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The Earth’s Continental Crust is Totally Weird
discovermagazine.com

The audacious rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle Columbia
arstechnica.com

‘Five Years Ago, I Wrote a Fictional Disaster That Is Now Playing Out in Real Time’
nytimes.com

How undersea cables may affect marine life
bbc.com • (see also)

US man cleaning out late grandmother’s apartment shot dead by police
theguardian.com

How to Forge Shells for Ukraine’s Artillery
nytimes.com

Scientists Grew Mini Human Guts Inside Mice
wired.com

What were those glowing green lasers over Hawaii?
sacbee.com • (see also)

New map of the universe’s matter reveals a possible hole in our understanding of the cosmos
livescience.com

When Americans Lost Faith in the News
newyorker.com

Pit find in Germany reveals how Neanderthals hunted huge elephants
theguardian.com

Zookeepers Say They’ve Solved the Mystery of How a Gibbon Got Pregnant by Herself
vice.com

Why Groundhog Day has its roots in astronomy
salon.com

New Prototype Device Generates Hydrogen From Untreated Seawater
sciencealert.com

What’s in Store-Bought Chicken Stock, and Why Are Brands so Secretive About It?
eater.com

“We’re Not Calling This a Rescue Soyuz”
supercluster.com • (see also)

Astronomers Find Rare Star System That Will Trigger a Kilonova
gizmodo.com

Dying for sex: endangered male quolls may be mating themselves to death instead of sleeping, scientists say
theguardian.com

One Year Later, a Tongan Eruption Is Still Reverberating
hakaimagazine.com

Hear the Wind on Mars
nautil.us

They Outlasted the Dinosaurs. Can They Survive Us?
nytimes.com

The Hunt for Russian Collaborators in Ukraine
newyorker.com

Can a mass shooter demand a good death? The strange case that tested the limits of justice
theguardian.com

Lab-grown 3D skin grafts could be applied like “biological clothing”
newatlas.com

How the Supreme Court ruling on Section 230 could end Reddit as we know it
technologyreview.com

Astronomers Find a Dozen More Moons for Jupiter
skyandtelescope.org

Tanzania in the Cold War Crucible
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Metal detectorist unearths Tudor gold pendant linked to Henry VIII in Warwickshire
theguardian.com

The hype is out of this world, but mining in space won’t save the Earth
theconversation.com

Astronomers Find 25 Hugely Powerful Fast Radio Bursts That Keep Repeating
sciencealert.com

Image: A spiral amongst thousands (JWST)
esa.int

Ancient statue of Hercules emerges from Rome sewer repairs
theguardian.com

Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics
quantamagazine.org

Canadian team discovers power-draining flaw in most laptop and phone batteries
cbc.ca

Some carnivorous plants evolved to eat poop instead of bugs. And they’re better off for it.
livescience.com

‘Why I Hunt for Sidewalk Fossils’
nytimes.com

Space Sail Experiment Showcases Promising Technique for Quickly Disposing Space Junk
gizmodo.com

New Map of All Matter In the Universe Reveals Something Strange About the Cosmic Web
vice.com

Video: How The Parthenon Marbles Ended Up In The British Museum [9:35]
youtube.com

Missing radioactive capsule found in WA outback after frantic search
abc.net.au

Major publishers are banning ChatGPT from being listed as an academic author. What’s the big deal?
theconversation.com

Mysterious Medieval City in Africa Had a Genius System to Survive Drought
sciencealert.com

A Physical Theory For When the Brain Performs Best
quantamagazine.org

This is going to sting.
damninteresting.com

Will an AI be the first to discover alien life?
nature.com • (see also)

Gigantic ‘alien’ comet spotted heading straight for the sun
livescience.com

Video: Ethical dilemma: Should we get rid of mosquitoes? [5:26]
youtube.com

Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses to Alzheimer’s Again And Again
sciencealert.com

One woman’s forgotten story reveals a dirty truth about Africa’s written histories
theguardian.com

Video: Magenta: The colour that doesn’t exist [04:09]
bbc.com • (see also)

James Webb Space Telescope recovers from 2nd instrument glitch
space.com

Video: True Facts: The Smartest Slime [11:57]
youtube.com

A Famed Dolphin-Human Fishing Team Up Is in Danger of Disappearing
scientificamerican.com

Gene editing company hopes to bring dodo ‘back to life’
theguardian.com

Video: Surviving on Leather [17:06]
youtube.com • (see also)

Green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will be closest to Earth on Feb. 1. Here’s how to see it.
space.com

The myth propelling America’s violent police culture
theatlantic.com

The Spaceport at the Edge of the World
wired.com

Scientists Create Semi-Living ‘Cyborg’ Cells That Could Transform Medicine
sciencealert.com

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