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The King Who Became a Pirate
narratively.com

Researchers find worms programmed to die early
cosmosmagazine.com

Can we craft a theory in which space and time aren’t assumed to exist?
arstechnica.com

Bone-inspired material ups its strength as more force is applied
newatlas.com

Basalts Turn Carbon into Stone for Permanent Storage
eos.org

Massive black hole collides with much smaller one, creates unique space event
theprint.in

Astronomers Find a Beautiful Six-Planet System in Almost Perfect Orbital Harmony
sciencealert.com

The marvel of Mozart’s letters
spectator.co.uk

The Supermarket After the Pandemic
theatlantic.com

The Parasite Fighters
airvectors.net • (see also)

Oklahoma City bombing: The day domestic terror shook America
bbc.com

The Computer Scientist Who Can’t Stop Telling Stories
quantamagazine.org

How the Game-Changing George Foreman Grill Made History
menshealth.com

How Brain’s Expectations Affect Learning
psychcentral.com

‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug trade
apnews.com

On the trail of a Nazi war criminal: ‘It’s my duty as a son to find the good in my father’
theguardian.com

Why Has It Always Been So Hard to Treat the Common Cold
lithub.com

Video: The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 Blackbird [18:54]
youtube.com

Britain has 139 tons of plutonium. That’s a real problem.
thebulletin.org

Ask Ethan: What Is The ‘Zero-Point Energy’ Of Space?
forbes.com

Quick Question: How Many Galaxies Are There?
popularmechanics.com

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