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‘It was a modern-day lynching’: Violent deaths reflect a brutal American legacy
nationalgeographic.com

First life on Earth may actually have been built from both RNA and DNA
newscientist.com

Graphene and 2-D materials could move electronics beyond ‘Moore’s law’
phys.org

A Pristine Pocket of Sky Has Been Identified as Possibly The Cleanest Air on Earth
sciencealert.com

A Digital Locksmith Has Decoded Biology’s Molecular Keys
quantamagazine.org

Satire could become a seditious act in Hong Kong
1843magazine.com

Where did the grandeur go?
aeon.co

Einstein’s Lost Hypothesis
nautil.us

Why Ancient Toys Are Elusive Artifacts
discovermagazine.com

Should Ecologists Treat Male and Female Animals like ‘Different Species’?
scientificamerican.com

Researchers discover a new type of matter inside neutron stars
phys.org

How Capitalism Created Sexual Dysfunction
lithub.com

‘Nonlethal’ Anti-Protest Weapons Can Cause Serious Harm
wired.com

Are human beings naturally lazy?
bbc.com

Evolution: why it seems to have a direction and what to expect next
theconversation.com

The entire universe may once have been spinning all over the place
newscientist.com

Vortex Lasers May Be a Boon for Data
spectrum.ieee.org

Armour-Plated Dinosaur’s Last Meal Found Beautifully Preserved, 110 Million Years Later
sciencealert.com

Last Person to Receive a Civil War-Era Pension Dies
msn.com

Nazi diary reveals secret location of WWII treasure under a palace in Poland
livescience.com

Ancient Mars May Have Had Rings, Then Moons, Then Rings …
discovermagazine.com

Incredible fossil find is the oldest known parasite
arstechnica.com

The Secret Language of Cairo’s Goldsmiths
atlasobscura.com

Cosmic Rays as the Source of Life’s Handedness
aasnova.org

Isaac Newton proposed curing plague with toad vomit, unseen papers show
theguardian.com

Unearthing the True Toll of the Tulsa Race Massacre
atlasobscura.com

Why astronauts get nervous on the launchpad
bbc.com

‘Black nitrogen’: Researchers discover new high-pressure material and solve a puzzle of the periodic table
phys.org

Robo-umps are coming to Major League Baseball, and the game will never be the same
theconversation.com

The power of crowds
theguardian.com

Reconstructing a lost NES game from 30-year-old source code disks
gamehistory.org

The First Global Geologic Map of the Moon
eos.org

Researchers develop viable sodium battery
techxplore.com

Here’s how plants became meat eaters
livescience.com

How a Pandemic and an Earthquake Shaped the Mafia’s Coldest Killer
crimereads.com

Ancient trees reveal the secret to their virtual immortality
massivesci.com

How Much Color Do We Really See?
discovermagazine.com

On this day in 1857 a singularly gifted Frenchman was born
damninteresting.com

Everyone in Pompeii Got Takeout, Too
daily.jstor.org

This Bot Hunts Software Bugs for the Pentagon
wired.com

Video: Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time [29:20]
youtube.com

The surfaces that kill bacteria and viruses
bbc.com

Who Will Own the Cars That Drive Themselves?
nytimes.com

Novel patterns are emerging in the Arctic, where people and wildlife are adapting to a world irrevocably altered by the climate crisis
thenarwhal.ca

The Deep Sea: Scroll to explore the organisms that inhabit various depths of Earth’s oceans
neal.fun

Some Japanese Whiskies Aren’t From Japan. Some Aren’t Even Whisky.
nytimes.com

Buried in Sand for a Millennium: Africa’s Roman Ghost City
messynessychic.com

Video: Moonlight – a peaceful and up-close look at the surface of the moon [4:47]
youtube.com

Unlocking Bryson’s brain: Why this 13-year-old can’t walk or talk
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Florence Baker: the polyglot slave girl turned intrepid explorer
theguardian.com

Crew Dragon docks with ISS
spacenews.com

Video: FRONTLINE: Policing the Police [53:16]
youtube.com

Archaeologists Find Roman Iron Age Board Game in Norway
lifeinnorway.net

Oldest ‘nearly complete’ HIV genome found in forgotten tissue sample from 1966
livescience.com

The Quest to Purge New Zealand of Invasive Predators
wired.com

This virologist saved millions of children—and stopped a pandemic
nationalgeographic.com

The Conspiracy Theories That Fueled the Civil War
theatlantic.com

About That Time Whitey Bulger “Won” the Mass Millions Lottery
crimereads.com

Here’s every spaceship that’s ever carried an astronaut into orbit
livescience.com

What Do You Do With a Stolen van Gogh? This Thief Knows
nytimes.com