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Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake
theatlantic.com • Mirror

The Burning Man Festival As Seen From Space
sciencealert.com

‘The pet I’ll never forget: Shackleton, the cat who faked his own death’
theguardian.com

A Chinese rocket narrowly missed a landing on Sunday—the video is amazing
arstechnica.com

How prison drama The Shawshank Redemption “tanked at the box office” in 1994, but went on to become one of the most acclaimed films in the world.
bbc.com

The Heavy Toll of Desertion From the Russian Army
nytimes.com

‘Immortal’ creatures may reveal clues to contagious cancers
science.org

The flight to freedom of Phillip Mehrtens, the NZ pilot who survived 594 days in captivity
theguardian.com

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: Study Reveals It’s Not the Same Storm Cassini Observed in 1665
scitechdaily.com

Scientists Discover Signs of Water All Over The Moon’s Surface
sciencealert.com

Exoplanets may be hiding behind the ‘Neptunian ridge’
space.com

Video: Exposing The Flaw In Our Phone System [31:54]
youtube.com

Archaeologists Say They’ve Solved the Mystery of a Lead Coffin Discovered Beneath Notre-Dame
smithsonianmag.com

Forgotten story of escape from Nazis found
bbc.com

Image: An odd-looking rock photographed on Mars by Perseverance
mars.nasa.gov

NASA’s flying to an ocean world. Its spacecraft is giant.
mashable.com

The world’s most beautiful climbing locations
bbc.com

The Madcap History of Mad Magazine Will Unleash Your Inner Class Clown
smithsonianmag.com

Jupiter-bound JUICE probe snaps photo of Earth, the moon and Uranus
space.com

This week: Burp surgery, exploding heads, extraterrestrial voting, and more!
damninteresting.com

Cards Against Humanity is suing SpaceX for trespassing and filling its property with ‘space garbage’
engadget.com

Mathematicians Discover New Shapes to Solve Decades-Old Geometry Problem
quantamagazine.org

Far Older Than Machu Picchu: Scientists Discover Stunning Ancient Temple in Peru
scitechdaily.com

Doctors Said These Women’s Mutated Genes Wouldn’t Harm Them
theatlantic.com • Mirror

Video: The Amazing Recording History of Here Comes the Sun [15:57]
youtube.com

Previously unknown Mozart music discovered in German library
theguardian.com • (see also)

The crypto bros who dream of crowdfunding a new country
bbc.com

Scientists Say They Have Created the First Electromagnetic Vortex Cannon
popularmechanics.com

Groundbreaking Study Finally Reveals How Rubbing Generates Static Electricity
scitechdaily.com

View the winning entries from the 2024 Small World in Motion Competition
nikonsmallworld.com

Rainbow swamp: The flooded forest in Virginia that puts on a magical light show every winter
livescience.com

In case of extinction, scientists store human genome on a ‘memory crystal’ that lasts billions of years
popsci.com • (see also)

A ‘golden age’ of rat research may be here. What the often unwanted companions can teach us about us
npr.org • (see also)

Kentucky Sheriff Arrested in Shooting Death of Judge
nytimes.com

Porsche’s 6-stroke engine doubles up on power and compression
newatlas.com • (see also)

Europe’s Hera probe to launch Oct. 7 to inspect asteroid NASA smacked in 2022
space.com

Extreme 3D ocean waves can reach heights 4x steeper than previously thought
popsci.com

Bacteria on the space station are evolving for life in space
newscientist.com • Mirror

Three Mile Island nuclear plant set for restart on Microsoft AI power deal
reuters.com

Caught on camera: Satellite tracker photographs secret spacecraft
space.com

French dig team finds archaeologist’s 200-year-old note
bbc.com

Drone Awards 2024 – in pictures
theguardian.com

Students in the Philippines Create and Wear Funny “Anti-Cheating Hats” to School Exams
mymodernmet.com

Famous Fossil Frauds
nautil.us

California man finds he’s been paying his neighbor’s electric bill for 15 years
theguardian.com

‘One Day, I Got a Furious Email From a Jeopardy! Star. It Only Got Weirder From There.’
slate.com • (see also)

Apes understand reasons behind each other’s actions, research finds
phys.org

Video: Wreckage Of Titan Submersible Reveal How It Imploded [17:20]
youtube.com

Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope?
space.com

2nd Kuiper Belt? Our solar system may be much larger than thought
space.com

Hawaii hikers report exploding guts as norovirus outbreak hits famous trail
arstechnica.com

‘It smells like a food bin that’s overflowing’: The weird biology of the giant smelly ‘corpse plant’
bbc.com

The Dangerous Fantasy of Cybernetic Cops
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

No hospital, no cars … and only three school pupils: life on a remote island – in pictures
theguardian.com

The Loudest Sound in History Broke People’s Eardrums 40 Miles Away
mossandfog.com

Squid-skin-inspired screen displays encrypted images using only magnets
newatlas.com

He bought a cruise ship on Craigslist and spent over $1 million restoring it. Then his dream sank
cnn.com

What gives stars their colors?
astronomy.com

Magnetic mystery at Mercury revealed by BepiColombo probe
space.com

Scientists Identify New Blood Group After a 50 Year Mystery
sciencealert.com