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Ghost ship washes ashore in Ireland after more than a year at sea
theguardian.com • (see also)

Preparing For The End Of The World, On A Budget
npr.org

The Man Behind the Counter
bittersoutherner.com

Archaeologists Have Long Sought — But Never Found — The Very First Wheel
discovermagazine.com

Virtual Nuclear Weapons Design and the Blur of Reality
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

The Fairey Rotodyne, the vertical take off and landing airliner time forgot
arstechnica.com

Supersymmetry is super-awesome. Here’s what it means for particle physics.
space.com

Why DNA tests are suddenly unpopular
vox.com

The fastest way to heat certain materials may be to cool them first
sciencenews.org

Chasing Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippos’
latimes.com

Natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated, or not even have the specified ingredients
theconversation.com

How 1920s Catholic Students Fought the Ku Klux Klan
daily.jstor.org

When Betelgeuse goes supernova, what will it look like from Earth?
astronomy.com

The fraught future of recycling
axios.com

It Turns Out Rust Is… a Great Shield for Deadly Space Radiation
futurism.com

The Surprising 18th-Century Origins of Fan Fiction
theatlantic.com

The Map of Mathematics
quantamagazine.org

Very few infants seem to be getting sick with the new coronavirus
sciencenews.org

The Quantified Employee: How Companies Use Tech to Track Workers
pcmag.com

Betelgeuse is Dimming and Changing Shape, New Image of Its Surface Reveals
discovermagazine.com

The Cascading Consequences of the Worst Disease Ever
theatlantic.com

What Abu Dhabi’s City of the Future Looks Like Now
citylab.com

‘The first thing people usually want to know is what getting stabbed feels like.’
medium.com

Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time.
washingtonpost.com • (see also)

Inside the Pentagon’s Secret UFO Program
popularmechanics.com

A History of Hating the Rich
saturdayeveningpost.com

Is love just a fleeting chemical high in the brain?
bbc.com

A Former Border Agent, at Risk of Deportation
theatlantic.com

Want Unlimited Clean Energy? Just Drill the World’s Hottest Well
wired.com • (see also)

This is the most violent object in the solar system
livescience.com

Amish Hackers
kk.org

New episode of Damn Interesting Week!: Think About the Tuvaluans
damninteresting.com

The clever glass box that reshaped the world
bbc.com

These 20 women were trailblazing explorers—why did history forget them?
nationalgeographic.com

France’s Deadly Seaweed
hakaimagazine.com

History’s Weirdest Aphrodisiacs And Love Potions
historyextra.com

Engineers Just Built an Impressively Stable Quantum Silicon Chip From Artificial Atoms
sciencealert.com

100 Years Ago, the World’s Biggest Action Star Was a Woman Named Pearl
crimereads.com

The most fascinating riot you’ve never heard of
theoutline.com

The 200-year-old diary that’s rewriting gay history
bbc.com

Images of new coronavirus just released
livescience.com

Why the F-117 Nighthawk Is Such a Badass Plane
popularmechanics.com

Valentine’s Day wasn’t always about love
nationalgeographic.com

Scientists just watched a newfound asteroid zoom by Earth. Then they saw its moon.
livescience.com

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