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How did people find out where their local boundaries were before there were reliable maps?
daily.jstor.org

Video: If Rockets were Transparent [9:12]
youtube.com

NASA’s weird wing design could lead to futuristic, fuel-efficient airplanes
popsci.com

‘I Was a Teenage Conspiracy Theorist’
theatlantic.com

Possible microbes in the Mariana Trench hint at life on Jupiter’s moon Europa
nationalgeographic.com

New hybrid embryos are the most thorough mixing of humans and mice yet
sciencenews.org

Space junk: Astronomers worry as private companies push ahead with satellite launches
theconversation.com

Chimp raised like a human child shows phalangeal curve is genetic
phys.org

Video: Exploring an Abandoned Missile Engine Test Site [17:37]
youtube.com

The Carouser and the Great Astronomer
nautil.us

Inside Deep Undersea Rocks, Life Thrives Without the Sun
quantamagazine.org

Cold War Nuclear Testing May Have Caused Extra Rain Around the World
gizmodo.com

Video: How the Movement of Other Planets Affects Earth [7:03]
youtube.com

This Vast Photo Archive Is Hidden Inside a Cold, Heavily Guarded Limestone Mine
atlasobscura.com

Using Saturn’s Rings as a Seismometer
eos.org

French serial-killer expert admits serial lies, including murder of imaginary wife
theguardian.com

Long-Lost Ultra-Rare Blue Bee Discovered In Florida
disclose.tv

Assassin cells armed with anticancer drugs kill cancer masses
medicalxpress.com

How NASA Certifies New Spacecraft Safe Enough for Humans
wired.com

To challenge misguided beliefs about science, try satire
nationalgeographic.com

Why a Struggling Rust Belt City Pinned Its Revival on a Self-Chilling Beverage Can
propublica.org

Experts Doubt the Sun Is Actually Burning Coal
scientificamerican.com

This is what aliens would hear if they flew by Earth
inverse.com

60 years ago today NASA launched its first “satelloon”
damninteresting.com

Milestone Evidence for Anyons, a Third Kingdom of Particles
quantamagazine.org

Experts solve the mystery of a giant X-shaped galaxy, with a monster black hole as its engine
theconversation.com

Gallery: Following Comet SWAN
nytimes.com

Gallery: ‘Time to embrace history of country’: Bruce Pascoe and the first dancing grass harvest in 200 years
theguardian.com

How the news changes the way we think and behave
bbc.com

The Secret Lives of Fungi
newyorker.com

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)