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Video: Megaliths of Carnac get Unesco World Heritage status [6:30]
youtube.com

Black spaces of the Great Depression: scenes of African American life in the 1930s
theguardian.com

What We Find in the Sewers
asimov.press

GMU Scientists Are Using “Body Farms” to Study Human Decay
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025
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Smiling miniature figurine thought to be first Viking “portrait” unveiled in Denmark
cbsnews.com

Video: Exploring the storm sewers of Prague during a rain event [23:28]
youtube.com

These Stars Don’t Burn – They Annihilate Dark Matter
scitechdaily.com

Philosophers must reckon with the meaning of thermodynamics
aeon.co

Reading for Pleasure Has Declined by a ‘Deeply Concerning’ 40 Percent Over the Past Two Decades
smithsonianmag.com

The Wonderful World of the Water Ski
daily.jstor.org

Rare genetic mutation makes some people resistant to viral infections
newatlas.com

The Lessons of a Glacier’s Collapse
newyorker.com • Mirror

Astrophysicists Find No ‘Hair’ on Black Holes
quantamagazine.org

OpenAI admits ChatGPT safeguards fail during extended conversations
arstechnica.com

Link found between primate thumb and brain size
bbc.com

Video: Canada’s Greatest Victory? – Caught on Film (WW1 Documentary) [17:00]
youtube.com

How Ancient Receipts Ushered in the Dawn of the Written Word
lithub.com

This daily routine sends billions of hazardous nanoparticles into the lungs
newatlas.com

Wow! Astronomers are witnessing a Jupiter-like planet forming round a Sun-like star in a system far, far away
skyatnightmagazine.com

Artwork looted by Nazis 80 years ago spotted in estate agent ad
bbc.com

Deep sea worm fights ‘poison with poison’ to survive high arsenic and sulfide levels
phys.org

‘Ten Martini’ Proof Uses Number Theory to Explain Quantum Fractals
quantamagazine.org

Japanese police apologise at grave of wrongfully accused man
bbc.com

People Matching Artworks: A Voyeur Finds Things That Fit At The Museum
flashbak.com

Why the racist study of skulls gripped Victorian Britain
independent.co.uk • (see also)

A day with the Revenge Porn Helpline: ‘You can sense the callers’ desperation’
theguardian.com

Video: This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It’s Gold [13:16]
youtube.com

Will Smith’s concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines
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Blastomycosis: a silent killer in the soil
thenarwhal.ca

People took mushrooms, then studied famous paintings. Here’s what happened.
nautil.us

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
nytimes.com

The Star That Almost Vanished: Astronomers Solve a Cosmic Mystery
scitechdaily.com

‘The secrets of lost luggage auctions: I bought four bags for £100. What would I find inside?’
theguardian.com

This 92-year-old sprinter has the muscle cells of someone in their 20s
washingtonpost.com • Mirror

The First Webb Telescope Observations of 3I/ATLAS
avi-loeb.medium.com

World’s most powerful solar telescope sees incredible coronal loops on the sun (image)
space.com

The Unlikely Revival of Nuclear Batteries
spectrum.ieee.org

The bizarre ways food messes with the medicines we take
bbc.com

45 years ago today, a strange device and a menacing letter mysteriously appeared in a Lake Tahoe casino
damninteresting.com

These Lizards Have So Much Lead in Their Blood, They Should Be Dead. Instead, They’re Thriving
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The Higgs boson just revealed a new secret at the Large Hadron Collider
sciencedaily.com

Science Finally Proved It: Your Dog Really Does Feel What You Feel
vice.com

Busy Beaver Hunters Reach Numbers That Overwhelm Ordinary Math
quantamagazine.org

Buried Secrets Reveal How Humans Changed the Great Salt Lake Forever
scitechdaily.com

Hear the Long-Lost Chants of English Monks Whose Monasteries Were Dissolved by Henry VIII
smithsonianmag.com

You Can’t Hook Readers If You Don’t Trust Their Intelligence
thewalrus.ca

How a mysterious particle could explain the universe’s missing antimatter
astronomy.com

An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution
newscientist.com • Mirror

How Skinks and Honey Badgers Fight Cobra Venom
nautil.us

Video: Why Leather is Unbeatable – Motorcyclist Review while Sliding [6:29]
youtube.com

Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
theguardian.com

Računari: The Computer Magazine That Surprised Yugoslavia with Provocative Cover Models, 1980s-1990s
rarehistoricalphotos.com

For the Singularity to Truly Arrive, We’d Need a Machine That Eats the Sun
popularmechanics.com

Video: Why We Can’t Trust the North Star Anymore [20:03]
youtube.com

‘Jelly Ice’ Is a Weird New Kind of Ice That Never Melts
vice.com

No Pills, No Surgery: Scientists Discover Simple Way To Relieve Arthritis Pain
scitechdaily.com

Take a Virtual Tour of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London
openculture.com

Dark matter could create black holes that devour planets from within
space.com

Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized
wired.com • Mirror