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When a Labyrinth of Pneumatic Tubes Shuttled Mail Beneath the Streets of New York City
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

ESA is Stockpiling Simulated Regolith for the Ultimate Lunar Playground.
universetoday.com

Video: The Unlikely Rise and Collapse of the Bulgarian Computer [26:00]
youtube.com

What Really Happens During Sleep Paralysis and How to Stop It
discovermagazine.com

Saving the Apple’s Ancient Ancestor in the Forests of Kazakhstan
smithsonianmag.com

Rare recording of ‘mysterious’ night parrot song made by Indigenous rangers in Gibson Desert
abc.net.au

The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans
wired.com

How 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablets help scientists unravel one of the weirdest mysteries in space
salon.com

Snowflakes and snow crystals can grow fairly large, but there are limits
npr.org

Having sex in space is not an easy feat, say scientists
interestingengineering.com

Watch sand defy gravity and flow uphill thanks to “negative friction”
arstechnica.com

Dinosaur Embryo Discovered In Perfect Condition
giantfreakinrobot.com

Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. What if this was not accidental?
theguardian.com

Reindeer Can Sleep and Chew (Their Cud) at the Same Time
atlasobscura.com

Image: Nebulae NGC1333 + NGC2264 = Space Xmas
damninteresting.com

The mystery of the medieval fighting snails
bbc.com

How the Beagle 2 was lost, then found, on Mars
astronomy.com

Video: What The Prisoner’s Dilemma Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything [27:18]
youtube.com

Could Climate Change Cause More Lakes to Turn Bright Pink?
smithsonianmag.com

Alabama woman with two uteruses gives birth twice in two days
theguardian.com

This week: Camel hump revelations, spiteful octopuses, phenomenal trunks, and more!
damninteresting.com

We’re (mostly) off for the holidays. See you on the other side. Meanwhile here are some means to interesting ends.
damninteresting.com

Video: NASA Is Bringing Supersonic Planes BACK [15:36]
youtube.com

Scientists Just Took the Best Picture Ever of a Neutron Star
themessenger.com

A Demographic Time Bomb Is About to Hit the Beef Industry
wired.co.uk

Earth’s Core Seems to Mysteriously Wobble Every 8.5 Years
sciencealert.com

What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home
wired.com

How Search Engines Boost Misinformation
scientificamerican.com

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter set a new flight distance record on Mars
popsci.com

Your ‘dessert stomach’ is real. And it’s time you stopped feeling guilty about it
sciencefocus.com

Colombia looks to recover billions in treasure from ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’
theguardian.com

Reconstruction in Ukraine Is the Greatest Rebuilding Initiative Since WWII
popularmechanics.com

Fermi mission creates 14-year time-lapse of the gamma-ray sky
phys.org

Extremely rare ‘rainbow clouds’ light up Arctic skies for 3 days in a row
livescience.com

Is It Bad to Eat Late at Night?
nytimes.com

Scientists Reveal What a Nuclear Explosion Would Do to an Asteroid
sciencealert.com

He Made a Magazine, 95 Issues, While Hiding From the Nazis in an Attic
nytimes.com

The hunter-gatherer groups at the heart of a microbiome gold rush
technologyreview.com

Human tears contain substance that eases aggression, says study
theguardian.com

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Top-Secret Hawaii Compound
wired.com • (see also)

Fifty Years of Living with America’s Unexploded Bombs
zocalopublicsquare.org

Physicist Discovers ‘Paradox-Free’ Time Travel Is Theoretically Possible
sciencealert.com

People once lived in a vast region in north-western Australia – and it had an inland sea
theconversation.com

Blood, Guns, and Broken Scooters: Inside the Chaotic Rise and Fall of Bird
wired.com

Former NASA Astronaut Explains How to Poop in Space
futurism.com

Behind the New Iron Curtain
harpers.org

Their Bodies Were Donated to Harvard. Then They Went Missing
rollingstone.com

Video: Inside the World’s Largest Earthquake Simulator [19:02]
youtube.com

Do dog ‘talking buttons’ actually work? Here’s what the science says
theconversation.com • (see also)

Finding life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus might be easier than we thought
space.com

Can Webb find the first stars in the universe?
phys.org

Mysterious fruit found to be the oldest known fossils of the Frankincense and Myrrh family
phys.org

NASA’s 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Test a Success
nasa.gov • Explainer video

Uncontrolled chemical reactions fuel crises at L.A. County’s two largest landfills
latimes.com

How Two Pharmacists Figured Out That Decongestants Don’t Work
scientificamerican.com

Should we geoengineer volcanoes?
bbc.com • (see also)

Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
flashbak.com

‘Sanctuary: I grew up during The Troubles and have been seeking a place of peace ever since’
theguardian.com

Will Psychedelics Replace Antidepressants?
nautil.us

New Measurement of The Higgs Boson Is The Most Precise Ever Recorded
sciencealert.com