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NASA will put a ‘new star’ in the sky by the end of the decade in 1st-of-its-kind mission
livescience.com

What’s That? Look at What NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Just Spotted on the Far Side of the Moon
thedebrief.org

Boeing Sent Two Astronauts Into Space. Now It Needs to Get Them Home.
wsj.com • Without paywall

A Disaster of the U.S. Military’s Own Making
nytimes.com

Marge Simpson lookalike found on Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus
nme.com

Insects: The origin of cockroaches: From the fields of India to your kitchen
english.elpais.com

Fighting fire with pyro: World’s smallest extinguisher leaves no mess
newatlas.com

Scientists Squeezed Infrared Light Down to 10% of Its Wavelength. That’s Simply Incredible.
popularmechanics.com

A Jaw-Dropping New Clue May Reveal a Hidden Temple Lying Beneath the Parthenon
popularmechanics.com

More Than 1,000 Birds Died One Night in Chicago. Will It Happen Again?
nytimes.com

Mathematicians find odd shapes that roll like a wheel in any dimension
newscientist.com • Without paywall

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover enters new Red Planet territory: ‘Bright Angel’
space.com

Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing
wired.com

Anne Boleyn’s Letter May Have Been Written 70 Years After Her Death
discovermagazine.com

Study suggests at-camera gaze can increase scores in simulated interviews
phys.org

Video: How The CIA Actually Works [36:44]
youtube.com

On Titan Submersible Anniversary, World Rethinks Deep Sea Exploration
nytimes.com

Video: The unexpected math behind Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” [4:38]
youtube.com

‘Pig butchering’ crypto scam: Americans taking their lives after losing savings to international criminal gangs
cnn.com

Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remains
theguardian.com

A Mysterious Object Is Emitting Microwaves in Deep Space. It’s Unlike Anything Ever Known.
aol.com

Mystery monolith appears in Nevada desert
bbc.com

Antifreeze proteins show promise for organ preservation
phys.org

There’s a Better Way to Teach the California Gold Rush
smithsonianmag.com

Does chaos theory square classical physics with human agency?
aeon.co

How alien life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs
space.com

Supermassive black hole roars to life as astronomers watch in real time
arstechnica.com

The Assyrian Renaissance
archaeology.org

Boeing hid questionable parts from regulators that may have been installed in 737 Max planes, new whistleblower alleges
cnn.com

Video: What if you drained the oceans? [3:29]
youtube.com

Doing Nothing Has Never Been More Important
thewalrus.ca

Video: This Bridge Should Have Been Closed Years Before It Collapsed [22:10]
youtube.com

The Great Red Spot Probably Formed in the Early 1800s
universetoday.com

Inside the ‘Titan’ Sub Recovery: A Hopeful Rescue Turned Tragic Mission
vanityfair.com

Rare video shows elusive deep-sea squid cradling her gigantic, translucent eggs
livescience.com

Nellie Bly Experiences It All
daily.jstor.org

Inside the Slimy, Smelly, Secretive World of Glass-Eel Fishing
newyorker.com

A Private Jet Vanished in Vermont in 1971. After 53 Years, It’s Finally Reappeared.
popularmechanics.com

What will fill the void left by the world’s most powerful radio telescope?
english.elpais.com • (see also)

Week in wildlife – in pictures: a comedy seal, a cricket-loving owl and hairy pigs on Exmoor
theguardian.com

The Hubble telescope has shifted into one-gyro mode after months of technical issues
theconversation.com

The Astonishing Story Of Marion Stokes, The Woman Who Spent Over 30 Years Recording Every Minute Of U.S. Television
allthatsinteresting.com • (see also)

On the Hunt: The Effort to Track the Illegal Cheetah Trade
undark.org • (see also)

$400,000 helmet turns fighter jets transparent for 360-degree vision
newatlas.com

The Gas From Cow Burps Could Be the Easiest Greenhouse Gas to Get Rid Of
inverse.com

Murder, mystery and Manitoba’s first outlaw
cbc.ca

Tobacco-like plant engineered to pump out nutrients found in breast milk
theguardian.com

The Enduring Mystery of How Water Freezes
quantamagazine.org

50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1974
theatlantic.com

What happened when 20 comedians got AI to write their routines
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Victims of a tsunami or human sacrifice? What happened to 20 Celts 2,000 years ago?
phys.org • (see also)

Tough new pineapple leather is 60X stronger than other materials
newatlas.com

Why ‘intelligence’ exists only in the eye of the beholder
aeon.co

White gold, Black bodies: how a tiny African nation shaped the world
theguardian.com • (see also)

X-ray vision chip gives phones ‘Superman’ power to view objects through walls
livescience.com

Scientists can’t agree on how fast the universe is expanding – why this matters so much for our understanding of the cosmos
theconversation.com

Parthenon marbles recreated from 3D scans to sway British Museum to return them to Greece
abc.net.au

The world is farming more seafood than it catches. Is that a good thing?
grist.org

Alexander the Great’s Untold Story
archaeology.org

At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, but 2 jet-blasting black holes
space.com