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The Hunt for Big Hail
nytimes.com • (see also)

A New, Non-Addictive Pain Killer With Fewer Side Effects
scitechdaily.com

Russia’s war on Wikipedia
restofworld.org

The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse
theguardian.com

X-ray laser converts plastic into diamonds, recreating Uranus rain
newatlas.com

Video: This is the most interesting roof in London. [6:11]
youtube.com

Ferns Are Super Weird – And Their Genomes Are Even More Chaotic Than We Thought
sciencealert.com

Not a wonderful world: Louis Armstrong tapes reveal how racism scarred his life and career
theguardian.com

NASA’s Perseverance Found Green Sand on Mars — Here’s What That Means
screenrant.com

Video: Where does the name “black hole” come from? [7:20]
youtube.com

These ant queens live 500% longer than workers. Now we know why.
livescience.com

Australian Signals Directorate 50-cent coin code cracked by Tasmanian 14yo in ‘just over an hour’
abc.net.au • (see also)

On this day in 1859 the Earth experienced the largest geomagnetic storm on record
damninteresting.com

Eats, hops and breeds: New Zealand’s worsening wallaby plague
theguardian.com

New fur for the quantum cat: Entanglement of many atoms discovered for the first time
phys.org

Can We Predict Which Viruses Will Spread from Animals to Humans?
newyorker.com

A Volcano Erupted Without Warning. Now, Scientists Know Why.
nytimes.com

This week: ✈️Electric flight, 🪨asteroid smashing, 🧬doppelganger genetics, and more!
damninteresting.com

What Happened to Anne Boleyn’s Heart?
crimereads.com

Frank Drake, astronomer famed for contributions to SETI, has died
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Pakistan’s Trucks Are Vibrant, Bedazzled Works of Art
atlasobscura.com

What Happened to “America’s Stonehenge”?
newyorker.com • (see also)

Video: The Ominous Reason Phobos Has Lines on It [5:36]
youtube.com

The Paradox of Fermi’s Paradox
thedebrief.org • (see also)

What Canada’s Largest Art Heist Reveals about the Art World’s Shady Side
thewalrus.ca

Mice in the Andes grow bigger on the rainier side of the mountains — and this could be a law of nature
zmescience.com

The dangers of being over-confident
bbc.com • (see also)

Monkees’ Micky Dolenz sues FBI over ‘secret dossier’ on band
theguardian.com

Mysterious rings in new Webb image puzzle astronomers
space.com

Video: This massive truck makes artificial earthquakes [3:47]
youtube.com

Can Tree Rings Solve the Mystery of a 19th-Century American Shipwreck?
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

The AI Vision System Set to Revolutionize Whole Body Scans
discovermagazine.com

The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion
newyorker.com

First 8K Footage of the Titanic Shows Decaying Wreck in Unprecedented Detail
popularmechanics.com

Axolotls can regenerate their brains – these adorable salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration
theconversation.com

Ukrainian Students Revisit Their Destroyed School
theatlantic.com

An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed
vice.com

Today: The Best Day of the Year to be Born
daily.jstor.org

NASA and China Want to Land on the Same Areas on the Moon
gizmodo.com

NASA will pay Boeing more than twice as much as SpaceX for crew seats
arstechnica.com

‘Historic’ James Webb images show exoplanet in unprecedented detail
theguardian.com

Hunting Antarctica’s Holy Grail, Deep Beneath the Ice
cnet.com • (see also)

Going Back to Blair Mountain
zocalopublicsquare.org

Are All Brains Good at Math?
nautil.us

Video: SLAM Robot Mapping [11:34]
youtube.com

How Giant Isopods Got Supersized
hakaimagazine.com

Witness to the Massacre in Mariupol
nytimes.com

The sludge king: how one man turned an industrial wasteland into his own El Dorado
theguardian.com

Hot damn!
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1939 Nazi SS agents took over Polish radio stations and broadcast anti-German sentiments
damninteresting.com

Meet Alma Mahler: Composer, Lover, Muse, Sex Doll and Liar
messynessychic.com

Oh dear
damninteresting.com

Small Device Currently on Mars Is Generating as Much Oxygen as a Tree, Scientists Reveal
vice.com

This Shark Can Walk on Land to Survive Its Extreme Habitat
smithsonianmag.com

Video: World’s Highest Jumping Robot [13:15]
youtube.com

Japan declares war on floppy disks for government use
arstechnica.com

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Fundamentally Soviet Man
newyorker.com

Unknown Holocaust photos – found in attics and archives – are helping researchers recover lost stories and providing a tool against denial
theconversation.com

A Hidden Landscape We Can No Longer See May Explain The Mystery of The Pyramids
sciencealert.com

Infrared laser charger wirelessly beams power to devices 100 ft away
newatlas.com