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Severed sea cucumber appendages don’t seem to die
arstechnica.com

This Javelin Thrower Looks Like He is Impaling Himself in Crazy Optical Illusion Photo
petapixel.com

How We See the Beautiful, Violent Sun
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written By AI
theatlantic.com

Nato condemns Russian ‘recklessness’ after drone hits Romanian residential block
bbc.com

Looking Back at Lewis and Clark
newyorker.com

The Great Salt Lake is in crisis
nationalgeographic.com

Video: The Big Secret Behind Math’s Greatest Discovery [13:42]
youtube.com

Here’s why the failure of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic
arstechnica.com • Related video

Something Just Passed Between Us and a Distant Star.
universetoday.com

Introducing Argus, a robot with 20 legs and eyes built to move and see in any direction instantly
apnews.com

Everything We Know About the 2,300-Year-Old Beer Found Inside an Ancient Tomb
vice.com

Video: We Saw What AI Data Centers Don’t Want You to See [21:44]
youtube.com

Forget LASIK: Safer, cheaper vision correction without lasers or surgery
sciencedaily.com

How an enslaved, shipwrecked African became the US’s first great explorer
bbc.com

Schrödinger’s Kittens Are All Grown Up
nautil.us

France overturns law classing people as property – 178 years after it abolished slavery
theguardian.com • (see also)

Where Time Is Always 15 Minutes Apart From Everywhere Else
nytimes.com

The hidden dead zones spreading across the Baltic Sea floor
bbc.com

The revolution will not be optimised: on frictionmaxxing and the creative virtues of inconvenience
itsnicethat.com

The Lens of the Paparazzi
thebeliever.net

Video: The Insane Story of Serbia‘s Human Slaughterhouse [26:03]
youtube.com

Three Stars, One Extraordinary System and a Drama Still to Come
universetoday.com

Is ‘out of control’ US tipping culture spreading overseas?
bbc.com

Archaeologists Followed a Forgotten Staircase—and Uncovered a 400-Year-Old Burial Vault
popularmechanics.com

Psychopathy: some experts now say it doesn’t exist – here’s why we may be looking at it all wrong
theconversation.com

What If Some Fears Can’t Be Conquered?
thecut.com • Mirror

NASA’s Webb Reveals Black Hole That Formed Before Its Galaxy
science.nasa.gov

AI sticker shock hits corporate America
axios.com

The Capybaras Aren’t All Right
slate.com

Video: How Tiny Cameras Changed Our Lives. [18:23]
youtube.com

‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’
theguardian.com

Scientists detected a mysterious signal from deep space lasting seven hours. Now they believe they’ve cracked it
skyatnightmagazine.com • (see also)

Video: Testing Tech That Was Ahead of Its Time [35:03]
youtube.com

How crepuscular rays are creating ‘beautiful’ sunsets across the Top End
abc.net.au

NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list
npr.org

‘Nothingness’ Doesn’t Exist—Yet It’s the Reason You’re Alive and Conscious, Physicists Say
popularmechanics.com

Video: The True Crime Film That Actually Solved The Crime [21:52]
youtube.com

YouTuber arrested for allegedly using AI to defame Korean actor
bbc.com

Video: This Forest is Made of Stone [8:15]
youtube.com

On this day in 1962 a fire started underground in Centralia, PA. It is still burning today.
damninteresting.com

Nobody quite recovers from being a child
aeon.co

5 villagers missing in a flooded Laos cave for more than a week have been found alive, rescuers say
apnews.com

Bringing a Giant Canvas Back to Life, as Museum Visitors Watch
nytimes.com

Video: Why Earth Sucks Compared to the Planet Hestia [14:52]
youtube.com

Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment
scientificamerican.com

Video: Your body parts have mad literal meanings. [22:11]
youtube.com

In the lowest place on Earth, a sea is rapidly dying — and no one can agree how to save it
cnn.com

When the Sun Tries to Explode and Fails
universetoday.com

Video: Only In Monroe — May 22, 2026 [1:00:15]
youtube.com

Stephen Hawking’s father feared for ‘lazy’ son, diary reveals
thetimes.com

Video: You shouldn’t be able to watch this. [5:26]
youtube.com

When Quiet Undersea Volcanoes Turn Disruptive
quantamagazine.org

Are Satellite Megaconstellations Accidentally Geoengineering the Earth?
universetoday.com

Video: The Ukrainian Stunt Pilot Hunting Russian Drones [6:00]
youtube.com

South Korean Starbucks boss apologizes for ad campaign that evoked massacre
apnews.com

We Were Wrong About Fasting, Massive Study Finds
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Dog shoots woman with shotgun at Nebraska convenience store
theguardian.com

Video: What if you dropped a bowling ball in the Mariana Trench? [2:53]
youtube.com • (see also)

The cost of language juggling
languageonthemove.com