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The Black Sailor Whose Heroic Actions During a Shipwreck Made Him an Instant Celebrity of the Roaring Twenties
smithsonianmag.com

Why do healthy people faint? A pathway between heart and brain may hold answers
npr.org

‘Blob’ circling Milky Way’s central black hole shooting powerful radiation at Earth every 76 minutes
space.com

‘Bone Biographies’ Reconstruct Lives of Medieval Cambridge Commoners
smithsonianmag.com

In a first, human study shows how dopamine teaches our brain new tricks
newatlas.com • (see also)

We Thought We Found Alien Moons, But They Might Not Exist After All
sciencealert.com

Woman shot in buttocks by own gun during MRI appointment
healthimaging.com

Sycamore Gap seedlings show signs of propagation
npr.org

Here’s What We Know About Neanderthals So Far
smithsonianmag.com

Japan targeting Jan. 19 for nation’s 1st-ever moon landing
space.com

The Dream of Space Mining Is Still an Expensive Challenge
bloomberg.com

Why the Worst Weather on Earth Is in New Hampshire
daily.jstor.org

Police Can Spy on Your iOS and Android Push Notifications
wired.com

Woman Who Threw a Burrito Bowl at Chipotle Staffer Was Just Sentenced to Working at a Fast Food Restaurant
foodandwine.com

Do the dead have a right to keep their bodies out of museums?
aeon.co

Earth may have had all the elements needed for life within it all along − contrary to theories that these elements came from meteorites
theconversation.com

BBC presenter apologises after giving middle finger at start of live broadcast
theguardian.com

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