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Scientists Use Century-Old Seaweed to Solve a Marine Mystery
smithsonianmag.com

How Mass Incarceration Has Shaped History
daily.jstor.org

Game Breaking: How Cheat Codes Changed Video Games Forever
popularmechanics.com

Tattoos damage skin sweat glands, landmark study claims
newatlas.com

There might be even more underground reservoirs of liquid water on Mars
technologyreview.com

US city warned over brain-eating microbe in water
bbc.com

First Compelling Evidence of Organisms That Eat Viruses as a Food Source
sciencealert.com

‘There is a fear that this will eradicate dwarfism’: the controversy over a new growth drug
theguardian.com • (see also)

How do you measure Everest? It’s complicated by frostbite—and politics.
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

A Psychological Trick Changed Diabetics’ Blood Sugar Levels
realclearscience.com • (see also)

New curio by Alan Bellows: Misguided Missiles
dam.mn

Researchers theorize how phosphine ended up in Venus’ atmosphere
slashgear.com

The Plant Pandemics Just Keep on Coming
theatlantic.com • (see also)

The weird world of kidnapping insurance
theweek.com

Gallery: Stalin’s Rope Roads
flashbak.com

The daring plan to save the Arctic ice with glass
bbc.com

Video: Footage of the Hindenburg Disaster, colorized and upscaled with AI [5:26]
youtube.com • (see also)

Could the Sahara ever be green again?
livescience.com

A ‘Climate Anomaly’ Worsened World War I and the 1918 Flu Pandemic, New Research Suggests
gizmodo.com

Here’s How You Can ‘See’ Molecules—on a Whole ‘Nother Planet
wired.com

Astronauts are Getting a New Toilet Next Week
universetoday.com

Why figs need wasps—here’s how mutualism works
nationalgeographic.com

These weird, unsettling photos show that AI is getting smarter
technologyreview.com

Inside eBay’s Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal
nytimes.com

America’s Hidden Big Cat Problem
gizmodo.com

The Power and Paradox of Bad Software
wired.com

Kitty see, kitty do: cat imitates human, in first scientific demonstration of behavior
sciencemag.org

Tiny, magnetically controlled robots coax nerve cells to grow connections
sciencenews.org

New measurements show moon has hazardous radiation levels
apnews.com

US probe to touch down on asteroid Bennu on October 20
phys.org

Why is there a hurricane season?
sciencefocus.com

The Mad 1920s Fad of Pole-Sitting
messynessychic.com

Ancient microbial life used arsenic to thrive in a world without oxygen
theconversation.com • (see also)

The Biggest Fundamental Questions That ‘42’ Really Is The Answer To
forbes.com

The Saga of Midori Naka
atlasobscura.com

The birthplace of a new ocean
bbc.com

New ep: Underground orchids, plant battles, pine needle power plants, nonverbal accents, parrot dialects, mountain-powered clocks
damninteresting.com

With Deutsche Bank’s help, an oligarch’s buying spree trails ruin across the US heartland
icij.org

When the pandemic quieted San Francisco, these birds could hear each other sing
nationalgeographic.com

Reasons Revealed for the Brain’s Elastic Sense of Time
quantamagazine.org

The Dawn of Transatlantic Flight
airspacemag.com

Could Jurassic Park keep its dinosaurs alive in a present-day environment?
syfy.com

The detection of phosphine in Venus’ clouds is a big deal
earthsky.org

Newfound brain structure explains why some birds are so smart—and maybe even self-aware
sciencemag.org

Beaked Whale Shatters Record With 3 Hour 42 Minute Dive
nytimes.com

Video: ‘I Can Twist My Eye Around Its Pupil (And So Can You)’ [12:50]
youtube.com

What We Don’t Know about the World Beneath Our Feet
saturdayeveningpost.com

First Evidence of a Planet in Another Galaxy
discovermagazine.com

Too Much Licorice Stopped Man’s Heart and Killed Him, Doctors Say
gizmodo.com

How much gold is there left to mine in the world?
bbc.com

‘Close to 100% accuracy’: Helsinki airport uses sniffer dogs to detect Covid
theguardian.com

Purple Reign: A passion for purple built the Phoenicians’ vast trading empire
nationalgeographic.com

The short weird life—and potential afterlife—of quantum radar
sciencemag.org

Gallery: Experimental Imaging at the Birth of Modern Science
publicdomainreview.org

Block That Bomb: How Cold Warriors Stopped Nuclear Smuggling
airspacemag.com • (see also)

The Unlikely Endurance of the Rubik’s Cube
undark.org

Physicists Argue That Black Holes From the Big Bang Could Be the Dark Matter
quantamagazine.org

12,000 Feet Up, With a Storm Coming In
nytimes.com

The disruption con: why big tech’s favourite buzzword is nonsense
theguardian.com

Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too
nautil.us