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The Bright Side: Earth’s ozone layer is healing thanks to international action, UN says
france24.com

One Vigilante, 22 Cell Tower Fires, and a World of Conspiracies
wired.com • Mirror

These Long-Lost 17th-Century Paintings Were Looted by the Nazis. They Just Surfaced at an Ohio Auction House
smithsonianmag.com

Video: An Engineer’s Perspective on the Texas Floods [23:13]
youtube.com

On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
npr.org

Inside Ukraine’s Deadly Game of Drone Warfare
theatlantic.com • Mirror

Divers recover artifacts from the Titanic’s sister ship Britannic for the first time
apnews.com

Antarctic expeditioners join research project to help astronauts on space missions
abc.net.au

Incredibly Realistic 3D Models of the Moon’s Surface (From 1874!)
kottke.org

Your First Call After You Shoot Someone
newyorker.com • Mirror

‘Is a memory palace actually useful? It helped me memorize the first 20 digits of pi’
theguardian.com

The Lost Art Of Thinking Historically
noemamag.com

Underground Conquest: Cave Exploration and Nationalism
daily.jstor.org

Video: The Only Way To Stop A Killer Asteroid [12:43]
youtube.com

105 years ago today, a terrorist attack struck Wall Street in New York City
damninteresting.com

Earth’s climate is chaotic and volatile. Climate change is simple and predictable. How can both be true?
quantamagazine.org

‘We were being watched by the KGB’: how Scorpions made Wind of Change
theguardian.com

How a Billionaire’s Plan to Reach Another Star Fell Apart
scientificamerican.com

Why AI Narrators Will Never Be Able to Tell a Real Human Story
lithub.com • (see also)

Potentially habitable, Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have an atmosphere, James Webb telescope hints
livescience.com

Video: Scientists Don’t Know Where Gold Comes From [13:02]
youtube.com • (see also)

Florida Woman Fights Off Alligator to Save Her Puppy
nytimes.com • Mirror

Sound of a Black Hole ‘Kicked’ Through Space Heard in a Stunning First
sciencealert.com

Smell triggers the same brain response as taste does – even if you haven’t eaten anything
theconversation.com

How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The “boot camp” promised a miracle. That’s not what they experienced.
slate.com

Video: The real reason Britain has twin towns [12:49]
youtube.com

How a Harvard maverick forever changed our concept of the stars
sciencenews.org

Engineers Are Pitching the Idea of a Crash-Proof Airplane
vice.com

On this day in 1952, Captain James Robinson Risner executed arguably the most daring rescue in aviation history
damninteresting.com

Video: The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute [1:25:37]
youtu.be

The sound of crying babies makes our faces hotter, according to new research
phys.org

This Star Is Consuming Its Companion And Could Explode Brilliantly
universetoday.com

What the Trees Are Telling Us
daily.jstor.org

Are we living in a black hole?
nationalgeographic.com

Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine?
nytimes.com • Mirror

‘You just can’t recreate that glow’: The people who hunt old TVs
bbc.com

NASA’s GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time
jpl.nasa.gov

Scientists track down fresh boulder falls on the moon
space.com

Nudists Declare War on SpaceX
futurism.com

‘Was it all smoke and mirrors?’: How adult children are affected by grey divorce
bbc.com

60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal incredible details
arstechnica.com

Why OpenAI’s solution to AI hallucinations would kill ChatGPT tomorrow
theconversation.com

Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 Years
gizmodo.com

On this day in 1979, two desperate families took to the sky in a homemade hot air balloon
damninteresting.com

Video: This Event Changed Every School in America [11:53]
youtube.com

Blue Eyes Are Just an Illusion (and What Makes Green So Rare)
vice.com

The builder who photographed distant galaxies
bbc.com

The dirty truth behind the e-waste recycling industry
restofworld.org

Video: Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades? [4:03]
youtube.com

Man, 34, Has Tooth Implanted in Eye to Restore His Vision
today.com

A Single, ‘Naked’ Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe
quantamagazine.org

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart
theguardian.com

Video: The Golden Ratio Makes This Cactus Illusion Work [11:13]
youtube.com

The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing
grist.org

An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists
nytimes.com • Mirror

‘Glue gun’ prints bone grafts directly onto fractures during surgery
newatlas.com

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 winners unveiled
space.com

Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources
arstechnica.com

The wedding crasher mystery solved after four years
bbc.com