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First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history
theconversation.com • (see also)

Can Wikipedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process?
nytimes.com

How AI is bringing film stars back from the dead
bbc.com

Video: Fiery crash as passenger train ploughs into truck in Indonesia [00:34]
bbc.com

Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed?
nature.com • (see also)

The Psychology Behind Playing Hard-to-Get: Is It Effective?
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Two-faced star exposed: Unusual white dwarf with a hydrogen side and a helium side
phys.org

Autonomous, omnidirectional hamster ball robot can fly over obstacles
newatlas.com

Scientists discover ‘glitched’ neutron star that obliterated an asteroid, then fired off a brilliant explosion
space.com

Scientists discover ancient, underwater volcano is still active — and covered in up to a million giant eggs
yahoo.com

What the automation of telephone operators tells us about AI’s effect on work
vox.com

JWST Just Detected Carbon in The Cosmic Dawn… Before We Thought Carbon Was Possible
sciencealert.com

Video: Deep Fakes are About to Change Everything [20:40]
youtube.com

The Existential Crisis of Writing for Free
thewalrus.ca

Can This Genetically Engineered Tree Help Solve Climate Change?
inverse.com

Mystery object that washed up on Australia beach believed to be part of a rocket
cbsnews.com

The armor of armored fish started out as part of the nervous system
arstechnica.com

Does this exoplanet have a ‘sibling’ sharing the same orbit?
phys.org

Video: Why Oppenheimer Deserves His Own Movie [32:51]
youtube.com

For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon
arstechnica.com

Video: Why This NASA Battery May Be The Future of Energy Storage [14:22]
youtube.com

Mind-controlling hairworms are a genetic engima
zmescience.com

40 years of the Nintendo Famicom – the console that changed the games industry
theguardian.com

Fierce mammal and its dinosaur prey fossilized in volcanic eruption
cbc.ca

Is 6 hours of sleep enough for you? A professor explains
sciencefocus.com • (see also)

AI System Helped Cops Identify a Drug Trafficker Just by Analyzing His Driving Patterns
gizmodo.com

On this day in 1917 the residents of Clipperton Island took matters into their own hands
damninteresting.com

Down in the hollers: eastern Kentucky mountain life – in pictures
theguardian.com • (see also)

The Wild Conspiracy Theory That the CIA Wrote the Scorpions Ballad ‘Wind of Change’
popularmechanics.com

How Benjamin Franklin fought money counterfeiters
sciencenews.org • (see also)

The Real History Behind Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’
smithsonianmag.com

Humans may soon grow new teeth, with promising drug trial set
newatlas.com

The enigma of the girl who turns into bone while her identical twin remains healthy
english.elpais.com

There were two big bangs
iai.tv • (see also)

Research team identifies giant swirling waves at the edge of Jupiter’s magnetosphere
phys.org

X-Rays Uncover the Secrets of 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Paintings
smithsonianmag.com

Gangs control the capital. Foreign help is scarce. Can the embattled island nation save itself?
newyorker.com

This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape
spectrum.ieee.org

Hot Sargassum Summer
slate.com

Rescuing the Frogs
nautil.us

On this day in 1962 the pint-size Davy Crockett atomic weapon system was tested in the Nevada desert
damninteresting.com

Elyse G.’s brain is fabulous. It’s also missing a big chunk
sciencenews.org

Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them
wired.com • (see also)

Why Do Archaeologists Rebury Their Excavations?
smithsonianmag.com

‘I Have Cancer. I Can’t Put My Kids First Anymore.’
theatlantic.com

What is AI? A simple guide to help you understand artificial intelligence
bbc.com

Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial
theconversation.com

AUKUS treaty members set sights on revolutionary quantum sub navigation
newatlas.com

Missing the Manhattan Project
thenewatlantis.com

Mystery object: Australian police warn public away from huge cylinder found washed up on WA beach
theguardian.com

Comedy Pet Photography Awards: Meet some of the finalists
bbc.co.uk

A Bronx Cop Recalls Five Thousand Killings
newyorker.com

Video: Why is North up? [9:56]
youtu.be

The gravitational interactions that have helped us dodge 60-hour days
arstechnica.com

Super-close supernova captivates record number of citizen scientists
space.com

In Rare Event, French Woman Hit By Meteorite While Having Coffee On Terrace
ndtv.com

World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Rocket Engine Begins Construction
sciencealert.com

All Publicity is Good Publicity: How Simple Familiarity Influences Our Decisions
lithub.com

Australian sailor and his dog survive two months at sea
bbc.com • Video

Legacies Lost and Found
daily.jstor.org