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Last year, we finally photographed a black hole. Now what?
popsci.com

Ask Ethan: How Can A Nuclear Bomb Be Hotter Than The Center Of Our Sun?
forbes.com • (see also)

Energy-harvesting design aims to turn Wi-Fi signals into usable power
phys.org

A place that makes you ask the questions that really matter
bbc.com

Where the Bison Roam—Again?
daily.jstor.org

‘He didn’t even pretend to let us win’… Growing up with the world’s biggest stars, by their children
theguardian.com

This Is The One Symmetry That The Universe Must Never Violate
forbes.com

The untold origin story of the N95 mask
fastcompany.com

Massacre in the Amazon
vanityfair.com

Heirloom plants: Saving the nation’s seeds from extinction
bbc.com

Meet the man who has lived alone on this island for 31 years
nationalgeographic.com

The Strange and Dangerous World of America’s Big Cat People
longreads.com

On this day in 1951 a pipe bomb exploded in Grand Central Terminal. It was merely the first of many.
damninteresting.com

Google cancels its infamous April Fools’ jokes this year
theverge.com

People built bone circles at the edge of ice sheets, and we don’t know why
arstechnica.com

The Mega-Wars That Shaped World History
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

The last slave ship survivor and her descendants identified
nationalgeographic.com

Video: Every Year’s Most Popular Toy Since 1969 Explained [40:16]
youtube.com

Found: The Cold War Wreck of a World War II Submarine
atlasobscura.com

If Pluto has a subsurface ocean, it may be old and deep
sciencenews.org

Strange matter interacts strongly with nucleons
physicstoday.scitation.org

How to See the World’s Reflection From a Bag of Chips
wired.com

Seismometers Worldwide Detect Decrease in Human Activity Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns
gizmodo.com

Earth’s own evolution used as guide to hunt exoplanets
news.cornell.edu

Auschwitz: Women used different survival and sabotage strategies than men at Nazi death camp
theconversation.com

Pompeii Mania in the Era of Romanticism
daily.jstor.org

An Elite Spy Group Used 5 Zero-Days to Hack North Koreans
wired.com

The Real History Behind ‘The Sound of Music’
mentalfloss.com

Where water used to be
lrb.co.uk

The Forgotten American Explorer Who Discovered Huge Parts of Antarctica
smithsonianmag.com

Life’s little oscillations
knowablemagazine.org

Purell: The Surprising—And Surprisingly Contentious—History of Hand Sanitizer
vanityfair.com

Why do we live in a three-dimensional world?
physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com

You can now listen to the latest episode of Damn Interesting Week: The Skymall of Ancient Greece
damninteresting.com

A new look at Voyager’s Uranus flyby reveals something unusual about the planet
inverse.com

Underground skyscrapers and off-grid bunkers: inside the world of preppers
theguardian.com

Scientists identify microbe that could help degrade polyurethane-based plastics
phys.org

Gallery: The Visual Landscape of a World Shaped by Pandemic
theatlantic.com

Ancient lost continent has been discovered in Northern Canada
theweathernetwork.com

What really happened at the gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
nationalgeographic.com

World War II’s Strangest Bombing Mission
airspacemag.com • (see also)

Inside the Story of How H-E-B Planned for the Pandemic
texasmonthly.com

Will String Theory Finally Be Put to the Experimental Test?
scientificamerican.com

The Moment the Myth of Alien Abduction Was Born
lithub.com

Babe Ruth Caught the 1918 Flu—Twice
slate.com

This Powerful Ion Engine Will Be Flying on NASA’s DART Mission to Try and Redirect an Asteroid
universetoday.com

The unlisted: how people without an address are stripped of their basic rights
theguardian.com

NASA Is About to Grab an Asteroid Sample and Bring it Home
airspacemag.com

Living in limbo when a loved one is missing
wellcomecollection.org

Harry Houdini and the Art of Escape
newyorker.com

The idea of ‘disposability’ is a new and noxious fiction
aeon.co

Billion-Year-Old Algae and Newer Genes Hint at Land Plants’ Origin
quantamagazine.org

Why Would Anyone Want to Visit Chernobyl?
nytimes.com

Sex Worker Brides & the Rise of “Millionaires” in the Twisted Tale of a Forgotten Economic Crash
messynessychic.com

The real Nazi hunters: how the infamous escaped – and those who brought them to justice
historyextra.com

How computational power—or its absence—shaped World War naval battles
arstechnica.com

What These Superconducting Space Rocks Tell Us About the Galaxy
popularmechanics.com

Brazil gangs impose strict curfews to slow coronavirus spread
theguardian.com

3D Printed Food Can Trick Diners Into Eating But Feeling Full
gizmodo.com

Scientists ‘Reset’ The Age of Stem Cells From a Supercentenarian Who Lived to 114
sciencealert.com