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Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles with Company That Used Her Cells
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Earth to Voyager: NASA detects signal from spacecraft, two weeks after losing contact
npr.org

Hunting for life on ocean worlds with OWLS
astronomy.com • (see also)

Check Out Some of the Oldest Photos in the World
mossandfog.com

Arrowhead housed at Bern History Museum found to be made from meteoritic iron
phys.org

Why President Warren G. Harding’s Sudden Death Sparked Rumors of Murder and Suicide
smithsonianmag.com

A Mysterious Meat Allergy Caused By A Tick Bite Is Now “An Emerging Public Health Concern”
inverse.com

When AI Is Trained on AI-Generated Data, Strange Things Start to Happen
futurism.com

Moscow drone attacks: Residents shrug off skyscraper strikes
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A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
science.org

50 years ago today Uri Geller appeared on the Tonight Show, and utterly failed to impress Johnny Carson
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Aliens Could Build Massive Megastructures to Save Dying Stars
inverse.com

Photos: London’s Urban Foxes
theatlantic.com

Tickling Rats Reveals a Brain Region Linked to Laughter and Play
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Can Phobos and Deimos be seen from the surface of Mars?
astronomy.com

Europe turns its new $1.5 billion space telescope on, and happily it works
arstechnica.com

Who Paid for a Mysterious Spy Tool? The FBI, an FBI Inquiry Found.
nytimes.com

Man Jumps Into Lake, Dies From Electrocution
futurism.com

Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel
scitechdaily.com

The Secret Life of the 500+ Cables That Run the Internet
cnet.com • (see also)

How AI May Be Used to Create Custom Disinformation Ahead of 2024
wired.com

How an Amateur Diver Became a True-Crime Sensation
newyorker.com

The Tigris: The river that birthed civilisation
bbc.com

Inside the Wagner Group’s Armed Uprising
newyorker.com

Pay dirt for ice core scientists in East Greenland as they reach bedrock
news.ku.dk

Mother of 3 woke from a coma thinking she was 15. Years of her life are still out of memory’s reach
cbc.ca • (see also)

Video: This Omega Seamaster Was All That Survived A Tragic Plane Crash in the 1970s [58:48]
youtube.com

Three Ancient Roman Coins That Were Part of a Hoard Found in the U.K. Were Mysteriously Swapped With Other, More Valuable Coins
news.artnet.com

Hiroshima attack marks its 78th anniversary – its lessons of unnecessary mass destruction could help guide future nuclear arms talks
theconversation.com • (see also)

Banished to a Remote Idaho Valley, Beavers Created a Lush Wetland
e360.yale.edu

Video: How Voyager 2 Threaded The Needle Through Space [10:26]
youtube.com

OceanGate co-founder wants to send 1,000 people to Venus by 2050
interestingengineering.com

Excavations Uncover Hints of Nero’s Theater in Rome, and Much More
nytimes.com

Could Earth ever become a rogue planet?
space.com • (see also)

The Bizarrely Unbalanced Early Universe Might Explain Why We Exist
inverse.com

Video: Storing dead people at -196°C [5:35]
youtube.com

Born without arms, French horn player Felix Klieser uses his feet to play
bbc.com

The PLATO Mission Could be the Most Successful Planet Hunter Ever
universetoday.com

Nanotech used to grow eye cells as a potential treatment for blindness
newatlas.com • (see also)

Cracking the curry recipe: Iconic dish was introduced to Southeast Asia about 2,000 years ago
zmescience.com

This Ancient Weapon Was Made From an Object That Fell Out of The Sky
sciencealert.com

Kent scientists climb cathedral roofs to collect cosmic dust
theguardian.com

Extraordinary photos of July’s extreme weather
bbc.co.uk

New Simulation Reveals the Churning Interiors of Giant Stars
universetoday.com

Why Do Cats Knead?
discovermagazine.com

Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy
space.com

Astronomers are Watching a Planet Get its Atmosphere Blasted Away into Space
universetoday.com

The Mystery of the Colorado River’s Missing Water
wired.com

Scientists Say Textbooks Are Wrong About How Life Exploded on Earth
futurism.com • (see also)

Women Hunters Were Extremely Common in Ancient and Modern-Day Foraging Societies
discovermagazine.com

Quake it off: Taylor Swift fans generate seismic activity during Seattle shows
theguardian.com

This week: Prescription video games, gambling for normies, birdfeed seller’s gambit, and more!
damninteresting.com

European satellite plunges back to Earth in first-of-its-kind assisted re-entry
arstechnica.com

Melting Swiss glacier uncovers climber missing since 1986
bbc.com

Why Dunkin’ and Lego rebrands succeeded – but X missed the mark
theconversation.com

A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies
businessinsider.nl

Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best
arstechnica.com

A series of planned commands sent to NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft July 21 inadvertently caused the antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth
jpl.nasa.gov • (see also)

Ukraine moves Christmas date to 25 December in snub to Russia
theguardian.com

Fly-ing solo: scientists discover genetic on-switch for “virgin birth” in fruit flies
salon.com