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How Psychedelics Affect the Brain: What We Know, and What We Think We Know
the-scientist.com

On this day in 1957, a radioactive cooling tank in Russia exploded, hurling seventy tons of radioactive fission products into the atmosphere
damninteresting.com

A Chinese Astronaut Heard A Sound In Space That Hasn’t Been Explained In Two Decades
bgr.com

Vast Anomaly in Earth’s Gravity Field Signals Shifts Deep Beneath The Surface
sciencealert.com

Tiny Arctic Organisms Are Defying the Rules of Biology
scitechdaily.com

Video: How Egypt is Flooding the Desert [24:32]
youtube.com

Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence
nytimes.com • Mirror

Unusual New 3I/ATLAS Discovery Suggests the Interstellar Comet is “Anomalously Massive”
thedebrief.org

Michaelina Wautier: the female Flemish artist now seen as an old master
theguardian.com

From the Origin of Life to the Future of Medicine
the-scientist.com

Torngat Mountains visitor gets front row seat as black bear fights polar bear
cbc.ca

The stripper who ushered in the modern subscription-based internet
thehustle.co • (see also)

New JWST Data Shows Rogue Planet With a Colorful Combo of Wavelengths, Strong Storms, and Beautiful Auroras
discovermagazine.com

‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever
theguardian.com

‘I took a job on a whim on New Year’s Eve – and ended up stranded at sea for six months’
bbc.com

Americans Still Obey a Time System From 1916. Scientists Say It’s Breaking Our Bodies.
popularmechanics.com

Solving the 100-year-old mystery of two missing Scottish soldiers
bbc.com

‘Why I gave the world wide web away for free’
theguardian.com

New Math Revives Geometry’s Oldest Problems
quantamagazine.org

To Understand America, Look to the Everyday Apple
thewalrus.ca

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