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Taser shock disrupts brain function, has implications for police interrogations
eurekalert.org

Indian man could be first recorded human fatality due to a meteorite
arstechnica.com

Trauma prompts the brain to focus on survival, not ‘peripheral details’
cbc.ca

Trees, regardless of diameter, tend to break when wind speeds reach about 42 m/s (94 mph)
sciencemag.org

Documentary: Attempting to excavate a preserved WW1 underground complex.
youtube.com

The shortest physically meaningful length of time may be several orders of magnitude longer than the Planck time
phys.org

Three-parent babies may get US go-ahead, but only for sons
newscientist.com

Digging Out: The story of a man who survived an avalanche that killed 7 of his classmates.
sportsnet.ca

In 2018 NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout will use a solar sail to visit nearby 1991 VG.
news.nationalgeographic.com

Biogenic carbon in 4.1 billion-year-old zircon suggests life began ∼300 million years earlier than thought. (PDF)
pnas.org

The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever
dmagazine.com

The Walter White of Wichita
interactive.fusion.net

The Devil at 37,000 Feet
vanityfair.com

Snowed in at NASA, Keeping Watch Over a Space Colossus
theatlantic.com

China releases more true-color HD photos of the moon from the Yutu rover.
planetary.org

Dutch police train raptors to attack robots.
cbc.ca

Steamboat Arabia sunk in the Missouri River in 1865; found beneath a Kansas field in 1989.
messynessychic.com

Inside the Eye: Nature’s Most Exquisite Creation
ngm.nationalgeographic.com

Terror birds: The prehistoric apex predators of South America for 60 million years.
bbc.co.uk

How the Smithsonian is restoring the original USS Enterprise to full 1967 glory
arstechnica.com

A dictionary of the extinct language of ancient Mesopotamia has been completed after 90 years of work.
bbc.com

Photo: The moon’s surface in true color and high resolution via China’s Yutu Rover
i.imgur.com

Stalin ‘used secret laboratory to analyse Mao’s excrement’
bbc.com

Genetic study provides first-ever insight into biological origin of schizophrenia
broadinstitute.org

On This Spot: Modern photos compared to famous historical photos of the same locations.
onthisspot.ca

Gas cloud could form 2 million new stars when it collides with our galaxy in ~30 mil years.
independent.co.uk

Babylonians used geometry on cuneiform tablets to track Jupiter 1400 years before Europeans
redorbit.com

Six months before the Challenger disaster an engineer notified his management of the flaw
lettersofnote.com

Essay: Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle, by Richard Feynman (6 months after the Challenger disaster)
science.ksc.nasa.gov

Antarctic fungi survive Martian conditions on the International Space Station
phys.org

Why submarines are demagnetized
qi.epfl.ch

NASA to hold al Day of Remembrance today, the Challenger disaster’s 30th anniversary.
engadget.com

Google achieves AI ‘breakthrough’ by beating Go champion
bbc.com

Astronomers find largest known solar system, includes planet with almost 1 million year orbit
bbc.com

New York Public Library has digitized 18,000 historical menus dating from 1851 to 2008
independent.co.uk

Morning of 25 June 2022: All 7 other planets + Pluto, Vesta, and Luna will be in the sky at once (via /u/graaahh)
i.imgur.com

49 years ago today astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee died in the Apollo 1 accident. Sic itur ad astra.
imgur.com

Video+Text: “What you’re looking at is the largest welding system in the world”
cnbc.com

The Wreck of Amtrak 188: What caused the worst American rail disaster in decades?
nytimes.com

Study: Breathing oxygen may significantly increase the risk of lung cancer
nytimes.com

Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population
jpl.nasa.gov

Black Death bubonic plague strain kept killing Europeans for centuries
cbc.ca

Physicists Successfully Tie the Very First Quantum Knots
gizmodo.com

Researchers have developed an extremely effective “sarcasm detector”
qz.com

Study: Flashing lights and music turn rats into problem gamblers.
news.ubc.ca

NASA’s latest class of astronauts is 50 percent female, and could be heading to Mars.
nytlive.nytimes.com

“He was no ordinary man. For 13 years, he was the custodian of the dead.”
thestatesman.com

Video: Crash test between a ’59 Chevy Bel Air and a ’09 Malibu demonstrates improvements in car safety systems.
youtube.com

Lake Poopo, once the second largest lake in Bolivia, has completely dried up; declared disaster zone.
widerimage.reuters.com

Prehistoric massacre in Kenya may be oldest evidence of warfare
cbc.ca

The alarming threat of Zika virus
bbc.com

A Neuroscientist Explains the Phrase ‘I Just Snapped’
nymag.com

Beautiful 17th century scientific illustrations by Maria Sibylla Merian
theatlantic.com

Astronomers claim high probability of a new, unseen gas giant in far orbit around the sun.
sciencemag.org

New prime number discovered at 22 million digits
cbc.ca

Study: Altruistic men are more attractive to women
theweek.com

Quantum bonds connect distinct moments in time, suggesting quantum links are fundamental structure of the universe.
quantamagazine.org

Star’s bizarre optical antics go back at least a century
arstechnica.co.uk

American Homes Are Filled With Bugs
theatlantic.com

And the world record for worst gig ever goes to…
matricardo.blogspot.co.uk