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NASA Shows Off Concept for an Alien-Hunting ‘Cryobot’ Probe
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Censoring Imagination: Why Prisons Ban Fantasy and Science Fiction
lithub.com

Physicists Find Seemingly Impossible Magnets With Just One Pole
inverse.com

The International Space Station celebrates its 25th anniversary
earth.com

Communicating With a Relativistic Spacecraft Gets Pretty Weird
universetoday.com

Inside the secret complex making high-tech gadgets for UK spies
bbc.com

Could Long Covid ‘Brain Fog’ Be an Acquired Form of ADHD?
undark.org

Video: But What IS A Lens Flare? [5:17]
youtube.com

Nikola Tesla’s Obsession with Pigeons, Electricity, and a Plan to Wirelessly Connect the World
nautil.us • (see also)

Diamond data storage breakthrough writes and rewrites down to single atom
newatlas.com

Literary Fight Club: On the Great Poets’ Brawl of ‘68
lithub.com

Study suggests existence of a universal, nonverbal communication system
phys.org • (see also)

Video: How did South African Apartheid happen, and how did it finally end? [6:51]
youtube.com

Podcasters Took Up Her Sister’s Murder Investigation. Then They Turned on Her.
web.archive.org

Oldest mosquito in amber reveals bloodsucking surprise
cbc.ca

Video: Watch electricity hit a fork in the road at half a billion frames per second [26:28]
youtube.com

‘Wavy space-time’ may explain why gravity won’t play by quantum rules
space.com • (see also)

10 Photos From the 2023 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year
petapixel.com

The sauna secret: why Finland is the happiest country in the world
theguardian.com

More Than Meets the Eye: On the Ancient Origins and Diverse Uses of Eyeliner
lithub.com

As the world’s ‘polar bear capital’ waits for ice, bears are increasingly drawn into the streets
thenarwhal.ca

Under-skin implant reverses type 1 diabetes without anti-rejection drugs [in mice]
newatlas.com

On this day in 1917, one of the largest non-nuclear man-made explosions occurred in Halifax, Nova Scotia
damninteresting.com

Video: Why Railroads Don’t Need Expansion Joints [15:52]
youtube.com

How electric vehicles are accelerating the end of the oil age
reuters.com

Video: What’s inside this crater in Madagascar? [24:32]
youtube.com

This rogue star traveled 10 billion years from outside the galaxy until it reached Milky Way’s heart
zmescience.com

A Peculiar Fish and an Evolutionary Mystery
nautil.us

One of the brightest stars in the sky will ‘blink out’ on Dec. 12. Here’s how to watch.
livescience.com

Video: Tiwanaku: The civilisation that mysteriously disappeared [05:01]
bbc.com

One Swedish zoo, seven escaped chimpanzees
theguardian.com

Due to AI, “We are about to enter the era of mass spying,” says Bruce Schneier
arstechnica.com

‘I received the new gene-editing drug for sickle cell disease. It changed my life.’
technologyreview.com

Was going to space a good idea?
theconversation.com

Strange object trapped between Saturn and Uranus is transforming before our eyes
livescience.com

Hunting spacetime fluctuations could unite Einstein and quantum physics
newatlas.com

Freeing Ourselves From The Clutches Of Big Tech
noemamag.com

‘Doughnut’ beams help physicists see incredibly small objects
phys.org

Drones Rule the Skies in Ukraine, But These Nano Spy Helicopters Are Something Else Entirely
popularmechanics.com

YouTuber pilot regrets intentionally crashing plane, gets 6 months in prison
arstechnica.com

The (Often) Overlooked Experiment That Revealed the Quantum World
quantamagazine.org

‘Impossible’ orange auroras spotted in UK after solar storm slams into Earth
livescience.com

Video: What would a magnitude 15 earthquake be like? [3:05]
youtube.com

An ancient galaxy behind a veil of dust – “This thing is a real monster.”
arstechnica.com

Former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Manuel Rocha accused of spying for Cuba for decades
cbsnews.com

Why Franklin, Washington and Lincoln considered American democracy an ‘experiment’
theconversation.com

Key chemical found at the edge of galaxy suggests alien life is common
newatlas.com

Rats are more human than [one might] think – and they certainly like being around us
theconversation.com

Cracked Piece of Metal Heals Itself in Experiment That Stuns Scientists
sciencealert.com

An Easy-Sounding Problem Yields Numbers Too Big for Our Universe
quantamagazine.org

Three American Climbers Solve the ‘Last Great Problem in the Himalayas’
archive.ph

Restored Music Composed by Prisoners at Auschwitz Played Publicly for the First Time
smithsonianmag.com

Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China
theguardian.com • (see also)

A New Way to Trigger a Tsunami
nautil.us • (see also)

Longstreet: the Confederate general who switched sides on race
theguardian.com • (see also)

Solar storm from 1977 reveals how unprepared we are for the next ‘big one’
livescience.com • (see also)

Was Bobi the World’s Oldest Dog—or a Fraud?
wired.co.uk

Video: Plagiarism and You(Tube) [3:51:09]
youtube.com • (see also)

‘How do you reduce a national dish to a powder?’: the weird, secretive world of crisp flavours
theguardian.com

Video: PM-3a Nuclear Power Plant Reactor at McMurdo Base Antarctica Nukey Poo [22:37]
youtube.com • (see also)