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The Search for Mackie Basil
thewalrus.ca

How a Good Scam Can Bypass Our Defences
thewalrus.ca

NASA Found Exotic Organic Molecules on Ancient Space Object ‘Arrokoth’
vice.com

Video: One of the most epic engineering feats in history [5:15]
youtube.com

Mexico City Is Proposing to Build One of the World’s Largest Urban Parks
smithsonianmag.com

So How did the Heart Become the Symbol of Love anyway?
messynessychic.com • (see also)

Gold Isotope Dies Young, Leaves a Wobbly Nucleus
popularmechanics.com

Giant viruses may be attacking the microbes in our guts
arstechnica.com

Upside-Down Jellyfish Release Weaponized Goo Packed With Toxic ‘Grenades’
gizmodo.com

On the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, a look back at what was lost
theconversation.com

Cold Cases of History: The Murder of Juan Borgia
crimereads.com

Photos: Penguin Decline in Antarctica
theatlantic.com

This audacious artist shocked 17th-century Italy with her work
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

How ultra-processed food took over your shopping basket
theguardian.com

Image: Voyager 1’s Pale Blue Dot, reprocessed for its 30th anniversary
solarsystem.nasa.gov • (see also)

Extinct giant turtle had horned shell of up to three meters
phys.org

The epilepsy diagnosis
wellcomecollection.org • Part 1

Why ‘care’ and the ‘scare’ are inseparable when you love someone
aeon.co

We Spend Billions on Fitness and It’s Doing Nothing for Us
outsideonline.com

One of the First True Monorail Systems Debuts in 1910, Wins High Praise from Winston Churchill, Then Fails
flashbak.com

New Clues About ‘Ambigram’ Viruses With Strange Reversible Genes
quantamagazine.org

‘The Falcon Thief’ exposes the high-flying life of a notorious rare-bird smuggler
livescience.com

New discovery: Madagascar’s bizarre aye-aye has six fingers on each hand
sciencex.com

Saturn’s weird, Earth-like moon just failed a key test for alien life
livescience.com

How Two 1950s Kids Playing on the Railroad Tracks Found a National Treasure
smithsonianmag.com

Did these scientists just create the first lab-grown human breastmilk?
massivesci.com

How Many Exoplanets Have Been Discovered, and How Many Are Waiting to Be Found?
discovermagazine.com

Inside the Bowling Alley’s Mechanical Heart With the Guy Who Keeps It Beating
gizmodo.com

The coronavirus is the first true social-media “infodemic”
technologyreview.com

“If I Couldn’t Tell These Stories, I Would Die”: Lincoln and Laughter
saturdayeveningpost.com

The Unexpected Elegance of Apocalyptic Seed Vaults, In Photos
atlasobscura.com

Why so many of the world’s oldest companies are in Japan
bbc.com

The secret ingredient in this face mask that could prevent the next coronavirus? A dash of salt
thestar.com

Qarman CubeSat: falling into a fireball (experimental satellite using cork as a heat shield)
esa.int • (see also)

Could DAMA’s ‘Dark Matter Signal’ Simply Be Poorly Analyzed Noise?
forbes.com

The Life and Legend of Calamity Jane
crimereads.com

Europe’s planet-hunting CHEOPS telescope beams down first image. It’s better than expected
space.com

Immune Cell Assassins Reveal Their Nurturing Side
quantamagazine.org

People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia
vice.com • (see also)

How the Earliest Crime Scene Investigators Identified Murder Victims
crimereads.com • (see also)

Meet the Physicist Predicting When Online Hate Will Turn to Real-World Violence
discovermagazine.com

‘Stolen’ elections open wounds that may never heal
theconversation.com

Robot-assisted high-precision surgery has passed its first test in humans
technologyreview.com

The Rebellious, Scandalous Origins of Polka
daily.jstor.org

The Last Days at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: The Cold War Begins
lithub.com • Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • Day 4

These Scots Still Fish Like the Vikings
atlasobscura.com

The Big (Yet Hidden) Consequences of Antarctica’s Record Heat
wired.com

Canada’s little-known geological wonder
bbc.com

Virtuoso mourns beloved £150,000 piano smashed by movers
theguardian.com

276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram six years ago. Where are they now?
nationalgeographic.com

Objects Made by Prisoners in the United States
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Ancient Genes Reveal The Last Mammoths on Earth Were a Sickly Mess
sciencealert.com

Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire
theguardian.com

Chinese Hacking Is Alarming. So Are Data Brokers.
nytimes.com

NASA gives JPL green light to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth
latimes.com

‘The intelligence coup of the Century’ – How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades
washingtonpost.com

Goodbye, Operator
richmondfed.org

NASA Will Only Tolerate So Much Danger
theatlantic.com

Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece
openculture.com

Beyond Plan B: Seven radical climate change solutions
expmag.com