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Humans Can’t Be the Sole Keepers of Scientific Knowledge
wired.com

Why did this man have copper-colored rings in his eyes?
livescience.com

Mars on the cheap: Scientists working to revolutionize access to the Red Planet
space.com

Lead Contamination Found in Blood of Half of Young Kids in U.S.
bloomberg.com • (see also)

Australia has lost one-third of its koalas in the past three years
reuters.com

Scientists have solved the mystery of why these asexual animals haven’t gone extinct
euronews.com

Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea
theguardian.com

‘In love with the Resistance: My mother-in-law’s war’
(see also) • (see also) • bbc.com

‘Impossible’ Particle Discovery Adds Key Piece to the Strong Force Puzzle
quantamagazine.org

A Tour of China’s Future Tiangong Space Station
nytimes.com

Lab-grown meat is supposed to be inevitable. The science tells a different story.
thecounter.org

Video: Remarkable Enhanced Footage of London During World War II [17:25]
mossandfog.com

The Cactus That Came Back from the Dead
thewalrus.ca

Can slime molds remember?
massivesci.com • (see also)

Big fires demand a big response: How 1910’s Big Burn can help us think smarter about fighting wildfires and living with fire
theconversation.com

Video: Hubble Observes Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Changing [2:20]
youtube.com

COVID smell loss can have profound effects on your life, from weight change to intimacy barriers
theconversation.com

What the Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Says About Us
archive.is • (see also)

The Supply-Chain Mystery
newyorker.com

India’s misunderstood maharajahs
bbc.com

These Engineers Have Invented an Entirely New Approach to Recycling Plastic
sciencealert.com

She Bought Her Dream Home. Then a ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Changed the Locks.
nytimes.com

How to Bury an Entire Museum
messynessychic.com

Iceland elects Europe’s first female majority parliament
bbc.com • (see also)

Chinese scientists complete starch synthesis from CO2, revolutionary for agricultural production and promoting carbon neutrality
globaltimes.cn

NASA’s AR graphic novel is meant to recruit a new wave of astronauts
engadget.com

These Spikes Grew Right Out of a Dinosaur’s Ribs
gizmodo.com

Bitcoin mining company buys Pennsylvania power plant to meet electricity needs
techspot.com

Could whistling shed light on the origins of speech?
theguardian.com • (see also)

How a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony
theconversation.com

How would humans decompose on Mars?
astronomy.com • (see also)

Climate startup taps harsh Australian sun for scalable carbon capture
newatlas.com

How firefly flashes illuminate the physics of complex systems
aeon.co

Hail-like “Mushballs” May Fall on All Our Giant Planets
skyandtelescope.org

The great sperm heist: ‘They were playing with people’s lives’
theguardian.com

A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas
economist.com

Engineers figured out how to cook 3D-printed chicken with lasers
arstechnica.com

Why beavers were parachuted into the Idaho wilderness 73 years ago
nationalgeographic.com

The epic adventures of the Gilgamesh Dream tablet
bbc.com

Amateur Metal Detectorist Finds Astonishing Gold Hoard Buried by Pre-Viking Chieftain
gizmodo.com

The Ancient People Who Burned Their Culture to the Ground
atlasobscura.com

New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets
phys.org

This week: 🩸 Blood-based architecture, 🐒 chimpanzee wars, 🚗 airless tires, and more!
damninteresting.com

Astronomers discover enormous ‘cavity’ in the Milky Way being masked by a cosmic illusion
livescience.com

Carbon dioxide reactor makes Martian fuel
phys.org

The NSA and CIA Use Ad Blockers Because Online Advertising Is So Dangerous
vice.com

Canary Islands ‘miracle home’ stands alone against volcano’s lava flow
theguardian.com • (see also)

The One-Eyed African Queen Who Defeated the Roman Empire
narratively.com

Inside the World’s Most Exclusive (and Strange) Anti-Gravity Club
thedebrief.org

China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal
bbc.com

The Long-Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees
wired.com • (see also)

Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans Arrived In Americas During Ice Age
nytimes.com

The pawpaw is finding champions again after colonizers’ dismissal
daily.jstor.org

What vampire bats do for their closest friends
cbc.ca

America’s songbirds are dropping dead, and scientists don’t know why
cnet.com

The torso in the Thames: A 20-year mystery
bbc.com • (see also)

NASA ballistic air gun hurls rocks at space suits to test their micrometeorite protection
phys.org

Scientists use AI to create drug regime for rare form of brain cancer in children
theguardian.com

Knowing the content of one’s own mind might seem straightforward but in fact it’s much more like mindreading other people
aeon.co

Video: How decades of stopping forest fires made them worse [8:12]
youtube.com