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The True Root of Consciousness Isn’t What We Think, a Scientist Says—And It Could Upend Who We Think We Are
popularmechanics.com

The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health
theguardian.com

What’s Up With Those Blue Dogs in Chernobyl?
vice.com • (see also)

Video: The 1910 silent film Frankenstein, from the Edison Mfg. Co. [13:18]
youtube.com

Zombie worms have gone missing
popsci.com

When Baseball Threw Physics a Curve
pioneerworks.org • (see also)

Meet the Real Dr. Frankenstein: The Italian scientist who sparked an electric revolution that led to the beloved horror story—and the battery
nautil.us

‘The Rushmore story is hard to tell’: how an Indigenous park leader revealed the monument’s dark side
theguardian.com • (see also)

With more Moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge
theconversation.com

Video: The Dumb Design of Modern Cars [25:11]
youtube.com

How British drag queen La Voix unwittingly provided the makeup for a $73M jewel heist
cbc.ca

What it’s like to be in the middle of a conspiracy theory (according to a conspiracy theory expert)
technologyreview.com

A strange brew: the case of the man behind an audacious Scottish tea fraud
theguardian.com

Video: James Webb’s New Images of Neptune Shocked Scientists [31:01]
youtube.com

Scientists Find 6-Million-Year-Old Air Trapped in Earth’s Oldest Known Ice
gizmodo.com

New study settles 40-year debate: Nanotyrannus is a new species
arstechnica.com

When a polar bear kills, it doesn’t just eat. It feeds a whole ecosystem
cbc.ca

On this day in 1961 the Soviet Union detonated the most powerful bomb ever constructed
damninteresting.com

These Animals Eat Poisons and Don’t Die. Some Even Become Toxic in Turn
smithsonianmag.com

Certain species of bats can glow under UV light. Scientists don’t know why
edition.cnn.com

Justice Miscarried: The Trial, Conviction, and Murder of Leo Frank
saturdayeveningpost.com

Rhinos once lived in Canada
popsci.com

Video: Unboxing Victorian Mourning: Dress, Human Hair Jewellery & Postmortem Photos [13:23]
youtube.com

‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages
theguardian.com

Video: It Looks Like a Desert. But It Has Thousands of Lakes [9:14]
youtube.com

The Man Who Held His Breath for 24 Minutes
outsideonline.com

Vampire Spiders Obsess Over Human Blood, Pouncing on Mosquitoes to Get Their Fill
discovermagazine.com

Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean
theguardian.com

Video: ‘Who’s making these AI copies of my work?’ [18:43]
youtube.com

Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
bbc.com

What Death Really Smells Like, And How Your Brain Knows What to Do About It
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Scans shed light on changes in brain when we zone out while tired
theguardian.com

How a Hollywood tour guide discovered an unknown celebrity grave
bbc.com

The Red Spider Nebula, caught by Webb
phys.org

Can we find water ice on the moon? Only if we know where to look, scientists say
space.com

Video: Vlad the Impaler – Feeding the Real Dracula [23:47]
youtube.com

Man accidentally gets leech up his nose. It took 20 days to figure it out.
arstechnica.com

Nanomedicine researchers restructure common chemo drug to boost its power by 20,000-fold
phys.org

Murder, Polar Bears, and Arctic Hurricanes: The Many Twists and Turns of a 2008 Whaling Research Expedition
lithub.com

‘Stunningly preserved’ dinosaur ‘mummies’ discovered in Wyoming have skin and hooves
abcnews.go.com

Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania
theguardian.com

Quantum Computers Will Soon Be Able to Crack Codes, and No One’s Ready
thewalrus.ca

Twin brothers in the United Kingdom grew the biggest pumpkin ever documented, tipping the scales at 2,819.3 pounds
smithsonianmag.com

Small Island Nations Lack Funds to Fight Climate Disasters
nytimes.com • Mirror

A Deaf Woman Survived Being Hit by a Plane While Walking Her Dog
vice.com

NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet makes historic 1st flight
space.com

Queen bees are violently ousted if worker bees smell weakness
popsci.com

Mysterious transient objects in sky linked to nuclear testing and unidentified anomalous phenomena
phys.org

The Glozel affair: A sensational archaeological hoax made science front-page news in 1920s France
theconversation.com

JWST views a frozen starscape in the Chamaeleon I molecular cloud complex
astronomy.com

You were asleep but swear you weren’t: what is paradoxical insomnia?
theguardian.com • (see also)

Can We Beam Away Our Space Junk Problem?
nautil.us

Awakening an interstellar wanderer: Surprising nickel detection in Comet 3I/ATLAS
space.com

These robots can clean, exercise – and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?
bbc.com

‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?
theguardian.com

Caught on camera: Rats snatching bats from the sky at city hibernation sites
phys.org

‘Impossible’ Life Found Beneath Arctic Ice Could Alter Climate Models
sciencealert.com • (see also)

How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea
theguardian.com

Decapitator nose ornament: 1,500-year-old gold jewelry depicting a bloodthirsty pre-Inca deity
livescience.com

This New Shape Breaks an ‘Unbreakable’ 3D Geometry Rule
scientificamerican.com