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Watch this cucumber squirt out its seeds at ballistic speeds
arstechnica.com

What your snot can reveal about your health
bbc.com • (see also)

Mystery object on seafloor is part of famous ship, Navy says
miamiherald.com

On this day in 1958 the largest recorded megatsunami occurred on the shores of Alaska
damninteresting.com

The ocean on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has the right pH for life — barely
space.com

Retinal Cells Rewire to Preserve Vision in Degenerative Eye Disease
neurosciencenews.com • (see also)

‘How I Solved the Century-Old Mystery of a Miraculous Shipwreck Survivor’
thewalrus.ca

Over-Tourism: Are Tourists Ruining Europe? How Locals Are Pushing Back
bloomberg.com

Water storage in dams has caused minute shifts in Earth’s poles, study finds
phys.org

Mysterious red sprite erupts in new astronaut photo
popsci.com

New Sphere-Packing Record Stems From an Unexpected Source
quantamagazine.org

Video: Builder.ai – The Greatest AI Scam in History [so far] [26:14]
youtube.com

Did something just hit Saturn?
earthsky.org

Inside the Media’s Traffic Apocalypse
nymag.com

Winners of the California Academy of Sciences’ 2025 BigPicture Photo Competition
biographic.com

Scientists 3-D printed a tiny elephant inside a cell
sciencenews.org

Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists
holovaty.com

Natural compound mimics exercise’s anti-aging benefits – no gym needed
newatlas.com

Video: What if the moon turned into a black hole? [3:40]
youtube.com

OCD’s Origins Might Not Lie in The Brain Like We Thought
sciencealert.com

Missing in History: Sarah Josepha Hale — The Most Influential Magazine Editor in America
saturdayeveningpost.com

Alpha Male Primates a Myth, Researchers Find in New Study
sciencealert.com

She Wanted to Save the World From A.I. Then the Killings Started.
nytimes.com

‘Space ice’ is less like water than previously thought
phys.org

Winners From the International Aerial Photographer of the Year Award
mymodernmet.com

Inside the evolution of Biosphere 2, from ’90s punchline to scientific playground
npr.org

Massive Study Flips Our Story of Addiction and the Brain
scientificamerican.com

Bear-Sized Giant Beavers Once Roamed North America, and They’re Now the Official State Fossil of Minnesota
smithsonianmag.com

The hunt for Marie Curie’s radioactive fingerprints in Paris
bbc.co.uk

Physicists Uncover Forgotten 1938 Fusion Breakthrough That Could Power the Future
scitechdaily.com

Who Cracked Bitcoin on July 4th? 80,000 BTC Moved in What Might Be the First Real Exploit
eloise88.medium.com

Lockheed Martin offers to rescue Mars mission from budget death
newatlas.com

He’s Ringo. And Nobody Else Is.
nytimes.com

Video: Mole-rats Are As Weird As They Look [12:55]
youtube.com • (see also)

Discover the Mysterious 70-Foot Underground Grotto Covered in 4.6 Million Seashells
mymodernmet.com

Cough syrup protects the brain from dementia in clinical trial first
newatlas.com

Video: Timelapse shows how suddenly Texas flood waters rose [00:44]
bbc.com

AI Cameras Change Driver Behavior at Intersections
spectrum.ieee.org

Centuries-old funeral urns that ‘symbolized a new body, a new skin,’ found deep in the Amazon rainforest
livescience.com

Why English doesn’t use accents
deadlanguagesociety.com

Old Hubble Space Telescope Photos Unlock the Secret of a Rogue Planet
universetoday.com

NASA Discovery Could Explain Why We’ve Never Found Life on Mars
sciencealert.com

Yellowstone Hot Springs Create Perfect Environment for Ancient Microbes
discovermagazine.com

Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It
nytimes.com

Are humans destined to evolve into crabs?
aeon.co

1,000-pound wheels and robots now farming Dyson strawberries
newatlas.com

Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered
phys.org • (see also)

ChatGPT could pilot a spacecraft unexpectedly well, early tests find
space.com

Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?
the-scientist.com • (see also)

This 19-Inch-Wide Fiat Is the World’s Narrowest Drivable Car
vice.com

Titan Could Have An Alien Biosphere – But It Might Be Dog-Sized
sciencealert.com

The Little Mountain Democracy That Sustains Tibet’s Refugee Nation
nytimes.com

Video: The Nazi bunkers hidden underneath Berlin [05:44]
bbc.com

How To Use Fusion To Get To Proxima Centauri’s Potentially Habitable Exoplanet
universetoday.com

DNA technology helps solve British man cold case
bbc.com

Scientists Discover Unknown Organelle Inside Our Cells
scitechdaily.com

Culture literally changes how we see the world
science.org

The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell
theguardian.com • (see also)

This week: Clam silk, sweating paint, prehistoric zombies, and more!
damninteresting.com

Tomatoes in The Galapagos Islands Appear to Be Evolving in Reverse
sciencealert.com