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The Outlawed Secret Masonic Society of Pugs
messynessychic.com

Could This Futuristic Vessel Be the World’s First Zero-Emissions Cruise Ship?
smithsonianmag.com

How did the first sugars appear? A question as important as the origin of life
zmescience.com

Publishing Queer Berlin (NSFW)
daily.jstor.org

This week: 🦛Hippo ranching, 🚗deprecated license plates, 🌿Grand Canyon botany, and more!
damninteresting.com

The True Horror Behind Britain’s ‘Monkey Dust’ Drug Scare Story
vice.com

Could taurine be the new fountain of youth?
newatlas.com

Blackmailers are using deepfaked nudes to bully and extort victims, warns FBI
theverge.com

AI system devises first optimizations to sorting code in over a decade
arstechnica.com

Why elephants have whiskers on their trunks
phys.org

Powerful Hurricanes Have Reduced Coastal Cities to Wreckage. But This Community Stands Unscathed.
popularmechanics.com

The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they’ve left behind
theconversation.com

Inside 4chan’s Top-Secret Moderation Machine
wired.com

‘World’s most painful insect sting’ found to target nerves in unique way
newatlas.com

Why Charles M. Schulz Gave Peanuts A Black Character (1968)
flashbak.com

The “First Predators” Ruled a World Full of Bacteria
discovermagazine.com

‘I just bought the only physical encyclopedia still in print, and I regret nothing’
arstechnica.com

The Last Egg
brr.fyi

How TikTok fueled Hyundai and Kia thefts
vox.com

The Ethics and Tech of Dream Seeding
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Inside the quest to engineer climate-saving “super trees”
technologyreview.com

How to Clear 500,000 Feral Cats From New York’s Streets
nytimes.com

NASA gives go for launch of mission to $10-quadrillion asteroid
newatlas.com

How The Creator Economy Is Incentivizing Propaganda
noemamag.com

Brain cells can fuse from COVID-19
scienceblog.com

Sweden is Building A Road That Charges EVs as They Drive
mossandfog.com

“Rewrite the textbooks”: Circular RNA we make ourselves can trigger cancers
cosmosmagazine.com

Testing antibacterial surfaces on the International Space Station
arstechnica.com

Total recall: the people who never forget
theguardian.com • (see also)

Why Singapore is the only place in the world selling lab-grown meat
bbc.com

Morality is declining, right? Scientists say that idea is an illusion
nature.com

The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen has unique jet structure powering it
space.com

Scientists record first known ‘virgin birth’ in female crocodile in Costa Rica
theguardian.com

Video: The Insanely Important World of Phytoplankton [5:00]
youtube.com

‘I’ve seen the future that terrifies Hollywood actors. Here’s what the tech can really do.’
slate.com

Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool, says study
phys.org

Video: Chaotic scenes as busy escalator in South Korea suddenly changes direction [00:20]
bbc.com

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Solves a Longtime Mystery About the Sun
gizmodo.com

This Artificial Muscle Moves Stuff on Its Own
wired.com

Photos: Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires Drifts South
theatlantic.com

Uttar Pradesh: Why it took 42 years to convict a 90-year-old in India
bbc.com

The Dubious Economics of Deep-Sea Mining
nautil.us

‘Deeply personal and very authentic’: how podcasts took over the world in 20 years
theguardian.com • (see also)

What Did the Ancient Romans Smell Like?
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Scientists drill into Earth’s crust, gather historic samples of mantle
usatoday.com • (see also)

Canada’s Big Flex in Space
thewalrus.ca

Video: ‘My Photo Helped Expose A CIA Coverup’ [14:20]
youtube.com

“Dead Duck Day” marks that time a scientist witnessed gay duck necrophilia
arstechnica.com

Face-worn tech could help bring smell-o-vision to the world of VR
newatlas.com

On the space between waking and dreaming in Kafka’s diaries
aeon.co

Synthetic species created without biochemistry operate according to Darwinian evolutionary principles
phys.org • (see also)

Great White Sharks Come Much Closer to Swimmers Than Thought in Southern California
smithsonianmag.com

Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin
thedebrief.org

Video: Food expiration dates don’t mean what you think [5:05]
youtube.com

What’s really changed 10 years after the Snowden revelations?
theguardian.com

Video: Why the US is Removing These Dams [9:45]
youtube.com

Brain tumors are cognitive parasites – how brain cancer hijacks neural circuits and causes cognitive decline
theconversation.com

These ‘Psychedelic Cryptography’ Videos Have Hidden Messages Designed to Be Seen While Tripping
vice.com

Development of communication in chimpanzees echoes that of human infants
phys.org

Video: How an advanced civilisation vanished 2,500 years ago [04:37]
bbc.com