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Video: The boring truth about the Library of Alexandria [22:35]
youtube.com

60 years after JFK’s assassination, the agent who tried to save him opens up
npr.org

On this day in 1987, a Max Headroom doppelgänger seized control of televisions in Chicago
damninteresting.com

Bleach does not kill common superbug, study finds
bbc.com

Forensic anthropologists work to identify human skeletal remains and uncover the stories of the unknown dead
theconversation.com • (see also)

Worm’s butt grows eyes and then swims away to make babies
cosmosmagazine.com

The challenge to dark matter, MOND, is wrong
iai.tv

JWST Has Found A Young Galaxy With A Surprising Amount of Metals
sciencealert.com

Can we grow veggies on Mars? Fly larvae and synthetic soil may hold the answer
npr.org

Hoard of 100,000 centuries-old coins discovered in Japan
livescience.com

Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
arstechnica.com

Twitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her Silence
wired.com

James Webb Space Telescope sees major star factory near the Milky Way’s black hole (image)
space.com

‘Missing’ blob of water predicted to be in the Atlantic finally found
livescience.com

Video: Roundabouts Are Safer. So Why Does The U.S. Have So Few Of Them? [17:18]
youtube.com

Could Wooden Satellites Reduce Space Junk? The First Is Set to Launch Next Year
smithsonianmag.com

Serotine bats have sex unlike any other mammal
nhm.ac.uk

Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records
wired.com

Unraveling the surprisingly complex history of crocodiles
phys.org

The High-Flying Life of Mary Riddle
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Banksy reveals real name in unearthed 2003 interview with BBC
nme.com

Unique weather phenomenon may have helped Ukraine identify and sink Russian ship Moskva
phys.org

High-power fiber lasers emerge as a pioneering technology
phys.org

The Breathtaking Discoveries Of Sorcerer II
noemamag.com

Rats Have Taken Over Our Cities—And We Can’t Stop Them
popularmechanics.com

Why Restoring a Banksy Mural in Venice Is So Controversial
smithsonianmag.com

Female Archeologist Ommited From History Finally Receives Justice Almost a Century Later
themarysue.com

‘The Hum’ Noise: Mystery Sound Is Invading Towns – What Is It?
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Steamboat Willie: How Mickey Mouse’s first appearance saved Walt Disney from ruin and changed cinema forever
bbc.com • (see also)

Video: These Cats Have Human Eyes [6:47]
youtube.com

The Bloody, 76-Hour Battle on a Tiny Atoll That Helped End World War II
nytimes.com

More than 200 people convicted in Italian mafia ‘maxi trial’
theguardian.com

Did a magician help vanquish the Nazis in World War Two?
bbc.com

The Dramatic Data Rescue From a Doomed Balloon-Borne Telescope
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Good profits from bad news: How the Kennedy assassination helped make network TV news wealthy
theconversation.com

Unveiling Mercury’s geological mysteries: Salt glaciers, primordial atmosphere, and the new frontiers of astrobiology
phys.org

Visual Deconstruction of Processed Food
mossandfog.com

Video: ‘I Challenged Boston Dynamics’ Famous Atlas Robot’ [17:11]
youtube.com

Inside the Chaos at OpenAI
theatlantic.com

That’s not a potato: mystery of Egyptian treasures found buried in grounds of Scottish school
theguardian.com

James Webb telescope discovers ‘Cosmic Vine’ of 20 connected galaxies sprawling through the early universe
livescience.com

MIT tests new ingestible sensor that records your breathing through your intestines
engadget.com

Video: The gory history of barber surgeons [5:35]
youtube.com

On this day in 1980, a shallow freshwater lake was accidentally converted to a deep saltwater lake
damninteresting.com

Why you age slower on a plane (and other incredibly strange effects of relativity)
bbc.com • (see also)

Don Walsh: The man who made the deepest ever dive
bbc.com • (see also)

The School Shooting That Austin Forgot
texasmonthly.com

Mathematicians Have Found The Ninth Dedekind Number, After 32 Years of Searching
sciencealert.com

‘Lost City’ Deep in The Ocean Is Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen Before on Earth
sciencealert.com

When we see what others do, our brain sees not what we see, but what we expect
nin.nl • (see also)

Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail Conditions
propublica.org

Hedge Fund Tycoon Anthony Clake Doubles as World’s Top Deep-Sea Treasure Hunter
archive.ph

Cryptographers Solve Decades-Old Privacy Problem
nautil.us

For The First Time, an Eerie Green Glow Has Been Detected in The Night Sky of Mars
sciencealert.com

AppHarvest promised Kentucky green jobs. It delivered ‘hell on earth.’
grist.org

Video: Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary [1:05:05]
youtube.com

This week: Typhoid Mary, Newton’s cure for the plague, the death of dengue, and more!
damninteresting.com

New Device Can Keep Brain Alive for Hours Without Body
futurism.com • (see also)

How mathematics built the modern world
worksinprogress.co

Scientists Have Been Freezing Corals for Decades. Now They’re Learning How to Wake Them Up
wired.com • (see also)