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Why Do People Make Music?
nytimes.com

Scientists solve mystery of ancient ‘tree of life’
bbc.com

Hong Kong is safe from China’s Great Firewall—for now
technologyreview.com

Crew trapped on Baltimore ship, seven weeks after bridge collapse
bbc.com

Emoji history: the missing years
blog.gingerbeardman.com

MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Orangutan Language Is More Sophisticated Than Once Thought
discovermagazine.com

Video: 75MPH Bird to the Face [16:30]
Related video • Related video • youtube.com

The hunt for rare bitcoin is nearing an end
arstechnica.com

The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World
crimereads.com • (see also)

‘We’ve got drone swarms, dirty bombs, radar-jamming’: the fake town where America practises for war
theguardian.com

How An Organ Transplant Can Change Your Entire Personality
inverse.com • Study

Tiger beetles fight off bat attacks with ultrasonic mimicry
phys.org

Graffiti-covered door from French revolutionary wars found in Kent
theguardian.com

Sites Busted Running AI Content Farm That Rips Off Real Journalists’ Work When They Accidentally Left Prompt in Published Article
futurism.com

Florence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science and statistics to nursing
theconversation.com

Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say
theguardian.com

Video: Scientists are obsessed with this lake [5:37]
youtube.com • (see also)

Scientists Are Investigating a Puzzling Underground ‘Anomaly’ Near the Giza Pyramids
smithsonianmag.com

Video: How Sponges Beat The First Mass Extinction [10:23]
youtube.com • (see also)

Smashing into an asteroid shows researchers how to better protect Earth
arstechnica.com

Jupiter’s mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot (photo)
space.com

The sun just shot out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades
mlive.com

Mystery of inscription found under patio slab
bbc.com

Video: The Skyscraper Built on The World’s Most Expensive Site [9:52]
youtube.com

Superheavy Elements Are Breaking the Periodic Table
scientificamerican.com • (Seaborg also)

Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console
arstechnica.com

As Insurers Around the U.S. Bleed Cash From Climate Shocks, Homeowners Lose
nytimes.com

Justice Department may prosecute Boeing for 737 Max crashes
npr.org

TRAPPIST-1 Outer Planets Likely Have Water
universetoday.com

The Oxford Electric Bell: A two-century-long scientific enigma
interestingengineering.com

Meet Mammoth, the world’s largest vacuum that now sucks thousands of tons of carbon out of the air
zmescience.com

Atoms squished closer together than ever before, revealing seemingly impossible quantum effects
livescience.com

A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?
newyorker.com

A Modified Psychedelic Toad Toxin Reduces Signs of Depression and Anxiety in Mice, Study Suggests
smithsonianmag.com

New gel breaks down alcohol in the body
phys.org

A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day 80 years later
theconversation.com

Strangely Curved Shapes Break 50-Year-Old Geometry Conjecture
quantamagazine.org

Video: ‘I Tested NASA’s New Spacesuit’ [26:14]
youtube.com • (see also)

Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes
eos.org

As a teenager, John was jailed for assaulting someone and stealing their bike. That was 17 years ago – will he ever be released?
theguardian.com

Video: World’s fastest quadcopter smashes Guinness speed record
newatlas.com

Studying the World’s Largest Parrot Colony Is an Extreme Sport
atlasobscura.com

How ‘Idle’ Egg Cells Defend Their DNA From Damage
quantamagazine.org

Something weird is happening with tornadoes
vox.com

Alameda Officials Stop Cloud Brightening Study Aimed at Cooling Planet
nytimes.com

Video: Japan’s Lost Decade – An Economic Disaster [27:20]
youtube.com

Yacht sinks after being rammed by orcas in Strait of Gibraltar
bbc.com

Did humans evolve to chase down prey over long distances?
newscientist.com

Bending Reality: Einstein Meets Quantum Mechanics in Antarctic Ice
scitechdaily.com

Astronomers Finally Solve Mystery of Star Violently Erupting For Decades
sciencealert.com

Scientists Discover Massive Planet as Light And Fluffy as Cotton Candy
sciencealert.com

When Will America Get Better Sunscreens?
undark.org

Chimps continue learning tool use even as adults, study finds
salon.com

NASA Licenses 3D-Printable High-Temperature Superalloy That Can Last 2,500x Longer
scitechdaily.com

Vintage Airline Posters Show the Golden Age of Air Travel
mossandfog.com

This 50,000-year-old block of ice reveals the true state of CO2 levels now
newatlas.com

New Study Unveils Serotonin’s Key Role in Fertility and Depression
scitechdaily.com

Hubble Just Released A New Photo Showcasing This Remarkably Strange Looking Lenticular Galaxy; NGC 4753
reddit.com

Prayagraj: An alleged dowry death and a gruesome revenge
bbc.com