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Bees can learn, remember, think and make decisions – here’s a look at how they navigate the world
theconversation.com

Video: Living in the Coldest Villages on Earth [35:10]
youtube.com

Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot
theverge.com

This Soft Robot Unfurls Inside the Skull
spectrum.ieee.org

The splat is out of the bag: a first-ever look at the making of the Rorschach test
theguardian.com

The complicated history of how the Earth’s atmosphere became breathable
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Sex-Cult Rocket Man
daily.jstor.org

Apollo: How Moon missions changed the modern world
bbc.com

What’s a President to Do When a Nation’s Capital Is Sinking? Move It.
nytimes.com

CNET Published AI-Generated Stories. Then Its Staff Pushed Back
wired.com

Replication of high-temperature superconductor comes up empty
arstechnica.com

Video: Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions: What Really Happened? [16:43]
youtube.com

1.7 billion Tyrannosaurus rexes walked the Earth before going extinct, new study estimates
livescience.com

In this day 1899, Nikola Tesla arrived in Colorado Springs to conduct groundbreaking wireless electricity experiments
damninteresting.com

Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before
bbc.com

The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Wall Street, Warren Buffett, and the U.S. Treasury
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Webb confirms water in weird comet, but something else is missing
newatlas.com

You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy
theconversation.com

New Math Shows When Solar Systems Become Unstable
quantamagazine.org

The Mysterious Dodecahedrons of the Roman Empire
atlasobscura.com

Suck It, Death Cap: Scientists Find Potential Antidote to World’s Deadliest Mushroom
gizmodo.com

The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”
propublica.org

Video: How This 31 Year Old Woman Scammed JP Morgan [19:04]
youtube.com

View the Reconstructed Face of a 30,000-Year-Old Egyptian Man
mymodernmet.com

Astronomers observed first radiation belt seen outside our solar system
techexplorist.com

Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
science.org

Video: The Microwave Oven Magnetron: What an Engineer Means by “Best” [11:39]
youtube.com

NASA: We’d Have a 30-Minute Warning Before a Killer Solar Storm Hits Earth
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Human trial of mRNA universal flu vaccine begins
newatlas.com

What will replace the International Space Station?
bbc.com

If Your House Was Falling Off a Cliff, Would You Leave?
nytimes.com • (see also)

Mystery of missing Chicago girl Mary Agnes Moroney may be finally solved
chicago.suntimes.com

Surprisingly Few Insects Live in The Ocean, And We May Finally Know Why
sciencealert.com

Betelguese’s Brightening Raises Hopes for a Supernova Spectacle
scientificamerican.com

Genetically modified bananas out to stop Cavendish catastrophe
newatlas.com • (see also)

A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”
arstechnica.com

Video: How the portal illusion works [9:41]
youtube.com

Mouse Study Reveals Unlikely Connection Between Menthol And Alzheimer’s
sciencealert.com

Two rare, unknown Rembrandt portraits worth millions discovered in private collection
cnn.com

We are (mostly) on break until Tuesday, 16 May. In the meantime, we offer some stuff from the archive:
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1944 the Allies began their final assault on Monte Cassino with the assistance of a 500-pound brown bear
damninteresting.com

Video: Controlling Turbulence and Evolution: How Engineers Overcome Uncertainty [12:21]
youtube.com

SolarWinds: The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack
wired.com

Bizarre object 10 million times brighter than the sun defies physics, NASA says
space.com

What Survives in the Atacama Desert?
nytimes.com

Hammerhead Sharks ‘Hold Their Breath’ When Deep Diving
gizmodo.com

The Plot to Steal the Other Secret Inside a Can of Coca-Cola
bloomberg.com • (see also)

From DiscoVision to SelectaVision
daily.jstor.org

Runaway black hole with tail of stars may be galaxy in disguise
space.com

Soap can make humans more attractive to mosquitoes, study finds
theguardian.com

Marine Monsters of the Jurassic Seas Were Twice the Size of Killer Whales
scitechdaily.com

Patient M: The man who started seeing the world backwards after being shot in the head
english.elpais.com • (see also)

‘It’s hell’: life under the American mobile home king who calls himself a ‘grave dancer’
theguardian.com

NASA’s JWST discovers a reflective Mini-Neptune with a steamy atmosphere
interestingengineering.com

Qubits 30 meters apart used to confirm Einstein was wrong about quantum
arstechnica.com

Video: Is there a Black Hole in our Solar System? [11:51]
youtube.com

The Ether Dreams of Fin-de-Siècle Paris
publicdomainreview.org

An 11-Year-Old Climber Fell 50 Feet at an Oregon Crag. He Survived.
outsideonline.com

The 19th-Century Trippers Who Probed the Mind
nautil.us

Dark waters: how the adventure of a lifetime turned to tragedy
theguardian.com