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Hiroshima and the End We Refuse to Imagine
nytimes.com

3I/ATLAS Has No Visible Tail or Spectral Fingerprints of Gas Around It
avi-loeb.medium.com

Some Mathematicians Don’t Believe in Infinity
scientificamerican.com

The US Military Is Raking in Millions From On-Base Slot Machines
wired.com

Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
bbc.com

‘Is Cola With Cane Sugar Actually Better? We Did a Taste Test.’
nytimes.com • (see also)

The Engines and Empires of New York City Gambling
newyorker.com • Mirror

Centuries-Old Hawaiian Petroglyphs Emerge From the Sand for the First Time in Nine Years
smithsonianmag.com

Space hurricanes are real — and they wreak more havoc than we thought
space.com

A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia
nytimes.com

14 beautiful wildlife images from the 2025 Mangrove Photography Awards
popsci.com

The mystery of Winston Churchill’s dead platypus was unsolved – until now
bbc.com

Video: ‘I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird’ [30:52]
youtube.com

Scientists just recreated the Universe’s first molecule and solved a 13-billion-year-old puzzle
sciencedaily.com

A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.
nytimes.com

On this day in 1997 the capital of Montserrat was buried by a volcano
damninteresting.com

The quest to make an ice cream that doesn’t melt
bbc.com

Scientists Shine a Laser Through a Human Head
spectrum.ieee.org

NASA’s New Radar Just Pulled Off Something Impossible on Earth
scitechdaily.com

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars
apnews.com

Video: The Problem with Bottled Water [26:34]
youtube.com

Before Deep Blue: the Automaton Chess Player
daily.jstor.org

The forgotten Canadian film bureaus that cranked out morality tales about being a good worker
cbc.ca • Direct link

Something Massive Could Still Be Hiding in The Shadows of Our Solar System
sciencealert.com

Woman Faked Being 4 Different Nurses at Once in Complex Identity Theft Scheme
vice.com

Scientists Have Discovered a “Sixth Sense” That Links the Gut and Brain in Real Time
scitechdaily.com

Static electricity sense could be factor in evolution of extreme body shapes of treehoppers
phys.org

Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected
theconversation.com

‘North Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regime’
bbc.com

Video: There’s An Invisible Ocean Between These Fossils [13:51]
youtube.com

Five children see HIV viral loads vanish after taking antiretroviral drugs
arstechnica.com

Scientists Just Launched the First Quantum Computer Into Space
futurism.com

He worked with artificial limbs for decades. Then a lorry ripped off his right arm. What happened when the expert became the patient?
theguardian.com

‘He was so excited’: painter discovers 122-year-old message in a bottle inside lighthouse walls
theguardian.com • (see also)

Could We Launch a Mission to Chase Down Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS?
universetoday.com

This week: Road tripping sewage, hail hunters, octopodes membrum, and more!
damninteresting.com

AC or DC: Which Is Better?
wired.com • Mirror

New telescope captures interstellar comet speeding through space in video
mashable.com

Scientists Use Wearable Ultrasound to Unlock Real-Life Brain Secrets
popularmechanics.com

At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery
quantamagazine.org

JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what’s in store for our sun
space.com

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
yle.fi

On this day in 1973 Uri Geller appeared on the Tonight Show, and utterly failed to impress Johnny Carson
damninteresting.com

Video: The Mushroom That Caused a Terrifying ALS Outbreak [6:58]
youtube.com • (see also)

2,500-year-old Siberian ‘ice mummy’ had intricate tattoos, imaging reveals
bbc.com

What Were the Chances of Abiogenesis?
universetoday.com

Scientists are Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life
nytimes.com

Air leak persists on Russian ISS segment
spacenews.com

A New Statue Suddenly Appeared on Easter Island. That Doesn’t Make Sense.
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

What Can a Cell Remember?
quantamagazine.org

‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find
theguardian.com • (see also)

Mars Glaciers Have More Water Content than Previously Thought
universetoday.com

Saturn’s largest moon Titan casts a colossal shadow
space.com

Peacock feathers can emit laser beams
arstechnica.com

Video: How an EpiPen works [12:40]
youtube.com

Canada Created a Cold War Isolation Laboratory. It Ended in Scandal
thewalrus.ca

JWST spies the aftermath of a famous supernova
astronomy.com

Video: New DNA Study Comparing Ötzi the Iceman To His Neighbors Reveals New Twist! [8:04]
youtube.com

What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves
noemamag.com • (see also)

What screen time does to children’s brains is more complicated than it seems
bbc.com