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Video: The Biggest Fraud on TV [18:57]
youtube.com • (see also)

Number of Distances Separating Points Has a New Bound
quantamagazine.org

Vortex rings made of water vapour rise from Italy’s Mount Etna volcano
abc.net.au

Adorable but Deadly Fluff Balls, Better Known as Pygmy Slow Lorises, Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
smithsonianmag.com

How Deep Does Life Go?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • (see also)

Does the Rise of AI Explain the Great Silence in the Universe?
universetoday.com • (see also)

Person on the inside matters most, says US couple with record height difference
theguardian.com

NASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here’s how it would work
npr.org • (see also)

Testing a Probe that Could Drill into an Ice World
universetoday.com • (see also)

How Boeing Sold Its Soul to Boost Its Stock Price
nymag.com

Want to see the April eclipse from space? NASA and NOAA captured images of the Moon’s shadow on Earth
skyatnightmagazine.com

Rebel against The Algorithm. Get a library card.
nautil.us

Teen’s vocal cords act like coin slot in worst-case ingestion accident
arstechnica.com

Love and Murder in South Africa
thebeliever.net

“Unprecedented” magnetar behaviour seen by CSIRO telescope
cosmosmagazine.com

Kamikaze bacteria explode into bursts of lethal toxins
arstechnica.com

James and Jennifer Crumbley: Parents of Michigan school gunman to be sentenced
bbc.com

When a 24-Year-Old Ian Fleming Went to Moscow to Cover a “Show” Trial
lithub.com

Bioluminescent petunias, thanks to genetics research for pharmaceuticals
npr.org

Study sheds light on the white dwarf star, likely destroyer of our solar system
theguardian.com

The “Multi-Multi-Multi-Million-Dollar” Art Fraud That Shook the World
thewalrus.ca

How insect blood stops bleeding fast
arstechnica.com

Huge star explosion to appear in sky in once-in-a-lifetime event
phys.org

‘I didn’t want to hurt that girl. I just felt this pressure building … ’ The sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness
theguardian.com • (see also)

‘Crying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever’
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

The hard lessons of Harvard’s failed geoengineering experiment
technologyreview.com

Hong Kong makes largest-ever gold smuggling bust – it was headed for Japan disguised as machine parts
bbc.com

Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow
theconversation.com

‘Oppenheimer’ Opens in Japan Eight Months After Worldwide Release
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Scientists harness chemical dynamics for complex problem solving
phys.org • (see also)

An Interview With a Guy Who Got a Vasectomy During the East Coast Earthquake
wired.com

US braces for cicadas by the trillion as two broods of periodic insects coincide
theguardian.com

Sickened by U.S. Nuclear Program, Communities Turn to Congress for Aid
nytimes.com

Video: Meet Tommy Trotta: the thief who stole Yogi Berra, Roger Maris and Carmen Basilio memorabilia [13:32]
cbsnews.com

Does Science Fiction Shape the Future?
nautil.us

‘Going to a child psychoanalyst four times a week for three years was bad enough. Reading what she wrote about me was worse’
aeon.co

Ancient Chinese climate change whispers a warning to the world’s green-energy leader
salon.com

Video: This Invention Made Disney Millions, but Then They Lost It [12:24]
youtube.com

The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin
theguardian.com

Mysterious Mars Rock May Be From Ancient Beach, NASA Says
forbes.com

Albert Einstein, General Relativity, and the 1919 Solar Eclipse
biography.com • (c also)

The glory days of shipwreck exploration on the Great Lakes are here, but the window is closing fast
cbc.ca

The science of smell is fragrant with submolecules
arstechnica.com

What Researchers Discovered When They Sent 80,000 Fake Résumés to U.S. Jobs
nytimes.com

A century after the EEG was discovered, it remains a crucial tool for understanding the brain
theconversation.com

Interstellar interlopers like Oumuamua and Borisov are much more common than previously thought
english.elpais.com

Video: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA [1:08]
youtube.com

Antarctica is covered in volcanoes, could they erupt?
livescience.com

Mysterious object in the gap – When a black hole and a neutron star merge
mpg.de

Video: Why NVIDIA is suddenly worth $2 Trillion [12:48]
youtube.com

Shakespeare acted in a 1598 Ben Jonson play, scholar’s analysis finds
theguardian.com

30 years ago today, a “deadhead” attempted to hijack a FedEx flight
damninteresting.com

One man’s artistic wonderland, created secretly in rented apartment, given protected status
cnn.com

Hundreds of mysterious ‘rogue’ planets discovered by James Webb telescope may finally have an explanation
livescience.com

The hyenas of Harar: how a city fell in love with its bone-crunching carnivores
theguardian.com

The American swamp bird that disappeared
bbc.com • (see also)

Video: What Happens When Racing Has No Rules? [27:02]
youtube.com

For twenty years, PostSecret has broadcast suburban America’s hidden truths—and revealed the limits of limitless disclosure
hazlitt.net • (see also)

Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn’t meant to kill?
apnews.com

Take a Trip to Thailand With These Smithsonian Photo Contest Images
smithsonianmag.com