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A passenger aircraft that flies around the world at Mach 9? Sure, why not
arstechnica.com

Ancient Mummies From Mexico Might Be Infecting Humans
popularmechanics.com

Video: The Physics Experiment That Ruined Australia [17:55]
youtube.com

How Randomness Improves Algorithms
quantamagazine.org

Sparkly Rock in Museum Turns Out to Be 60-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg
gizmodo.com

‘I Gave ChatGPT an IQ Test. Here’s What I Discovered’
scientificamerican.com

World’s Oldest Preserved Brain Found in a 319 Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil
mymodernmet.com

The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here’s why
apnews.com

Video: ‘I rode the world’s fastest train.’ [9:52]
youtube.com

Video: Bonnie and Clyde Death Scene (1934) [02:01]
texasarchive.org

Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Galactic Center Radio Arc
apod.nasa.gov

Smithsonian Places 4.5 Million Historic Images Into the Public Domain
mymodernmet.com

Why Earth is the only planet with plate tectonics
medium.com

Nasa names astronauts for Artemis Moon mission
bbc.com

Scientists find deepest fish ever recorded at 8,300 metres underwater near Japan
theguardian.com

Tulare Lake Returned in the Central Valley After California Storms
nytimes.com

Mathematicians Find an Infinity of Possible Black Hole Shapes
wired.com

NASA to Announce 4 Astronauts on the Artemis II Moon Mission: Live Updates
nytimes.com

Hubble spotted a bizarre space object that defies classification
bgr.com

What did Homo sapiens eat 170,000 years ago? Roasted, supersized land snails
sciencenews.org

Superthanks, 171 kind and generous humans! You saved our March.
damninteresting.com

Video: The border town that ‘forgot’ it was part of the US [10:35]
youtube.com • (see also)

‘Thousands of Dollars for Something I Didn’t Do’
nytimes.com

This week: 🐋Whale vs. boat, 🦌Bambi for grownups, 🐁mouse diet pills, and more!
damninteresting.com

US Army To Develop ‘Supergun’ Artillery Capable Of Long-Range Strikes
eurasiantimes.com • (see also)

Indigenous people of the American West used ‘sacred’ horses a half-century earlier than previously thought
livescience.com

How Paris Kicked Out the Cars
slate.com

Hard to believe, but a treatment for baldness can be traced to a doctor’s observation of the effects of castration
mcgill.ca

Virgin Orbit shuts down after failing to gain more funds
spaceexplored.com

Sublime Autochromes From Early 20th Century France
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A Big Rover Aims to Be Like ‘U.P.S. for the Moon’
nytimes.com

Batmobiles, Bugs Bunny and James Dean’s jeans: a day inside the Warner Bros top-secret archive
theguardian.com

The Gangster Who Died Twice
crimereads.com

Hittite Empire: Extreme drought ended one of the ancient world’s greatest empires
english.elpais.com

Declassified report suggests “Havana syndrome” could result from energy weapon
salon.com

GPT-5 expected this year, could make ChatGPT indistinguishable from a human
interestingengineering.com

Tyrannosaurus rex: our new research shows it covered its enormous teeth with lips
theconversation.com

From Eugenics to Targeted Advertising: The Dark Role of Data in Sorting Humanity
lithub.com • (see also)

An Upcoming Space Mission Could Find a Holy Grail Planet
inverse.com

Scientists accidentally discover photosynthesis doesn’t work exactly like we thought it did
livescience.com

Your Next Landlord Could Be 100 Random People
wired.com

Hubble Finds Saturn’s Rings Heating Its Atmosphere
nasa.gov

FBI: Mandalay Bay shooter in Las Vegas who killed 58 was angry about how casinos treated him
usatoday.com • See also • See also

Gallery: The Gibson Family Album of Shipwrecks
messynessychic.com

Plants Yell When They’re Stressed Out
gizmodo.com

This map of Venus shows every volcano we know about on its surface
newscientist.com

How a DNA ‘Parasite’ May Have Fragmented Our Genes
quantamagazine.org

How a War Over Eggs Marked the Early History of San Francisco
lithub.com

According to ‘QBism’, quantum mechanics is not a description of objective reality – it reveals a world of genuine free will
theconversation.com

Philippines: The 70s nuclear relic that may open at last
bbc.com

The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing
wired.com • (see also)

A Look at The Proton’s Inner Structure Shows How Its Mass Isn’t The Same as Its Size
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Image: The branded hand of Captain Jonathan Walker
masshist.org

‘Brown blob’ found in Yukon is a well-preserved Ice Age squirrel
cbc.ca

No, Ancient Egyptians Did Not Build a City in the Grand Canyon
zocalopublicsquare.org

What Does ChatGPT Know About Science?
nautil.us

Did we already observe our first “blitzar”?
arstechnica.com

Brains also have supply chain issues – blood flows where it can, and neurons must make do with what they get
theconversation.com

Have Chernobyl Mutations Rewired Evolution?
discovermagazine.com

KFC Through the Years: Vintage Menus and Ads that Will Take You Back
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