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‘The Murder That Made Me a True Crime Writer’
texasmonthly.com

How excited should we be about the latest Mars potential biosignature discovery: ‘It’s arguably the best evidence we have so far’
space.com

Dedicated Amateur Discovers Supernova in Remote Galaxy
universetoday.com

This Leech Had an Appetite for Something Other Than Blood
nytimes.com

On this day in 1769 Isabel Godin headed into the Amazon jungle to seek out her long-lost husband
damninteresting.com

Video: The O.J. Verdict (full documentary) [NSFW language] [54:40]
youtube.com

How WWII made Hershey and Mars Halloween candy kings
popsci.com

Hot soup or iced coffee? How food temperature may affect your mind and gut
knowridge.com

Video: The Hydrostatic Paradox [13:31]
youtube.com

Australia sunscreen scandal grows as more products pulled off shelves
bbc.com

Prospect of life on Saturn’s moons rises after discovery of organic substances
theguardian.com

Skiing the Impossible – Everest Without Oxygen
mossandfog.com

Video: Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are [33:16]
youtube.com • (see also)

Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response
arstechnica.com

The ancestors of ostriches and emus were long-distance fliers – here’s how we worked this out
theconversation.com

20-Year Dream Comes True: Chemists Grow Diamonds With an Electron Beam
scitechdaily.com

Covid 2020: A lone figure in an eerie London lockdown
bbc.com

Scientists Just Announced the First Real Treatment for Huntington’s Disease
vice.com

The perils of letting AI plan your next trip
bbc.com

100 years before quantum mechanics, one scientist glimpsed a link between light and matter
theconversation.com

15 gorgeous images from the 2025 Bird Photographer of the Year awards
popsci.com

Scientists Found a Miracle Drug in Easter Island’s Soil. The Natives Never Saw a Dime.
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Kepler Reveals the True Source of the Signal Coming From KOI-1755
universetoday.com

What will it take for us to eat lab-grown steak?
dezeen.com

Remember: Kurt Vonnegut was 47
joanwestenberg.com • (see also)

Video: Curve-creased orgami artists Erik & Martin Demaine (father-son team) [10:56]
youtube.com

This dwarf planet has gas: Makemake’s methane surprises scientists
space.com

The radioactive ‘miracle water’ that killed its believers
popsci.com • (see also)

The most important mathematician you’ve (probably) never heard of
newscientist.com • Mirror

Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet
theguardian.com

The World’s Tallest Bridge Opens in China, Stands Nine Times Taller Than Golden Gate Bridge
mossandfog.com

Video: Polar bears occupy abandoned Soviet-era research station [00:39]
bbc.com

Based on a *True* True Story?
informationisbeautiful.net

The Asteroid Belt’s Slow Disappearing Act
universetoday.com

Cancer uses mitochondria to reprogram neighboring cells
sciencenews.org

The accidental discovery that forged the Iron Age
sciencedaily.com

Is this the face of Nelson’s lover Lady Hamilton?
theguardian.com

Video: 5 Ways Space Is Actually Good for You [11:02]
youtube.com • (see also)

How the Brain Balances Excitation and Inhibition
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Is Life a Form of Computation?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • (see also)

How Psychedelics Affect the Brain: What We Know, and What We Think We Know
the-scientist.com

On this day in 1957, a radioactive cooling tank in Russia exploded, hurling seventy tons of radioactive fission products into the atmosphere
damninteresting.com

A Chinese Astronaut Heard A Sound In Space That Hasn’t Been Explained In Two Decades
bgr.com

Vast Anomaly in Earth’s Gravity Field Signals Shifts Deep Beneath The Surface
sciencealert.com

Tiny Arctic Organisms Are Defying the Rules of Biology
scitechdaily.com

Video: How Egypt is Flooding the Desert [24:32]
youtube.com

Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence
nytimes.com • Mirror

Unusual New 3I/ATLAS Discovery Suggests the Interstellar Comet is “Anomalously Massive”
thedebrief.org

Michaelina Wautier: the female Flemish artist now seen as an old master
theguardian.com

From the Origin of Life to the Future of Medicine
the-scientist.com

Torngat Mountains visitor gets front row seat as black bear fights polar bear
cbc.ca

The stripper who ushered in the modern subscription-based internet
thehustle.co • (see also)

New JWST Data Shows Rogue Planet With a Colorful Combo of Wavelengths, Strong Storms, and Beautiful Auroras
discovermagazine.com

‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever
theguardian.com

‘I took a job on a whim on New Year’s Eve – and ended up stranded at sea for six months’
bbc.com

Americans Still Obey a Time System From 1916. Scientists Say It’s Breaking Our Bodies.
popularmechanics.com

Solving the 100-year-old mystery of two missing Scottish soldiers
bbc.com

‘Why I gave the world wide web away for free’
theguardian.com

New Math Revives Geometry’s Oldest Problems
quantamagazine.org

To Understand America, Look to the Everyday Apple
thewalrus.ca