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The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the Samurai – A 1969 documentary on Japanese swords, narrated by George Takei [23:30]
archive.org

Barking drones used on farms instead of sheep dogs
radionz.co.nz

The Building Inspector as Action Hero
nytimes.com

An expert in child sexual abuse weighs in on Leaving Neverland
theconversation.com

Photos: The Tibetan uprising of 1959 that led to the Dalai Lama’s long exile
qz.com

Video: Sonification of a Hubble Deep Space Image
youtube.com

‘More stupid than it was criminal:’ Judge frees Halifax brothers involved in border standoff
cbc.ca

The Prized Pepper That Comes From a Single New Mexican Town
atlasobscura.com

Neuroscientists can read brain activity to predict decisions 11 seconds before people act
qz.com

‘Centurians of Rome’: How a Bank Robber Made the Most Expensive Gay Porno of All Time
thedailybeast.com

Here’s A Simple Trick For Anyone Who Finds Eye Contact Too Intense
digest.bps.org.uk

Older GPS devices are facing their own mini Y2K bug next month
theverge.com

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Catches Lunar Freeze Frame
nasa.gov

Silicon Valley meat startups using gene-editing tool Crispr
businessinsider.com

K Stars May Be Perfect for Finding Habitable Worlds
scitechdaily.com

45 years ago today Hiroo Onoda was finally officially relieved from his WW2 post
damninteresting.com

Inside the High-Stakes Race to Make Quantum Computers Work
wired.com

Houseplants Don’t Actually Clean the Air
theatlantic.com

Why the sleep industry is keeping us awake at night
theguardian.com

Stolpersteine: The ‘Stumbling Stones’ of Holocaust Victims
amusingplanet.com

How Driving is Encouraged and Subsidized — By Law
usa.streetsblog.org

This Ghostly Galaxy May Be a ‘Living Fossil’ from the Dawn of the Universe
livescience.com

Still Waiting For a Savior: Before GM Left, Avanti Sold an Ohio Town an Impossible Dream
jalopnik.com

It Took Two Months and Nearly a Million Dollars to Save an Unvaccinated 6-Year-Old From Tetanus
gizmodo.com

Stalkers and Debt Collectors Impersonate Cops to Trick Big Telecom Into Giving Them Cell Phone Location Data
motherboard.vice.com

Medieval Diseases Are Infecting California’s Homeless
theatlantic.com

Thyroid hormone helped our ancestors survive but left us susceptible
medicalxpress.com

Image: Hubble’s dazzling display of two colliding galaxies
phys.org

New cell-sized micro robots might make incredible journeys
eurekalert.org

How Heavy Is the Milky Way?
gizmodo.com

Gallery: The Women Who Are Clearing the Minefields in Sri Lanka
theatlantic.com

The Coffin Business Is Booming in Central America Due to Gang Violence
bloomberg.com

Squid Share a Colorful Trick With Peacocks
nytimes.com

Death by Civilization
theatlantic.com

Effie’s wedding photo mystery solved
bbc.com

Life, Death, and PTSD as a Ranger in the Tetons
outsideonline.com

America’s Light Bulb Revolution
nytimes.com

The Man with an Elephant’s Nose
earlymodernmedicine.com

‘It’s Kind of Crazy in a Developed Country’: Inside the Amputation Crisis in the Rio Grande Valley
texasobserver.org

Gamma ray telescopes could detect starships powered by black hole
phys.org

Cloudy With a Chance of War
nautil.us

Galaxy Simulations Offer a New Solution to the Fermi Paradox
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The girl who was never meant to survive
bbc.co.uk

What is seafood fraud? Dangerous—and running rampant, report finds
nationalgeographic.com

The Clothes of the Future Were Supposed to Be Set on Fire
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

The Mad Science Plan to Power the World With Poop
earther.gizmodo.com

The $200,000 Toy Heist That Tore the ‘Star Wars’ World Apart
popularmechanics.com

Experts Think This ‘Nude Mona Lisa’ Could Have Been Drawn by Leonardo da Vinci
smithsonianmag.com

Mechanics of coronal mass ejections revealed
cosmosmagazine.com • (see also)

How three rebel queens of Egypt overthrew an empire and gave birth to a new kingdom
nationalgeographic.com

America’s school students exposed to water tainted by toxic lead
theguardian.com

14-foot fish spotted in river, giving hope to vanished giant’s return
nationalgeographic.com

Nasa astronauts to carry out first all-female spacewalk
theguardian.com

Massacre of Children in Peru Might Have Been a Sacrifice to Stop Bad Weather
nytimes.com

Bad Dreams Are Good
theatlantic.com

The Bloody Baron’s Crazy, Mixed-Up Robbery
thedailybeast.com

Why ‘ji32k7au4a83’ Is a Remarkably Common Password
gizmodo.com

Archeologists discover series of tunnels below famed Alcatraz prison
cbc.ca

Alabama Tornado Devastation in Photos
theatlantic.com

What Not to Wear: The Deadliest Hats, Scarves, and Skirts in History
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