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Video: What Happened to Titanic’s Surviving Crew After the Sinking? [27:30]
youtube.com

Jacques Pépin: Our Food Reflects Our History
nytimes.com

How Exactly Did Hunter-Gatherers Sleep? On Rest and Relaxation in the Prehistoric Era
lithub.com

Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time
quantamagazine.org

European probe snaps first images of the sun’s south pole
nbcnews.com

Best of Times, Worst of Times
mcgill.ca

An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories
wired.com • Mirror

Climate change is coming for your cheese
sciencenews.org

This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time
nytimes.com

Researchers Found Unnatural Patterns Beneath an Ancient Forest
popularmechanics.com

A 1,000 Year-Old Gold Bracelet Fragment Found on a British Isle Dates Back to When Vikings Ruled the Land
smithsonianmag.com

Hollywood studios target AI image generator in copyright lawsuit
arstechnica.com

The Italian government’s policies are halting archaeological discoveries
reason.com

‘The odds are astronomical’: Canadian man wins lottery jackpots four times
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The Nevada City That Turned Getting a Divorce Into a Tourist Attraction
saturdayeveningpost.com

‘Impossible’ particle that hit Earth may have been dark matter
newscientist.com • Mirror

IBM Tackles New Approach to Quantum Error Correction
spectrum.ieee.org

ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
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How an $18 Throw Pillow Led to the Discovery of a Famously Stolen Painting
mymodernmet.com

Astronomers spot likely birthplace of a new giant planet
knowridge.com

Video: The Hunt for the Holocaust Architect [19:45]
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Physicists Actually Made The ‘World’s Smallest Violin’ For a Serious Reason
sciencealert.com

A New Type of Propulsion Could Revolutionize Space Travel
popularmechanics.com

Video: The Grenfell Tower Fire: London’s High-Rise Scandal [33:37]
youtube.com

Where is the center of the universe?
theconversation.com

On the Destruction of the Deep Earth as a Destruction of the Self
lithub.com

‘We’ve got a new mystery on our hands’: Titan’s weird wobble just got even stranger
space.com

Weather makers: How microbes living in the clouds affect our lives
bbc.com

Behind the D-Day Weather Forecast that Saved the World
nytimes.com

That’s no ruby. It’s an extremely rare red diamond.
popsci.com

A Killer Within Easy Reach
nytimes.com

First passenger flight for electric CTOL aircraft lands at JFK
newatlas.com

“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.
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The Ancient Paths of an Iconic River
nautil.us

The Gateway to Hell Is Closing After 50 Years of Flames
vice.com

Tens of Thousands Were Treated for a Deadly Disease While Confined to Psychiatric Hospitals on These Two Venetian Islands
smithsonianmag.com

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