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To Slow Global Warming, Scientists Test Solar Geoengineering
nytimes.com

The Solution of the Zodiac Killer’s 340-Character Cipher
blog.wolfram.com • (frr nyfb)

What’s the Fastest Language in the World?
atlasobscura.com

Buried rivers flow under Canadian cities, hidden in a labyrinth of tunnels and sewer pipes. Will we revive them or let the waterways fade from memory?
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

‘I Nearly Died Drowning. Here’s What it’s Like to Survive.’
longreads.com

Webb probes galaxy teeming with newborn stars
esa.int

Breakthrough in prime number theory demonstrates primes can be predicted
phys.org

‘Mini liver’ will grow in person’s own lymph node in bold new trial
nature.com

Florida Fish Are Mysteriously Dying After ‘Spinning and Whirling,’ and Scientists Can’t Explain It
smithsonianmag.com

A Lock of Beethoven’s Hair Holds Clues to His Musical Genius
popularmechanics.com

Eavesdropping on fish could help us keep better tabs on underwater worlds
sciencenews.org

What’s the time on the Moon? NASA has been tasked establishing a universal time-zone for the Moon to ensure everyone agrees
skyatnightmagazine.com • (see also)

This mega-city is running out of water. What will 22 million people do when the taps run dry?
columbian.com

Video: What if you swam in a nuclear storage pool? [3:57]
youtube.com • (see also)

The life and death of Rosa Reichel: the brilliant girl who was swept away
theguardian.com

After Building the Atomic Bomb, the Government Dumped Deadly Toxic Waste in a Quiet Suburb
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Exploding space junk puzzles California sky watchers
bbc.com

‘It’s had 1.1 billion years to accumulate’: Helium reservoir in Minnesota has ‘mind-bogglingly large’ concentrations
livescience.com

Mariner 10, a mission of firsts, used gravity to bend its way from Venus to Mercury
astronomy.com • (see also)

Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor
theguardian.com

How Kids Cornered the Market on Lemonade
smithsonianmag.com

‘In 1994, I was the last person sent to prison in the UK for being gay – and I’m still being punished today’
theguardian.com • (see also)

Some people may see more images per second than others, study finds
salon.com • (see also)

Are Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Fake? Here’s How to Check
scientificamerican.com

Saffron: The Story of the World’s Most Expensive Spice
daily.jstor.org

The Notorious Pirate King Who Vanished With the Riches of a Mughal Treasure Ship
smithsonianmag.com

Video: What is earwax — and should you get rid of it? [5:53]
youtube.com • (see also)

Video: Supersonic drone flies with revolutionary detonation engine
newatlas.com

Trash from the International Space Station may have hit a house in Florida
arstechnica.com

Overexposure Distorted the Science of Mirror Neurons
quantamagazine.org

From Songbirds to Dung Beetles, These Animals Can Navigate by Starlight
discovermagazine.com

Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle
nytimes.com

Why there’s a revolution on the way in glass making
bbc.com

The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’
theguardian.com

Where Are All These Rogue Planets Coming From?
universetoday.com

We were very wrong about birds
popsci.com

Milk on ice: Antarctic time capsule of whole milk powder sheds light on the enduring qualities of dairy products
phys.org

20 years of Gmail
theverge.com

One Satellite Signal Rules Modern Life. What if Someone Knocks It Out?
nytimes.com • (see also)

Why is there so much lead in American food?
vox.com • (see also)

Researchers find WWI and WWII bombs in the ground are becoming more volatile
phys.org

She Might Have Inspired One of Netflix’s Biggest Shows. She Died Last Month. No One Wrote About It.
slate.com

Rare Eyewitness Sketch of American Revolutionaries Found Hanging in a Collector’s Bedroom
smithsonianmag.com

Old Newspaper Stories Offer Clues to 19th-Century Shipwreck in Lake Michigan
nytimes.com

Sheffield: ‘Incredibly lucky’ man survives parachute failure
bbc.com • (see also)

If brain transplants like the one in Poor Things were possible, this is how they might work
theconversation.com

James Webb Space Telescope joins the hunt for newborn exoplanets
space.com

Seizures, Strokes, and… Spurts of Creativity? On the Symptoms of a Brain Tumor
lithub.com

Here’s why some pigeons do backflips
sciencenews.org

‘Britain’s Schindler’: The man who saved 669 children from the Nazis
bbc.com

When Your Kid Is the Classroom Problem Child
thecut.com

The New Climate Tech
nytimes.com

Video: Why the ‘wettest place on Earth’ is facing a water crisis [03:53]
bbc.com • (see also)

Ancient Marine Tapeworm Found Encased in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber
sci.news

A Supercollider on the Moon Could Unlock the Secrets of Our Universe—And We Just Found the Secret to Building One
popularmechanics.com

Everest climbers will have to take their poop away with them, as Nepal tries to address growing waste problem
cnn.com

Video: Is English just badly pronounced French? [18:08]
youtube.com

Barbara Newhall Follett: The Child Novelist Who Later Vanished Into Thin Air
mentalfloss.com • (see also)

Physicists Found the Ghost Haunting the World’s Most Famous Particle Accelerator
popularmechanics.com

Video: The Complicated History of Who Framed Roger Rabbit [1:18:32]
youtube.com • (see also)