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When America Thought Its Windshields Were Under Attack
thewalrus.ca

Cloning technique could save rare Queen of Sheba flower from extinction
abc.net.au

Why necrophilia is an evolutionary advantage for the Rhinella proboscidea
discoverwildlife.com

Dangerous ‘Fire Clouds’ Are Making France’s Wildfires Even More Destructive
smithsonianmag.com

The Hiroshima Bomb Created a Strange Alloy Never Seen on Earth From Vaporized Buildings and Metal
zmescience.com • (see also)

Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day
ucdavis.edu

The devil worm is the deepest-living animal. It’s redefining life at its limits
bbc.com • (see also)

Neptune’s inner moons may be shattered remains of ancient icy worlds
phys.org

The Massive Machine at the Bottom of the Sea
youtube.com

Australia’s Most Notorious Shipwreck Tells a Story of Murder, Slavery, Mutiny—and, Now, ‘Surprisingly Sophisticated’ Trade in the 17th Century
smithsonianmag.com

Satellite killers: What a war in space might look like
bbc.com

Watch the Baltic Sea Breathe Under a Sheet of Ice
mossandfog.com

What Would It Mean to See a New Color?
newyorker.com • (see also)

The Large Hadron Collider May Already Have Detected Hints of Dark Matter
sciencealert.com

A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack
technologyreview.com

When Stupid Was a Diagnosis
nautil.us

AI before AI: The forgotten Soviet programme
france24.com

The Lost Civic Life of Movie Rental Stores
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Video: 20 Forgotten Classical Pieces Discovered in the Last 25 Years [23:40]
youtube.com • (see also)

The Mystery of the Great Antonio, the Montreal Giant Who Could Pull Buses
thewalrus.ca

London’s Wartime Nightlife During the Blackout: Rare Photos from 1944
rarehistoricalphotos.com

Montana man hikes out of mountains after getting impaled by trekking pole
cbc.ca

40,000-Year-Old Bird Figurines Found in German Cave
sci.news

Video: We’ve Seen the Sun’s Inner Corona For the First Time [23:46]
youtube.com

Physicists Solve a Big Quantum Mystery. Now, Old Results Don’t Add Up.
quantamagazine.org

‘We discovered a new variant of Super Mario Bros.’
nintendowire.com

The telescope that could reveal the missing half of the universe
english.elpais.com

Video: This Planet is…Up to Something [10:48]
youtube.com

Canada Took First Nations Children Away. Now Communities Are Bringing Them Home
thewalrus.ca

Artists are lawyering up against AI slop, and some are even winning
theverge.com

Hidden wonders of the universe
astronomy.com

16 Thieves Engineered History’s Most Audacious Train Robbery. One Secret Remains.
popularmechanics.com

Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?
theguardian.com • (see also)

Magic circle: Stonehenge offers lucky visitors 20 minutes alone in monument
theguardian.com

Axe Murders Inspired a Strange Military Plan to Chainsaw a Tree—and Nearly Started WWIII
popularmechanics.com

Mars Express Captures ‘Metallic’ Waves Rolling Across an Ancient Martian Crater
universetoday.com

Video: The Bizarre Way Strings Actually Vibrate [4:43]
youtube.com

This Medieval Byzantine Shipwreck Boasts More Gold Treasures Than Any Other Vessel Found Beneath the Mediterranean
smithsonianmag.com

Thawing permafrost is threatening Svalbard’s ‘corpse point’
nationalgeographic.com • Mirror

New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Michelin-Starred Chef Arrested for Serving Sorbet Sprinkled With Ants
vice.com

Europe Is Voting on What Its Money Looks Like
mossandfog.com

Video: Hansa: The Infiltration of the Dark Web [24:29]
youtube.com

What climate science can tell us about the lost world that inspired The Odyssey
cbc.ca

Drone captures rare video of ‘magical moment’ whale birth
abc.net.au

While Helping Beachgoers Recover Lost Items, Official Finds Rare 2,500-Year-Old Coin Linked to Ancient Trade Routes
discovermagazine.com

Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble
phys.org

Fish Bad, Sugar Good… And Other Medieval Ideas About Food
lithub.com

A Wandering Black Hole Meets a Wandering Star
universetoday.com

How one man’s near-death experience led to the discovery of the first Jurassic sea dragon in Wales
theguardian.com

A series of very stupid events had college class thinking they had deadly germ exposure
arstechnica.com

New theory on how six‑tonne Stonehenge rock was transported from Scotland thousands of years ago – by a glacier
theconversation.com

Video: How a Lab in Tanzania Trained Rats to Sniff Out Land Mines [10:51]
youtube.com • (see also)

The Man Who Became Electricity’s First Human Test Subject
crimereads.com • (see also)

Dust cloud from dino-killing asteroid charbroiled the Earth
arstechnica.com

Nudists, peaceniks and freeloading travellers: the people keeping the Esperanto dream alive
theguardian.com

Video: Cooking for William the Conqueror’s Army of 1066 [25:15]
youtube.com

Information isn’t sterile. It’s stranger than you think.
popsci.com

What Was the 1863 Bear River Massacre?
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Video: A Super El Niño Triggered History’s Deadliest Disaster. This One Might Be Worse. [11:26]
youtube.com