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An Army Ranger Training Tragedy and a Badge of Courage
esquire.com

On this day in 1939 a German handyman (and possible time traveller) almost succeeded
damninteresting.com

One of Nature’s Most Impressive Jumpers: The Springtail
nytimes.com

Solar storm smashes hole in Earth’s magnetosphere, triggering extremely rare pink auroras
livescience.com • (see also)

How Psychedelics Can Transform End-of-Life Care
slate.com

Rare fossil clam discovered alive
phys.org

“Telescoping can” wave energy device beats test predictions by 20%
newatlas.com

Scientists Say Stuff Might Have Been Happening Before the Big Bang
futurism.com • (see also)

Archaeologists find a trove of ancient human sacrifices fed psychedelic plants before death
salon.com • (see also)

Video: A Better Way To Picture Atoms [5:34]
youtube.com

The Enduring Mystery of the Dragonfly 44 Galaxy
quantamagazine.org

‘The Story of My Imposters’
theatlantic.com

Woman diagnosed with 12 tumors in her lifetime has a never-before-seen genetic mutation
livescience.com

Chinese scientists turn a simple wire into laser-like light
interestingengineering.com

A technologically advanced society is choosing to destroy itself. It’s both fascinating and horrifying to watch
theconversation.com

The true story behind the US’ first federal monuments
bbc.com

Bass instinct: low notes really do get people dancing, research finds
theguardian.com

The Moon Had Volcanoes Much More Recently Than We Thought, Says New Study
sciencealert.com

Remnants of planets found around 10 billion year old stars
digitaltrends.com

The Threat of Nuclear War Never Went Away
theatlantic.com

The Wood Wide Web: Scientists Debate Whether Trees Really Talk
nytimes.com

The Fibonacci Numbers Hiding in Strange Spaces
wired.com

Scientists are working on an official ‘alien contact protocol’ for when ET phones Earth
livescience.com

Bizarre star may have a solid surface, according to X-ray observations
newatlas.com

Ghost Particles Crashing Into Antarctica Could Change Astronomy Forever
cnet.com

This Weirdly Smart, Creeping Slime Is Redefining How We Understand Intelligence
sciencealert.com

A Host of Bizarre Creatures Has Been Found At The Bottom of The Ocean
sciencealert.com

10-Million-Years in the Making – Researchers Discover First-Ever Documented Hybrid of Its Kind
scitechdaily.com

Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial
bbc.com

The Blue That Enchanted the World
smithsonianmag.com

NASA Finds More Than 50 Super-Emitters of Methane
smithsonianmag.com

On Elon Musk’s Vision of Twitter as a Hive Mind
techpolicy.press

Star Trek for potatoes: can a hi-tech farm save french fries from the climate crisis?
theguardian.com

Memories Lucid and Fleeting: What Our Brains Do and Don’t Tell Us
lithub.com • (see also)

Uncanny visions in the 2022 Urban Photo Awards
newatlas.com

Earth-Like Exoplanets May Be More Common Than Previously Thought
scitechdaily.com

Video: Grant Sanderson (from 3Blue1Brown) discusses the briefly brilliant discovery of Paterson Primes [10:34]
youtube.com

100 years after Tutankhamun discovery new finds reveal more of ancient Egypt’s secrets
news.yahoo.com

How winning $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot could still lead to bankruptcy
theconversation.com • (see also)

How Howard Carter Discovered King Tut’s Golden Tomb
smithsonianmag.com

Video: How a 5-Month Trip on Starship Would Physically Change You Forever [13:39]
youtube.com

Astrophysicists Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
gizmodo.com

Twitter may have lost more than a million users since Elon Musk took over
technologyreview.com

Descend Into the Sewers With London’s Fatberg-Busters
atlasobscura.com

‘How I turned $15,000 into $1.2m during the pandemic – then lost it all’
theguardian.com

“Remarkable” results for new maternal RSV vaccine in Phase 3 trial
newatlas.com

This week: 🐖Martian pig vomit, 🧄Rasputin’s antidote, 🐝bumblebee playtime, and more!
damninteresting.com

Scientists unveil further proof of salty water on Mars
phys.org

Chinese Rocket Plummets to Earth, and One Country Halts Its Air Traffic
cnet.com

How a sand battery could transform clean energy
bbc.com

How Brains Send a Signal That It’s Time to Vomit
nytimes.com • (see also)

NASA’s Artemis I mega moon rocket is back on the launchpad ahead of third launch attempt
cnn.com

NASA Asteroid Threat Practice Drill Shows We’re Not Ready
scientificamerican.com

Don’t worry – Picking your nose doesn’t cause Alzheimer’s disease
newatlas.com

A Woman Had Cancer 12 Times by Age 36. Her Genes Showed Something Never Seen Before
sciencealert.com

The Father-Daughter Team Who Reformed America
smithsonianmag.com

Shattered by Nazi Bombs, a Fossil’s Lost Copies Are Just Being Found
nytimes.com

Video: Could one vaccine protect against everything? [5:45]
youtube.com

China Plans to Send Monkeys to Space Station to Have Sex With Each Other
futurism.com

The Largest Tree on Planet Earth
mossandfog.com • (Tree also)