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UFO? Flying Ship? No—It’s Nature’s Coolest Optical Phenomenon
popularmechanics.com

Why Does This Exoplanet Have a Bright Yellow Sky?
popularmechanics.com

For Hiroshima’s survivors, memories of the bomb are impossible to forget
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

After 60 Years, Explosion-Powered Rockets Are Nearly Here
wired.com

Why Germany surrendered twice in World War II
nationalgeographic.com

Imre Lakatos and the philosophy of bad science
aeon.co

What Goes On In a Proton? Quark Math Still Conflicts With Experiments.
quantamagazine.org

ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth
eso.org

A pilot flies an experimental electric aircraft for the first time
flyingmag.com

Deleting immune cell genes prevents obesity in mice on high-fat diet
newatlas.com

Video: Mercury Is So Hot, It’s Making Ice [5:22]
youtube.com

Photos: Jupiter and Its Galilean Moons
theatlantic.com

Bioluminescent waves dazzle surfers in California: ‘Never seen anything like it’
theguardian.com

‘It sounded evil’: inside the eerie moment California’s deadliest wildfire began
theguardian.com

Image: A very short video of recently discovered Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN)
spaceweathergallery.com • More info

World’s fastest camera captures 70 trillion frames per second
newatlas.com

Microwave thruster makes for clean-burning jet
arstechnica.com

Why the Tuskegee Airmen Were So Badass
popularmechanics.com

Study Shows How Our Brains Replay Recent Experiences During Sleep
gizmodo.com

These Are the Machines Solving the Biggest Mysteries in Physics
gizmodo.com

Video: Tumbleweeds Usually Tumble, But Sometimes They Tornado
atlasobscura.com

The Neuroscience of Why You Could Really Use a Hug Right Now
wired.com

Ancient river systems on Mars seen in unparalleled detail
nhm.ac.uk

Saving the last of Nebraska’s endangered salt marshes
nationalgeographic.com

Planet Nine Could Be a Mirage
scientificamerican.com

Ask Ethan: What Caused This Remarkable ‘Sun Pillar’ Shortly After Sunrise?
forbes.com

Chaos reigns in detailed new views of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
space.com

The Ghost Dogs of the Amazon Get a Bit Less Mysterious
nytimes.com

‘To the Driver Who Hit Me and Ran’
outsideonline.com

What Is Time? A History of Physics, Biology, Clocks and Culture.
quantamagazine.org

Scientists Prepare to Search for Aliens Orbiting Dead Stars
vice.com

How Dogs Become Detectives
crimereads.com

The World’s Most Interesting Insects
smithsonianmag.com

Physicists identify unique signature to confirm quark-gluon plasma in Universe
arstechnica.com

These pop songs were written by OpenAI’s deep-learning algorithm
technologyreview.com

The Life and Fiery Death of the World’s Biggest Treehouse
atlasobscura.com

Surprising study finds microbes can survive in all-hydrogen atmosphere
newatlas.com

The World Is Still Producing More Oil Than It Needs. Why?
wired.com

The Battle That Chicago Forgot
chicagomag.com

On this day in 1988 a rocket fuel factory in Nevada caught fire
damninteresting.com

10 Fantastic Finds From Hubble’s Deepest-Ever View Of The Universe
forbes.com

We Might Have First-Ever Detection of a Fast Radio Burst in Our Own Galaxy
sciencealert.com

This Image Was Crowned NASA’s Most Spectacular Portrait of Earth
atlasobscura.com

The imaginary American town that became a tourist attraction
theguardian.com

Malaria ‘completely stopped’ by microbe
bbc.com

Doesn’t Everyone Remember Goodyear’s Illuminated Tires? They Were Awesome
historygarage.com

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