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After coming back from the dead, the world’s largest aircraft just flew a real payload
arstechnica.com

The enormous but unknown curative power of old drugs
english.elpais.com

The James Webb Space Telescope hones in on star-forming region in the Triangulum Galaxy (images)
space.com

Matrix multiplication advancement could lead to faster, more efficient AI models
arstechnica.com

Arguing Ourselves to Death: On the ideology of the Internet
newyorker.com

Why Was the Lyme Disease Vaccine Tossed Away?
thewalrus.ca

‘Larger than Everest’ comet could become visible to naked eye this month
theguardian.com

Gloriously Grotesque: How the Cherry Sisters Personified “So Bad It’s Good”
lithub.com

Our microbiome is social like us
theweek.com

The Moroccan Sultan Who Protected His Country’s Jews During World War II
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Human Computer: The Forgotten Women’s Profession
messynessychic.com

Mysterious Easter Island Engravings Question When Writing was Invented
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Shields up: New ideas might make active shielding viable
arstechnica.com • (see also)

1,100-year-old Viking sword pulled from UK river by magnet fisher
livescience.com

80 years ago today, police in occupied Paris were alerted to a foul-smelling smoke emerging from a fine arrondissement
damninteresting.com

The Most Dangerous Woman in the World
daily.jstor.org

Tiny Tweaks to Neurons Can Rewire Animal Motion
quantamagazine.org

Insect hunter: The creepy-crawly origins of daylight savings
bbc.com

‘Alien’ signal was likely a very big truck
popsci.com

Aging batteries? A simple injection could bring them back
interestingengineering.com

Strange Things Happen at Point Nemo, the Most Remote Place on Earth
atlasobscura.com

$500K Sand Dune Designed to Protect Coastal Homes Washes Away in Just 3 Days
thedailybeast.com

The ‘Largest Creature of All Time’ May Have Been a Physical Impossibility
sciencealert.com

Brain waves found to travel in one direction when memories are made and the opposite when recalled
medicalxpress.com

The Magic of Bird Brains
newyorker.com

This week: North Sea pits, glitter ban, shouty fish, and more!
damninteresting.com

Death Care Has Turned into a Gold Rush
thewalrus.ca

This Gas-Rich Cloud Could Be Growing Massive Exoplanets
inverse.com

Victims’ families express outrage after report clears police of wrongdoing over deadly 2022 Uvalde school shooting
bbc.com

How Cold Affects the Brain
the-scientist.com

Researchers jailbreak AI chatbots with ASCII art — ArtPrompt bypasses safety measures to unlock malicious queries
tomshardware.com

Our brains take rhythmic snapshots of the world as we walk – and we never knew
theconversation.com

Video: The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math [31:32]
youtube.com

When It Comes to Exploring Space, We’re Still Stuck in the Stone Age
gizmodo.com

NASA’s Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll
nasa.gov

New DNA-infused computer chip can perform calculations and make future AI models far more efficient
livescience.com

Scientists Propose Desperate Plan to Insulate Entire Doomsday Glacier
futurism.com

Man Who Became Champion of Rehabilitation Is Charged With Murder
nytimes.com

5800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today
space.com

Astronomers detect ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ in deep space
theguardian.com

Researchers have found an amphibian that makes milk for its babies
npr.org

Scar-free surgery prints living skin (and maybe hair) right into wounds
newatlas.com

The James Webb telescope may have found some of the very 1st stars in the universe
livescience.com

Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Roots of Life on Land
thekidshouldseethis.com

Scrambling for Air, Here’s What Trapped the Orca Pod in Ice in Japan
discovermagazine.com

The Terrifying A.I. Scam That Uses Your Loved One’s Voice
newyorker.com

Police car chases kill hundreds every year, most are not drivers
sfchronicle.com

The world’s largest cruise ship rescued 14 people who had been stranded at sea for eight days
people.com

The Sea Creatures That Opened a New Mystery About MH370
nymag.com

The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

We Have One Nuke-Building Facility. It’s Almost on Fire.
popularmechanics.com

How Illegal Fishing Ships Hide
nautil.us

High-energy laser weapons: A defense expert explains how they work and what they are used for
theconversation.com

Vintage Selfies: People Posing with Selfie Sticks Before They Were a Thing
rarehistoricalphotos.com

Forty-three Mexican Students Went Missing. What Really Happened to Them?
newyorker.com

Climate Change May Unearth Cold War-Era Nuclear Waste Stored by the U.S. in Other Countries
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

James Webb Space Telescope finds dwarf galaxies packed enough punch to reshape the entire early universe
space.com

This Bird Is Half Male, Half Female, and Completely Stunning
nytimes.com

Is atomic theory the most important idea in human history?
aeon.co

Ancient stone tools found in Ukraine offer oldest evidence of human presence in Europe
theguardian.com