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1. A 2015 snail-tooth strength story crawls back onto HN▲ 207 · 155 comments▶ Jul 11, 13:30 UTC · 3:29
2. Spider venom points to a bee-safe varroa mite treatment▲ 304 · 140 comments▶ Jul 10, 09:24 UTC · 4:24
3. Earth keeps UTC steady through December 2026▲ 308 · 243 comments▶ Jul 10, 09:24 UTC · 4:57
4. Webb’s early-universe surprises keep multiplying▲ 213 · 127 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 6, 00:03 UTC · 2:36▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 4:13
5. Could stale meeting-room air be dulling your team’s decisions?▲ 828 · 468 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 2:38▶ Jul 5, 00:03 UTC · 2:33▶ Jul 4, 20:11 UTC · 4:45▶ Jul 4, 16:07 UTC · 3:07
6. Tall tropical trees may not be hydraulically fragile after all▲ 268 · 122 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jul 5, 12:03 UTC · 3:48▶ Jul 5, 00:03 UTC · 4:05▶ Jul 4, 20:11 UTC · 7:00▶ Jul 4, 16:07 UTC · 4:29
7. xkcd Goes Deep on Earth’s Weirdest Holes▲ 259 · 43 comments▶ Jul 4, 16:07 UTC · 4:57
8. Can markets stay competitive only if P is not NP?▲ 230 · 164 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jul 4, 00:02 UTC · 2:09▶ Jul 3, 20:43 UTC · 1:33
9. Synthetic ‘spudcells’ grow, copy DNA, and divide▲ 951 · 302 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jul 3, 16:15 UTC · 1:21▶ Jul 3, 12:05 UTC · 3:06▶ Jul 3, 00:11 UTC · 1:08▶ Jul 2, 00:12 UTC · 5:15
10. arXiv Is Leaving Cornell to Become Its Own Nonprofit▲ 299 · 99 comments▶ Jul 2, 00:12 UTC · 6:49
11. Australian ‘ballista spider’ catches ants with a spring-loaded snare▲ 270 · 64 comments▶ Jul 2, 00:12 UTC · 7:06
12. CERN powers down the LHC to build its brighter successor▲ 317 · 105 comments▶ Jul 1, 12:06 UTC · 6:30
13. Max Planck’s retracted papers look like a publishing-system mistake▲ 211 · 27 comments▶ Jun 29, 23:00 UTC · 3:20
14. A sealed Herculaneum scroll has been read end to end▲ 1712 · 368 commentsin 8 episodes:▶ Jun 28, 18:35 UTC · 5:00▶ Jun 28, 16:22 UTC · 4:27▶ Jun 28, 14:06 UTC · 4:44▶ Jun 28, 12:16 UTC · 4:37▶ Jun 28, 12:02 UTC · 3:50▶ Jun 28, 10:25 UTC · 4:08▶ Jun 28, 00:03 UTC · 5:24▶ Jun 27, 19:16 UTC · 4:41
15. Ottawa trail study tests wood chips against ticks▲ 236 · 175 commentsin 2 episodes:▶ Jun 28, 12:02 UTC · 5:05▶ Jun 28, 10:25 UTC · 5:26
16. Extreme heat summit felled by extreme heat▲ 414 · 475 comments▶ Jun 24, 10:04 UTC · 5:47
17. A logarithm, without the base▲ 313 · 83 commentsin 3 episodes:▶ Jun 23, 00:04 UTC · 5:26▶ Jun 22, 14:42 UTC · 5:49▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 5:32
18. Your brain was not built for the doomscroll▲ 456 · 348 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jun 22, 14:42 UTC · 4:45▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 4:18▶ Jun 22, 06:08 UTC · 4:35▶ Jun 22, 00:05 UTC · 4:09
19. Slow Breathing May Nudge the Brain Toward Taking More Risks▲ 416 · 119 commentsin 4 episodes:▶ Jun 22, 14:42 UTC · 5:28▶ Jun 22, 12:06 UTC · 5:08▶ Jun 22, 06:08 UTC · 5:28▶ Jun 22, 00:05 UTC · 3:29