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The Lawlessness of Large Numbers
nautil.us

NASA’s Nazi Past
slate.com

Video: What Does IQ Actually Measure? [34:28]
youtube.com • (see also)

First-of-its-kind cancer drug targets mechanism that causes metastasis
newatlas.com

Video: Molten Steel Exploding at 10,000fps [9:29]
youtube.com

NASA picks up ‘heartbeat’ of deep-space probe ‘Voyager 2′ and is confident contact can be regained
english.elpais.com

The thymus withers away after puberty. But it may be important for adults
sciencenews.org

Megalodon: the superpredator that ate its siblings in the womb
bbc.com

Ryugu samples reveal traces of rock from before the Sun existed
arstechnica.com

Archaeologists Discover 900-Year-Old English Cathedral’s Hidden Medieval Crypt
smithsonianmag.com

Woman’s escape from makeshift prison cell likely spared others, FBI says
npr.org

Chilling Breakthrough: The Science Behind a Real-Life “Freeze Ray” Technology for the Air Force
scitechdaily.com

Newly-discovered gigantic viruses have scientists fascinated and baffled
earth.com

Blind creature — named after ‘mythical gnome-like’ animal — found deep underground
news.yahoo.com

London Tube passengers baffled as train pulls into abandoned station
bbc.com

Thousands of desperate, vivid diaries remain from occupied Europe
aeon.co

‘Cancer-killing pill’ that appears to ‘annihilate’ solid tumours is now being tested on humans
news.sky.com

Influencer Who Only Ate Raw Fruits and Vegetables Dies
futurism.com

Video: Lockheed YF-12 Interceptor Aircraft NASA (1974) [26:25]
youtube.com

‘What I’m finding as I lose my sight.’
nautil.us

Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. ‘hallucinations’ will ever go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’
fortune.com

Can we recreate the spark of life on Earth?
bbc.com

Who Is Likely to Believe in Conspiracy Theories?
mcgill.ca

New spacesuit technology helps astronauts keep their underwear clean
earth.com

A daughter was producing a documentary series on the Iran hostage crisis. Then her father went missing overseas.
magazine.atavist.com

The American Indian Code Talkers Who Helped Revolutionize Cryptography and Win WWII
crimereads.com

The mysterious death of Grace, a beloved 125-year-old snapping turtle
thenarwhal.ca

Beaming Harnessed Energy Back to Earth
supercluster.com • (see also)

The ‘chonkiest’ animal ever may have been this massive ancient whale
cbc.ca

Video: The Solar Car That Drives For Months [16:15]
youtube.com

Deep Underground, Robotic Teamwork Saves The Day
discovermagazine.com

Why the Big Bang might not have been the beginning of our Universe
sciencefocus.com

The Atlantic is frying, but so far hurricanes are dying. What’s going on?
arstechnica.com

Video: Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go? [19:35]
youtube.com

US woman, 87, fights off teenage home intruder – then gives him snacks
theguardian.com

Researchers figure out how to make AI misbehave, serve up prohibited content
arstechnica.com

X marks the unknown in algebra – but X’s origins are a math mystery
theconversation.com

Video: How cruise ships got so big [7:28]
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During WWII, Scientists Had to Dry Fit the First Atomic Bomb. They Did It at This Abandoned Base
popularmechanics.com

What Does 60 Years of Silence Tell Us About the Search for Extraterrestrials?
universetoday.com • (see also)

Brain waves driven more by remembering an event than the event itself
newatlas.com

Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles with Company That Used Her Cells
nytimes.com • (see also)

Earth to Voyager: NASA detects signal from spacecraft, two weeks after losing contact
npr.org

Hunting for life on ocean worlds with OWLS
astronomy.com • (see also)

Check Out Some of the Oldest Photos in the World
mossandfog.com

Arrowhead housed at Bern History Museum found to be made from meteoritic iron
phys.org

Why President Warren G. Harding’s Sudden Death Sparked Rumors of Murder and Suicide
smithsonianmag.com

A Mysterious Meat Allergy Caused By A Tick Bite Is Now “An Emerging Public Health Concern”
inverse.com

When AI Is Trained on AI-Generated Data, Strange Things Start to Happen
futurism.com

Moscow drone attacks: Residents shrug off skyscraper strikes
bbc.com • (see also)

A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
science.org

50 years ago today Uri Geller appeared on the Tonight Show, and utterly failed to impress Johnny Carson
damninteresting.com

Aliens Could Build Massive Megastructures to Save Dying Stars
inverse.com

Photos: London’s Urban Foxes
theatlantic.com

Tickling Rats Reveals a Brain Region Linked to Laughter and Play
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Can Phobos and Deimos be seen from the surface of Mars?
astronomy.com

Europe turns its new $1.5 billion space telescope on, and happily it works
arstechnica.com

Who Paid for a Mysterious Spy Tool? The FBI, an FBI Inquiry Found.
nytimes.com

Man Jumps Into Lake, Dies From Electrocution
futurism.com

Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel
scitechdaily.com