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Mind-bending maths could stop quantum hackers, but few understand it
theconversation.com

AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With ‘Parasite SEO’
404media.co

NASA Space Laser Beams Home Data From 140 Million Miles Away
extremetech.com

A little girl said monsters were in her bedroom. It was 60,000 bees
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Video: Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein’s Math [37:02]
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Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash
theguardian.com

Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab. Then It Began to Glow.
sciencealert.com

People swear the Coke can in this optical illusion is red
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The failed promise of egg freezing
vox.com

Roman object that baffled experts to go on show at Lincoln Museum
bbc.com

New DNA Analysis Unravels the Marriage Practices of an Ancient Warrior People
smithsonianmag.com

Pando, The Trembling Giant of Utah is the World’s Biggest Organism
mossandfog.com

Video: You need $500. How should you get it? [6:44]
youtube.com

China’s Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made
nature.com

‘An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary’
technologyreview.com

Did Vesuvius bury the home of the first Roman emperor?
phys.org

Dog Changes Completely From Black to White Over the Course of Two Years Due to Skin Condition
mymodernmet.com

The Mystery of Uruguay’s Ferocious, All-Female Cannibal Insects
atlasobscura.com

Video: Entertainment Made By North Korea [5:28:40]
youtube.com

Did Life on Earth Come From Space? A New Study Gives the Theory a Boost
inverse.com

Australian project to ‘print’ a fix for faulty eye and brain cells
cosmosmagazine.com

Measuring Exoplanetary Magnetospheres with the Square Kilometer Array
universetoday.com

Viral Mystery Song ‘Everyone Knows That’ Identified Thanks to Eighties Porno
rollingstone.com

The Czech illegals: Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe
theins.ru

‘Unique’ Weapons Chest May Reveal The Secrets of a 1495 Swedish Shipwreck
sciencealert.com

What Would Happen If a Nuclear Bomb Hit a Major City Today: A Visualization of the Destruction
openculture.com

Private moon lander will carry Nokia’s 4G cell network to the lunar surface this year
space.com

‘Is it aliens?’: how a mysterious star could help the search for extraterrestrial life
theguardian.com

The Meteoric Rise and Spectacular Fall of the Queen of Airbnb
businessinsider.com • Without paywall

The difference between anxiety and an anxiety disorder
vox.com

Atomic Nucleus Excited with Laser: A Breakthrough after Decades
tuwien.at

Webb Captures Top of Iconic Horsehead Nebula in Unprecedented Detail
webbtelescope.org

Why We Still Use Postage Stamps
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

Wildlife Photographer Wakes Up From A Nap Under A Tree With… A Sleeping Cheetah Against Him
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New Alloy Shocks Scientists With Its Nearly Impossible Strength and Toughness
scitechdaily.com

The Sci-Fi Writer Who Invented Conspiracy Theory
theatlantic.com

Organ Transplants Can Change Personality and Even Sexual Orientation, Scientists Find
futurism.com

Next Generation Ion Engines Will Be Extremely Powerful
universetoday.com

At 90, sculptor and former test pilot Ed Dwight is going to space
npr.org

Teenager finds ‘holy grail’ Lego octopus from 1997 spill off Cornwall coast | Lego | The Guardian
theguardian.com

Watch in realtime as a genetic algorithm tries to design the ideal car
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American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby
bbc.com

Ocean predator missing since 1800s appears in fishers’ net in Chile
miamiherald.com

Diane Oliver’s Unfinished Story
magazine.foriowa.org

Image: Saturn Rising Above Titan’s Haze
flickr.com

How P.T. Barnum Brought Beluga Whales to New York City
lithub.com

Heroism, sacrifice, defeat? The enduring mystery of George Mallory’s final Everest attempt
theguardian.com • (see also)

22-Foot-Long Scroll From 19th Century Features Timeline of Perceived World History Up to That Point
mymodernmet.com

Across the universe, dark matter annihilation could be warming up dead stars
space.com

Scientists Can Now See Inside a Single Cancer Cell
gizmodo.com

The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
flashbak.com

The English Heiress Who Masterminded a Multimillion-Dollar Art Heist and Built Bombs for the IRA
smithsonianmag.com

Excessive use of words like ‘commendable’ and ‘meticulous’ suggests ChatGPT has been used in thousands of scientific studies
english.elpais.com

A Brief Compendium of Lost Albums, Stolen Songs and Unreleased Music
messynessychic.com

‘I Flew the Same Route as the 1920s Airmail Pilots, and Lived to Tell the Tale’
smithsonianmag.com

Video: ‘I Tried a Disney Secret Project!’ [11:32]
youtube.com

Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa
arstechnica.com

Lost opportunity: We could’ve started fighting climate change in 1971
arstechnica.com

NASA’s New Solar Sail Has Launched and Deployed
universetoday.com

Video: The Most Hated Woman You’ve Never Heard About [29:33]
youtube.com