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‘Amazing feat’: US man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
nature.com

50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today
theconversation.com

Why Is Ice Slippery? New Study Overturns 200-Year-Old Physics Theory
scitechdaily.com

On this day in 1905, Rube Waddell allegedly destroyed a straw hat
damninteresting.com

Kneeling Bull: A 5,000-year-old hybrid creature from Iran with a mysterious purpose
livescience.com

Inflatable tanks and flat-pack guns – inside Ukraine’s decoy war
bbc.com

The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her Jewish lover in a sofa bed – and other German rebels who defied the Nazis
theguardian.com

Get to Know the Ratfish and the Forehead Teeth It Uses During Sex
nytimes.com

Video: Amethyst Used to be Really Valuable [8:41]
youtube.com

The strange history of the anti-vaccine movement
bbc.com

Video: Paper film: the curious origins of color Anime [7:48]
youtube.com • (see also)

Warner Bros. sues Midjourney to stop AI knockoffs of Batman, Scooby-Doo
arstechnica.com

On this day in 1934, a fire started aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle. But that was far from the end of the story.
damninteresting.com

From the Archive: Trying to Make Sense of a Mass Murderer
saturdayeveningpost.com

Scientists tap ‘secret’ fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world
phys.org

How an 18th-century portrait stolen by the Nazis was recovered 80 years later in Argentina
theguardian.com

The Mystery of the Assassination Attempt on Churchill’s War-Tainted Friend in Canada
thewalrus.ca

30 minutes with a stranger
pudding.cool

The More Astronomers Watch Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, the Weirder It Gets
thedebrief.org

New original Dang Interesting article/episode by Alan Bellows: There Once Was a Man Called Curley. Also today is our 20th birthday.
dam.mn

Image: Growing Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
noirlab.edu

What Did the COVID Pandemic Do to Our Minds?
daily.jstor.org

Cities Obey the Laws of Living Things
nautil.us

Photographer Spent Final Moments Saving the Film He Shot During the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption
mymodernmet.com • (see also)

How lightning passes gas
popsci.com

Video: How Does Lava Make Perfect Hexagons? [7:41]
youtube.com

How eating insects became a conspiracy theory
bbc.com

Gigantopithecus Was the Largest Ape to Exist — Why Did it Disappear?
discovermagazine.com

What’s the Smallest Particle in the Universe?
scientificamerican.com

This week: Nazi real estate, sociopathic spiders, orderly baboons, and more!
damninteresting.com

Pin-Up Girls Before and After the Brush: The Real Women Behind Gil Elvgren’s Famous Pin-Up Art
rarehistoricalphotos.com

Vintage NASA: See Voyager’s 1990 ‘Solar System Family Portrait’ Debut
science.nasa.gov • (see also)

Ghost sharks grow forehead teeth to help them have sex
eurekalert.org

3I/ATLAS is Now Headed Toward Mars, as Mystery Surrounding Interstellar Visitor Grows
thedebrief.org

Cheerful Music Can Help Soothe Car Sickness
the-scientist.com

An Untimely Death at Sycamore Gap
daily.jstor.org

In Defence of Wasps
thewalrus.ca

Scientists Think They’ve Found Life’s Original Catalyst
popularmechanics.com

Lithium For Alzheimer’s Disease?
mcgill.ca

Video: Ndlovu Youth Choir – Bohemian Rhapsody isiZulu version [5:41]
youtube.com

The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It
futurism.com

Video: Physicists Don’t Understand Why Knitting Works [10:14]
youtube.com

Astronomers Use a Double-Lensing Technique to Study a Supermassive Black Hole
universetoday.com

Gyroscopic backpack spins up a solution to balance problems
newatlas.com

Archaeologists Found 5 Mysterious Bodies Under the Floors of Hitler’s Secret Lair
popularmechanics.com

Orcas Are Back to Attacking Boats in Spain
vice.com

Video: Why America Abandoned its Greatest Ever Stadium [17:14]
youtube.com

How a Deaf Quarterback Changed Sports Forever By Inventing the Huddle
smithsonianmag.com

Made in China? The remarkable tale of Venice’s iconic winged lion
phys.org

Video: The Decades-Long Fight Over The Font on Highway Signs [8:23]
youtube.com

The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic
nytimes.com • Mirror

Scientists trace mysterious nuclei ‘island’ where physics rules don’t apply
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

Video: The Weirdest Tool in Underwater Construction [17:44]
youtube.com

The Last Days Of Social Media
noemamag.com

These psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to “forbidden” prompts
arstechnica.com

How does anesthesia work? Experts still have questions.
popsci.com

The Return of the Cassette Tape? How Analog Music Is Making a Comeback
saturdayeveningpost.com

Are ultra-processed foods really so unhealthy? What the science says
nature.com

World’s biggest iceberg breaks up after 40 years: ‘Most don’t make it this far’
theguardian.com

Video: How Raphael Became A Master [12:04]
youtube.com