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Mysterious ‘antihydrogen’ particles reveal uncanny quantum effect
space.com

Why don’t rats get the same ethical protections as primates?
aeon.co

Self-healing potassium batteries: A cheap, long-life rival to lithium
newatlas.com

Expanding, And Eventually Replacing, The International Space Station
hackaday.com

Scientists shed light on mystery of dark matter
phys.org

1.5 billion-year-old Earth had water everywhere, but not one continent, study suggests
livescience.com

The Pioneer of Online Gambling
theparisreview.org

Cancer treatment brings its own trauma and can cause PTSD
aeon.co

Catch Me If You Can: The Global Pursuit of a Fugitive Ship
hakaimagazine.com

The Untold Story of the Man That Made Mainstream Encryption Possible
onezero.medium.com

Swamp Wallabies Can Get Pregnant While Pregnant
smithsonianmag.com

U-2 Spy Plane Photos Are Windows Onto Ancient Civilizations
atlasobscura.com

The (not so) stinky Middle Ages: why medieval people were cleaner than we think
historyextra.com

Why the Hulett Unloader Is One of History’s Greatest Forgotten Machines
popularmechanics.com

How the humble potato changed the world
bbc.com • (see also)

How UFO Sightings Became an American Obsession
wired.com

Nothing Compares to Yuzu
newyorker.com

Hints of fossil DNA discovered in dinosaur skull
nationalgeographic.com

Archaeology Intern Unearths Spectacular, 2,000-Year-Old Roman Dagger
smithsonianmag.com

Is Aging a Disease?
slate.com

How The Brain Teases Apart A Song’s Words And Music
npr.org • (see also)

Climate models go out of this world
arstechnica.com

Why do so many cats have white ‘socks’ on their paws?
livescience.com

How Nuclear Testing Transformed Science
theatlantic.com

‘Exquisite’ dinosaur-age cockroaches discovered preserved in amber
livescience.com

Milky Way’s warp caused by galactic collision, Gaia suggests
esa.int

Video: OSIRIS-REx Observes a Black Hole [1:49]
youtube.com

How Ethiopians defeated the Italian army in the Battle of Adwa
qz.com

Who got America to the moon? An unlikely collaboration of Jewish and former Nazi scientists and engineers
latimes.com

Video: Electron microscope animation: Carbon nanotubes pulled into thread [8:06]
youtube.com

Gallery: Winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2020
worldphoto.org

Man Claims He Can Unlock Smartphone With His Severed Thumb
ladbible.com

Was this life’s first meal?
sciencemag.org

Terraforming Mars might be impossible… for now
cnet.com

A Black Hole Spewed the Ingredients for Life Across the Galaxy, Study Suggests
vice.com

Video: The Trouble With Tumbleweed [6:41]
youtube.com

This robot taught itself to walk entirely on its own
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Gunnison, Colorado: the town that dodged the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
theguardian.com

Bellamy’s Children
thedispatch.com

Why a president stood down after just one day
bbc.com

Unsealing of Vatican archives will finally reveal truth about ‘Hitler’s pope’
theguardian.com

These women unlocked the mysteries of the deep sea
nationalgeographic.com

Researchers Discover the Largest Virus in the Oceans Yet
the-scientist.com

New sense discovered in dog noses: the ability to detect heat
sciencemag.org

Take a (Virtual) Walk Through These War-Torn Ancient Cities
smithsonianmag.com

How sound and visual effects on slot machines increase the allure of gambling
eurekalert.org • (see also)

Thoracic scales of moths as a stealth coating against bat biosonar
royalsocietypublishing.org

Video: The Economics of the Dutch East India Company [18:34]
youtube.com

The Truth About Alligators in the Sewers of New York
nytimes.com

Video: The Craziest Party Walt Disney Ever Threw [40:32]
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Down on the Farm That Harvests Metal From Plants
nytimes.com • (see also)

Five Reasons You Don’t Need to Panic About the COVID-19 Coronavirus
realclearscience.com

Scientists Are Starting to Take Warp Drives Seriously, Especially This One Concept
sciencealert.com

Eat less, live longer
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Video: Why Blue Whales Don’t Get Cancer [8:05]
youtube.com

Antarctica’s Pretty Pink Snow Is Brought to You By Algae and Penguin Poop
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

The First Man to Reach the North Pole was an African American Desk Clerk the World Forgot
messynessychic.com

Gallery: Building Bigger Cities Means Digging Deeper Everywhere Else
archdaily.com

Why Mars Needs a Leap Year, Too
nytimes.com

Volcanic eruption sparked a weeklong thunderstorm, and scientists want to know why
nationalgeographic.com