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Video: The Simplest Unsolved Problem in Math [42:33]
youtube.com

The Solar System’s Greatest Mystery May Finally Be Solved
universetoday.com

These Never-Before-Seen Ceramics Show How Picasso Mastered New Art Forms
smithsonianmag.com

When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere
nytimes.com

Dead NASA satellite unexpectedly emits powerful radio pulse
newscientist.com • Mirror

Poison in the water: the town with the world’s worst case of forever chemicals contamination
theguardian.com

Scientists Detect Light Traversing the Entire Human Head—Opening a Window to the Brain’s Deepest Regions
zmescience.com

How ‘Jaws’ Made a Template for the Modern Blockbuster
nytimes.com

Video: The weird zombie existence of the Family Circus [22:00]
youtube.com

The History of the Ocean, as Told by Tiny Beautiful Fossils
daily.jstor.org

Study knocks down hypothesis about why birds sing at dawn
npr.org

Hey aliens, here’s our new album! How do you follow up a 50-year-old record that’s hurtling through space?
theguardian.com • (see also)

Video: How AI is Ruining the Electric Grid [23:19]
youtube.com

‘The Bangkok ‘death cafe’ that changed my life’
bbc.com

First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor
cnn.com

This week: Pastoral tripping, bacterial brutality, nuclear rockets, and more!
damninteresting.com

It’s a long holiday weekend in the USA, so we’ll be (mostly) off for several days. See you on the other side!
damninteresting.com

Video: Brian Cox On The Question Of Intelligent Life In The Universe [59:14]
youtube.com

Tolstoy’s Christian Anarchism
daily.jstor.org

Honda’s hopper suddenly makes the Japanese carmaker a serious player in rocketry
arstechnica.com

Watch Bob Dylan Play “Mr. Tambourine Man” in Color at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival
openculture.com

How attacks on evolution in classrooms have shifted over the last 100 years
sciencenews.org

Summers on the Forest: What It’s Like Training to Fight Wildfires
lithub.com

Engineering Artificial Eclipses, the ESA’s Proba-3 Mission Catches First High-Res Images of the Sun’s Mysterious Corona
thedebrief.org

Video: Why America is Hollowing Out a Mountain [16:29]
youtube.com

Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI content
arstechnica.com

Tibetan Musical Notation Is Beautiful
openculture.com

How JPEG Became the Internet’s Image Standard
spectrum.ieee.org

Video: This Famous Medieval Book May Be a Hoax [8:57]
youtube.com • (see also)

The right touch: Octopuses’ surface-sensing secrets decoded
newatlas.com

Video: 1955 vs 2025, who actually had it better? [24:08]
youtube.com

‘Jaws’ and the two musical notes that changed Hollywood forever
theconversation.com