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Video: A journey through an ancient underground Mayan cave [03:39]
bbc.com

Spain’s Old Ways May Show How to Keep Cool
nytimes.com • Mirror

The Miami Showband massacre: what led to the killing of the ‘Irish Beatles’?
theguardian.com

This Newly Launched Satellite Just ‘Bloomed’ a Record-Breaking Antenna in Orbit
gizmodo.com

How much do electric car batteries degrade?
sustainabilitybynumbers.com

After recent tests, China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon
arstechnica.com

Why Is Everything Spicy Now?
theatlantic.com • Mirror

A family at war and accusations of poisoning leave tycoon’s body in limbo for 12 years
bbc.com

How Davy Crockett, the Rugged Frontiersman Killed at the Alamo, Became an Unlikely American Hero
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Video: How the CEO of ALDI was Kidnapped [33:34]
youtube.com

As the Great Salt Lake dries up, clouds of dangerous dust blow into boomtowns
washingtonpost.com • Mirror

‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened
theguardian.com

Fifty Years of Fractals
daily.jstor.org

‘What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life’
nytimes.com • Mirror

An alternative to LASIK—without the lasers
medicalxpress.com

16 breathtaking images from the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest
popsci.com

‘Stunning survival story’: Police rescue California man trapped behind waterfall for two days
theguardian.com

Meet the Oxbridge graduates who can’t get a (good) job
thetimes.com

Royal Navy robotic sub controlled from 10,000 miles away
newatlas.com

A Murder in Silicon Valley
slate.com

The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil.
quantamagazine.org

Ultra-processed foods might not be the real villain in our diets
theconversation.com

Dedicated volunteer exposes “single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history”
arstechnica.com

The hardest working font in Manhattan
aresluna.org

This Scary State of Consciousness Can Trick Your Brain Into Seeing “Demons.” A Neuroscientist Explains Why.
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Laid back, unreliable, free-spirited: the ‘type B’ personality is having a moment
theguardian.com

Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
reuters.com • (see also)

African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size
theguardian.com

This week: Perk extinction, oversized insects, snail eye secrets, and more!
damninteresting.com

Ice moves by itself on experimental metal surface
popsci.com

‘As urgent and relevant today as it ever was’: The radical manifesto hidden in Georges Seurat’s 1884 masterpiece
bbc.com

Michael Rockefeller’s Strange Disappearance: A Mystery That Still Haunts
rarehistoricalphotos.com

On this day in 1977 SETI received a strong, still inexplicable signal
damninteresting.com

Week in wildlife: A wild elephant, a playful dolphin and fighting zebras
theguardian.com

New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder
quantamagazine.org

An Archaeology Student Found a Medieval Gold Artifact During Her First Dig
smithsonianmag.com

Vietnam War: A refugee returns with his son on the 50th anniversary
slate.com

‘I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down’
nytimes.com

Clear skies on Mars as NASA rover captures one of the sharpest panoramas of the Red Planet ever taken
skyatnightmagazine.com

A Quantum Gas That Refuses to Warm Up
scienceblog.com • (see also)

Europe scorched by wildfires – pictures from space
theguardian.com

Is water really a necessary ingredient for life? Aliens may swim in truly exotic pools
space.com

“This is the first time that complete sentences of inner speech have been decoded in real time from a large vocabulary”
english.elpais.com

Dog finds human remains in Birmingham for fourth time in a year
al.com • Mirror

The Mayan civilization experienced 44 years of drought in its last two centuries
english.elpais.com

She was a quiet bird expert. Then she was called to investigate a murder in Maine.
bostonglobe.com • Mirror

Some People Just Don’t Like Music—and Now We Might Know Why
vice.com • (see also)

Image: JWST’s view of the Ring Nebula
astronomy.com

Lip balm’s surprising history from earwax to Lip Smackers
popsci.com

Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Roman ‘Drug Stash’ Hidden Inside a Bone
zmescience.com

ADHD medication’s striking ties to crime, traffic accidents and injury
newatlas.com

When the U.S. almost nuked Alaska—on purpose
popsci.com

Companies Are Pouring Billions Into A.I. It Has Yet to Pay Off.
nytimes.com • Mirror

The shape of the universe revealed through algebraic geometry
phys.org

U.S. Pilot Stranded in Antarctica Says It’s ‘Isolating and Lonely’
nytimes.com

An interstellar mission to study a black hole up close: Science fiction or reality?
english.elpais.com

Scientists Use Earth’s Shadow to Hunt for Alien Probes
universetoday.com

‘I gave the zoo my daughter’s beloved pony to be fed to the lions’
thetimes.com

What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door
nytimes.com

Scientists reversed memory loss by powering the brain’s tiny engines
sciencedaily.com