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Scientists reveal secrets of Earth’s magnificent desert star dunes
reuters.com

Europa, Thought to Be Habitable, May Be Oxygen-Starved
nytimes.com • (see also)

Video: The $1BN Plan to Fix Paris’ Dirty Secret [8:06]
youtube.com

Iceland’s Blue Lagoon evacuated ahead of ‘imminent’ volcanic eruption
cnn.com

‘I set out to fight fires—then discovered that I loved them.’
newyorker.com

A False Volcano Emergency Created This Stunning Abandoned Village
atlasobscura.com

This Exoplanet 580 Light-Years From Earth Might Have Seasons Just Like Ours
inverse.com

A man stumbled upon a 70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil but kept it secret for 2 years
businessinsider.com

Decoding the Geometry of Music: 70-Year-Old Math Problem Solved
scitechdaily.com

The NASA Mars helicopter’s work is not done, it turns out
digitaltrends.com

The Kuiper Belt is Much Bigger Than We Thought
universetoday.com

How to fix a runway in Antarctica
bbc.com

Gravity experiments on the kitchen table: why a tiny, tiny measurement may be a big leap forward for physics
theconversation.com

Why The “Eye Of The Sahara” Is A Geological Mystery
twistedsifter.com

Video: Everyone should see this experiment for themselves [12:25]
youtube.com

Incredible Professional Finalists from the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards
mymodernmet.com

How Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while U.S. drug deaths skyrocketed
npr.org

Video: 18th Century Spiced Hot Chocolate [19:27]
youtube.com

Holes at the beach can be deadly, in rare but harrowing instances
slate.com • (see also)

This week: Budding redwoods, lottery liability, culinary tires, and more!
damninteresting.com

Podcast: Hold On: The quest for the highest-stakes hold music of all time
radiolab.org

Scientists Create DVD-Shaped Disc That Can Hold More Movies Than You Could See in Your Entire Life
futurism.com

How the Village Voice Met Its Moment
newyorker.com

Drying without dying: Tracing water scarcity coping mechanisms from mosses to flowering plants
phys.org

ChatGPT and Google Gemini Are Both Doomed
nymag.com

Glitter banned by EU with calls for Australia to follow
cosmosmagazine.com

Water Worlds Around Other Stars Could Have Oceans 1000 Kilometers Deep
discovermagazine.com

10,000 People Were Evacuated So Experts Could Safely Detonate an Unexploded World War II-Era Bomb
smithsonianmag.com

How Does a 10 Day Week Sound? The French Tried It For 13 Years
messynessychic.com

Scientists Discover Bizarre Material Where Electrons Stand Still
scitechdaily.com

Video: These 70 writers are actually all the same person [4:51]
youtube.com

Risotto crisis: the fight to save Italy’s beloved dish from extinction
theguardian.com • (see also)

Video: Could This Be The Next Air Force One? [46:51]
youtube.com

Thousands Defy Kremlin to Attend Alexei Navalny’s Funeral
wsj.com

A baby star’s planet-forming disk has 3 times more water than all of Earth’s oceans
space.com

Mathematicians Have Discovered the Secret Geometry of Life
popularmechanics.com

A promising leap towards computers with light-speed capabilities
phys.org

Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek (NSFW)
flashbak.com

Video: Is it possible to design a shape to roll along any fixed path? [04:16]
aeon.co

Cat’s Meows Are So Misunderstood
nytimes.com

Earth’s Crust Flipped Upside Down After ‘Nosediving’ Beneath The Mediterranean
sciencealert.com

‘Axion stars’ that went boom after the Big Bang could shed light on dark matter
space.com

‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat
theguardian.com • (see also)

Why Julius Caesar’s Year of Confusion was the longest year in history
bbc.com

Scientists May Have Tamed Fusion’s #1 Nemesis
popularmechanics.com

The First Black Woman to Write, Produce, and Act in Her Own Film
saturdayeveningpost.com

Video: Space trash lasers, explained [9:30]
youtube.com

“Dune” and the Delicate Art of Making Fictional Languages
newyorker.com

Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day
arstechnica.com

Sensory Stimulation Detoxifies the Alzheimer’s Brain – 40-Hz sound and light oscillations activate the brain’s waste-disposal function
spectrum.ieee.org

High-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces craving for cocaine
psypost.org

Damn.
damninteresting.com

Here to Save the Day! Asteroid defense gets serious.
nautil.us

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem
harpers.org

Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change
thehill.com

Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe
vanityfair.com

The Tragedy of Jane King: How a Murder Spree Collided With Hollywood’s Punk Revolution
vanityfair.com

“The Substantiality of Spirit”: Georgiana Houghton’s Pictures from the Other Side
publicdomainreview.org • (see also)

Inside North Korea’s Forced-Labor Program in China
newyorker.com

The Power of Regret
nautil.us