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30 August 2026

Marine Creatures Spotted Off the Coast of Trinidad and Tobago

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Why Dense Islands Of Fir Trees Form In Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains

cowboystatedaily.com

Video: Sneaking into NYC’s Abandoned City Hall Subway Station (OFF-LIMITS) [21:52]

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An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.’s largest reservoir

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They fell in love – then had to check they weren’t brother and sister

bbc.com • (see also)

‘It gives Shein’: how did polyester become the world’s most-hated material?

theguardian.com

Does Computer Science Need Computers?

quantamagazine.org

New Book Celebrates ‘Dangerous’ Women Photographers From the 19th Century to the Present

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Video: Something’s Happening to the Ozone Hole [16:21]

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Curiosity Reaches 1-Kilometer Elevation Gain

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Who was Nancy Grace Roman? NASA’s next big space telescope is named after the ‘Mother of Hubble’

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Video: What Happens to You 6ft from an Exploding Atomic Bomb? [19:53]

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World’s first Bamboo-built 100-kW solar platform takes on China waters

interestingengineering.com

What Twenty Years of Social Media Has Done to Our Memories

thewalrus.ca

NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to explore the hidden universe

apnews.com

28 August 2026

Video: Diamond Shreddies: Canada’s Biggest Inside Joke [6:13]

youtube.com

Are Crows Really Our Friends? An investigation into the state of corvid–human relations.

audubon.org

‘I surveyed workers to see if AI had caused job losses and was surprised by the findings’

theconversation.com

The Prehistoric Paintings on the Walls of Caves Have Always Been Moving. But With the Right Kind of Light, Some Actually Seem to Move

smithsonianmag.com

Dolly Parton Locked a Secret Song Away in a Box Before Her Death, and There’s Already a Release Date Planned

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New type of attack can slip past the defenses in your computer’s processor

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No Place on Earth Is Safe if All H#ll Breaks Loose, But One Place Is Safer Than The Rest [Australia]

sciencealert.com

43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes.

popularmechanics.com • (see also)

How NASA is prepping for lunar traffic jams

popsci.com

How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves

theguardian.com

AI-generated songs banned from Australian music charts

abc.net.au

NASA is about to launch a space telescope that could change how we see the universe

npr.org

The Caped Billboard Bandit of Chicago

slate.com • (see also)

One ‘absolutely prolific’ male bird is keeping his species alive in the U.K.

cbc.ca

Einstein thought time dilation was both real and not – he was right

newscientist.com • Mirror

27 August 2026

Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole

sciencenews.org

Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception

nature.com • Mirror

Thieves steal Bronze Age artefacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist

bbc.com

How the Heat is Messing with Your Sleep

nautil.us • Mirror

Once upon a time, insects had 24 legs

sciencenews.org

These Medieval Manuscript Fragments Were Reused as Parchment, Inadvertently Preserving Them for Centuries

smithsonianmag.com

Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit

theconversation.com

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria

theguardian.com • (see also)

On this day in 1896, war broke out in Zanzibar. Later that day, the war ended.

damninteresting.com

Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks

arstechnica.com

How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’

theguardian.com • (see also)

Richard Feynman’s 80-year-old quantum postulate has now been validated

newscientist.com • Mirror

In Hilbert Space, All Things Are Quantumly Possible

quantamagazine.org

The flat-pack skyscraper: how wood can shape the cities of the future

theguardian.com

There’s an Iconic Art Deco Department Store Frozen in Time inside an LA Law School

messynessychic.com

The Tour Guide Who Lived Through 9/11

nytimes.com

Video: The $1 Billion McDonald‘s Box [29:15]

youtube.com

New research shows that water becomes electrified as it slides down smooth surfaces, leading to corrosion

scientificamerican.com

Taylor Farms: How One Company’s Reach Became a National Risk

farmaction.us

Video: New York’s Buckling Tower: What Happens Now? [15:38]

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This 3,700-Year-Old Olive Tree in Portugal Has Been Growing Since the Bronze Age (and Keeps Making Olives)

zmescience.com

26 August 2026

Photos show aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

apnews.com

An ‘Extremely Rare’ Half-Male, Half-Female Bird Temporarily Took Up Residence Outside of Chicago

smithsonianmag.com

NASA’s Roman telescope launches on Sunday August 30 with the same size mirror as Hubble, but it takes in roughly 100 times more sky at once

scienceblog.com

New Twitter launches, says Musk’s X gave up the name

arstechnica.com • (see also)

