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Scientists Have Made Cocaine From a Tobacco Plant
discovermagazine.com

Could deep boreholes solve our nuclear waste problem?
arstechnica.com • See also • See also

Fourier Transforms: The Math That Made Color TV Possible
popularmechanics.com

Video: This Gun Could Reach Space [19:33]
youtube.com • (see also)

Strange Solar Gamma Rays Discovered at Even Higher Energies
quantamagazine.org

Video: This is “impossible”, but New Zealand is trying anyway. [9:16]
youtube.com

Should you avoid eating burnt food?
bbc.com

The Milky Way’s Black Hole is About to Eat 278 Trillion Mile Gas Cloud
inverse.com

From Piltdown Man to anti-vaxxers … What science’s worst hoaxes can teach us
theguardian.com

No One Knows If Decades-Old Nukes Would Actually Work
wired.com

Scientists Have Recorded Brain Waves From Octopuses Just Living Their Lives
sciencealert.com

These scientists lugged logs on their heads to resolve Chaco Canyon mystery
arstechnica.com

Giant Zombie Atoms of the Cosmos
nautil.us • (see also)

Astronomers Have Detected Signs of The Largest Magnetic Fields in The Universe
sciencealert.com

Where We Get Wind From May Blow You Away
sciencealert.com

4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq
livescience.com

‘Something Was Badly Wrong’: When Washington Realized Russia Was Actually Invading Ukraine
politico.com

Wormholes might bend light like black holes do — and that could be the key to finding them
livescience.com

Giant Claw for Removing Space Junk Is Now One Step Closer to Reality
gizmodo.com

Video: How This Lizard Conspiracy Led to Murder [11:34]
youtube.com

This week: 🍫Wonka vs. OSHA, 👽first contact protocol, 💊pills for men, and more!
damninteresting.com

Even hackers are reportedly getting laid off by organized crime groups
businessinsider.com

An End to “Gilder’s Palsy”
mcgill.ca

Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers
arstechnica.com

How a 26-Year-Old Steven Spielberg Made Jaws… and Nearly Lost His Career in the Process
lithub.com

First look at Ryugu asteroid sample reveals it is organic-rich
phys.org

Secret crawlspace cryptomine discovered in routine inspection of MA high school
arstechnica.com

The First Law of Thermodynamics Has Been Rewritten
popularmechanics.com

‘Experience: I gave birth to the world’s ‘8 billionth baby’’
theguardian.com

The Earthshaking History of San Francisco’s Quake Shacks
atlasobscura.com

On this day in 1942, something—or nothing—attempted to invade Los Angeles
damninteresting.com

Marshall Islands Wave Charts
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Video: ICELAND Epic Landscapes from Above [6:01]
youtube.com

‘They wanted children’: Ukrainian doctors say they lied to keep kids safe from Russian troops
cbc.ca • (see also)

Astronomers found a ‘runaway’ black hole as wide as 20 million suns
bgr.com

What Really Happens to Military Pilots That Defect to America
popularmechanics.com

Tomb raiders, crooked art dealers, and museum curators fed billionaire Michael Steinhardt’s addiction to antiquities. Many also happened to be stolen.
nymag.com

Surprising ‘forbidden planet’ discovered outside our solar system
cnn.com

Medieval Pantry Stocked With Spices Found in 500-Year-Old Shipwreck
smithsonianmag.com

Scientists Discover How to Speed Up, Reverse Time: What It Means
popularmechanics.com

Fuel Cleanup Underway After Rocket Crash in Alaska
gizmodo.com

Mystery of How Psychedelic Drugs Rapidly Rebuild Neural Connections Solved
thedebrief.org

The White Specks in This Image Aren’t Stars or Galaxies. They’re Black Holes
sciencealert.com

Cocaine Bear, Meet Cannabis Raccoon and McFlurry Skunk
nytimes.com

The Secret Weapons of Ukraine
esquire.com

AI chatbots are having their “tulip mania” moment
salon.com

Study: A four-day workweek actually makes employees healthier, more productive
salon.com

The Grifter Guardian
macleans.ca

Chinese Engineers Develop Transmedium Drone That Can Fly in the Air and Swim Underwater
thedebrief.org

Meet Wisdom the Albatross, The World’s Oldest Bird
mossandfog.com

Why Do Snakes Eat Themselves?
discovermagazine.com

Can a Fungus Really Take Over Our Brains?
quantamagazine.org

On this day in 1985 Vladimir Vetrov was executed for cooperating with the CIA
damninteresting.com

The Complicated Legacy of Terry Wallis and His Brain Injury
issues.org

Nalanda: The university that changed the world
bbc.com

After You Die, Monica Torres Can Bring Life Back To Your Body
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

What the Higgs boson tells us about the universe
symmetrymagazine.org

The beautiful flowers that bees can’t use
bbc.com

Mariupol: The ruin of a city
theguardian.com

The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa’s Illegal Gold Mines
newyorker.com