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The Most Elusive Color in Chemistry Might Surprise You
gizmodo.com

Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks’ estate over use of her ‘stolen’ cells to advance medicine
apnews.com • (see also)

Wanderlust may be written in our DNA
sciencenews.org

How a one‑eyed creature gave rise to our modern eyes
phys.org

Water is bed bugs’ kryptonite: The parasites avoid wet surfaces at all costs
phys.org

Your Muscles Retain Memories of Strength and Weakness
nautil.us

First writing may be 40,000 years earlier than thought
bbc.com

Leaf tips glow blue in thunderstorms
popsci.com

This Nearly 50-Foot-Long Sock Monkey Sculpture Is the Largest on Earth, Guinness World Records Confirms
smithsonianmag.com

Will AI Help or Hinder Scientific Publishing?
undark.org

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement
newyorker.com

Webb examines ‘Exposed Cranium’ nebula
phys.org

The Man Who Stole Infinity
quantamagazine.org

‘We ate space mushrooms and survived to tell the tale’
space.com

The strange animals that control their body heat
knowablemagazine.org • (see also)

Video: The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew [52:59]
youtube.com

Webb Focuses on Spiraling Star Factory: NGC 5134
sci.news

Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water
theguardian.com • (see also)

Photos: Four Years of War in Ukraine
theatlantic.com • Mirror

A.I. Complicates Old Internet Privacy Risks
nytimes.com

Mother who vanished 24 years ago is found alive but still doesn’t want her family to know where she is
nbcnews.com

The Legal Void of the Asteroid Gold Rush
universetoday.com

Huge Snowball Fight in New York Escalates After Police Arrive

A Rare White Whale Sighting Tops the 2026 World Nature Photography Awards
thisiscolossal.com

Antarctica’s ‘gravity hole’ reveals the evolution of Earth’s deep interior
space.com

Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums
theguardian.com

A 2,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Was Unsealed—and the Mummy Inside Is Mind-Blowing
popularmechanics.com

Scientists’ Push For a Universal Vaccine Takes a Key Step Forward
usnews.com

How Long Could Earth Microbes Live on Mars?
universetoday.com

Listen to What Archivists Believe to Be Oldest-Known Whale Recording
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

US scientists solve Schrödinger’s 100-year-old theory of human color perception
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

Russian soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops executed on commanders’ orders
bbc.com

ALMA reveals Milky Way’s core in largest-ever mosaic, tracing cold gas filaments
phys.org

How the color of a theater affects sound perception
phys.org

This Famous 17th-Century Elephant Sculpture in Rome Keeps Losing the Tip of Its Tusk
smithsonianmag.com

Mathematicians make a breakthrough on 2,000-year-old problem of curves
scientificamerican.com

Uncovering the Mystery Behind Cold Sensation and Menthol’s Cooling Effect
discovermagazine.com

What is Bonesmashing? Inside the Extreme Looksmaxxer Technique
gq.com • Mirror

Scientists crack the case of “screeching” Scotch tape
arstechnica.com

Norway’s Century-Long Watch on the Northern Lights
nytimes.com • Mirror

Gold “supraballs” capture about 90% of the solar spectrum
newatlas.com

See the First Known Footage of an Elusive Southern Sleeper Shark Swimming in Antarctica’s Near-Freezing Waters
smithsonianmag.com

Mercedes-Benz Teams up With Binghatti To Build a “City Within a City” in Dubai
mymodernmet.com

On this day in 1942, anti-aircraft guns in Los Angeles shot at something–or nothing.
damninteresting.com

Video: Nikola Tesla’s Weird Eating Habits [28:32]
youtube.com • (see also)

Supercomputer Simulations Crack a Long-Standing Mystery About Red Dwarfs
universetoday.com

China’s mysterious Shenlong space plane recently launched on its 4th mission. What is it doing up there?
space.com

Video: Does hypnosis ever actually work? [6:31]
youtube.com

Remarkable reusable liquid stores solar energy like bottled sunlight
newatlas.com

Family Finds a Stunning Album of Lost Photos of 1950s New York
flashbak.com

Can Apes Play Pretend? What Scientists Learned From Having Imaginary ‘Tea Parties’ With Kanzi the Bonobo
smithsonianmag.com

NASA’s Webb Telescope Locates Former Star That Exploded as Supernova
science.nasa.gov

Wild Study Proposes Possible Link Between Solar Flares and Earthquakes
gizmodo.com

Changes to One of The Largest Known Stars May Signal Destruction
sciencealert.com

Earliest Known Vertebrates Had Four Camera-Type Eyes
sci.news

How Can Infinity Come in Many Sizes?
quantamagazine.org

What Animals Teach Us About Expertise
saturdayeveningpost.com

Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effects
bbc.com

They Killed Their Abusers. Should They Spend Their Lives in Prison?
nytimes.com • Mirror

Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with
theconversation.com