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How John Waters Exploded Velma Von Tussle’s ‘Hairspray’ Wig
atlasobscura.com

What Is Human Energy?
laphamsquarterly.org

Disruptive “everything-by-wire” vehicle gets world-first certification
newatlas.com

Daily Telescope: A monster protostar in a distant nebula
arstechnica.com

The Magic of the Blackboard: Why scientists can’t quit chalk, even in the digital age
nautil.us

Mystery solved! 1st close-up images of giant star explain its bizarre dimming
space.com

Getting Pickled With Joseph Stalin
daily.jstor.org

The Spaghetti Tree Hoax: Inside the 1957 BBC’s April Fools Joke That Caused A Nationwide Uproar
rarehistoricalphotos.com

University Enrolling AI-Powered “Students” Who Will Turn in Assignments, Participate in Class Discussions
futurism.com

Sperm whales found to live in large, matrilineally based clans
phys.org

Why some of us are more susceptible to hypnotism than others
nautil.us

NASA postpones moon landing until at least 2026 due to problems with private spacecraft
english.elpais.com

Scammy AI-Generated Books Are Flooding Amazon
wired.com

While Hiding From the Nazis in an Attic, a Jewish Man Created 95 Issues of a Satirical Magazine
smithsonianmag.com

Plant roots mysteriously pulsate and we don’t know why – but finding out could change the way we grow things
theconversation.com

James Webb Space Telescope spots hint of mysterious aurora over ‘failed star’
space.com

Nube, the almost invisible galaxy that challenges the dark matter model
phys.org

Video: What if Earth suddenly stopped spinning? [4:34]
youtube.com

The Ban on Japanese Aircraft Pilots, 1945–1952
daily.jstor.org

Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years
phys.org

Something Old, Something Pneu
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Who Was the Mysterious Woman Buried Alone at the Pet Cemetery?
nytimes.com

After Two Decades Undercover, She’s Ready to Tell the Real Story of Human Trafficking
rollingstone.com

Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances
nasa.gov

US Navy sailor jailed for passing military blueprints, plans to China
bbc.com

Earth and the Moon are proportional partners, and that might be rare
astronomy.com • (see also)

Two Alien Minerals Unknown to Earth Found in Meteorite
greekreporter.com

Study says you should really get that secret off your chest
cosmosmagazine.com

Video: The Farm-to-Prison Pipeline [6:20]
youtube.com

Housekeeping robot quickly learns a range of autonomous chores
newatlas.com

How modern scientists solved the centuries-old mystery of Copernicus’s lost grave
abc.net.au

Cells Across the Body Talk to Each Other About Aging
quantamagazine.org

2 years since James Webb Telescope opened up, this is what it’s taught us about the universe
euronews.com

Seasonal affective disorder: How the dark days of January shape your mood, intelligence and sex drive
bbc.com

Escape from Mariupol: how one Ukrainian soldier fled the Azovstal steelworks against the odds
theguardian.com

The Scientist Using Bugs to Help Solve Murders
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

‘I thought my great-aunt was just a gentle oddball – then I discovered her secret role in the Austrian resistance’
theguardian.com

Giant iron rings might hold clues about young solar systems
cosmosmagazine.com

California Is Solving Its Water Problems by Flooding Its Best Farmland
wired.com

Meet the Con Artist Who Deceived the Front Range Tech Community
5280.com

Video: Building the World’s Longest Undersea Railway [52:29]
youtube.com

Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped Like Bananas, Study Suggests
nytimes.com

This Lego-like Florida apartment complex was built by 11 people
fastcompany.com

California’s “singing” fish have a surprising relationship to mammals, study finds
salon.com

The last of the Moon men: the stories of the surviving Apollo astronauts
bbc.com

Defying Gravity: Scientists Solve Mystery of Magnetic Hovering Beyond Classical Physics
scitechdaily.com

Floating ‘magic islands’ on Saturn’s moon Titan may be ‘honeycomb’ snows
space.com

The Mystery of the Coin That Shouldn’t Exist
nytimes.com

Mouse secretly filmed tidying man’s shed every night
theguardian.com

Scientists Destroy Illusion That Coin Toss Flips Are 50–50
scientificamerican.com

Before a door plug flew off a Boeing plane, an advisory light came on 3 times
npr.org

The spider-tailed horned viper finds its meals by moving nothing but the tip of its tail
sciencealert.com

Images From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest
smithsonianmag.com

World-first study of WWI battle site highlights British blunder
cosmosmagazine.com

A passenger drone in China could herald flying cars
vox.com • (see also)

This week: Tucked embryo, scratch castle, vibrating cancer cells, and more!
damninteresting.com

World’s whitest insect spurs energy-saving ceramic design
cosmosmagazine.com

The Plan to Put Pig Genes in Soy Beans for Tastier Fake Meat
wired.com

Gardi Sugdub: The Americas’ disappearing island
bbc.com

Shock of the old: 10 painful and poisonous beauty treatments
theguardian.com