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Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?
bbc.com

Specific Hand Gestures Can Make You Instantly More Persuasive, Study Says
sciencealert.com

Video: The Televised Recital That Scandalized A Nation of Piano Teachers (Horowitz 1968) [21:13]
youtube.com

Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image
bbc.com

Scientists Discover The First Single Gene to Directly Cause Mental Illness
sciencealert.com

Mars orbiter sees ‘butterfly’ crater spread its wings on the Red Planet
space.com

The era of AI persuasion in elections is about to begin
technologyreview.com

On this day in 1941 a Japanese fighter pilot at Pearl Harbor survived a crash landing
damninteresting.com

A Blueprint For Visiting An Interstellar Comet
universetoday.com

Dust In A Telescope’s Eye Could Blind It To Earth 2.0
universetoday.com

The Area 51 of New England
nytimes.com • Mirror

Early Humans Mastered Plant Processing 170,000 Years Ago, Challenging the Paleolithic Meat-Eater Myth
discovermagazine.com

Video: Why this burning Toronto apartment has firefighters stumped [3:39]
youtube.com • (see also)

The Strange Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist
theatlantic.com

Video: Closer Look at the Birthday Paradox [16:46]
youtube.com • (see also)

How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
theguardian.com

An Underwater Cave Promised Adventure and Glory. No One Expected It to Become a Tomb.
popularmechanics.com

On this day in 1917, one of the largest non-nuclear man-made explosions occurred in Halifax, Nova Scotia
damninteresting.com

‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes
theguardian.com

This week: Digital car hacks, grave concerns, Facebook is still evil, and more!
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Video: How a French observatory sparked the exoplanet revolution 30 years ago [11:35]
youtube.com

Sleep is not just a physical need but a delicious pleasure
aeon.co • (see also)

This Revolutionary but Largely Forgotten Video Recorder Debuted 50 Years Ago. Devoted Fans Say the Machine Had the Best Quality of Its Time
smithsonianmag.com

Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it’s pointed right at Earth
livescience.com

Video: The Man Who Accidentally Discovered Antimatter [35:22]
youtube.com

Researchers Discover the Shocking Age of the Mysterious Pecos River Rock Art
smithsonianmag.com

The Heist of Its Culinary Crown Jewels Rocks a French Village
nytimes.com • Mirror

Scientists Just Discovered How to Wipe Out the World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease [tuberculosis]
popularmechanics.com

On this day in 1916, the women in a small Oregon town took matters into their own hands
damninteresting.com

NASA completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction
phys.org

AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone
wired.com

Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private
arstechnica.com

Why we have two nostrils instead of one big hole
popsci.com • (see also)

Video: All Of Human History In One Hour [1:04:25]
youtube.com

Human hair grows through ‘pulling’ not pushing, study shows
phys.org

What can ancient Chinese texts teach us about solar eclipses and Earth’s rotation?
space.com

Police recover $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by NZ man
bbc.com

Video: The Weirdest Microscope [13:39]
youtube.com

Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe’s deadly Black Death plague
bbc.com

A diving prince, sunken treasure and snared by the Titanic: Joe MacInnis on his ‘rip-roaring’ life as an ocean adventurer
theguardian.com

Our Better Nature: Plants That Help Solve Crimes
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On this day in 1924, an innocuous Dutch trader delivered a very consequential contract to Waterlow & Sons in London
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Video: The Single Bolt of Lightning that Killed 835 Sheep [9:18]
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The First Futurists and the World They Built
daily.jstor.org

The Latest MH370 Search Implies Something Unusual Happened
nymag.com

What Are Lie Groups?
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

‘We’ve been eating it for more than 100 years’: how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch
theguardian.com

This Renoir Painting of the Artist’s Young Son Hadn’t Been Seen for 100 Years. It Just Sold at Auction for $2 Million
smithsonianmag.com

On this day in 1958, a heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
damninteresting.com

‘Fire amoeba’ survives in hotter conditions than any other complex cell
nature.com • Mirror

‘The whole city was in love with her’: The ‘It Girl’ style wars of Renaissance Italy
bbc.com

Fearless frogs feast on deadly hornets
phys.org

A spectacular explosion shows China is close to obtaining reusable rockets
arstechnica.com

How to Live to 100, According to Dick Van Dyke
nytimes.com • Mirror

These Seals Remember Their Old Rivals by Voice
discovermagazine.com

Video: Exploring an Underground Nuclear Bunker [28:13]
youtube.com

Twisted stacks of 2-D carbon act like a weird type of superconductor
sciencenews.org

Winners of the 2025 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
theatlantic.com • Mirror

Can You Read Pain on a Horse’s Face?
nautil.us • (see also)

Video: Washing a long-neglected, 110-year-old Detroit electric car [32:33]
youtube.com