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NASA’s Perseverance rover produces oxygen on Mars
livescience.com

Colossal Cache of Lithium Found in US May Be World’s Largest
futurism.com

Scientists Devised a Way to Tell if ChatGPT Becomes Aware of Itself
sciencealert.com

Will India’s Chandrayaan-3 probes survive the lunar night?
space.com

Breaking a Bit: After a rough August, we’re taking a much needed break. In the meantime here is a word game we made.
damninteresting.com

Webb Telescope zooms in on supernova that exploded in 1987
scrippsnews.com

For men awaiting execution in Texas, illicit games of Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline.
themarshallproject.org

Something Just Smacked Into Jupiter And Amateur Astronomers Captured It
iflscience.com

This Hurricane Season Is Unprecedented
theatlantic.com

What Are Dreams For?
newyorker.com

A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains
technologyreview.com

The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It
quantamagazine.org

UFO videos, newly declassified, now live at this Pentagon website
mashable.com

Brain circuit study finds control of behavioral decisions is similar in insects and mammals
phys.org

Video: Exploring an Abandoned US Government Biomedical Research Facility [49:02]
youtube.com

How sharks avoid the wrath of an extreme hurricane
vox.com

Will humans ever go to Mars?
astronomy.com

Do spiders dream? What about cuttlefish? Bearded dragons?
knowablemagazine.org

Grapefruit Juice Can Kill You, Evidence Shows
sciencealert.com

James Webb Space Telescope shares stunning view of a supernova’s expanding remains
space.com

The spot-on imitations of other birds by the Australian lyrebird exemplify what Darwin missed about female birdsong
nautil.us

India’s accomplishments in space are getting more impressive
arstechnica.com

The Large Hadron Collider has been used to detect every known particle except neutrinos. Until now
salon.com

Dead Stars Could Hold the Secrets of Dark Matter
inverse.com

NASA moon orbiter spots crash site of Russia’s failed Luna-25 lander (photo)
space.com

Video: The Golf Ball Paradox [11:59]
youtube.com

Space junk is on the rise, and no one is in charge of cleaning it up
arstechnica.com

He became the first Black mayor of a rural Alabama town. Then a white minority locked him out
theguardian.com

‘Bee Emergency’: How Beekeepers Got 5 Million Bees Off a Road in Canada
nytimes.com

Does the Spiral Siphonophore Reign as the Longest Animal in the World?
discovermagazine.com

Giant worms go wandering in man’s innards, cause dangerous traffic jam
arstechnica.com

When the Government Tried to Flood the Grand Canyon
daily.jstor.org

NASA gears up for return of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample
spacenews.com

Fourteen U.S. destroyers barreled down the California coast in a dense fog—until a wrong turn led to the largest peacetime disaster in American naval history
magazine.atavist.com • (see also)

The Last of the Fungus
nautil.us

Population collapse almost wiped out human ancestors, say scientists
theguardian.com

How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator
lithub.com

This Tiny Snake Has a Big Mouth
nytimes.com

NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space Network
arstechnica.com

‘Scent of eternity’: scientists recreate balms used on ancient Egyptian mummy
theguardian.com

Why there’s a rush to explore the Moon’s enigmatic South Pole
bbc.com

Two of The World’s Most Advanced Telescopes Remain Closed Following Cyberattack
sciencealert.com

Woman Learns Thrift Store Painting She Bought for $4 Is Actually Lost Artwork That Could Sell for $250K
people.com

On this day in 1939, Nazi SS agents took over a Polish radio station and broadcasted counterfeit anti-German sentiments
damninteresting.com

India Takes the Lead in Global Race to the Moon
supercluster.com

The Cat Organ Might Be The World’s Most Revolting Instrument
flashbak.com

Kyle Deschanel, the Rothschild Who Wasn’t
vanityfair.com

What can archaeology tell us about the Druids’ dark arts?
aeon.co

Decades After Dictatorship, Chile Mounts Search for Hundreds Who Vanished
nytimes.com • (see also)

Why people believe their own lies
nautil.us

Empire of dust: what the tiniest specks reveal about the world
theguardian.com

Old Soviet satellite breaks apart in orbit after space debris collision
space.com

Scientists Have Observed a Never-Before-Seen Form of Oxygen
sciencealert.com

Do antibiotics really wipe out your gut bacteria?
bbc.com

Beyond fireplaces: Historic heating methods of the 19th century
archive.curbed.com

Claws and effect: Birds talented with their talons share common ancient ancestor
cbc.ca

Eczema, Asthma, Food Allergy and Hay Fever: Common Origin Discovered Behind Major Childhood Allergies
scitechdaily.com

Video: The Device that Won WW2 [18:32]
youtube.com

Non-gas giant has 73 times Earth’s mass, bewildering its discoverers
arstechnica.com

Why the Internet Didn’t Shred the Paper Business
slate.com