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Carbon nanotubes embedded in leaves detect chemical signals that are produced when a plant is damaged
phys.org

How a public health crisis nearly derailed the American Revolution
nationalgeographic.com

We May Finally Know Why Early Humans Kept These Mysterious Stone Balls Around
sciencealert.com

Man Who Bought $10,000 Worth of Toilet Paper and Hand Sanitizer Denied Refund
newsweek.com

Video: A conversation with Capt. James Lovell 50 years after Apollo 13 [21:52]
youtube.com

Video: What We’re Learning from the Brightest Supernova Ever Seen [6:09]
youtube.com

Nasa to launch first manned mission from US in decade
bbc.com

Sci-Fi Fanatics Suspected of Arson as Wildfires Near Chernobyl Create World’s Worst Air Pollution
earther.gizmodo.com

Ailing Intelsat satellite begins new life in orbit after historic servicing mission success
space.com

The People Who Risked Death for Immunity
theatlantic.com

Video: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Reviews Space Movies, from ‘Gravity’ to ‘Interstellar’ [35:56]
youtube.com

On this day in 1999 a glider in flight was struck by positive lightning
damninteresting.com

You Are Not Mostly Empty Space
forbes.com

Will Asia Rewrite Human History?
sapiens.org

New episode of Damn Interesting Week: Buttercup Snuff Films
damninteresting.com

While you sleep, specialized neurons in your brain help you forget
massivesci.com

Video: The art forger who tricked the Nazis [5:16]
youtube.com

Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, But Kept the Party Going
bloomberg.com

This World War II Bomber Took More Enemy Fire Than Most Others and Always Came Home
smithsonianmag.com

New York Streets Are Nearly Empty, but Speeding Tickets Have Doubled
nytimes.com

Uncovering Operation NEPTUN, the Cold War’s Most Daring Disinformation Campaign
wired.com • (see also)

Video: NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope [51:16]
youtube.com

A Star Is Orbiting our Galaxy’s Black Hole in a Stunning Pattern
vice.com

The Sun Has Thin Threads of Million-Degree Plasma, According to New Images
discovermagazine.com

Do Some Surgical Implants Do More Harm Than Good?
newyorker.com

How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities to today’s pandemic
theconversation.com

When Monks Went Undercover to Steal Relics
daily.jstor.org

Banksy reveals ‘bathroom’ art during lockdown
bbc.com

Pirates once swashbuckled across the ancient Mediterranean
nationalgeographic.com

The Lawyer Whose Clients Didn’t Exist
theatlantic.com

Treasure Trove of Artifacts Illustrates Life in a Lost Viking Mountain Pass
smithsonianmag.com

The Wolfram Physics Project hopes to find fundamental theory of physics
phys.org

NASA discovery of planet remarkably like ours gives hope for ‘second Earth’
cnet.com

Every Second Matters: The True Story of the White Island Eruption
outsideonline.com

The Devastating Decline of a Brilliant Young Coder
wired.com

Matter-antimatter difference found in neutrino oscillations
gla.ac.uk

The green sludge that could transform our diets
bbc.com

The moon may have stretched early Earth into a potato shape
nationalgeographic.com

Apollo 13: Enhanced images reveal life on stricken spacecraft
bbc.com

The Woman on the Bridge
thecut.com

Do We Live in a Lopsided Universe?
scientificamerican.com

How the World’s Squarest Fish Gets Around
nytimes.com

A huge cloud of invisible particles seems to be missing from the Milky Way
space.com

Some Animals Have No Microbiome. Here’s What That Tells Us.
quantamagazine.org

Video: The bug that poops candy [4:46]
youtube.com

Modern Submarine Torpedo Attacks Are Nothing Like What You See In The Movies
thedrive.com

Video: Could You Get Pregnant in Space? [6:13]
youtube.com

How This 2001 Volvo Got Stuck on a Tiny Island in a Flooded Strip Mine
thedrive.com

Team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds
phys.org

We could soon be harvesting anti-viral antibodies from tobacco plants
massivesci.com

The Hollywood Golden Age Producer Turned Cold War Spy
crimereads.com

Like Lego: rare photo shows Stonehenge construction technique
theguardian.com

The Toll of Long-Term Spaceflight on Human Health
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who discovered the disease-fighting power of hand-washing in 1847
theconversation.com

The plague writers who predicted today
bbc.com

Tarantula venom could produce addiction-free painkillers
theage.com.au

Video: What Is the Point of Sex? [13:50]
youtube.com

The Case for Past Life on Mars Gets Stronger
airspacemag.com

Man accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet during surprise flight
theguardian.com

AI spotted this pandemic. It could prevent the next one.
expmag.com