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Hidden No More: Why Women’s Contributions to the Italian Renaissance Matter
lithub.com

Customizing mRNA is easy, and that’s what makes it the next frontier for personalized medicine − a molecular biologist explains
theconversation.com

Why making oil is more profitable than saving the planet
npr.org

A Triplet Tree Forms One of the Most Beautiful Structures in Math
quantamagazine.org

How Stolen Checks Are Sold and Bought Online
nytimes.com

Video: Your Tattoo is INSIDE Your Immune System. Literally [9:08]
youtube.com

How do pacemakers and defibrillators work? A cardiologist explains how they interact with the electrical system of the heart
theconversation.com

Conflict Archaeology in Normandy
daily.jstor.org

‘I repeatedly failed to win any awards: my doomed career as a North Korean novelist’
theguardian.com

What Would a Modern “Golden Record” Include?
universetoday.com • (see also)

What Do We Want from Comedy?
newyorker.com • (see also)

The A.I. Surveillance Companies That Say They Can Thwart Mass Shootings and Suicides
slate.com

Video: The largest river on Earth is actually in the sky [5:36]
youtube.com

Chimp steals eagle’s dinner in surreal forest contronation
indy100.com

Rare solar storms could cause rail network chaos, scientists warn
bbc.com • (see also)

Lost world of lagoons filled with mounds of microbes discovered in Atacama desert
livescience.com

Deep into the Kuiper Belt, New Horizons is still doing science
arstechnica.com

No Record of ‘Russian Economist’ Who Flew to LAX Without a Ticket, Didn’t Remember How He Got Here
404media.co

Why Are So Many American Pedestrians Dying at Night?
nytimes.com

There’s a Surprisingly Simple Explanation For Why Horses Have Long Faces
sciencealert.com

Extremely rare dolphin with thumbs photographed in Greek gulf
livescience.com

Video: Switzerland Has 2,452,000 Guns, Here’s Why [38:00]
youtube.com

Video: 1983: The BBC is HACKED Live On Air [4:00]
youtube.com • (see also)

On this day in 1937 the greyhounds at Romford Stadium had their first race against cheetahs
damninteresting.com

Why candlepin bowling took off in New England — and not anywhere else
wbur.org

Fungi join the list of organisms that can control when ice forms
arstechnica.com

Lady with an Ermine Meets Nazi Art Thief Hans Frank
daily.jstor.org

Revealed: the oldest black hole ever observed, dating to dawn of universe
theguardian.com

Bad Science and Bad Statistics in the Courtroom Convict Innocent People
scientificamerican.com

James Webb yields stunning high-res image of exploded star
thenextweb.com

Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights 80% smoother
newatlas.com

The quiet plan to make the internet feel faster
theverge.com

A Philippine Island Detective Story
eos.org • (sea also)

Most Canadians Live South of Seattle and Other Map Surprises
atlasobscura.com

Video: ‘A robot just swapped my electric car’s battery’ [5:23]
youtube.com

Why is there so much military interest in the moon?
space.com

Mysterious Link Between Owning Cats And Schizophrenia Is Real, Study Says
sciencealert.com

Ancient Stars Forged Elements Heavier Than Anything Ever Found in Nature
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Video: Survival Under Atomic Attack (1957) [28:52]
youtube.com

Royally Sweet: How Hot Beverages Became All the Rage in 18th Century Britain
lithub.com

Watch This Skydiver Perfectly Control Her Body To Execute a Thrilling Routine Inside a Wind Tunnel
mymodernmet.com

“The longing and hopelessness I was experiencing has a name…”
uphere.ca

Video: Inside the Uvalde Response (viewer discretion advised) [53:18]
youtube.com

JWST Discovers Something Strange Inside Mysterious ‘Brick’ in Milky Way
sciencealert.com

The world’s most realistic humanoid robots
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, found by NASA astronauts
cbsnews.com

Super rare leucistic alligator born at Florida theme park
bbc.com

The Formerly Enslaved Black Bordello Queen Who Built a Notorious Business Empire
smithsonianmag.com

The Milky Way will probably devour all the tiny galaxies that surround it
arstechnica.com

This week: Rogue-less waves, ✈️piloting delusions, elderly dog fraud, and more!
damninteresting.com

Archaeologists unearth ‘most shocking example of Roman slavery’ at Pompeii
theguardian.com

Tuskegee Airman Laid to Rest Nearly 80 Years After He Disappeared During a Mission
people.com

Placebo effect is real, and complicated
mcgill.ca

Video: The Tragedy Of The Grenfell Tower Fire [46:47]
youtube.com • (see also)

Gene variants that promote having more sex and kids diminish your life span
arstechnica.com

Seti: how we’re searching for alien life at previously unexplored frequencies
theconversation.com • (see also)

How new antimatter science could soon explain the existence of everything
sciencefocus.com

Video: How the Nintendo Zapper worked in Slow Motion [5:23]
youtube.com

‘Shocking’ discovery: Electricity from electric eels may transfer genetic material to nearby animals
nagoya-u.ac.jp

Signs of life shooting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus would be detectable by spacecraft, scientists say
space.com