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Greenland Has a Grand Canyon Beneath Its Ice, Carved by Ancient Floods
atlasobscura.com

AI Designs Computer Chips for More Powerful AI
discovermagazine.com

Ancient Egyptian ‘funeral home’ was one-stop shop for the afterlife
nationalgeographic.com

Kent State and the War That Never Ended
newyorker.com

How Time Is Encoded in Memories
the-scientist.com

Incredible Map of Pangea With Modern-Day Borders
visualcapitalist.com

Two decades after the world’s first major computer virus, an author finds the perpetrator in Manila
bbc.com

Richard Francis Burton … dashing explorer of the exotic and erotic
theguardian.com

The Bard: One man’s quest to save the music of the Holocaust
magazine.atavist.com • (see also)

The Rise of the Valkyries
historytoday.com

On this day in 1981 the world’s first body farm was established in Knoxville, Tennessee
damninteresting.com

Scientists Waited Two and a Half Years to See Whether Bacteria Can Eat Rock
blogs.scientificamerican.com

UCF researchers develop groundbreaking new rocket-propulsion system
spacedaily.com

Antarctica vs. Science
nytimes.com

Say There Were a Black Hole in Our Solar System: How Would We Find It?
gizmodo.com

Take a virtual tour of the tomb of Pharaoh Ramesses VI
my.matterport.com

The Hittites’ fast war chariots threatened mighty Egypt
nationalgeographic.com

A Rare Glimpse Into a Solar System’s Beginnings
theatlantic.com

Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat eels who are forgetting humans exist
theguardian.com

CRISPR Could Finally Make the First Truly Allergy-Free Cat
onezero.medium.com

Video: Lunar Landing Recreated from Archival NASA Photos [7:20]
youtube.com • via

Sun could be in midlife doldrums, survey of stellar activity reveals
physicsworld.com • (see also)

New episode of Damn Interesting Week: Gluey Chicken Feathers
damninteresting.com

Video: Hacker Breaks Down 26 Hacking Scenes From Movies & TV [21:13]
youtube.com

This Is the Internet We Were Promised
thewalrus.ca

The Malaysian Job: How Wall Street enabled a global financial scandal
harpers.org

‘Gargantuan’ hail in Argentina may have smashed world record
phys.org • (see also)

US patent office rules that artificial intelligence cannot legally be an inventor
theverge.com

TWA85: ‘The world’s longest and most spectacular hijacking’
bbc.com • (see also)

The Scientists Who Won’t Give Up on the Warp Drive
gizmodo.com • (see also)

The Louisiana Purchase was a bargain. But it came at a great human cost.
nationalgeographic.com

This massive exoplanet is the ‘king’ of its solar system
cnn.com

Here’s what NASA’s Mars helicopter will look like when it makes history with the first extraterrestrial powered flight
techcrunch.com

We Aren’t Selfish After All
nautil.us

Common Sense Comes to Computers
quantamagazine.org

Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut?
nytimes.com

Video: How Climate Change Is Creating More Space Junk [5:04]
youtube.com

Hurricanes are shaping lizard feet all over the world
massivesci.com

National Parks Are Empty During the Pandemic — and Wildlife Are Loving It
discovermagazine.com

The First International Hydrogen Supply Chain Is a Big Deal
popularmechanics.com

Why It’s So Hard to Legalize Recreational Drugs
thewalrus.ca

Vibrating Clothes Could Alter the Perception of Your Own Body
popularmechanics.com

As states weigh human lives versus the economy, history suggests the economy often wins
theconversation.com

Ancient ‘crazy beast’ from Madagascar had mismatched body and teeth from ‘outer space’
livescience.com

The Valentine’s Day snake puzzle
bbc.com

Bizarre Spinosaurus makes history as first known swimming dinosaur
nationalgeographic.com

For Some Holocaust Survivors, Even Liberation Was Dehumanizing
nytimes.com

Pentagon UFO Videos
theness.com

Video: The dark history of IQ tests [6:10]
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You Can’t Stop Touching Your Face Because You’re Subconsciously Sniffing Your Hands
discovermagazine.com

The Ghost Airline That Has Linked Cairo and Tel Aviv for Decades
atlasobscura.com

The Massive Ice Avalanches of Mars
eos.org

Scientists create glowing plants using mushroom genes
theguardian.com

NASA CubeSat Will Shine a Laser Light on the Moon’s Darkest Craters
jpl.nasa.gov

Video: A spy hummingbird ventures into the heart of a breathtaking monarch butterfly swarm [3:07]
youtube.com

Hubble captures crumbling comet in two striking shots
newatlas.com

‘Dating a Billionaire Seemed Like Fun Until I Tried It’
vice.com

Why the FBI Almost Shut Down the Unabomber Investigation Before He Was Caught
crimereads.com

Amateur Radio Sleuth Rediscovers a Cold War-Era ‘Zombie Satellite’
popularmechanics.com

‘What I Learned Speaking to Fidel Castro’s Personal Chef’
lithub.com