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What Was the Life Expectancy of Ancient Humans?
discovermagazine.com

Montevideo Maru: wreck of ship sunk in Australia’s worst maritime disaster found after 80 years
theguardian.com

Wonders of Street View
neal.fun

Airbus Shows Off Space Station Design With Simulated Gravity
gizmodo.com

On this day in 1985, New Coke was unveiled to the world
damninteresting.com

Two Surprising Rings Discovered Around Distant Dwarf Planet
discovermagazine.com

Video: Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? [5:19]
youtube.com

Everyone With Blue Eyes May Descend From a Single Human Ancestor
popularmechanics.com

“Sweet” Research Sheds Light on Glucose Metabolism in Neurons
neurosciencenews.com

A Journey Down Europe’s Sunken Lanes
messynessychic.com

See Newly Discovered Deep Sea ‘Chimneys’ Teeming With Life
gizmodo.com

How Much Does ‘Nothing’ Weigh?
scientificamerican.com

Comb jellies have a bizarre nervous system unlike any other animal
sciencenews.org

The ‘right’ way to eat sushi: Tips from the experts on sushi rules to follow
bbc.com

Perseverance Mars rover snaps amazing photo of Ingenuity helicopter
space.com

Video: Four-Byte Burger [30:37]
youtube.com

Ukraine war: Russian warplane accidentally bombs own city
bbc.com

Northern elephant seals sleep in the deep to avoid predators
bbc.com

Dead NASA satellite crashes to Earth over the Sahara Desert
space.com

Technology is transforming the deadly voyage from Cuba to Florida
restofworld.org

Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of How the Mayan Calendar Works
popularmechanics.com

‘Charles Manson’s Body, Or, How I Ended Up Paying For the Notorious Cult Leader’s Funeral’
crimereads.com

Illegal gold mining influencers are tearing up the Amazon
restofworld.org

Mozart’s Sister, the Forgotten Prodigy
messynessychic.com

Video: World War 2 Ice Cream of the US NAVY [15:58]
youtube.com

Russia beats Hollywood with first feature film shot in space
france24.com

Whiskey, Women, and Work
daily.jstor.org

AI-generated spam may soon be flooding your inbox – and it will be personalized to be especially persuasive
theconversation.com

The Number 15 Describes the Secret Limit of an Infinite Grid
quantamagazine.org

Marie Curie As You’ve Never Met Her Before
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Strange Marks Began to Appear on a 600-Year-Old Leonardo da Vinci Codex. Now, Scientists Have an Answer.
vice.com

The eccentric pioneers of vegetable electricity
bbc.com

Russian gets 21 years for cheesecake-poisoning of US doppelganger
theguardian.com

Space Elevator
neal.fun

Volcanic microbe eats CO2 ‘astonishingly quickly’, say scientists
theguardian.com

SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
apnews.com

They Saw the Horrific Aftermath of a Mass Shooting. Should We?
nytimes.com

Under Debate: The Origins of Mysterious Neurological Disease
undark.org

Your Brain Is Shaped Like Nobody Else’s
nautil.us

Nasa says flash over Kyiv was not its satellite
bbc.com

AI Drake just set an impossible legal trap for Google
theverge.com

Scientists may have discovered why hair turns grey
theguardian.com

NASA’s Blueprint for Sustainably Exploring the Moon and Mars Passes First Review
gizmodo.com

Inside the secret list of websites that make AI like ChatGPT sound smart
washingtonpost.com

Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left” and “right?”
oceanservice.noaa.gov

Why the Brain’s Connections to the Body Are Crisscrossed
quantamagazine.org

Building telescopes on the Moon is becoming an achievable goal
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Methane may not warm the Earth quite as much as previously thought
sciencenews.org

After Dinosaurs Went Extinct, These Ten Giant Creatures Roamed the Earth
smithsonianmag.com

While other explorers may claim credit for discovering the North Pole, an unsung and largely forgotten former sharecropper has as good a case as anyone
bbc.com • (see also)

JWST captures spectacular spiral galaxy smash
cosmosmagazine.com

A First-of-Its-Kind Signal Has Been Detected in The Human Brain
sciencealert.com

Scientists Think They’ve Narrowed Down The Star Systems Most Likely to Host Life
sciencealert.com

Researchers develop carbon-negative concrete
phys.org

Could this copycat black hole be a new type of star?
phys.org

How Lower-Class Innovation, Like, Changes the Langwage
lithub.com

How Similar Are Insect Brains to Human Brains?
discovermagazine.com

What happened when US police teargassed protesters
theguardian.com

The White House grounds are safe after a toddler breached the fence
npr.org

Lab-grown blood could (one day, maybe) save your life
vox.com