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The game that ate the world: 40 facts on Pac-Man’s 40th birthday
theguardian.com

A new episode of the Damn Interesting Week podcast is now available: Stash Wig
damninteresting.com

Underground Chambers Discovered Near Jerusalem’s Western Wall
smithsonianmag.com

Nature: Bumblebees’ ‘clever trick’ fools plants into flowering
bbc.com

What the ‘trolly-lolly’ of gibberish means for language
aeon.co

Why ancient pandemics may hold the key to our future survival
newstatesman.com

Jurassic bug: Researchers find 151-million-year-old Morrisonnepa Jurassica insect fossil in Utah
usatoday.com

Death mask of King Henry VII is brought to astonishing life in a digital restoration
livescience.com

Ultrasound brain stimulation changes monkey behavior directly
newatlas.com

Do Humans Have a ‘Mating Season’?
discovermagazine.com

The Many-Worlds Theory, Explained
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

On this day in 1946 Louis Slotin was bitten by the nuclear dragon
damninteresting.com

Scientists recreated ancient Earth’s ocean hell to figure out how life began
massivesci.com

The Kentucky Miner Who Scammed Americans by Claiming He Was Hitler and Plotting a ‘Revolt’ With ‘Spaceships’
thedailybeast.com

Pluto’s Weird Atmosphere Just Collapsed
discovermagazine.com

Tiny plankton drive processes in the ocean that capture twice as much carbon as scientists thought
theconversation.com

Jupiter is so Big that our Solar System almost had two Suns
universetoday.com

Will Titanic’s iconic telegraph be recovered by deep-ocean robots?
nationalgeographic.com

How a rapper’s social media posts got the FBI’s attention
bbc.com

‘My Father, the QAnon Conspiracy Theorist’
narratively.com

Astronomers discover oldest disk galaxy ever hiding deep in the cosmos
cnet.com

The Rogue Experimenters
newyorker.com

Why are Africa’s coronavirus successes being overlooked?
theguardian.com

The Soviet Tank That Changed the World
popularmechanics.com

To safely explore the solar system and beyond, spaceships need to go faster
theconversation.com • (see also)

The Life and Times of a Real Tiger Queen
lithub.com

What Astronauts Can Teach Us About Mental Health and Isolation
thewalrus.ca

Painted Silos Are Turning the Outback Into an Alfresco Art Gallery
atlasobscura.com

Japan’s forgotten indigenous people
bbc.com

How pheromones help bee queens rule and lemurs ‘flirt’
nationalgeographic.com

Photos: A Flamboyance of Flamingos
theatlantic.com

The Tunguska Explosion Could Have Been Caused By An Asteroid That Still Orbits The Sun
universetoday.com

Scientists use pressure to make liquid magnetism breakthrough
phys.org

Neutrinos: Why the U.S. Is Betting It All on the Most Puzzling Particle in the Universe
gizmodo.com

Astronomers spot evidence of a baby planet in a young star system
cnn.com

Nasa head of human spaceflight suddenly resigns days before ‘historic’ space mission
theguardian.com

Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

On this day in 1984 an infamous episode of Press Your Luck was filmed
damninteresting.com

Here’s how we could mine the moon for rocket fuel
technologyreview.com

‘Precious’ footage from 1935 of last-known Tasmanian tiger released
cnn.com

Astronomers created an environmental color decoder to find habitable exoplanets
slashgear.com

German company allegedly cons Warren Buffett out of €643m
theguardian.com

See the eerie ice caves carved by Mount St. Helens’ fiery breath
nationalgeographic.com

Was This Hit Power Ballad Written by the CIA?
slate.com

Can electrical impulses in the brain explain the stuff that dreams are made on? What a new consciousness-detector reveals
aeon.co

Download NASA’s free, high-res “Solar System and Beyond” poster set
solarsystem.nasa.gov

Even Americans Who Hate Amazon Can’t Seem to Live Without It
lithub.com

New study estimates the odds of life and intelligence emerging beyond our planet
phys.org • (see also)

Colonizing Mars may require humanity to tweak its DNA
space.com • (see also)

Lava-like mud flows on Mars
dlr.de

Viking ‘treasure’ of rare artifacts revealed on a long-lost mountain trail
livescience.com

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)