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A Look Back at Franklin, America’s Lost State
atlasobscura.com

Why Ulysses S. Grant Was More Important Than You Think
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

The food that could last 2,000 years
bbc.com

Huge feral hogs invading Canada, building ‘pigloos’ as they go
nationalgeographic.com

New episode of Damn Interesting Week: The End of the Book
damninteresting.com

1,400-year-old mystery of strange ‘red sign’ in Japan’s sky solved
space.com

Extreme Experiment on Mexican Volcano Challenged the Speed of Light
gizmodo.com

Mars might be made of mashed-up baby planets
popsci.com

Meet the Xenobots, Virtual Creatures Brought to Life
nytimes.com

Mice have a range of facial expressions, researchers find
theguardian.com

This lizard lays eggs and gives live birth. We think it’s undergoing a major evolutionary transition
theconversation.com

Bizarre life-forms found thriving in ancient rocks beneath the seafloor
nationalgeographic.com

A mysterious superconductor’s wave could reveal the physics behind the materials
sciencenews.org

A visual history of Chinese propaganda
huckmag.com

The French brotherhood burying the dead – rich or poor – since 1188
theguardian.com

Hubble’s best evidence yet for ‘missing link’ of black holes may solve 14-year-old space mystery
space.com

Scientists Have Unearthed Traces of an Ancient Rainforest In… Antarctica
sciencealert.com • (see also)

The Cleopatra’s Nose of 1914
laphamsquarterly.org

How a group of homeless mothers in Oakland took on a housing crisis
story.californiasunday.com

Forget Still Pictures. This New Observatory Will Make Astronomy Videos
airspacemag.com

The people who live on remote rocks in the North Atlantic
bbc.co.uk

Mice “detectives” hint at how humans read between the lines
magazine.ar.fchampalimaud.org

30 years later, we still don’t know what really happened during the Belgian UFO wave
theweek.com

Testing psychedelic placebos: Study watches people trip on fake drugs
newatlas.com

The friendly Mr Wu
1843magazine.com

The Woman Who Lives 200,000 Years in the Past
outsideonline.com

Cannabis Scientists Are Chasing the Perfect High
nytimes.com

To Make the Perfect Mirror, Physicists Confront the Mystery of Glass
quantamagazine.org

‘It’s a place where they try to destroy you’: why concentration camps are still with us
theguardian.com

What did people do before toilet paper?
nationalgeographic.com

This Is Why Earth, Surprisingly, Is The Densest Object In Our Solar System
forbes.com

Death, lies and uranium: How an Ohio man’s mysterious disappearance in 1984 still haunts family, friends
usatoday.com

Visiting the Bottom of the Mariana Trench Sounds Pretty Appealing Right Now
popularmechanics.com

The School Shooting That Austin Forgot
texasmonthly.com

Why Do Physicists Keep Finding New States of Matter?
gizmodo.com

Solving a molecular mystery may have opened new class of cancer drugs
newatlas.com

The Strange and Often Radical Pursuit of Immortality in Russia
thenation.com

New X-ray technique images soft-tissue tumors clearer than MRI
newatlas.com

‘I have no mind’s eye’: what is it like being an author with aphantasia?
theguardian.com

The US census has its flaws – but so has every attempt to count people throughout history
theconversation.com

Video: Frank Lloyd Wright: Man Who Built America [54:59]
youtube.com

To Save Madagascar’s Wildlife, an Entomologist Is Helping Revive a Bug-Based Cuisine
atlasobscura.com

Why Life During a Pandemic Feels So Surreal
wired.com

Bosses Panic-Buy Spy Software to Keep Tabs on Remote Workers
bloomberg.com

Einstein’s letters illuminate a mind grappling with quantum mechanics
sciencenews.org • (see also)

Designing an end to a toxic American obsession: The Lawn
edition.cnn.com

‘Forgotten’ Nazi camp on British soil revealed by archaeologists
nationalgeographic.com

Why Do Matter Particles Come in Threes? A Physics Titan Weighs In
quantamagazine.org

In Exactly A Year Our Knowledge Of The Cosmos Will Change Forever. This Is The $10 Billion Reason
forbes.com

Antarctica: what it means when the coldest place on Earth records an unprecedented heatwave
theguardian.com

Loners help society survive, say Princeton ecologists
princeton.edu

This Fireball Ignored the Solar System’s One-Way Signs
nytimes.com

Fossilized Vomit and Feces Are Delighting Paleontologists
gizmodo.com

After Nearly 4 Years in Service, the USS Zumwalt Is Almost Ready To Fight
popularmechanics.com

Van Gogh Painting Stolen Amid Coronavirus Shutdown
gizmodo.com

The Rise and Fall of Pot’s Superman
projects.sfchronicle.com

Shortages, Panics, and Hoarding: An American Tradition
saturdayeveningpost.com

Neanderthals Really Liked Seafood
smithsonianmag.com

Bahariya and Farafra: Egypt’s bizarre, desert landscape
bbc.com

Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device
theguardian.com