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Experimental Confirmation of the Fundamental Principle of Wave-Particle Duality
scitechdaily.com

Common pesticide may slow calorie-burning and contribute to obesity
newatlas.com

Duck Feathers Are the Next Revolution for the World’s Biggest Ships
popularmechanics.com

Video: The Mystery of the $200 Million Drug Bust [10:38]
youtube.com

Do animals suffer from post-traumatic stress?
bbc.com

How to Paint 50,000 Miles of Lines
nytimes.com

An Experimental Birth Control Attacks Sperm Like a Virus
wired.com • (see also)

New antimatter trap could help explain why cosmos didn’t self-destruct
newatlas.com

Synthetic biology enables microbes to build muscle
phys.org

At the world’s oldest social housing, rent hasn’t changed since 1521
cbc.ca

Interstellar comets visit our solar system more frequently than thought
space.com

Why phone scams are so difficult to tackle
bbc.com

Is deep-sea mining a cure for the climate crisis or a curse?
theguardian.com

Man robbed of 16 bitcoin hunts down suspects, sues their parents
arstechnica.com

Astra rocket does a real smooth slide before failing to reach orbit
theverge.com

Video: This Is Not a Shockwave [7:19]
youtube.com

The Epic Landscape Art of Tiny Inakadate, Japan
atlasobscura.com

Invasive earthworms are remaking our forests, and climate scientists are worried
cbc.ca

Why is there a chip shortage?
bbc.com

California: mother fights off mountain lion with bare hands to save 5-year-old son
theguardian.com

Astronauts successfully demonstrate DNA repair in space using CRISPR
space.com

The orbit of Planet Nine
findplanetnine.blogspot.com

‘I was on a list to be terminated’ – Sue Dobson, the spy who helped to end apartheid
theguardian.com

The unexpected reason Ringo Starr sang one song on each Beatles album
cbc.ca

Can the World’s First Space Sweeper Make a Dent in Orbiting Debris?
smithsonianmag.com

Scientists discover ‘world’s northernmost island’ off Greenland’s coast
theguardian.com

What Does It Mean That Greenland Sharks Could Live for Hundreds of Years?
atlasobscura.com

The mysterious disappearance of the world’s longest shrubbery
bbc.com

Research finally reveals ancient, universal equation for the shape of an egg
phys.org

A science in the shadows
washingtonpost.com • Non-paywall

‘That time I shipped myself as a package — or why you shouldn’t travel in a box’
zmescience.com

Bill and tag’s excellent adventure: A year in the life of one southern right whale
theguardian.com

Sirhan Sirhan, man who assassinated Robert F Kennedy, granted parole
theguardian.com

This week: 🪦 Grave concerns, 🧑‍🚀 lunar lander legal loopholes, 🐹 capybara armies, and more!
damninteresting.com

U.S. Army tests its first high-energy laser weapon
zmescience.com

Satellites Spot Oceans Aglow With Trillions of Organisms
nytimes.com

Shipwrecked: A Shocking Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Deep Blue Sea
bostonmagazine.com

Why One Billion Years of Time Are Missing in the Grand Canyon
vice.com

What Slime Knows
orionmagazine.org

New drug may be a cure for both COVID-19 and herpes
studyfinds.org

DARPA Wants to Build a Soviet-Inspired Flying ‘Sea Monster’
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Down Under delights in the Aus Geo Nature Photographer of the Year Awards
newatlas.com

Remembering When Bermuda Was an Onion Island
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them
newscientist.com

New Dark Matter Detector Records Unexplained High-Frequency Signals
gizmodo.com

A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an ‘Internet Apocalypse’
wired.com • (see also)

San Francisco luxury tower still sinking even as engineers work on $100m fix
theguardian.com • (see also)

Scientists puzzling out secrets of Venus’ 30-year-old ‘Giant Dark Cloud’
space.com

Webb completes testing and prepares for trip to Europe’s Spaceport
esa.int

For The First Time, Physicists Observed a Quantum Property That Makes Water Weird
sciencealert.com

Planet Nine: Scientists map its likely location
earthsky.org

Fundamental physics is humanity’s most extraordinary achievement
archive.is

Al Capone’s life under fresh scrutiny with online auction of personal items
theguardian.com

Fossil confiscated in police raid is one of the most complete pterosaur skeletons ever found
cnn.com

Wasps Are Building Fluorescent Nests, but Why?
gizmodo.com

Australia’s cane toads evolved as cannibals with frightening speed
nature.com

Video: Is this the most successful animal ever? [5:26]
youtube.com

How G.M.’s First Turbo Engines Crashed and Burned
nytimes.com

‘Mini-Neptunes’ beyond solar system may soon yield signs of life
theguardian.com

Why wasps become so annoying at the end of summer
theconversation.com