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AI-enabled scams will proliferate
macleans.ca

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Kenya and a railway to nowhere
bbc.com

The Army Finally Fielded Its Drone-Killing Laser Weapon. It Could Reshape Today’s Battlefield
popularmechanics.com

The Lincolnshire village honoured in every Disney film since 2006
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Scientists explain unique formation of ancient algae that evolved photosynthesis and oxygenated the planet
phys.org • (see also)

Ramjet-powered artillery shell sets new range record
newatlas.com

In History: How Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics shook the world
bbc.com

Google’s New Phone Adds Smiles to Your Photos Even If Everyone Was Miserable
futurism.com

3 powerful earthquakes strike Afghanistan in one week – here’s how people around the world prepare for disasters
theconversation.com

Why Uncontacted Tribes Want to Stay Uncontacted
theatlantic.com

How Megafires Are Remaking the World
nytimes.com

‘Should I worry about my clicking joints – and stop cracking my knuckles?’
theguardian.com

Thousands of Fanzor DNA cutters that may outperform CRISPR identified
newatlas.com

‘This is the cost of living in seawater’: The ingenious and (to us) heartbreaking way turtles survive the salty oceans
livescience.com

Video: Old pinball machines are amazingly complex [50:08]
youtube.com

‘Extremely rare’ Jurassic-era fossils discovered in Lake Powell
theguardian.com

‘I Study Climate Change. The Data Is Telling Us Something New.’
nytimes.com

Félicette the French space cat, the world’s only feline astronaut
rfi.fr • (see also)

The rise and fall of the BlackBerry
theguardian.com

Video: Mark Twain | Edison Film | Digitally Restored [3:30]
youtube.com • (see also)

Neanderthals may have hunted mighty cave lions
popsci.com

Strange Form of Ice Found That Only Melts at Extremely Hot Temperatures
sciencealert.com

Why do we want to go back to the moon?
english.elpais.com

The Senses Animals Have That Humans Don’t
discovermagazine.com

How eclipses have shaped history
bbc.com

Video: The race to mine the bottom of the ocean [11:12]
youtube.com

“Hallucinating” AIs Sound Creative, but Let’s Not Celebrate Being Wrong
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

DARPA preps program to protect mixed reality users against cognitive attacks
sociable.co

Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore
newyorker.com

How sound is providing new clues about the Universe
bbc.com

Cars are a ‘privacy nightmare on wheels’. Here’s how they get away with collecting and sharing your data
theconversation.com

The “Miserable Spectacle” of Executing People With Serious Mental Illness
slate.com

New Stars Forming Uncomfortably Close to the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
universetoday.com

How Mars Lost Its Magnetic Field—and Then Its Oceans
daily.jstor.org

Psyche mission launches as NASA’s first trip to a metal world
cnn.com

Neanderthals hunted dangerous cave lions, study shows
phys.org

Rare Photos of Moscow From the Late 19th Century
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Croak it: Female frogs fake death to avoid sex with unappealing males
newatlas.com

Earth’s crust swallowed a sea’s worth of water and locked it away beneath Pacific seafloor
livescience.com

‘Like missing a series finale’: Canada abruptly ends official time signal
theguardian.com

The First Guy to Break the Internet
narratively.com

Nanomaterial stimulates and regrows severed nerves like sci-fi tech
newatlas.com

Scientific evidence supports safe discharge of Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific Ocean
phys.org

Your immune system makes its own antiviral drug − and it’s likely one of the most ancient
theconversation.com

Awareness at Death
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Earth’s Smallest Flowering Plant Can Handle 20X Earth’s Gravity
universetoday.com

Bumblebees developed a fascinating defense mechanism against Asian hornets
zmescience.com

The Brief, Bloody Story of Los Angeles’s Own “Bonnie & Clyde”
crimereads.com

Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t harm your health in the long term
theconversation.com

‘My Company Forgot About Me for Two Years, But I Kept Getting Paid’
esquire.com

Once the site of legendary parties, the Intercontinental in Kabul is still a potent symbol of who rules Afghanistan
theguardian.com

Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius
theguardian.com

A Wild Idea to Protect the Great Barrier Reef
nautil.us

Winners of the 2023 Epson International Pano Awards
theatlantic.com

Space: NASA finds signs of the ‘building blocks of life’ in sample brought back from Bennu asteroid
english.elpais.com

Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again.
technologyreview.com

The Medieval Sect That Inspired the Video Game ‘Assassin’s Creed’
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

How a Series of Air Traffic Control Lapses Nearly Killed 131 People
nytimes.com • (see also)

The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry
spectrum.ieee.org

World War Two experimental catapult unearthed by archaeologists
bbc.co.uk