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May 29 is a holiday in the USA, which means my kid’s school is closed. But you can find some worthwhile stuff here
damninteresting.com

Octopuses and squid are masters of RNA editing while leaving DNA intact
sciencenews.org

What Happens if the Prefrontal Cortex Is Damaged?
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

The Reversal of Aging May Start in Your Intestines
popularmechanics.com

The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Being Turned Against Big Oil
gizmodo.com

This Stanford Professor With CIA Ties Says Aliens Are ‘100 Percent’ Already Here
popularmechanics.com

This week: 💰Eels as currency, ☀️solar storm timer, 🐌snail education, and more!
damninteresting.com

Microgravity and medicine: Why we’re testing cancer drugs in space
newatlas.com

A real-life little mermaid would be ridiculously hairy, says science
sciencefocus.com

Survivors of Kissinger’s Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings
theintercept.com

A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will.
technologyreview.com

The Coast-to-Coast American Road Trip Is 120 Years Old
atlasobscura.com

This Was One of the Most Famous Faces of the 17th Century
atlasobscura.com

Weird, Rare, and Everywhere
hakaimagazine.com

Hibernation artificially triggered in potential space travel breakthrough
theguardian.com

Video: Unboxing Shakespeare’s First Folio [12:39]
youtube.com

‘It’s new territory’: why is Betelgeuse glowing so brightly and behaving so strangely?
theguardian.com

Impressively Vibrant Moldscapes
mossandfog.com

Scientists Working to Generate Electricity From Thin Air Make Breakthrough
vice.com

On this day in 1940 the Crypt of Civilization was sealed, not to be opened again for 6,177 years
damninteresting.com

70 years ago today the United States Department of Defense tested atomic artillery
damninteresting.com

Anesthesia can cause disturbing sexual hallucinations, leading to lasting psychological trauma
theconversation.com

The Trillion-Dollar Auction to Save the World
wired.com

Video: What Killed The Movie Poster? [8:00]
youtube.com

How Global Rice Farming Is Being Transformed by Climate Change
nytimes.com • (see also)

The decline of homeopathy, the ‘medicine’ that doesn’t cure anything
english.elpais.com

Video: What’s Inside Leonardo Da Vinci’s Notebooks? [14:23]
youtube.com

The Long-Awaited Mission That Could Transform Our Understanding Of Mars
discovermagazine.com

The Precarious, Terrifying Hours After a Woman Was Shoved Into a Train
nytimes.com

Video: ‘Nüshu’: The secret language of women in China [05:08]
france24.com

Here’s why bad news can make you feel physically sick
sciencefocus.com

Black Holes Might Really Be Giant Structures Made of Spacetime, Physicists Propose
vice.com

Edible CBD coating keeps fruit fresher for longer
newatlas.com

FDA approves first gene-edited sausages
zmescience.com

The strange survival of Guinness World Records
theguardian.com

New map catalogues more than 85,000 volcanoes on Venus
theguardian.com

The Battle for Bakhmut, in Photos
nytimes.com

Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference.
quantamagazine.org

Should we abandon the idea that cancer is something to ‘fight’?
aeon.co • (see also)

A lab deep underground could hold the key to habitability on Mars
phys.org

A Century of History in Five Hawaiian Prison Newspapers
daily.jstor.org

The neurons that make us feel hangry
knowablemagazine.org

Space oddities: The surprising science of hollow ‘rubble pile’ asteroids
sciencefocus.com

NASA: Saturn’s Rings Are Young and Could Quickly Disappear
scitechdaily.com

Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars
phys.org

Hubble Space Telescope reveals rare black hole lurking in our backyard
space.com

Video: Why Lightbulbs Might Be The Best Invention Ever [18:55]
youtube.com

19th century painters may have primed their canvases with beer-brewing leftovers
sciencenews.org

Scientists find a way to tell the sex of chicken eggs early in incubation
zmescience.com

Rhythmically stimulating the brain with electrical currents could boost cognitive function, according to analysis of over 100 studies
theconversation.com

Why Is Darwin Island in the Galapagos Off-Limits to Visitors?
discovermagazine.com

Photos: Ukraine’s Battlefield Drones
theatlantic.com

What’s Earth’s oldest animal? DNA study crowns new winner
cosmosmagazine.com

Weird comet in asteroid belt targeted by Webb
earthsky.org

SETI Scientists to Devise Plan for Lunar Listening Station
supercluster.com • (see also)

Man with paralysis can walk by activating spine implants with his mind
newscientist.com

Your fave illustration of Franklin’s kite experiment is likely riddled with errors
arstechnica.com

Video: The $10 Million dollar lie [13:40]
youtube.com • (see also)

Amateur astrophotographers capture bright supernova in galaxy M101
skyatnightmagazine.com

How doctors buy their way out of trouble
reuters.com