Race to the Moon takes a new turn: China’s setback reignites competition with US to conquer South Pole

english.elpais.com

Living Cells Can Be Reprogrammed With Light, Scientists Say. The Pentagon Is Trying to Build the Machine to Do It.

popularmechanics.com

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 – the best pictures so far

bbc.com

How the Job Market Will Shape the Next Generation

newyorker.com

400-year-old ‘vampire’ grave discovered in Poland

popsci.com

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Marine Creatures Spotted Off the Coast of Trinidad and Tobago

Why Dense Islands Of Fir Trees Form In Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains

Video: Sneaking into NYC’s Abandoned City Hall Subway Station (OFF-LIMITS) [21:52]

An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.’s largest reservoir

They fell in love – then had to check they weren’t brother and sister

‘It gives Shein’: how did polyester become the world’s most-hated material?

Does Computer Science Need Computers?

New Book Celebrates ‘Dangerous’ Women Photographers From the 19th Century to the Present

Video: Something’s Happening to the Ozone Hole [16:21]

Curiosity Reaches 1-Kilometer Elevation Gain

Who was Nancy Grace Roman? NASA’s next big space telescope is named after the ‘Mother of Hubble’

Video: What Happens to You 6ft from an Exploding Atomic Bomb? [19:53]

World’s first Bamboo-built 100-kW solar platform takes on China waters

What Twenty Years of Social Media Has Done to Our Memories

NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to explore the hidden universe

Video: Diamond Shreddies: Canada’s Biggest Inside Joke [6:13]

Are Crows Really Our Friends? An investigation into the state of corvid–human relations.

‘I surveyed workers to see if AI had caused job losses and was surprised by the findings’

The Prehistoric Paintings on the Walls of Caves Have Always Been Moving. But With the Right Kind of Light, Some Actually Seem to Move

Dolly Parton Locked a Secret Song Away in a Box Before Her Death, and There’s Already a Release Date Planned

New type of attack can slip past the defenses in your computer’s processor

No Place on Earth Is Safe if All H#ll Breaks Loose, But One Place Is Safer Than The Rest [Australia]

43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes.

How NASA is prepping for lunar traffic jams

How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves

AI-generated songs banned from Australian music charts

NASA is about to launch a space telescope that could change how we see the universe

The Caped Billboard Bandit of Chicago

One ‘absolutely prolific’ male bird is keeping his species alive in the U.K.

Einstein thought time dilation was both real and not – he was right

Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole

Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception

Thieves steal Bronze Age artefacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist

How the Heat is Messing with Your Sleep

Once upon a time, insects had 24 legs

These Medieval Manuscript Fragments Were Reused as Parchment, Inadvertently Preserving Them for Centuries

Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria

On this day in 1896, war broke out in Zanzibar. Later that day, the war ended.

Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks

How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’

Richard Feynman’s 80-year-old quantum postulate has now been validated

In Hilbert Space, All Things Are Quantumly Possible

The flat-pack skyscraper: how wood can shape the cities of the future

There’s an Iconic Art Deco Department Store Frozen in Time inside an LA Law School

The Tour Guide Who Lived Through 9/11

Video: The $1 Billion McDonald‘s Box [29:15]

New research shows that water becomes electrified as it slides down smooth surfaces, leading to corrosion

Taylor Farms: How One Company’s Reach Became a National Risk

Video: New York’s Buckling Tower: What Happens Now? [15:38]

This 3,700-Year-Old Olive Tree in Portugal Has Been Growing Since the Bronze Age (and Keeps Making Olives)

Photos show aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

An ‘Extremely Rare’ Half-Male, Half-Female Bird Temporarily Took Up Residence Outside of Chicago

NASA’s Roman telescope launches on Sunday August 30 with the same size mirror as Hubble, but it takes in roughly 100 times more sky at once

New Twitter launches, says Musk’s X gave up the name

Race to the Moon takes a new turn: China’s setback reignites competition with US to conquer South Pole

Living Cells Can Be Reprogrammed With Light, Scientists Say. The Pentagon Is Trying to Build the Machine to Do It.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 – the best pictures so far

How the Job Market Will Shape the Next Generation

400-year-old ‘vampire’ grave discovered in Poland

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