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BA.2.86 shows just how risky slacking off on COVID monitoring is
arstechnica.com

Why do we perspire? Do men do it more than women? Can you really ‘sweat out the toxins’?
theguardian.com

Video: How A Nuclear War Will Start [8:53]
youtube.com • (see also)

The big idea: should we colonise other planets?
theguardian.com

How consciousness may rely on brain cells acting collectively – new psychedelics research on rats
theconversation.com

Nature’s Quantum Code: Unraveling the Secrets of Photosynthesis
scitechdaily.com

The trade-off that helped some trilobites survive mass extinctions
arstechnica.com

Did Australia’s boomerangs pave the way for flight?
bbc.com

Scientists Believe Light Speed Travel Is Possible. Here’s How.
popularmechanics.com

“Forgetting” Might Not Be a Bad Thing – Scientists Propose That It Could Be a Functional Feature of the Brain
scitechdaily.com

This is how your brain distinguishes reality from imagination
psyche.co • (see also)

Spotless giraffe, thought to be only one in world, born at Tennessee zoo
theguardian.com

What Happens to All the Stuff We Return?
newyorker.com

Ukrainian drone destroys Russian supersonic bomber
bbc.com

James Webb Space Telescope fresh look at the Ring Nebula (photos)
space.com

Hookworms successfully prevent type 2 diabetes in human trial
newatlas.com

South Pole Electrical Infrastructure
brr.fyi

Incredible Nature Photography by Pepe Soho
mossandfog.com

Who Was the Enslaved Child Painted Out of This 1837 Portrait?
smithsonianmag.com

Introducing PIBOT, the world’s first humanoid robot pilot
newatlas.com

Want to have your genes tested? It might be genetic
arstechnica.com

Scientists trap light inside a magnet
phys.org

Video: Unit of Difficult Patients: What Future for the Criminally Insane? [1:27:50]
youtube.com • (see also)

The end of work: which jobs will survive the AI revolution?
theguardian.com

How many astronauts have died in space?
astronomy.com • (see also)

Video: No-one built these for 5,000 years… until now. [6:03]
youtube.com

NASA flew a modified U-2 spy plane into thunderstorms to study gamma rays
space.com • (see also)

A gold rush in space: Is it legal for companies to buy and sell the Moon’s resources?
english.elpais.com

On this day in 1981, Dr. Julie Cliff received a telex about a mysterious malady in Mozambique
damninteresting.com

Charles Henry Turner’s insights into animal behavior were a century ahead of their time
knowablemagazine.org

Physicists Identify a Strange New Form of Superconductivity
sciencealert.com

AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause
hollywoodreporter.com

The Republic of Cows
hakaimagazine.com

Geoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix, but without more research and guardrails, it’s a costly gamble
theconversation.com

Earthquake shakes parts of California during storm
bbc.com

This Jupiter-Sized Exoplanet is Unusual for Several Reasons
universetoday.com

Black Holes Are an Eternal Mystery
theatlantic.com

Pioneering wind-powered cargo ship sets sail
bbc.com

Japanese scientists may have unraveled the secret of aging resistance in naked mole-rats
phys.org • (see also)

Unveiling Japan’s ancient practice of cranial modification: The case of the Hirota people in Tanegashima
phys.org • (see also)

What Separates Highly Creative People
nautil.us

Does Eating Apples Really Promote Health? A Nutritionist Reveals What the Data Really Shows
inverse.com

Researchers develop arrays of tiny crystals that deliver efficient wireless energy
phys.org

Wisconsin Prison On Lockdown for More Than Four Months With No End in Sight
nytimes.com

On this day in 1977 Voyager 2 launched, about 2 weeks before Voyager 1 launched
voyager.damninteresting.com

‘A neighbour said: ‘We didn’t want to scare you’ – how I became obsessed with the dark past of my Hollywood home’
theguardian.com

The fast, furious, and brutally short life of an African male lion
theconversation.com

France pays tribute to ‘youngest resistant’ who has died aged 91
rfi.fr

Video: How Japan’s Maglev Train Works [17:22]
youtube.com

Why Do Old Books Smell So Good?
scienceswitch.com

Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon
bbc.com

Scientists Just Made Intriguing Progress Toward Regenerating Human Teeth
futurism.com

This week: Russian lunar race, whale tail sailing, meal planner fails, and more!
damninteresting.com

We Might Have Accidentally Killed the Only Life We Ever Found on Mars Nearly 50 Years Ago
daily.jstor.org

Now classified as a hurricane, Hilary could touch down in southwestern U.S. this weekend
salon.com

The Man Who Pierced the Iron Curtain in a Flying Go-Kart—and Left Civilization Forever
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Delicate Drops by Heidi Westum
mossandfog.com

Himachal Pradesh floods: More rain, less snow are turning Himalayas dangerous
bbc.com

3D Printers Go Rogue, Start Printing While Owners Are Asleep
futurism.com

Why was there no water to fight the fire in Maui?
theguardian.com