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Neanderthals were more ‘human’ than we think
cosmosmagazine.com

More Than a Trillion Cicadas Are Coming. Are You Ready?
time.com

Medieval Europe was far from democratic, but that didn’t mean tyrants got a free pass
theconversation.com

Joseph Priestley Created Revolutionary “Maps” of Time
neh.gov

240 years ago today a child was born into slavery who would become the center of a centuries-long mystery
damninteresting.com

The Space Force is planning what could be the first military exercise in orbit
arstechnica.com

Brightest-ever cosmic explosion solved but new mysteries sparked
bbc.com

NASA unveils probe bound for Jupiter’s possibly life-sustaining moon
phys.org

Ten years on from Chibok, what happened to the 276 Nigerian girls snatched from their school?
theguardian.com

Gail Wise bought the first Ford Mustang sold in the U.S.; 60 years later, she still owns it
chicago.suntimes.com

Mysterious Link Between Cats And Schizophrenia Is Real, Study Finds
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Video: Is political corruption inevitable? [5:21]
youtube.com

Space Hummus Anyone? Researchers Grow Chickpeas from Simulated Moondust
discovermagazine.com

Five Georgia students rescue a woman and her two children from drowning car
theguardian.com

Harvard’s bizarre “metafluid” packs programmable properties
newatlas.com

Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city
bbc.com

Underwater mountain range off Easter Island hosts creatures unknown to science, expedition reveals
livescience.com

Japanese Man Who Lost His Wife in 2011 Tsunami Learned to Dive to Look for Her in the Ocean
mymodernmet.com

Physicists Finally Capture Mysterious Wigner Crystal After 90 Years
sciencealert.com

Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in $27bn fraud case
theguardian.com • (see also)

Leopold and Loeb, 100 Years After
crimereads.com

The U.S. Developed a Nearly Unstoppable Microwave Weapon
popularmechanics.com

He Emptied an Entire Crypto Exchange Onto a Thumb Drive. Then He Disappeared
wired.com

How AI mathematicians might finally deliver human-level reasoning
newscientist.com

Do We Really Want a Food Cartel?
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

Pacific castaways’ ‘HELP’ sign sparks US rescue mission – and an unexpected family reunion
cnn.com

Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
flashbak.com

Lithium, the Elemental Rebel
nautil.us • (see also)

The German valley that was swept away: ‘The cemeteries gave up their dead’
theguardian.com

90-GWh thermal energy storage facility could heat a city for a year
newatlas.com

Video: Why New York is Building on TOP of its Skyscrapers [10:59]
youtube.com • (see also)

Mystery object found on Cape Cod beach linked to once top-secret program, park says
miamiherald.com

Why ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Was Never Released
nytimes.com • Without paywall

A Victim’s Father in an Infamous Cold Case Yearns to Know—Who Killed My Son?
texasmonthly.com

How whales struggle to navigate in a sea of noise pollution
phys.org

A Massive Crane Helping With the Baltimore Bridge Cleanup Was Built to Recover a Sunken Soviet Submarine
smithsonianmag.com

A new study suggests that advanced AI models are pretty good at playing dumb
futurism.com

‘I Went on a Dark-Cave Retreat. Things Got Weird.’
outsideonline.com

The Truth About Walt Disney’s Frozen Head and His Quest to Live Forever
popularmechanics.com

Humans Forget. AI Assistants Will Remember Everything
wired.com

Video: “CHASING ICE” captures largest glacier calving ever filmed [4:41]
youtube.com

Thousands of Meteorites Are Vanishing in Antarctica. Now Scientists have Revealed Why.
thedebrief.org

The scientists learning to speak whale
bbc.com

Part of the San Andreas fault may be gearing up for an earthquake
livescience.com

New England Journal of Medicine Ignored Nazi Atrocities, Historians Find
nytimes.com

Inside the Outlandish Space Project to Construct a Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
inverse.com • (see also)

Why are there so many species of beetles?
arstechnica.com

The Rise and Impending Fall of the Dental Cavity
cremieux.xyz • (see also)

Study: Physically attractive attorneys tend to have greater success in federal court
psypost.org

Video: Airline Food During the Golden Age of Air Travel [26:39]
youtube.com

Fencer, Violinist, Composer: The Life of Joseph Bologne
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Considering History: Lessons We Can Learn from the Quiz Show Scandals
saturdayeveningpost.com

What a Bronze Age Skeleton Reveals About Cavities
nautil.us

Photographer Captures Rare Moment When Lightning Strikes the Statue of Liberty
mymodernmet.com

German art museum fires worker for hanging his own painting in gallery
theguardian.com

Earth, the Sun and a bike wheel: why your high-school textbook was wrong about the shape of Earth’s orbit
theconversation.com

Video: The true story behind the legend of the 47 Rōnin [5:19]
youtube.com

An anonymous coder nearly hacked a big chunk of the internet. How worried should we be?
theconversation.com

The Family Who Vanished Into the Bush
slate.com

Video: The Biggest Fraud on TV [18:57]
youtube.com • (see also)