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New Exoplanet Search Strategy Claims First Discovery
quantamagazine.org

Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function
theguardian.com

Image: HDR shot of yesterday’s Mars-Moon occultation
damninteresting.com • Source

Peter van de Kamp: the astronomer who was wrong in all the right ways
sciencefocus.com

Video: The History of Nara Dreamland, an abandoned Disneyland knock-off in Japan [16:30]
youtube.com

Photos: Life in the Time of Coronavirus
theatlantic.com

Investigating a murder without a body in an archive marked by absences
laphamsquarterly.org

Sophisticated Soviet spy radio discovered buried in former forest in Germany
livescience.com

The Defiance of Florence Nightingale
smithsonianmag.com

The ‘doomsday vault’ that could save the kangaroo and koala from extinction
cnet.com

A Stunning Neanderthal Skeleton Was Just Unearthed at a Famous Burial Site
sciencealert.com

Why the Experimental Nazi Aircraft Known as the Horten Never Took Off
smithsonianmag.com

The future of work looks like staying out of the office
arstechnica.com

In the 1970s, the CIA Created a Robot Dragonfly Spy. Now We Know How It Works.
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Inside the High Stakes Missions of NASA’s Oldest Deep-Space Probes
thedailybeast.com

The simple maths error that can lead to bankruptcy
bbc.com • (see also)

Dinosaur found with signs of tumour-causing disease that afflicts humans today
cbc.ca

Hive heists: why the next threat to bees is organized crime
theguardian.com

The Pros and Cons of a Lunar Pit Stop
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Is a world without trash possible?
nationalgeographic.com

Everyone loved George Washington, until he became president
washingtonpost.com • (see also)

For Science in the Courts, the Daubert Name Looms Large
undark.org

Our Swollen Sun Will Someday Shatter Everything in the Asteroid Belt
popularmechanics.com

So What Were UFO Sightings like in the Really Old Days?
messynessychic.com

The Japanese village that eats wasps
bbc.com

How dinosaur blood vessels are preserved through the ages
phys.org

What’s the World’s Worst Smell?
nytimes.com

YouTube at 15: what happened to some of the platform’s biggest early stars?
theguardian.com

The radical moral implications of luck in human life
vox.com

The Secret behind 575 Wandsworth Road
messynessychic.com

Fossil Eggshells Suggest All Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded
discovermagazine.com

Lise Meitner Helped Discover Nuclear Fission—and Was Then Forgotten
thedailybeast.com

Why Fire Is the Greatest Tool of All Time
popularmechanics.com

‘They’ve abandoned us’: Srebrenica survivors still living in camps
theguardian.com

Did the CIA’s Dr. Frank Olson Jump to His Death or Was He Pushed?
thedailybeast.com

Could Gravitational Waves Ever Cause Damage On Earth?
forbes.com

Think the US is more polarized than ever? You don’t know history
theconversation.com

Is Coffee Good for You?
nytimes.com

Meet the Sulfur Miners Risking Their Lives Inside a Volcano
wired.com

Hell-on-Sea: how a drugs gang took over a sleepy Devon town
theguardian.com

Mudlarks scour the Thames to uncover 2,000 years of secrets
thestar.com

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