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The Mystery in the Medicine Cabinet

asteriskmag.com·4w·Hacker News, Hacker News

The Ancient Weapons Active in Your Immune System Today

quantamagazine.org·4w·Hacker News, Hacker News

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here's How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

smithsonianmag.com·4w

Video: Project Hail Mary's Alien Has a Secret Backstory [59:08]

youtube.com·4w

Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans

newscientist.com·4w·Hacker News

Crabs Are Moving Into the Chernobyl of the Sea. Why Do They Love 1.6 Million Tons of Explosives?

popularmechanics.com·5w

New comment by MostlyStable in "Your Backpack Got Worse on Purpose"

youtube.com·4w·Hacker News

On this day in 1975, Patty Hearst robbed a bank

damninteresting.com·4w

Video: Why Maglev is (Basically) Impossible [18:12]

youtube.com·4w

There’s Something Fundamentally Wrong With LLMs

futurism.com·4w·r/LLM, r/TrueReddit

BYD's Fastest-Charging Car in the World Is Astonishing—in Good and Bad Ways

wired.com·4w

I built an interactive explainer about how GPS works (link in comments)

perthirtysix.com·4w·Hacker News, r/webdev

Can you steal $10k from a locked iPhone? [video]

youtube.com·4w·Hacker News

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

theguardian.com·4w·Hacker News, Hacker News

Video: What is "The Thinker" actually thinking about? [5:55]

youtube.com·4w

The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem

wired.com·4w·r/Malware

A Dizzying Spiral Staircase With a Single Guardrail Once Led to the Top of the Eiffel Tower. Now, You Can Buy 14 of the Original Steps

smithsonianmag.com·4w·Hacker News

Two supermassive black holes are now heading for a Universe-shaking collision

sciencefocus.com·4w

Did the Artemis II spacecraft protect the crew well enough? NASA races to find out

nbcnews.com·4w·r/space

In Arizona's desert, tiny ants turn into living hygienists, climbing inside bigger ants' mandibles and cleaning them

phys.org·4w

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