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How an Enron Parody Turned Into a Financial Mess of Its Own
bloomberg.com

Fly through Gaia’s 3D map of stellar nurseries
esa.int

Video: Quantum Computers Look Like Chandeliers. This is Why. [11:46]
youtube.com • (see also)

This Sword Swallower Filmed the Inside of Her Throat Mid-Act
vice.com • (see also)

When CBS Canceled The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for Criticizing the American Establishment and the Vietnam War (1969)
openculture.com

What owning a cat does to your brain (and theirs)
theconversation.com • (see also)

It’s dragonfly migration season!
popsci.com

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
computerworld.com

A Simple Way To Measure Knots Has Come Unraveled
quantamagazine.org

Precious hoard lay forgotten for almost 3,000 years
bbc.com

Nathan Hale, the Doomed Patriot Spy, Probably Never Said ‘I Only Regret That I Have but One Life to Lose for My Country’ Before His Execution
smithsonianmag.com

On this day in 1979 an American nuclear detonation detection satellite detected…something.
damninteresting.com

Camping on the world’s largest island of ice
bbc.com • (see also)

Ice dissolves iron faster than liquid water, offering explanation for Arctic’s rusty rivers
phys.org

Astronomers Say Earth Has a Newly Discovered ‘Quasi-Moon,’ a Companion That Shares Its Orbit Around the Sun
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Spies, Smugglers, and How a Bitter Plant Became the World’s Favorite Drink [1:09:35]
youtube.com

What It’s Like to Get Really, Really High
newyorker.com • Mirror

Thieves Steal and Destroy Solid Silver Statue of Abraham Lincoln Created by Mount Rushmore Sculptor Gutzon Borglum
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Researchers Examine Centuries-Old Flip-Flop Sandals on an Ancient Roman Mosaic
mymodernmet.com

Video: Why English is full of silent letters [22:54]
youtube.com

Only 10% of Earthquake Energy Shakes the Ground. Here’s What the Rest Does.
vice.com

Petrichor, the Smell of Rain, Has A Lot of Science Behind It
discovermagazine.com

A Quebec town so tiny, $50M lottery win makes 10% of residents multimillionaires
cbc.ca

‘If he can be found, every one of the users can be’: unmasking the man behind toxic gossip website Tattle Life
theguardian.com

Why L.A.’s Ultra Rich Are Choosing to Rent — for Six Figures a Month
hollywoodreporter.com

Alarming New Video Shows Robot Making Incredibly Realistic Facial Expressions
futurism.com • (see also)

Sheet Music For Cats And Their Lovers : Moritz von Schwind’s Katzensymphonie, 1868
flashbak.com • (see also)

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers
arstechnica.com

Video: Can $340,000,000 rewrite history? [46:08]
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This ‘Grue Jay’ Hybrid Looks Cool as H#ll—but It’s a Warning Sign
gizmodo.com

The airliner pilot who gets to fly World War Two’s biggest bomber
bbc.com

Video: Everything That Went Wrong During The Wizard of Oz’s Seriously Troubled Production [30:58]
openculture.com • (see also)

This Drilled Cow Bone May Have Been an Ancient Egyptian Cop’s Whistle
smithsonianmag.com