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Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war. 80 years on, are the dead being betrayed?
theguardian.com

Imperfect Memories of British Slavery
daily.jstor.org

New Quantum Algorithm Factors Numbers With One Qubit
quantamagazine.org

Stolen Paintings Linked to Retired Couple Who Supposedly Moonlighted as Art Thieves Returned to New Mexico Museum After 40 Years
smithsonianmag.com

A knockout blow for LLMs?
garymarcus.substack.com

Poisoned City: How Tacoma Became a Hotbed of Crime and Kidnapping in the 1920s
lithub.com • (see also)

Marie Curie Invented Mobile X-Ray Units to Help Save Wounded Soldiers in World War I
openculture.com • (see also)

“Game-changer” celiac test detects disease without triggering symptoms
newatlas.com

Image: 12-mile-tall volcano on Mars punches through clouds
space.com

Video: The Hunt for El Chapo [20:34]
youtube.com

Food additive titanium dioxide likely has more toxic effects than thought, study finds
theguardian.com

Researchers Used a 1,500-Year-Old Map to Find a Lost City
popularmechanics.com

A hidden ‘super-Earth’ exoplanet is dipping in and out of its habitable zone
space.com

Why Some People Hear Better in Noise Than Others
neurosciencenews.com

Image: New panorama from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

‘A wonderful mystery to be solved’: search begins in Dorset for ‘the Mother of all tanks’
theguardian.com

The furniture fraud who hoodwinked the Palace of Versailles
bbc.com

Video: How The World’s Biggest Diamond Heist Actually Worked [36:33]
youtube.com

FAA to retire floppy disks and Windows 95 amid air traffic control overhaul
arstechnica.com

In Taxicab Geometry, Pi Equals 4 and Circles Aren’t Round
nytimes.com

The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology
wsj.com • Mirror

We always joked dad looked nothing like his parents – then we found out why
bbc.com

Lafayette helped Americans turn the tide in their fight for independence – and 50 years later, he helped forge the growing nation’s sense of identity
theconversation.com

Strange Metal From Beyond Our World Spotted in Ancient Treasure Stash
sciencealert.com

Doctors Could Hack the Nervous System With Ultrasound
spectrum.ieee.org

Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews
theguardian.com

What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works
theatlantic.com • Mirror

Lab-grown salmon gets FDA approval
theverge.com

This ‘smoke’ ring was formed by one of the biggest creatures on Earth. Scientists say it has never been documented before
discoverwildlife.com

Shipwreck mystery solved after nearly 140 years
bbc.com

Earth’s atmosphere hasn’t had this much CO2 in millions of years
nbcnews.com

On this day in 1989, Soviet scientists reached the deepest point ever drilled into the Earth
damninteresting.com

Private Japanese spacecraft crashes into moon in ‘hard landing,’ ispace says
space.com

First Map Made of a Solid’s Secret Quantum Geometry
quantamagazine.org

How World War Two changed how France eats
bbc.com • (see also)

Cambridge mapping project solves a medieval murder
arstechnica.com

The Ethical Minefield of Testing Infants for Incurable Diseases
nytimes.com

Watch ‘superorganism’ created by tiny worms — the first time it’s ever been spotted in the wild
livescience.com • (see also)

How Much Energy Does It Take To Think?
quantamagazine.org

Video: Cory Doctorow on the enshittification of the Internet [43:48]
youtube.com

This week: Traffic hawks, murderbot hands, bone music, and more!
damninteresting.com

Doctors Were Preparing to Remove Their Organs. Then They Woke Up.
nytimes.com

These Tiny, Beautiful Fossils Detail the History of the Ocean
smithsonianmag.com

Rare Red Sprites Captured Lighting up the Tibetan Night Sky Like Jellyfish-Shaped Firework
mymodernmet.com

Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Reverses Cognitive Decline [in mice]
scitechdaily.com

‘I Do Not Remember My Life and It’s Fine’
aethermug.com • (see also)

Singing For Last Time: What It’s Like to Lose Your Voice—Forever
lithub.com

Rare black iceberg spotted off Labrador coast could be 100,000 years old, prof says
cbc.ca

A ‘Crazy Idea’ About Pluto Was Just Confirmed in a Scientific First
sciencealert.com

Contraception warning over weight-loss drugs after dozens of pregnancies
theguardian.com

Astronomers detect most powerful explosions since Big Bang
popsci.com

How do genes affect being a great athlete?
thetech.org

What Really Happened in the Aftermath of the Lizard Squad Hacks
wired.com • Mirror

Researchers in China say they’ve built a laser-based system that can read letters three millimeters tall from nearly a mile away
vice.com

Archaeologists Discover More Than 100 Structures Linked to a Mysterious Pre-Columbian Civilization in the Remote Peruvian Andes
smithsonianmag.com

A Culture War is Brewing Over Moral Concern for AI
undark.org

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’
theguardian.com

The impossible predicament of the death newts
crookedtimber.org

20-Year Mystery of The Muon’s Wiggle May Finally Be Solved
sciencealert.com

Private Japanese lunar lander heads toward a touchdown in the moon’s far north
phys.org