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‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives
theguardian.com

Video: Green Boots Finally Identified. Why Bringing Him Home May Be Impossible. [22:49]
youtube.com • (see also)

Women Who Use AI Seen As Incompetent; Men Who Use AI Seen As Pragmatic
forbes.com

‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI
theguardian.com

Before the moon race, explorers wanted to conquer the ocean
popsci.com • (sea also)

The 29 Finalists for Astronomy Photographer of the Year
petapixel.com

Video: The Independence Day History They Don’t Teach You [15:14]
youtube.com

Undersea optical fibres detect the motion of silent whales
physicsworld.com

Crime Pays: The Egg Bandits Made A Thousand Times the Fine They Just Paid for Price Fixing
thebignewsletter.com

Now we’re getting AI fake news complaining about how AI fake news is the death of real news
niemanlab.org

Inside Canada’s Most Audacious Bank Vault Robbery
thewalrus.ca

This Incredible Golden Cape Was Made From Spider Silk, and Took 8 Years to Craft
mossandfog.com

Ancient texts described a strange object in the sky. Astronomers have just worked out what it was
skyatnightmagazine.com

Video: When movies “borrow” footage from other movies [19:38]
youtube.com

On this day in 1881 a deranged man shot US President James Garfield
damninteresting.com

NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way
science.nasa.gov

Billions of doses later: Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise
news.ubc.ca

Megalodon’s legendary life revealed by fossil rediscovery
theconversation.com

CEO Says He’ll Fire Any Employee Who Sends Him More AI Slop
futurism.com

It’s one of the biggest mysteries of the cosmos: What are these little red dots?
nationalgeographic.com

ESA Outlines High-Tech Lander Instruments for 2050 Enceladus
universetoday.com

On this day in 1953 the strange and tormented movie “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.” first appeared in theaters
damninteresting.com

2 legendary polar exploration shipwrecks are about to get their 21st-century close-up
cbc.ca

True Crime at the White House: The Most Ridiculous Burglary Plan in Presidential History
crimereads.com

NASA’s Webb Studies How Planet Survived Death of its Star
science.nasa.gov

Video: We’re Not The Most Successful Human Species [25:30]
youtube.com

NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon
arstechnica.com

‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA
theguardian.com

Cartoon villains with foreign accents drive language bias, Canadian study finds
cbc.ca

On this day in 1959, a social psychologist gathered 3 men who all believed they were Jesus, and behold, it was not very good.
damninteresting.com

Global oceans break June temperature record with fears they’re headed into ‘uncharted territory’
cnn.com

Italy displays paintings from an ancient Etruscan tomb, its latest cultural acquisition
apnews.com

‘Titan is actually a very reasonable destination for humans’: Scientists start mapping out crewed mission to huge Saturn moon
space.com

Video: This Plasma Thermos Turns Water Into Fertilizer [14:37]
youtube.com

We’re Only Starting to Grasp the Pitfalls of Using A.I. at Work
nytimes.com

‘Absolute madness’: Row over plan to demolish Nazi bunker under Berlin
bbc.com

Video: How do you prove arson? [27:25]
youtube.com

‘See the whole world in lichens,’ the marvels that grow anywhere
seattletimes.com

Scientists figured out how to shrink huge ultrafast lasers so they fit on a tiny chip ‪‪—‬ the ‘holy grail’ of the field
livescience.com

Rubin observatory begins 10-year survey of the universe
apnews.com

Fossil kept in drawer for decades turns out to be first ever Antarctica dinosaur bone
cnn.com

Video: Psychedelics, mind control, radiation-eating: The secret superpowers of fungi [6:12]
youtube.com

There May Be Three Times More Insect Species Than We Realized
nautil.us

The original Moana: did a 1926 documentary give birth to a 21st century Disney blockbuster?
theguardian.com

Video: Where do hills come from? [12:15]
youtube.com

AI agents are not your “coworkers”
technologyreview.com

A discovery about this bat’s diet was hiding in a Renaissance painting
sciencenews.org

How to lie about radiation
worksinprogress.co • (see also)

The glasses case that saved Teddy Roosevelt’s life goes on display in North Dakota
popsci.com

Can you make a black hole in a laboratory?
theconversation.com

Video: You should, unfortunately, be worried about Sam Altman [40:09]
youtube.com

Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?
newyorker.com

Scientists Just Found a Hyperparasite That Hunts the Zombie Ant Fungus
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

‘A new start after 60: I spent eight years thinking I had Parkinson’s. Then doctors ‘de-diagnosed’ me’
theguardian.com

Scientists Confirm that Two Gamma-Ray Bursts Were Caused by Collapsing Neutron Stars
universetoday.com • (see also)

What Breaks a Cell’s Ribs Can Make It Stronger
quantamagazine.org

Was Molly Pitcher a real person?
nationalgeographic.com

‘Real missiles and bombs were going off’: How Saddam Hussein made an epic Hollywood-style film in Iraq
bbc.com

How BlackBerry Staged a Comeback by Winning Over Car Companies
thewalrus.ca

‘Literally growing the future’: volunteers help save Scottish rainforest by collecting 11m seeds
theguardian.com