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Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935)
openculture.com

‘I’ve reported on UFO sightings for decades — and come to this conclusion’
washingtonpost.com • Mirror

New system turns smartphones into radiation detectors
newatlas.com • (see also)

Life on an Antarctic Glacier: Tea, Cheese and Lots of Shoveling
nytimes.com • Mirror

Mercury May Not Be “Dead” After All
universetoday.com

New animal species that survived mass extinction event half a billion years ago found in a quarry in China
cbsnews.com • (see also)

Video: When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us [13:26]
youtube.com • (see also)

‘I bought “Remove Before Flight” tags on eBay in 2010—it turns out they’re from Challenger’
arstechnica.com

How Richard Feynman Found the Root of the Challenger Disaster
nautil.us • Mirror

Submarine mountains and long-distance waves stir the deepest parts of the ocean
theconversation.com • (see also)

Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105
theguardian.com

Mysterious, numbered mollusk discovered on Australian beach
popsci.com

China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia
bbc.com

Recreating the smells of history
knowablemagazine.org

A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea
newscientist.com • Mirror

The American Southwest’s Iconic Joshua Trees Are Blooming Early—and Scientists Want Your Help to Figure Out Why
smithsonianmag.com

University of Southern Queensland astronomer discovers ‘potentially habitable’ planet candidate
abc.net.au

Networks Hold the Key to a Decades-Old Problem About Waves
quantamagazine.org

Video: Why Colombia’s $4BN Dam Failed [14:08]
youtube.com

‘Life on Peptides Feels Amazing’
nymag.com • Mirror

NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo
theconversation.com

‘I grew up with Alex Pretti’
theverge.com

How to View the Artemis II Moon Launch
nytimes.com • Mirror

‘AI mirrors’ are changing the way blind people see themselves
bbc.com

Pregnant, 19 and facing down a mutiny: how did Mary Ann Patten steer her way into seafaring lore?
theguardian.com • (see also)

How Computer Warfare Is Becoming Part of the Pentagon’s Arsenal
nytimes.com • Mirror

Spider silk-making organs evolved due to a 400-million-year-old genetic oops
sciencenews.org

Video: The First Toilet To Fly Beyond The Moon! A New Era In Lunar Luxury! [19:28]
youtube.com

‘Star Trek: Planet of the Titans’: The Lost 1976 Film That Almost Changed Starfleet History
womansworld.com

The Doctor Wanted to Protect Him From ICE. So She Made Up a Diagnosis.
slate.com • (see also)

Video: Building a Functional LEGO Typewriter [16:55]
youtube.com

The HWO Must Be Picometer Perfect To Observe Earth 2.0
universetoday.com

Can shoes alter your mind? What neuroscience says about foot sensation and focus
theconversation.com

Video: The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System [44:53]
youtube.com

People are swayed by AI-generated videos even when they know they’re fake, study shows
phys.org

Did Edison Accidentally Create a Vital Superconductor?
nautil.us

The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?
theguardian.com

Video: Did This Meal Kill Mozart? [21:40]
youtube.com • (see also)

This Body Was Found Preserved on a Block of Ice in a Colorado Shed. It Had Been There for 30 Years.
popularmechanics.com

‘They saw them on their dishes when eating’: The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
bbc.com

Are mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope actually nurseries for direct-collapse black holes?
space.com

We may not have flying cars, but we have flying umbrellas
popsci.com

Award-Winning Photos From Society of Photographers’ Photographer of the Year 2025
petapixel.com

How gut bacteria control immune responses
phys.org

Anyons: the two-dimensional particles that reframe reality
aeon.co

Webb’s biggest dark matter map shows the Universe’s ‘invisible scaffolding’ in stunning detail
skyatnightmagazine.com

Moore’s law: the famous rule of computing has reached the end of the road, so what comes next?
theconversation.com

Detailed View of Solar Flare Birth Caught for the First Time
nautil.us • (see also)

The Ancient Myths and Medieval Legends of the Vast Russian Forest
lithub.com

Easter Island and the Allure of “Lost Civilizations”
newyorker.com • Mirror

Strange, Shovel-Tusked Elephants Puzzled Paleontologists, Until Experts Took a Closer Look at Their Teeth
smithsonianmag.com

The Unexpected Evolution Aboard the ISS
universetoday.com

Is It Dangerous to Let Kids Be Free?
thewalrus.ca

Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard?
quantamagazine.org

Video: This Record Breaking Bridge is in the Middle of Nowhere [14:09]
youtube.com

Investigating the Star That Almost Vanished for Eight Months
universetoday.com

Orlando Sentinel 150: Remembering deadly Apollo 1 accident and its crew
orlandosentinel.com

Anticipating Loss Feels 6 Times Stronger Than Anticipating Gain, Shaping Decision-Making
discovermagazine.com

How can the Sun contain so many elements without its heat destroying them?
astronomy.com • (see also)

Discover the World’s First Earthquake Detector, Invented in China 2,000 Years Ago
openculture.com