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AI photos show people with secondary breast cancer their lost future
bbc.com

How bad was the world’s first pandemic?
press.princeton.edu

Explorers unlock the mystery of ‘pirate king’ Henry Avery who vanished after huge heist at sea
theguardian.com

Video: The Deadly Race to Supersonic Flight [29:51]
youtube.com

Brain-cell transplants are the newest experimental epilepsy treatment
technologyreview.com

What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane
prospect.org

Chatbot letdown: Hype hits rocky reality
axios.com

See the Winners of the 21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
smithsonianmag.com

Here’s how magnetic fields shape desert ants’ brains
sciencenews.org

A Chronicle reporter went undercover in high school. Everyone is still weighing the fallout
sfchronicle.com

A.I.-Generated Garbage Is Polluting Our Culture
nytimes.com • Without paywall

Why Russia has kept a Wall Street Journal reporter in jail for a year — and counting
vox.com

Solving a Century-Old Byline Mystery
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

Han Purple: The 2,800-Year-Old Mystery Solved by Quantum Physicists
ancient-origins.net

Video: We May Have Seen a White Hole Exploding, and It Was Under Our Nose This Whole Time [18:00]
youtube.com

This week: Insulin milk, dog vocabulary, Swedish rock star, and more!
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1951 a pipe bomb exploded in Grand Central Terminal. It was merely the first of many.
damninteresting.com

Once lost to science, these “uncharismatic” animals are having their moment
npr.org • (see also)

How Much Carbon Can a Tree Really Store?
nautil.us

Massachusetts: robotic police dog shot and credited with averting bloodshed
theguardian.com

Working With Your Hands Is Good for Your Brain
nytimes.com

Understanding Dyscalculia, Dyslexia’s Numeric Counterpart
scientificamerican.com

The Social Benefits of Getting Our Brains in Sync
quantamagazine.org

The ancient Roman alternative to daylight savings time
bbc.com

Video: Why is this number everywhere? [23:50]
youtube.com

Can We Get Kids Off Smartphones?
newyorker.com

Largest Gold Nugget Ever Found Weighed as Much as an Adult Man
mymodernmet.com

Police Are Tagging Fleeing Cars With GPS Darts to Avoid Dangerous Pursuits
thedrive.com

Inside the Most Expensive Plane Crash in History: How America’s Most Secretive Stealth Bomber Ended Up in Flames
popularmechanics.com

Animal Hybrids That Truly Exist in Nature, From Narlugas to Grolar Bears to Coywolves
smithsonianmag.com

‘I wasn’t sure it was even possible’: the race to finish 80,000 levels of Super Mario Maker
theguardian.com

Online Conspiracies About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Are Out of Control
wired.com

How Baseball’s Official Historian Dug Up the Game’s Unknown Origins
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

NASA’s New Asteroid Sample Is Already Rewriting Solar System History
scientificamerican.com

Fusion drive space engine ready for flight
newatlas.com

How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality for the 737 Max
nytimes.com • Without paywall

What do terracotta warriors tell us about life in ancient China?
bbc.com

The leap second is being affected by climate change, scientists warn
washingtonpost.com • Without paywall

We’ve glimpsed something that behaves like a particle of gravity
newscientist.com

Japan moon probe survives second lunar night
phys.org

The Women Who Found Liberation in Seaweed
nautil.us

The last crimes of Caravaggio
newstatesman.com

Light at the End of the Tunnel
hakaimagazine.com

Pythagoras was wrong: there are no universal musical harmonies, study finds
cam.ac.uk

What to Know About Life-Saving ECPR
nytimes.com • Without paywall

Is Dementia Primarily a Modern Phenomenon? New Research Reveals Its Near Absence in Ancient Greece and Rome
scitechdaily.com

Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer completed
bbc.com

Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells
phys.org

Video: Disneyland’s Main Street Tobacco Shop [37:46]
youtube.com

The Day Treva Throneberry Disappeared
texasmonthly.com

Memories are made by breaking DNA — and fixing it
nature.com

Exploring the roots of stupidity: first understand the psychology of what lies behind irrational opinions
theconversation.com

Machines Are on the Verge of Tackling Fermat’s Last Theorem—a Proof That Once Defied Them
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AlUla: The Middle East’s once-inaccessible ancient wonder
bbc.com

The company building a rotating detonation engine is pushing the tech forward
arstechnica.com

Higher genetic risk of obesity means working out harder for same results
news.vumc.org • (see also)

Shark Skin Generates Thrust, Say Researchers
discovermagazine.com

Not Old World Europe, this is India’s Ghostly Town of Sidhpur
messynessychic.com

Europe Has Big Plans for Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
universetoday.com

One big problem with how we rank countries by happiness
vox.com