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Winners of the 2024 World Press Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of Wigner Crystals
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

You Can Visit the World’s Largest Continuous Dinosaur Trackway, Now on Protected Public Land
smithsonianmag.com

USA’s tallest building approved for Oklahoma City
newatlas.com

Purple bacteria could be key to finding extraterrestrial life on exoplanets
livescience.com

The Magnetic Heart of the Milky Way
nytimes.com

This week: Glowing petunias, billionaire consequences, hot lawyers, and more!
damninteresting.com

Are there really more things going wrong on airplanes?
vox.com

A New Study Says We May Be Living in a Variable Universe
popularmechanics.com

42 Balloons: New musical follows man who flew over LA in a garden chair
bbc.com • (see also)

Light show in living cells: New method allows simultaneous fluorescent labeling of many proteins
phys.org

Water extraction and weight of buildings see half of China’s cities sink
bbc.com

Crunching worms, squeaking voles, drumming ants: how scientists are learning to eavesdrop on the sounds of soil
theguardian.com

Ruins on remote Pacific island are ‘much older’ than once thought, study reveals
miamiherald.com

Remarkable Findings – New Research Reveals That the Spinal Cord Can Learn and Memorize
scitechdaily.com • (see also)

Life in the Islands of the Dead
daily.jstor.org

Video: You Will Never Forget This Caterpillar [7:00]
youtube.com

Why do people feel like they’re being watched, even when no one is there?
livescience.com

‘Devil Comet’ 12P/Pons-Brooks is heading for the sun. Will it survive?
space.com

Antarctica’s France-Sized Ice Shelf Makes Daily Jumps, Raising Icequake Concerns
ndtv.com

SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. ‘And we never have’
space.com

The Former Slave Who Became a Cowboy, a Rancher, and a Texas Legend
texasmonthly.com

Sony World Photography Awards showcases beauty of the natural world
newatlas.com

The Forgotten War on Beepers
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org

50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2
spectrum.ieee.org • (see also)

Video: Nazi Town, USA [53:19]
youtube.com • (see also)

Humans Occupied Lava Tube Cave in Saudi Arabia for 7,000 Years, Archaeologists Find
sci.news

Video: What’s Really Happening At CERN [17:40]
youtube.com • (see also)

‘I’ve Got a Bridge to Sell You’: The Con Artist Who Peddled the Brooklyn Bridge
crimereads.com

Sea creature — with 170 eyes — found lurking under rock in China. It’s a new species
miamiherald.com

Medusa: Deep Space via Nuclear Pulse
centauri-dreams.org • (see also)

‘Apocalyptic’ Dubai floods shake picture-perfect city
bbc.com

Jupiter’s moon Io has been a volcanic inferno for billions of years
newscientist.com

Video: How Car Theft Actually Works [25:58]
youtube.com

Quick! Someone Get This Book a Doctor.
nytimes.com

In a global first, scientists create, store, and retrieve quantum data
interestingengineering.com

Our sun once had thousands of sibling stars. Where did they go?
npr.org

Flip Through More than 5,000 Pages of This Sprawling 19th-Century Atlas of Natural History
thisiscolossal.com

The Copier Wars: Fair Use’s Rude Awakening
newart.press

Boston Dynamics’ Robert Playter on the New Atlas
spectrum.ieee.org • (see also)

Why Feathers Are One of Evolution’s Cleverest Inventions
scientificamerican.com

The Bad Trip Detective
nautil.us

Cold case: DNA in airconditioners to place suspects at the scene of a crime
newatlas.com

A ‘new’ star will light up the sky soon and you can see it for yourself
cbc.ca

The Last Days of the Laugh Track
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

The Viking Women With Intentionally Reshaped Skulls
atlasobscura.com

Why don’t rich people eat anymore?
dazeddigital.com

How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
arstechnica.com

110 Years Later, a Stunning New Photo May Finally Show the Iceberg That Sank the Titanic
popularmechanics.com • Without paywall

Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’
theguardian.com

Hackers Linked to Russia’s Military Claim Credit for Sabotaging US Water Utilities
wired.com • (see also)

The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
theverge.com • (sea also)

Family Accidentally Ends Up With 50 Baby Octopuses After Their Pet—Thought to Be Male—Laid Dozens of Eggs
smithsonianmag.com

Astronomers discover the most metal-poor extreme helium star
phys.org

Goldene: New 2D form of gold makes graphene look boring
newatlas.com

Ultrafast laser-powered ‘magnetic RAM’ is on the horizon after new discovery
livescience.com

NASA has greenlit plans to send a giant drone to Saturn’s largest moon
theverge.com

Dark energy could be getting weaker, suggesting the universe will end in a ‘Big Crunch’
space.com

Scientists claim to have successfully ‘conversed’ with a whale as proxy for aliens
independent.co.uk • (see also)

Video: There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky Way [13:58]
youtube.com • (see also)