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‘One of the greatest unsolved mysteries in British history’: The earl who vanished after murdering his children’s nanny
bbc.com

14 Years Ago, an Icelandic TV Station Accidentally Aired ‘The Sopranos’ Subtitles Over an Episode of ‘Teletubbies’
vice.com • (see also)

Lessons from the Original Tech Bubble
newyorker.com

Video: Hidden Code: How Slot Machines Actually Work [18:23]
youtube.com

This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years
theconversation.com

Stolen French fries really do taste better, study finds
refractor.io

This Strange Crystal Bends Light Like Nothing Else in Nature
scitechdaily.com

JWST Finds Exoplanets Choked by Diesel Smog
universetoday.com

Video: The first TWO voyages around the world [15:57]
youtube.com • (see also)

Video: Does Anyone Actually Use London’s Cable Car? [4:26]
youtube.com

Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy.
nytimes.com

They Were Just Having a Back-to-School Party in an Apartment Rec Room. Little Did They Know They Were Creating Hip-Hop
smithsonianmag.com

How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?
quantamagazine.org

An ancient piece of the moon found in Africa hints at a long-ago collision that turned the lunar surface molten
livescience.com

Video: The search is on for a missing 110-year-old time capsule in Pittsburgh’s City-Council Building [2:14]
youtube.com • (see also)

What If Everyone Saw Your Whole Digital Life?
nymag.com • Mirror

3 men in Philadelphia released after 28 years of wrongful conviction
techfixated.com • (see also)

Titan’s Hidden Blanket
universetoday.com

The hidden physics complicating interstellar lightsails
phys.org

Video: The Man Who Worked At Subway, Then Solved An “Impossible” Problem [41:29]
youtube.com

Bear wandering around with pipe stuck on head rescued by conservation officers
cbc.ca

Hypnotic Film Transforms Real Weather Satellite Data Into a Living Portrait of Earth
mymodernmet.com

Video: This Engine Runs on Black and White Paint [10:14]
youtube.com

Blue Light Vs. Red Light
mcgill.ca

What to know about alpha-gal syndrome, the life-threatening meat allergy caused by tick bites
apnews.com

Mysterious Amazonian ‘ghost dog’ caught on camera
popsci.com

How to Hack a Superyacht
thewalrus.ca

Video: The British Museum replica expert gives you a tour of his workshop [15:00]
youtube.com

California faults under record stress, study finds
earthsky.org

Do bigger genomes mean more editing opportunities?
thetech.org

‘Experience: I was held hostage for a year’
theguardian.com

They Bought a Famous Puzzle in Cryptography. Now They’re Opening It Up.
nytimes.com • (see also)

Ukraine Is Not Losing. Russia Is Not Winning.
theatlantic.com

First global map of mycorrhizal fungi reveals true scale of underground networks across the planet
phys.org

Video: Meet the slow loris, the only venomous primate in existence [5:59]
youtube.com

Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself.
quantamagazine.org

The Mirage of the Gifted Child
nymag.com • Mirror • (see also)

This week: Mute Marx, flatulent performers, manhole mystery, and more!
damninteresting.com

Video: Into the HyperVerse: inside a crypto scheme that cost investors millions of dollars [30:51]
theguardian.com • (see also)

The Healing Power of Dreaming Under Anesthesia
nautil.us

Appolonia: the story of an African kingdom that resisted the Atlantic slave trade
theconversation.com • (see also) • (see also)

Scientists gave an octopus a mirror. Here’s what happened next
discoverwildlife.com

Video: The Man Who Went Undercover in Auschwitz [38:36]
youtube.com

Scientists reveal surprising mechanism behind Venus flytrap’s rapid snap
theguardian.com

Your Smart Home Has Been Spying on You This Whole Time
thewalrus.ca

“Crisis averted” – The Universe is still expanding. Scientists say they’ve debunked a study that claims dark energy doesn’t exist
skyatnightmagazine.com

Video: The Race to Save an Ancient Engineering Marvel [19:36]
youtube.com

On the trail of the epic Nunavut Quest dogsled race
thenarwhal.ca

Galaxy-killing wind discovered in the early universe
phys.org

Video: How Nuclear Power Works [46:46]
youtube.com • (see also)

How These Supergiant Sea Creatures Survive More Than 5 Years Without Eating
nautil.us

The AI Boom Sparks a Rural Rebellion in Utah
newlinesmag.com

Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time
newscientist.com • (see also)

On this day in 1962, three inmates escaped from the Alcatraz island prison, and possibly made it ashore
damninteresting.com

It was Britain’s most expensive house. Why is its only resident a homeless man who lives on the porch?
theguardian.com

How JPL Keeps the 13-Year-Old Curiosity Rover Doing Science
spectrum.ieee.org

Video: What happens if you click the first link on every Wikipedia article? [6:48]
youtube.com • Interactive Demo

This ‘crawling’ robot rolled around the moon and took a historic photo
livescience.com

These Italian Teenagers Stayed Overnight at Their School. They Found Ancient Roman Ruins Hidden in the Basement
smithsonianmag.com

In a U.S. First, Solar Supplied More Power Than Coal Last Month
e360.yale.edu