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Earth’s atmosphere hasn’t had this much CO2 in millions of years
nbcnews.com

On this day in 1989, Soviet scientists reached the deepest point ever drilled into the Earth
damninteresting.com

Private Japanese spacecraft crashes into moon in ‘hard landing,’ ispace says
space.com

First Map Made of a Solid’s Secret Quantum Geometry
quantamagazine.org

How World War Two changed how France eats
bbc.com • (see also)

Cambridge mapping project solves a medieval murder
arstechnica.com

The Ethical Minefield of Testing Infants for Incurable Diseases
nytimes.com

Watch ‘superorganism’ created by tiny worms — the first time it’s ever been spotted in the wild
livescience.com • (see also)

How Much Energy Does It Take To Think?
quantamagazine.org

Video: Cory Doctorow on the enshittification of the Internet [43:48]
youtube.com

This week: Traffic hawks, murderbot hands, bone music, and more!
damninteresting.com

Doctors Were Preparing to Remove Their Organs. Then They Woke Up.
nytimes.com

These Tiny, Beautiful Fossils Detail the History of the Ocean
smithsonianmag.com

Rare Red Sprites Captured Lighting up the Tibetan Night Sky Like Jellyfish-Shaped Firework
mymodernmet.com

Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Reverses Cognitive Decline [in mice]
scitechdaily.com

‘I Do Not Remember My Life and It’s Fine’
aethermug.com • (see also)

Singing For Last Time: What It’s Like to Lose Your Voice—Forever
lithub.com

Rare black iceberg spotted off Labrador coast could be 100,000 years old, prof says
cbc.ca

A ‘Crazy Idea’ About Pluto Was Just Confirmed in a Scientific First
sciencealert.com

Contraception warning over weight-loss drugs after dozens of pregnancies
theguardian.com

Astronomers detect most powerful explosions since Big Bang
popsci.com

How do genes affect being a great athlete?
thetech.org

What Really Happened in the Aftermath of the Lizard Squad Hacks
wired.com • Mirror

Researchers in China say they’ve built a laser-based system that can read letters three millimeters tall from nearly a mile away
vice.com

Archaeologists Discover More Than 100 Structures Linked to a Mysterious Pre-Columbian Civilization in the Remote Peruvian Andes
smithsonianmag.com

A Culture War is Brewing Over Moral Concern for AI
undark.org

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’
theguardian.com

The impossible predicament of the death newts
crookedtimber.org

20-Year Mystery of The Muon’s Wiggle May Finally Be Solved
sciencealert.com

Private Japanese lunar lander heads toward a touchdown in the moon’s far north
phys.org

The bizarre story of a maths proof that is only true in Japan
newscientist.com • Mirror

Researchers genetically altered fruit flies to crave cocaine
popsci.com

Panjandrum: The ‘giant firework’ built to break Hitler’s Atlantic Wall
bbc.com

A GPS Blackout Would Shut Down the World
wired.com

Scientists create ‘mosquito STD’ to fight malaria—and it’s working
knowridge.com

The atmosphere is getting thirstier and it’s making droughts worse – new study
theconversation.com

‘I Tried Magic Mushrooms for My Mental Health. Here’s What Happened.’
5280.com

Video: Brian Cox Explains The Scientific Miracle Of The Earth’s Atmosphere [59:09]
youtube.com

The great iceberg hunt on Canada’s epic new road
bbc.com

Many of Dead Sea scrolls may be older than thought, experts say
theguardian.com

Drinking Coffee Is Associated With a Longer, Healthier Life, According to a New Study
nytimes.com

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)
lithub.com

Graphite, long thought mundane, hides a shocking secret
scitechdaily.com

Most people obey arbitrary rules even when it’s not in their interest to do so, experiments show
phys.org

Meet the Defiant Loyalists Who Paid Dearly for Choosing the Wrong Side in the American Revolution
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Synchronized Indoor Skydiving Champions Perform Gravity-Defying Routine
mymodernmet.com

On this day in 2004, the Killdozer attacked Granby, Colorado
damninteresting.com

Johann Bessler’s Mysterious Rotating Wheel
amusingplanet.com

How physicists used antimatter, supercomputers and giant magnets to solve a 20-year-old mystery
theconversation.com

Video: If We launched Voyager 3, Would We Still Send the Golden Records? [13:09]
youtube.com • (see also)

Be proud — science says it’s healthy
salon.com

Passenger sees Mount Etna erupting from plane window
bbc.com

Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia
science.org

Riding With Strangers: California Hitchhikers in the 1970s
flashbak.com

1,600-Year-Old Mosaic Unveiled for the First Time Ever in Western Negev
mymodernmet.com

Dutch museum to display 200-year-old condom probably made from sheep’s appendix
theguardian.com

Amanda Guinzburg’s conversation with Chat GPT, akin to a personal episode of Black Mirror
amandaguinzburg.substack.com • via

NASA Plans to Build Giant Telescope on Dark Side of the Moon for Good Reason
petapixel.com • (see also)

Taking a realistic look at terraforming Mars
phys.org

Sydney airport’s lost property auction puts weird and wonderful on the radar
theguardian.com