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This week: Couch-crashing meteorites, brain passwords, elephant gesturing, and more!
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The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought
theconversation.com

Our brain doesn’t actually reorganise itself after an amputation
newscientist.com • (see also)

Crypto scam fugitive caught after littering in Seoul
bbc.com

A harmless virus may be driving the most common form of skin cancer
newatlas.com

On this day in 1934 a shadowy cabal asked a highly decorated Marine major general to lead a coup against the US government
damninteresting.com

Video: The Man Who Accidentally Invented LSD [51:24]
youtube.com • (see also)

James Webb telescope reveals that asteroids Bennu and Ryugu may be parts of the same gigantic space rock
livescience.com

Scientists Crack the Code of China’s Mysterious “Matrix Tide”
scitechdaily.com

Why ‘rocks as big as cars’ are flying down the Dolomites
bbc.com

Will at centre of legal battle over Shakespeare’s home unearthed after 150 years
theguardian.com

Using pollen to make paper, sponges and more
knowablemagazine.org

Philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation
aeon.co

On this day in 1986 over 1,700 people were killed when a lake exploded
damninteresting.com

Katrina to Erin: The most extreme hurricanes in history
bbc.com • (see also)

Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted out of the sea off Alexandria
theguardian.com

Very Cold War: Brutal Arctic Conditions Are Testing U.S. and Allied Forces
wsj.com • Mirror • (see also)

Video: How The Green Berets Actually Work [43:29]
youtube.com

‘Landmines have become the greatest protectors’: how wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ
theguardian.com

The Pleasure of Patterns in Art
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Playful, social and cuddly: world’s largest carnivorous bat surprises researchers
cbc.ca

Why Shop? In Maine, the Library of Things Has It All (Almost).
nytimes.com • Mirror

Video: A Last Ride in New York City’s Disappearing Horse Elevators [11:59]
youtube.com

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
theatlantic.com • Mirror

On this day in 1981, Dr. Julie Cliff received a telex about a mysterious malady in Mozambique
damninteresting.com

Read the Dramatic 17th-Century Memoirs of Alice Thornton, Who Wrote Four Versions of Her Life Story
smithsonianmag.com

The first map of the Atlantic seafloor revealed a dynamic world under the waves
nautil.us

‘Pregnant, homeless, what now?’ The search for a safe place to abandon a baby
theguardian.com

115-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints Unearthed by Recent Floodwaters
discovermagazine.com

We’ve been sending animals into space for 7 decades – yet there are still no rules to protect them from harm
theconversation.com

A single protein makes lovesick flies spill their guts
sciencenews.org

The Tortured Paths of the Wound Man
nautil.us

Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure
grist.org

Could an ancient cow’s tooth unlock the origins of Stonehenge?
theguardian.com

The Pursuit of Life Where It Seems Unimaginable
quantamagazine.org

Origami Bloom Patterns Could Help Build Folding Structures in Space
nytimes.com • (see also)

There’s Something Really Suspicious About the Way This Star Died
futurism.com

MND left her without a voice. Eight seconds of scratchy audio gave it back to her
bbc.com

Scientists Solve 90-Year-Old Mystery in Quantum Physics
scitechdaily.com

AI has passed the aesthetic Turing Test − and it’s changing our relationship with art
theconversation.com

Radio Waves Can Strengthen Sense of Smell
neurosciencenews.com

Video: Centaur 29P Is the Most Violent Comet We’ve Ever Seen [17:26]
youtube.com

‘Porn censorship is going to destroy the entire internet’
mashable.com

The Milky Way’s faintest satellite may not be what astronomers thought. ‘These results solve a major mystery in astrophysics’
space.com

From Paris to Alaska: Why Putin’s poop always travels back with him
indianexpress.com • (see also)

This Microbe Challenges the Definition of Cellular Life
nautil.us

How AI-enhanced hackers are stealing billions
economist.com • Mirror

What Happens When an Entire Scientific Field Changes Its Mind
scientificamerican.com

Sharks Are Older Than the Literal North Star, Which Seems Wrong
popularmechanics.com

The Oldest Unopened Bottle of Wine in the World (Circa 350 AD)
openculture.com

Christopher Herwig Motors Through Southeast Asia to Capture a Vivid Fleet of ‘Trucks and Tuks’
thisiscolossal.com

Scientists Just Split a Single Photon. Here’s What They Found
scitechdaily.com

Video: What if you had a mole of moles? [4:34]
youtube.com

The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels − and the lightning stopped
theconversation.com

Video: Fly through the eye of Hurricane Erin and see the powerful storm from space [01:09]
space.com

New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope
science.nasa.gov

The Mysterious Origins of the Most Energetic Neutrino Ever Detected
wired.com • Mirror

Video: California’s Tallest Bridge Has Nothing Underneath [17:06]
youtube.com

Supervolcanic ‘h#ll’ caldera in Japan is home to 17 different volcanoes
livescience.com

The ‘big church move’: Swedish town begins to roll historic building 5km
theguardian.com