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Scientists Just Solved a Solar Mystery That Baffled Humanity For Centuries
popularmechanics.com

The Foehn effect: why it’s warmer on one side of a mountain than the other
theguardian.com

Unique 1.5m year-old ice to be melted to unlock mystery
bbc.com

Exoplanet is shrinking before the X-ray eyes of NASA’s Chandra spacecraft: ‘The future for this baby planet doesn’t look great’
space.com

Some Researchers Are Hiding Secret Messages in Their Papers, but They’re Not Meant for Humans
smithsonianmag.com

‘What I Inherited from My Criminal Great-Grandparents’
newyorker.com • Mirror

How Android phones became an earthquake warning system
arstechnica.com

California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power
theconversation.com

“There Will Be No Mercy”: On the Frontlines of War in Ethiopia
magazine.atavist.com

World’s most accurate clock requires a 2-mile laser beam
popsci.com • (see also)

Killer whales hunt following ‘a geometrical pattern’: They divide roles to stun their prey
english.elpais.com

Video: Ryugyong Hotel: Inside North Korea’s Forbidden Skyscraper [29:00]
youtube.com

The Twin Bandits Who (Nearly) Outsmarted Australian Police
magazine.atavist.com

Man Escapes Prison by Hiding in Released Cellmate’s Laundry Bag
vice.com

Preserved Blood Vessels Discovered in a Rib Bone from the World’s Largest T. Rex Could Shed Light on How Dinosaurs Healed
smithsonianmag.com

A New Geometry for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
quantamagazine.org

Astrophotographer captures galactic fireworks near the Seahorse Nebula in eerie deep-space photo
space.com

New Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found
nytimes.com

‘I’ve never seen a case like Constance Marten and Mark Gordon’s – it was jaw-dropping’
bbc.com

Astronomers witness the birth of a planetary system for the 1st time (video)
space.com

On this day in 1962 the pint-size Davy Crockett atomic weapon system was tested in the Nevada desert
damninteresting.com

Video: Is This New York Skyscraper Cursed? [19:43]
youtube.com

Animals react to secret sounds from plants, say scientists
bbc.com

The cause of sudden cardiac arrest is one of medicine’s great — and most underfunded — mysteries.
nymag.com • Mirror

Video: The Hidden Engineering of Floating Bridges [17:35]
youtube.com

Babies made using three people’s DNA are born free of hereditary disease
bbc.com

The breakthrough proof bringing mathematics closer to a grand unified theory
nature.com

Gemini North image of 3I/ATLAS
skyatnightmagazine.com

Another hole has formed at Yellowstone National Park, geologists say
abcnews.go.com

Did a Montreal Teacher Try to Sell His Students’ “Creepy” Art?
thewalrus.ca

Why is South Korea retrying a spy chief who assassinated a president?
bbc.com

80 years ago today, Professor Edgerton’s atomic camera captured images of the first nuclear explosion
damninteresting.com

Inside the Silicon Valley push to breed super-babies
msn.com

Amateur Astrophotographer Captures Incredible Solar Eclipse on Saturn
mymodernmet.com

We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?
newscientist.com • Mirror

Astronomer Says the Object Approaching Us From Beyond the Solar System Is Not What We Think
futurism.com

NYC’s Subway Flooding Isn’t A Fluke. It’s The Reality For Cities In A Warming World
npr.org

Photographer’s Incredible Nebula Photo Took Three Years to Capture
petapixel.com

Video: Typhoid Mary’s Peach Ice Cream [23:49]
youtube.com

27 Notes On Growing Old(er)
ian-leslie.com • via

MIT’s bionic knee offers natural movement for amputees
newatlas.com

The handshake in orbit that made the International Space Station possible
bbc.com

Photos: The Grand Canyon Burns
theatlantic.com

Don’t bet on Friday: Research shows financial risk-taking rises at end of work week, without payoff
phys.org

Newly-Discovered Interstellar Comet is Billions of Years Older Than the Solar System
universetoday.com

Remember Webb’s ‘impossible’ black holes? Astronomers may have found the answer in the Infinity Galaxy
skyatnightmagazine.com

Video: Why Gravity Is A Lie, explained in Zero G [22:24]
youtube.com • (see also)

His alleged victims say he bribed the New York Police, stole millions in diamonds, and persuaded celebrities to shill for a scam cryptocurrency
magazine.atavist.com

Tiny Brain Region Orchestrates How We Segment and Remember Life Events
neurosciencenews.com

Video: Why The QWERTY Keyboard Actually Sucks [8:09]
youtube.com

Astronomers discover giant alien planet 35 times more massive than Earth hiding in a known star system | Space
space.com

How the Ancient Greeks Built Their Magnificent Temples: The Art of Ancient Engineering
openculture.com

‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon
theguardian.com

Research shows path toward protocells on Saturn’s moon Titan
phys.org

Video: The Real Reason Miracle Houses Don’t Burn Down [18:16]
youtube.com

What Caused the ‘Baby Boom’? What Would It Take to Have Another?
derekthompson.org

Have Eagle-Eyed Experts Found This 316-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin That Was Looted During World War II?
smithsonianmag.com

Videos From the Amazon Reveal an Unexpected Animal Friendship
nytimes.com

Conversations With a Hit Man About a Notorious Cold Case
magazine.atavist.com

‘Climate Delusion’ Or Vital Solution? Carbon Capture’s Uphill Battle
noemamag.com