putin in Ukraine [4:24]
youtube.com

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun — just in time to be slammed by a solar storm
livescience.com • (see also)

An Experimental Cancer Vaccine Turned Tumor Cells Into Traitors
gizmodo.com

Guardian offices closed until 23 January due to ongoing fallout from suspected ransomware attack
pressgazette.co.uk

Inside Ancient Asteroids, Gamma Rays Made Building Blocks of Life
quantamagazine.org

2.6 billion-year-old ancestors of the CRISPR gene-editing tool are resurrected
phys.org

Snowflake Bentley’s 19th-century images of snow crystals put online
theguardian.com

Scientists Destroyed 95% of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Just 45 Minutes, Study Reports
vice.com • (see also)

The ‘breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers
nature.com

The promise of batteries that come from trees
bbc.com

How We Came to Know and Fear the Doomsday Glacier
hakaimagazine.com

South Korea’s lunar orbiter sends photos of Earth, Moon
phys.org

Parkinson’s Breakthrough: Scientists Have Identified a Key Molecule
scitechdaily.com

We May Be Able to Find Life on Enceladus Without Even Landing
sciencealert.com

Humans Walk Weird. Scientists May Finally Know Why
wired.com

We’re on The Brink of Hearing The Universe’s Background Hum. Here’s Why We’re Listening
sciencealert.com

James Webb Space Telescope captures chaotic cosmic collision
space.com

Curiosity finds opal on Mars – a possible water source for astronauts
newatlas.com

Japanese government offers families 1m yen a child to leave Tokyo
theguardian.com

Why Do Kids Hate Music Lessons?
thewalrus.ca

Henrietta Lacks’ Virginia Hometown Will Build Statue in Her Honor, Replacing Robert E. Lee Monument
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Danish bank workers celebrate first full year without robberies
theguardian.com

Researchers Design Colorful Windows That Effectively Harvest Ambient Light
mymodernmet.com

How the Aztec Calendar Accounted for Leap Years
discovermagazine.com

Video: How Different Spillway Gates Work [15:15]
youtube.com

Hubble telescope spots magnificent open star cluster 160,000 light-years away
space.com

What Can We See in the Oldest-Known Photographs of Kandahar?
atlasobscura.com

Drink water, live longer? Study finds link between hydration and aging
newatlas.com

How the James Webb Space Telescope changed astronomy in its first year
theverge.com

‘We’re in a space race’: Nasa sounds alarm at Chinese designs on moon
theguardian.com

Why time-traveling tachyons probably don’t exist
space.com

The hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisis
theguardian.com

Video: ‘I Asked An Actual Apollo Engineer to Explain the Saturn 5 Rocket’ [58:58]
youtube.com

The Fossil Flowers That Rewrote the History of Life
newyorker.com

Remembering the Rosewood Massacre
daily.jstor.org

The scientist who discovered sperm was so grossed out he hoped his findings would be repressed
salon.com

“Completely Unexpected” – Scientists Discover a Magnetized Dead Star With a Solid Surface
scitechdaily.com

Newfound kind of supernova can tear apart a planet’s atmosphere
space.com

Technology Is Saving You From Profound Levels of Boredom And It’s a Problem
sciencealert.com

Possible naked-eye comet will visit Earth for 1st time since Neanderthals in 2023
space.com

A Drug to Treat Aging May Not Be a Pipe Dream
wired.com

Three centuries after it was rediscovered, Royston Cave remains one of Britain’s most mysterious places
bbc.com

This gorgeous spiral galaxy spotted by Hubble telescope is a yardstick for galactic expansion
space.com

Video: Earth currently experiencing a sixth mass extinction, according to scientists [13:16]
youtube.com • (see also)

There’s no GPS on the moon. NASA and ESA have to fix that before humans return in 2 years.
yahoo.com

Study Shows How The Universe Would Look if You Broke The Speed of Light, And It’s Weird
sciencealert.com

Is modern life ruining our powers of concentration?
theguardian.com • (see also)

What is the rarest mineral on Earth?
livescience.com

To whom it may concern, we now have a (mostly) profanity-free mirror site.
danginteresting.com

Busting a myth: Saturn V rocket wasn’t loud enough to melt concrete
arstechnica.com

Lake Mead’s receding waters revealed long-lost bodies. But who are they?
theguardian.com

Ethereal New Plant Species Doesn’t Use Photosynthesis – It’s Found Something Sneakier
sciencealert.com

A Brief History of Champagne: Were Those Bubbles an Accident?
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange
wired.com

Scientists exhumed geneticist Gregor Mendel to study his DNA
npr.org