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Scientists Discovered the World’s Oldest Forest Hiding in England
popularmechanics.com

Putin has no successor, no living rivals and no retirement plan – why his eventual death will set off a vicious power struggle
theconversation.com

Colliding Neutron Stars are the Ultimate Particle Accelerators
universetoday.com

Elihu Yale: The cruel and greedy Yale benefactor who traded in Indian slaves
bbc.com

Some states are now trying to ban lab-grown meat
arstechnica.com

Not All Bees Have a Queen. Two Bug Experts Explain Why.
inverse.com • (see also)

Watch: The first test of a magnetic levitation train on an existing track
thenextweb.com

Over or under? Surprisingly, there actually is a ‘correct’ way to hang a toilet paper roll.
upworthy.com • (see also)

New high-speed microscale 3D printing technique
phys.org

Video: ‘I put 4 Million Suns in a Black Hole over New York’ [14:01]
youtube.com

Image-scraping Midjourney bans rival AI firm for scraping images
arstechnica.com

Sail-powered cargo ship ‘shows potential of wind’
bbc.com

Video: Watch SpaceX Starship re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in these incredible views [8:07]
youtube.com

Why You Hate Bringing Your Lunch to Work
time.com

US rancher used tissue and testicles to breed ‘giant’ sheep to sell for hunting
theguardian.com

Study: Conflicting values for Hubble Constant not due to measurement error
arstechnica.com

The strange world of crocodile hairballs and the Queenslanders who collect them
abc.net.au

How Ancient Civilizations Reacted to Eclipses
smithsonianmag.com

Middle-age obesity linked to shape-shifting brain neurons
newatlas.com • (see also)

NASA finds clue while solving Voyager 1’s communication breakdown case
space.com

How a 19th-Century portrait of Abraham Lincoln was later revealed to be a fake
bbc.com

Cheetahs’ unrivaled speed explained by their ‘sweet spot’ size, study finds
phys.org • (see also)

A new “post-quantum” theory of gravity says we can wave dark matter and dark energy goodbye
nautil.us • (see also)

Victoria Benedictsson assumed a male identity, achieved literary stardom, and took her own life. Then Strindberg stole it
aeon.co

Marbled paper was a way to make banknotes and checks unique—a critical characteristic for a nascent American Republic
daily.jstor.org

Swirling Forces, Crushing Pressures Measured in the Proton
quantamagazine.org

‘I Always Knew I Was Different. I Just Didn’t Know I Was a Sociopath.’
wsj.com

This 200 Year-Old Law Of Heat Has A Blind Spot. It Could Change Engineering.
popularmechanics.com

Only the deep past can make sense of terrifying nuclear futures
aeon.co

The No Symbol: The History Of The Red Circle-Slash
tedium.co

Winners of the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition
theatlantic.com

Unveiling the little-known Monuments Women who helped recover art from the Nazis
bbc.com

How many nuclear weapons does Russia have and who controls them?
reuters.com

“A Nation of Lunatics.” What Oscar Wilde Thought About America
lithub.com

Video: How tumbleweed became an invasive species in the US [2:33]
bbc.com

A Giant Star Looks Like It’s Defying Astrophysics
popularmechanics.com

Paul Alexander, lawyer who lived for decades with an iron lung, dies aged 78
theguardian.com

Scientists reveal the first unconventional superconductor that can be found in mineral form in nature
phys.org

A Long-Lost Tropical Island Lies Off Brazil’s Coast
eos.org • (sea also)

Playing thriving reef sounds on underwater speakers ‘could save damaged corals’
theguardian.com

Giant ‘sand battery’ holds a week’s heat for a whole town
newatlas.com

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
nytimes.com • Without paywall

Boeing whistleblower death compounds bad news for the company
washingtonpost.com

The science behind why people hate Daylight Saving Time so much
arstechnica.com

Giant volcano discovered on Mars
phys.org

Japan’s 1st commercial rocket explodes shortly after liftoff (video)
space.com

Giant sequoias are a rapidly growing feature of the UK landscape
phys.org

African Glaciers Will Vanish In Our Lifetimes
nautil.us

Prehistoric fish with giant jaws filled with razor-sharp teeth are the ultimate living fossils
livescience.com

US government wanted to reverse-engineer alien ships — but never found any, Pentagon UFO report reveals
livescience.com

The U.S. now has a drug for severe frostbite. How does it work?
sciencenews.org

Video: FRONTLINE: Boeing’s Fatal Flaw | Updated [53:17]
youtube.com

Not just humans: Bees and chimps can also pass on their skills
phys.org

From luxury bunkers to tactical vehicles, the ultra-rich are preparing for the Big One
cbc.ca

We don’t need a quantum gravity
iai.tv

Radioactive waste, baby bottles and Spam: the deep ocean has become a dumping ground
theguardian.com

Superconductivity scandal: the inside story of deception in a rising star’s physics lab
nature.com

The Squatters of Beverly Hills
curbed.com

CERN’s particle accelerator tech is turned on brain tumors
newatlas.com

Forget UFOs and alien abductions, here’s how scientists are really looking for life on other worlds
bbc.com