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Last Antarctic sunset
esa.int

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Goes Through Trials by Fire, Ice, Light and Sound
jpl.nasa.gov

The Mount St. Helens Eruption Was the Volcanic Warning We Needed
nytimes.com

Video: Making a GOOGOL:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [9:58]
youtube.com • (see also)

The Time When U.S. Navy Dolphins Recovered a Rare 19th Century Torpedo
popularmechanics.com

Parking a $375 million airplane takes more than just locking the door
cnet.com

The Many Lives of Norman Selby, the “Real McCoy”
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

An Ancestor Of All Internal-Combustion Vehicles Was A Moss-Powered Jet Ski Built By The Inventor Of Photography
jalopnik.com

How an Inmate Serving a Murder Sentence Made a Huge Math Discovery
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Looming Landslide in Alaska Could Trigger Tsunami at Any Moment
earther.gizmodo.com • (see also)

Mount St. Helens isn’t where it should be. Scientists may finally know why.
nationalgeographic.com

Dutch spies helped Britain’s GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War
theregister.co.uk

Project seeks 4D view of Earth’s mantle
bbc.com

Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
theconversation.com

On this day in 1899 Nikola Tesla arrived in Colorado Springs to conduct experiments with wireless electricity
damninteresting.com

Researchers print rainbow colorants on shimmering chocolate
phys.org

An unforgettable day in May
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in France
bbc.com

Astronomers Find a Record-Breaking Star That’s Nearly as Old as The Universe
sciencealert.com

The unsurpassed 125-year-old network that feeds Mumbai
bbc.com

The Last Place on Earth We’d Ever Expect to Find Life
theatlantic.com

To Work Out Like a Samurai, Swing a Stick, Take a Hike—or Push Some Pencils
atlasobscura.com

We Just Found Traces of The Solar System’s Oldest Fluid in Meteorite Shards
sciencealert.com

First Observation of a Pauli Quantum Crystal
discovermagazine.com

Archaeologists Will Excavate a Viking Ship for the First Time in Over 100 Years
gizmodo.com

Why Humans Totally Freak Out When They Get Lost
wired.com

Snakes have friends too
nationalgeographic.com

Aircraft spies gravity waves being sucked into Antarctica’s polar vortex
sciencemag.org

How the internet kept running even as society closed down around it
theatlantic.com

Where neutrinos come from
phys.org

Roman legions fought barbarians along the Danube River for centuries
nationalgeographic.com

Moon’s mysterious disappearance 900 years ago finally gets an explanation
livescience.com

When Manhattan Was Mannahatta: A Stroll Through the Centuries
nytimes.com

Prehistoric Footprints Provide Rare Snapshot of Ancient Human Group Behavior
realclearscience.com

Coming Soon: A Nuclear Reactor—With a 3D Printed Core
wired.com • (see also)

The Countries Taking Advantage of Antarctica During the Pandemic
theatlantic.com

How Do We Know the Nukes Still Work?
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Tyrannosaurus rex built for distance, not speed, research shows
cbc.ca

New episode of the Damn Interesting Week podcast: Curious Weights
damninteresting.com

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