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Why Fire Island Has Seen an Explosion of Feral Cats
smithsonianmag.com

This star escaped a supermassive black hole’s violent grips — then returned for round 2
space.com

Lightning kills 320 million trees each year
popsci.com • (see also)

On this day in 1983 a Boeing 767 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet
damninteresting.com

HST captures the Veil Nebula in prismatic color
astronomy.com

Four-day workweek makes for healthier, more satisfied workers
newatlas.com

New Cyborg Bees Operate Like RC Cars Thanks to Tiny Brain Controllers
vice.com

Why the Amish have almost no allergies
washingtonpost.com • Mirror

Humans beat AI at international math contest despite gold-level AI scores
phys.org

A Naturalist’s Guide to the World’s Most Lethal Plants
mossandfog.com

Apparently Vera Rubin Captured Images Of 3I/ATLAS Before It Was Even Discovered
universetoday.com

Most Mental Illnesses Arise Without Family History
neurosciencenews.com

How dupes turned online shopping upside down
theverge.com

Video: The Kid Who Hacked the Pentagon [18:03]
youtube.com

What happens once we spot the asteroid that will hit Earth?
archive.is

A Child’s Skull That Has Long Confounded Archaeologists Might Be a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid, Study Suggests
smithsonianmag.com

Hubble spots interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS for the first time
space.com

Why do cats love concrete slabs? A vet explains.
popsci.com

On this day in 1944 a history-making economic conference came to an end
damninteresting.com

The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity
wired.com

It’s bigger than your thumb, has immense jaws and is nicknamed the flying bulldog – Meet the largest bee on Earth
discoverwildlife.com

Listen to the Music Made With the Neanderthal Flute, the Oldest Instrument in the World
mymodernmet.com

Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company
bbc.com

Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain
bbc.com

Optimists share similar brain patterns when thinking about the future, scans show
theguardian.com

Scientists are Planning for Life After Finding Aliens
universetoday.com

Incredible ‘marine mind control’ lets these ancient predators invade as one
newatlas.com

Radical New Theory Rewrites the Story of the Earliest Universe
gizmodo.com

AI companies have stopped warning you that their chatbots aren’t doctors
technologyreview.com

AI Comes Up with Bizarre Physics Experiments. But They Work.
quantamagazine.org

The Elongated Image of 3I/ATLAS
avi-loeb.medium.com

Astronomers crack 1,000-year-old Betelgeuse mystery with 1st-ever sighting of secret companion (photo, video)
space.com

Arctic winter reaches melting point: Scientists witness dramatic thaw in Svalbard
phys.org

New study peers beneath the skin of iconic lizards to find ‘chainmail’ bone plates
theconversation.com

Earth will spin faster on July 22 to create 2nd-shortest day in history
space.com

The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life
wired.com • Mirror

GMC Made a Motorhome That Pumped Sewage Through Its Exhaust on Purpose
thedrive.com • via

Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
newyorker.com • Mirror

Lonely Diarist of the High Seas
daily.jstor.org

Video: The Insane Biology of: The Saltwater Crocodile [39:46]
youtube.com

Psychopathic traits linked to distinct brain networks in new neuroscience research
psypost.org • (see also)

‘I Never Cared Much for Swords. Then I Had to Fight with One’
thewalrus.ca

‘It’s just a weird, weird bird’: Why we got the dodo so absurdly wrong
bbc.com

Geologists Stumble on an Alien-Like Landscape Beneath Antarctica’s Ice
scitechdaily.com • (see also)

Introducing Omiword, the new word game from the makers of Dang Interesting
damninteresting.com

Trippy liquid ‘fireworks’ appear when scientists try to mix unmixable fluids
livescience.com

This robot scans rare library books at 2,500 pages per hour
popsci.com

First video of an earthquake fault cracking has revealed another surprise
livescience.com

The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality
english.elpais.com

Video: Why Don’t Liquids Splash In a Vacuum? [6:45]
youtube.com

Opinion polls claim to reflect public sentiment, but they’re more like misinformation
theguardian.com

New study reveals hidden regulatory roles of ‘junk’ DNA
cosmosmagazine.com

Video: Why do Westerners love to use toilet paper? [02:44]
bbc.com • (see also) • (see also)

Christa McAuliffe’s Life Ended in Tragedy on the ‘Challenger’ Shuttle. Here’s How the High School Teacher Was Chosen for the Ill-Fated Flight
smithsonianmag.com

Dennis Lehtonen Documents a Pair of Immense Icebergs Paying a Visit to a Small Greenland Village
thisiscolossal.com

Video: Ozempic’s Origin Story is Insane [37:00]
youtube.com

The First-Ever Whole Genome of an Ancient Egyptian Reveals What Life Was Like 4,800 Years Ago
discovermagazine.com

Complete Guide To ‘Ammonite,’ The Solar System’s Latest Member
forbes.com

Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War?
newyorker.com • Mirror

To Find Another Earth, We Need to Understand Atmospheric Escape
universetoday.com