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Fracking Boom Turns Texas Into the Earthquake Capital of the U.S.
bloomberg.com

A margarine heir vowed to give away his $25M fortune in 1970. It didn’t go as planned
cbc.ca

Rodney King’s Finest Hour
theatlantic.com

Study: They’re All Good Dogs, and It Has Nothing to Do With Their Breed
nytimes.com

Russia Will Quit International Space Station Over Sanctions
bloomberg.com

Experience: ‘I bake recipes I find on gravestones’
theguardian.com

A decade ago today we launched our Damnload donation system to support our writings/podcasts (though this month it may fail us)
damninteresting.com

This week: 🧼Hotel soap revived, 🧩eternal puzzles, 🥢electrified chopsticks, and more!
damninteresting.com

Pepto-Bismol compound’s structure unveiled after 120 years
chemistryworld.com

Cold showers: a scientist explains if they are as good for you as Wim Hof (the ‘Iceman’) suggests
theconversation.com

‘I feel your pain’: confessions of a hyper-empath
theguardian.com

Your Smartphone’s Selfie Cam Can See a Lot by Capturing Reflections in Your Pupils
gizmodo.com

Do we have bacteria that live in our blood?
sciencenorway.no

Archaeologists Discover Temple in Egypt Inspired by Greek God Zeus
smithsonianmag.com

Are the Great Lakes Really Inland Seas?
atlasobscura.com

The Spanish city where water defies gravity
bbc.com

These meteorites contain all of the building blocks of DNA
livescience.com

Catch a falling rocket with a helicopter? Yes, that’s the plan
reuters.com

The instability at the beginning of the solar system: Does it portend an undiscovered planet?
phys.org

World’s smallest gears measure mere nanometers to power molecular machines
newatlas.com

Nikola Tesla told him: “Bury your Findings until Humanity is Ready”
messynessychic.com • (see also)

One-way superconducting diode has massive implications for electronics
newatlas.com

Secrets of the Moon’s Permanent Shadows Are Coming to Light
quantamagazine.org

An Interstellar Meteor Crashed to Earth. This Astronomer Wants to See If It’s Aliens.
vice.com

Video: How an Architect Redesigns NYC Streets [7:24]
youtube.com

James Webb telescope completes optical alignment, ready for final instrument calibration phase of commissioning
nasaspaceflight.com

Russia deploys trained dolphins at Black Sea naval base, satellite images show
theguardian.com • (see also)

Balloon detects first signs of a ‘sound tunnel’ in the sky
science.org

Two-inch diamond wafers could store a billion Blu-Ray’s worth of data
newatlas.com

Handy Mnemonics: The Five-Fingered Memory Machine
publicdomainreview.org

Skulls at Mexico ‘crime scene’ were sacrificial remains from AD900
theguardian.com

How Automation Made America Work Harder
saturdayeveningpost.com

Creed Bratton Has a Story to Tell
esquire.com

Antonin Personnaz’s Autochrome Dreams Of Early 20th Century France
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Why we need to stop thinking about parents, offspring and sex when we try to understand how life reproduces itself
aeon.co

The last phone boxes: broken glass, cider cans and – amazingly – a dial tone
theguardian.com

New Zealand’s town that needs a passport
bbc.com

Mars Helicopter Flies Over NASA Wreckage
futurism.com

Video: Why a Billionaire Tried to Stop This Bridge [7:22]
youtube.com

An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway and 30,000 Unopened Letters
nytimes.com

World’s Oldest Person, Kane Tanaka of Japan, Dies at 119
people.com

Photos: Two Months of War in Ukraine
theatlantic.com

Video: Why Car Crash Tests Need A Crucial Update [9:30]
youtube.com

Here’s How Martian Explorers Could Best Produce Electricity on the Red Planet
gizmodo.com

‘Bossware is coming for almost every worker’: the software you might not realize is watching you
theguardian.com

Heatwave in India breaks records, still worsening
earthsky.org

Breakthrough Discovery of the One-Way Superconductor
scitechdaily.com

Researchers develop a paper-thin loudspeaker
news.mit.edu

Workers discover ‘unprecedented’ Phoenician necropolis in southern Spain
theguardian.com

The Severed Head and the Soviet Space Plane
supercluster.com

Pterosaurs had brightly colored feathers like toucans, according to a new study
salon.com

At Home and in the Office with America’s First Black Millionairess
messynessychic.com

How to Use (or Not Use) a Hyphen
newyorker.com

Cooking on the Frontlines with Chef José Andrés
gq.com

Going underground: Ukraine’s subterranean fighters highlight the benefit – and long history – of tunnels in warfare
theconversation.com

Video: The Autochrome; Color photos? Just add potatoes. [26:32]
youtube.com • (see also)

Ancient Genes for Symbiosis Hint at Mitochondria’s Origins
quantamagazine.org

The Mystery of the Puffer Fish Helmets of Kiribati
atlasobscura.com

What Lurks in a Drowned Forest in Alabama?
nautil.us

One Of Mars’s Moons Is Going To Crash Into The Planet
giantfreakinrobot.com