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Video: The Drug Science Still Can’t Explain [35:38]
youtube.com

Adorable Elephant Seals Snatch Gold in 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
mymodernmet.com

‘My Year as a Degenerate Sports Gambler’
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Astronomers think they just witnessed two planets colliding
sciencedaily.com

What is wisdom, and can it be taught?
knowablemagazine.org

A ‘mass migration’ of stars from the Milky Way’s center could explain why there’s life in our solar system
livescience.com

Video: The Impossible Landing [27:18]
youtube.com

Calif. Girl Kidnapped in 2020 Is Found Living Across the Country Under Another Name
people.com

Nasa spacecraft weighing 1,300lb re-enters Earth’s atmosphere
bbc.com

Video: The Color You Were Born to Obey [18:25]
youtube.com

An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants
moryan.com

Where Some See Strings, She Sees a Space-Time Made of Fractals
quantamagazine.org

Video: Do *you* understand ISO? [11:35]
youtube.com

Electric air taxis are about to take flight in 26 states
techcrunch.com

Treasure hunter who refused to disclose location of shipwreck’s 500 gold coins is released from prison after a decade
cbsnews.com

The UK is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
apnews.com

How can someone be a very different height from their parents?
thetech.org

Is the Internet Making Culture Worse?
asteriskmag.com

The recycling industry is betting big on AI and robots
qz.com

Indie coffee shops are meant to counter corporate behemoths like Starbucks – so why do they all look the same?
theconversation.com

Magic mushrooms’ closest wild relative discovered in Africa
scimex.org

Peak interest: Toronto’s snow mountains that refuse to melt are a toxic hazard
theguardian.com

On this day in 1944, police in occupied Paris were alerted to a foul-smelling smoke emerging from a fine arrondissement
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Astrophysicists trace the origin of valuable metals in space, from colliding stars to merging galaxies
theconversation.com • (see also)

We Finally Know How Bumblebee Queens Can Survive Underwater For Days
sciencealert.com

Scientists Found This Organism Can Survive Some of the Harshest Conditions in the Universe
popularmechanics.com

Video: A father & daughter’s obsession with a series of peculiar houses [8:13]
youtube.com

Can a “Living Drug” Cure Autoimmune Diseases?
newyorker.com • Mirror

Random Numbers, Persian Code: A Mysterious Signal Transfixes Radio Sleuths — And Intelligence Experts
rferl.org • (see also)

Exotic prime numbers could be hiding inside black holes
livescience.com

His Mother Vanished When He Was 14. 33 Years Later, He Found Her.
nytimes.com

3I/ATLAS comet is bursting with alcohol, surprising astronomers
popsci.com

Video: How to talk with deep space probes [17:45]
youtube.com • (see also)

Short films made from brain activity of mice aim to show how they see world
theguardian.com

2026 Winners — British Wildlife Photography Awards
bwpawards.org

Video: This Is the Loneliest Place in The Universe [9:56]
youtube.com

Nearby red dwarf star hosts at least four planets—with one in the habitable zone
phys.org

Bones in a Belgian cave suggest that one group of Neanderthals cannibalized another
popularmechanics.com

Video: California’s Water Problem [19:34]
youtube.com

The Fall of the Man From Mango
thecut.com

Left-Handed People Are More Competitive, Says Science
wired.com • Mirror

Disorder Drives One of Nature’s Most Complex Machines
quantamagazine.org

Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI?
technologyreview.com

Meteorite Crashes Through Roof in Germany After Fiery Light Show
nytimes.com • Photos (German)

For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything
knowablemagazine.org

One of the Allies’ Secret Weapons Against the Nazis Was a 21-Year-Old Woman Armed With a Microphone and a Script of Lies
smithsonianmag.com

Is the Universe Infinite? The Surprising Truth About Cosmic Geometry
scitechdaily.com

The story of the first telephone call – nine words that changed the world
theconversation.com • (see also)

Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite will crash to Earth on March 10
space.com • More info

The inter-generational struggle to find clothes that fit more than a tiny portion of women
pudding.cool

Tuck and turn, or bend and twist? How falling cats land on their feet.
arstechnica.com • (see also)

The Betz Mystery Sphere Conspiracy Theory: Facts, Myths, History
popularmechanics.com

19th-Century Marble Sculpture Is So Delicately Crafted It Looks Like Sheer Fabric
mymodernmet.com

Video: The Strange Attack on Flight 103 [28:05]
youtube.com

The Sweat of Tourists Has Covered Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco in a White Film
smithsonianmag.com

Video: This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50 [25:40]
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Knocker uppers and candle clocks: How people woke up before alarm clocks
bbc.com

Entomologists Create Digital Library of Global Ant Diversity
sci.news

They Feel Bugs Inside Them. Doctors Don’t Know Why.
nytimes.com • Mirror

On this day in 1974, one of the last Japanese WW2 holdouts was relieved of duty
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