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Two Indian researchers have designed a shoe rack that banishes foul odours
bbc.com

France’s Republican calendar and the doomed battle to revolutionise time
rfi.fr

Woman hospitalized with pain and vomiting—diet soda cured her
arstechnica.com • (see also)

New analysis of Apollo sample rewrites a chapter of the moon’s early history
phys.org

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem
thewalrus.ca

‘It reinforced the idea that anything can happen’: The glitch in Super Mario Bros that obsessed gamers
bbc.com

Extraterrestrials are People, Too
nautil.us • (see also)

How to Measure Nothing Better
spectrum.ieee.org

Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, scientists claim
bbc.com

Near the black hole at our Galaxy’s centre, there are things that even the Webb Telescope can’t see
skyatnightmagazine.com

‘We were obedient our entire lives’: the nuns who broke back into their convent
theguardian.com

This week: Skipping champions, Malthusian revision, bouncy house airplane, and more!
damninteresting.com

Archaeologists Discover a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb in Southern Spain
smithsonianmag.com

Astrocat Félicette in Photos: The Story of the First Cat Launched Into Space
rarehistoricalphotos.com

Sept. 26, 2005: Cassini visits Saturn’s weirdest moon
astronomy.com

Your Consciousness Is Shaping Reality, According to This Mind-Bending Theory
popularmechanics.com

Video: Is it really that bad to eat cookie dough? [5:04]
youtube.com

Venus Might Have Giant Underground Tunnels—Here’s What That Means
vice.com

Weird glass in Australia appears to be from giant asteroid impact — but scientists ‘yet to locate the crater’
livescience.com

Video: Why There’s a 61-Mile Conveyor Belt in the Sahara Desert [8:10]
youtube.com

The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply
theconversation.com

Glimpse Spectacularly Tiny Worlds in Winning Videos from Nikon’s Small World In Motion Competition
thisiscolossal.com

Video: When A Professional Restores An Old Oil Painting [15:15]
youtube.com

The Silent Language of Birds
nautil.us

When Bruce Lee Trained With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
lithub.com

Why September 27, 2025 is the ‘coolest mathematical date of our lifetime’
popsci.com

The Apple Sleuth
saturdayeveningpost.com

Scientists Weigh the Risks of ‘Mirror Life,’ Synthetic Molecules With a Reverse Version of Life’s Building Blocks
smithsonianmag.com

Two hundred years ago, Shildon in north-east England changed the way we travel forever
bbc.com

Not Spiral. Not Elliptical. So What Exactly Is This Galaxy?
scitechdaily.com

Married Conjoined Twin Answers Sex Question Strangers Won’t Stop Asking
vice.com

Photographer Shares Images of 1970s New York For the First Time
mymodernmet.com

Chemogenetic breakthrough reverses cognitive decline by powering up brain mitochondria
psypost.org

Scientists discover 85 ‘active’ lakes buried beneath Antarctica’s ice
livescience.com • (see also)

One of the Oldest Organisms on Earth Thrives in Yellowstone’s Scalding Hydrothermal Features
discovermagazine.com

Finding Exomoons Using Their Host Planet’s Wobble
universetoday.com

DNA Study of 117-Year-Old Woman Reveals Clues to a Long Life
sciencealert.com

Video: The Chernobyl Shield Is Broken – Here’s What That Means [21:44]
youtube.com • (see also)

15 Years Into the Boom, Iceland Asks if It’s Had Enough of Mass Tourism
nytimes.com • Mirror • (see also)

Somehow, Earth’s ancient core froze solid. Now we finally know why
sciencefocus.com

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youtube.com

‘I’ve Written About Loads of Scams. This Phone Scam Almost Got Me.’
nytimes.com • Mirror

Different types of magic mushrooms use unique biochemical paths to produce the same active compound
phys.org

In 1909, Theodore Roosevelt Embarked on an Ambitious Expedition to East Africa. Here’s Why His Trip Still Matters Today
smithsonianmag.com

Winners of the 2025 Natural Landscape Photography Awards
theatlantic.com • Mirror

Ukrainians Are Going behind Enemy Lines to Find the Children Russia Stole
thewalrus.ca

The Last Resort
thebeliever.net • (sea also)

Huntington’s disease successfully treated for first time
bbc.com

Why Do Night Shift Workers Fall Sick More Frequently?
the-scientist.com

Video: This Recipe Took 3 Years… Ninja Kikatsugan [20:50]
youtube.com

The planet, and human social life, depend on peasant farmers
aeon.co

A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
space.com

Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable
theconversation.com

Solving the mystery of whether a Bolivian salt flat is the world’s largest natural mirror
phys.org

Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat
theconversation.com

Liquid Water Once Flowed on Asteroid Ryugu’s Parent Body, Scientists Say
sci.news

The Heart of a Haunting Galaxy
nautil.us

Video: Making a working Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy prop from junk [35:25]
youtube.com

This Shipwreck Eluded Searchers for 139 Years. A Group of Historians and Citizen Scientists Found It in Two Hours
smithsonianmag.com

“These Features Were Completely Unexpected”: Webb Telescope Detects Unexplained ‘Structures’ in Saturn’s Atmosphere
thedebrief.org