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The long, wonderful history of the chili pepper
daily.jstor.org

Befriending heavy breathers
wellcomecollection.org

SPACEX – ISS Docking Simulator
iss-sim.spacex.com

The dirty history of soap
theconversation.com

How the Allies Tried to Exorcise Nazism
saturdayeveningpost.com

Gigantic new locust swarms hit East Africa
nationalgeographic.com

Gallery: Winners of the 2020 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition
theatlantic.com

Gallery: 50,000 Klan Members March on Washington, D.C. in 1925. 150,000 People Show Up to Watch
flashbak.com

The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
wired.com

Scientists spot super-Earth planet in Earth-like orbit
space.com

How a Dangerous, Exploitative Railroad Industry Created J.P. Morgan’s Fortune
lithub.com

Otters ‘juggle’ rocks and we don’t know why
sciencenews.org

To catch an interstellar visitor, use a solar-powered space slingshot
news.mit.edu

Doctors Have Always Been Against High-Heeled Shoes
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

‘Too tough to die’ USS Nevada shipwreck discovered in Pacific
nationalgeographic.com

U.S. military tracking unguided re-entry of large Chinese rocket
spaceflightnow.com • Update

Video: ‘Every Way Being Blind Makes My Life Different’ [25:41]
youtube.com

Old math reveals new secrets about these alluring flowers
nationalgeographic.com

Can We Extract Energy From Gravitational Waves?
forbes.com

Genetic Genealogy is Helping Crack Cold Cases
texasobserver.org

The fruits of anger
aeon.co

New Math Proves That a Special Kind of Space-Time Is Unstable
quantamagazine.org

Got a sweet tooth? Your gut bacteria are asking for some sugar
massivesci.com

On this day in 1944 the Allies began their final assault on Monte Cassino with the help of a bear
damninteresting.com

Scientists create new recipe for single-atom transistors
phys.org

The Teenage Prank That’s Lasted 60 Years
narratively.com

These lava tubes could be the safest place for explorers to live on Mars
livescience.com

Extreme microbes survive the desert by dissolving rocks with acid
massivesci.com

Damn, there’s some Interesting Stuff to See in Yemen
messynessychic.com

The Chinese-Australian war hero who shot dead over 200 enemies but was whitewashed and forgotten for half a century
scmp.com • (see also)

On this day in 1917 the deadly “sleepy sickness” was first described
damninteresting.com

Thirty-six Thousand Feet Under the Sea
newyorker.com • (see also)

Postwar forced resettlement of Germans echoes through the decades
theconversation.com

How Harry Houdini Became the Champion of Mother’s Day
lithub.com

Designing the world’s first home computers
edition.cnn.com

Victorian Mothers Hid Themselves in Their Babies’ Photos
theatlantic.com

The day the pirates came
bbc.com

ESA wants to make Moon bases out of astronaut pee
bgr.com

Video: Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP [11:30]
youtube.com

Scientists Find The First Animal That Doesn’t Need Oxygen to Survive
sciencealert.com

Video: Using a Floppy Disk Drive on a Smartphone [12:32]
youtube.com

How Long Was Venus Habitable?
eos.org

On this day in 1898 Victorian scientists liquefied hydrogen for the first time
damninteresting.com

‘Colour allows us to understand in a deeper sense’: Hitler, Churchill and others in a new light
theguardian.com

‘What I learned from trying to make hospital food actually taste good’
thestar.com

Caught between Hitler’s troops and Stalin’s: How one family escaped
nationalgeographic.com

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
theguardian.com

Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar
theconversation.com

Are We Seeing a New Ocean Starting to Form in Africa?
eos.org

The X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems
thedrive.com

Why Nostalgia Is Our New Normal
thewalrus.ca

Video: Euler Squares [15:27]
youtube.com

New episode of the Damn Interesting Week podcast: Definite Sniffaging
damninteresting.com

The life-saving medicines inspired by animals
bbc.com

The hidden links between mental disorders
nature.com

Meet the ‘psychobiome’: the gut bacteria that may alter how you think, feel, and act
sciencemag.org

Video: Dolphins Swimming in Bioluminescence [0:59]
youtube.com • Via

Quantum resonances near absolute zero
phys.org • (see also)

Scientists obtain ‘lucky’ image of Jupiter
bbc.com

Gas stoves making indoor air up to five times dirtier than outdoor air, report finds
theguardian.com