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Fifteen years on, the Dupont de Ligonnès case still haunts France
france24.com • (see also)

Watch: Man attacked by bear at steel works in Japan
bbc.com

RandomStreetView.com shows random streetview images from around the world
randomstreetview.com

Video: ‘We Uncovered a Hidden Wealth Transfer in the SpaceX IPO. You’re Holding the Bag.’ [12:05]
youtube.com

New York police investigate mysterious cases of people coming out of manholes
theguardian.com

Cattelan’s famous taped banana stolen from French museum
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The hum that only a few can perceive: Potential sources of a low-frequency sound
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A Fleet of Ghost Ships Is Hiding in Plain Sight on the Potomac River
popularmechanics.com

10 winning photos from the World Food Photography Awards 2026
bbc.com

Video: SpaceX Is Conducting a Giant Chemical Experiment on Our Atmosphere Without Realizing [14:18]
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‘The face doesn’t move’: Hollywood’s obsession with cosmetic surgeries has led to stiffer looks – and performances
theguardian.com

The Dirt That Refused To Die
quantamagazine.org

Video: YouTube is Already 20% AI Slop [23:31]
youtube.com

Cutting a photon in two creates an infinite swarm of particles
phys.org

Physicists achieve ‘perfect randomness’ for the first time ever
livescience.com • (see also)

Video: Inside the once-hidden workshop of ‘The Muppets’ creator Jim Henson [2:31]
youtube.com

‘In a crowd, it feels good when we do bad to our enemies’: how anger becomes contagious
theguardian.com

Americans don’t know how to fight AI. So they’re fighting data centers.
vox.com • Mirror

Video: The World’s Largest Emerald Shouldn’t Exist [15:17]
youtube.com

Cows can recognize human faces
boingboing.net

Ceres’ Surface Is Much More Complex Than Previously Thought
universetoday.com

Video: The Unsolved Mystery of Lorem Ipsum [26:57]
youtube.com

You Don’t Listen to Music with a Calculator. But Numbers Are Dictating Taste
thewalrus.ca

‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings
theguardian.com

Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida
theguardian.com • (see also)

Hackers duped Meta AI support chatbot to steal celebrity Instagram accounts
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Could a cosmic uncertainty principle help explain dark matter?
space.com

How Heavy Can a Neutron Star Get?
universetoday.com

Video: Steel is Absorbent [18:07]
youtube.com

The most obsessed-over vegetable in America is fueling voracious demand and a criminal underworld
slate.com

One of our planets may be missing, and it could explain why the solar system looks the way it does
phys.org

‘It was poignant, knowing that these were the last images she did’: The intimate final photos of Marilyn Monroe
bbc.com

Marvelous Macro Moths Showcase Beautiful Detail
mossandfog.com

On this day in 1857, a phenomenal flatulist was born
damninteresting.com

Video: How Does Google Maps Actually Work? [29:53]
youtube.com

Family’s 90-year search for answers after father vanished in Francoist uprising
theguardian.com

Electronic stickers turn forests into living fire alarms
refractor.io

Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer Required
quantamagazine.org

Independent bookstores are multiplying, although many people still think they’re dying out
apnews.com

The Battle for Box Elder
slate.com

Siberia’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ is getting bigger. And it’’s spewing out prehistoric animals
discoverwildlife.com

Video: Kids’ Dream Jobs? Data from 1920 to 2026 [4:10]
youtube.com

The Jasper Wildfire Produced More Energy than a Nuclear Bomb
thewalrus.ca

Humans have weirdly white eyes. Here’s why.
popsci.com

Video: Germans Arguing Over Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (1824–28) [8:09]
youtube.com

On this day in 1934, a very stubborn man attempted to be the first to summit Mount Everest
damninteresting.com

Harpo speaks! New recordings reveal mute Marx brother chatting with audience
theguardian.com

Scientists Say They’ve Found Fungi That Turn Dead Martian Soil Into Fertile Cropland
futurism.com

Video: The Sewage Tunnel Bank Heist [13:35]
youtube.com

The forgotten story of abolition in revolutionary France – the first emancipation
theconversation.com

On this day in 1832 a mathematician engaged in a deadly duel
damninteresting.com

High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building
commonedge.org

Video: Salvaging the Cold War’s Sunken Nuclear Subs [10:27]
youtube.com

Something ‘unprecedented’ is now happening to Earth’s rotation, scientists say
sciencefocus.com

Video: The Thin Blue Line – Full Film [1:41:29]
dailymotion.com

The Dead Economy Theory
owenmcgrann.com

What’s the biggest galaxy in the universe?
scientificamerican.com

Researchers went into a 25m-deep tunnel in Greece – and found an unidentified creature clinging to the walls
discoverwildlife.com

The US is seeing stronger storms, so why are droughts getting worse?
theconversation.com

Video: We Might Be Completely Wrong About Black Holes [1:56:21]
youtube.com