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DNA of ‘Irish Pharaoh’ Sheds Light on Ancient Tomb Builders
nytimes.com

Nano-motor of just 16 atoms runs at the boundary of quantum physics
newatlas.com

How bicycles transformed our world
nationalgeographic.com

Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown
news.mit.edu

The Bomber That Was Mistaken for the Loch Ness Monster
daily.jstor.org

Theft of CIA hacking tools spotlights the spy agency’s “lax” security
technologyreview.com • (see also)

In Mongolia, a Mysterious Island Ruin is Finally Giving Up Its Secrets
atlasobscura.com

Vienna police fine man €500 for ‘massive intestinal wind’
bbc.com • (see also)

Himalaya ‘ghost cats’ are finally coming into view
nationalgeographic.com

New ideas in the search for dark matter
phys.org

Why isn’t Washington, D.C. a state? It started with a drunken mob.
nationalgeographic.com

The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World
crimereads.com

Suspected 14th-century statue fished out of river in Spain
theguardian.com

Are We Ever Offline Anymore?
thewalrus.ca

The Ancient History of Board Games
discovermagazine.com

Measuring the spin of a black hole
phys.org

Mice Have Survived a Weeklong Hibernation. Are Humans Next?
popularmechanics.com

The FDA just approved the first prescription video game — it’s for kids with ADHD
theverge.com • (see also)

Former eBay Execs Allegedly Made Life Hell for Critics
wired.com

Video: Adam Savage’s One Day Builds: Rhombic Dodecahedron [50:06]
youtube.com

Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice
medicalxpress.com

The Two Forms of Mathematical Beauty
quantamagazine.org

The coronavirus has gutted the price of coca. It could reshape the cocaine trade.
washingtonpost.com

‘Our team climbed Everest to try to solve its greatest mystery’
nationalgeographic.com • Related

Birds and other animals may see colours that we cannot even imagine
newscientist.com • (see also)

The record-breaking jet which still haunts a country
bbc.com • (see also)

Why Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces
quantamagazine.org

Weird green glow spotted in atmosphere of Mars
space.com

The Campaign That Sold the Klan
saturdayeveningpost.com

The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal propulsion
arstechnica.com

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Finds Heat, Cold Fracturing Rocks on Asteroid Bennu
psi.edu

‘All lies’: how the US military covered up gunning down two journalists in Iraq
theguardian.com

What is a derecho? An atmospheric scientist explains these rare but dangerous storm systems
theconversation.com

Eight black transit workers got promoted. Thousands of white workers walked off the job.
washingtonpost.com

The International Space Station is getting a new toilet this year
space.com

Woman in China, 45, made S$589,800 by buying insurance on flights she predicted would get delayed
mothership.sg

Plight of the pangolin: Once coveted, now feared because of coronavirus
cbc.ca

Alexandra David-Néel, the first European woman to see Lhasa
theguardian.com

Random Search Wired Into Animals May Help Them Hunt
quantamagazine.org

Why Do Some People Get Sick All the Time, While Others Stay in Freakishly Good Health?
discovermagazine.com

When Did Orange Juice Become a Morning Beverage?
melmagazine.com

Famed U-2 Spy Plane Takes on a New Surveillance Mission
scientificamerican.com

SpaceX’s predawn Starlink satellite launch looks simply spectacular in these Twitter photos
space.com

How the Federal Reserve literally makes money
theconversation.com • (see also)

The Case For Ending All Traffic Stops
jalopnik.com

The nearly forgotten practice of coppicing
emergencemagazine.org

The Dark History of America’s First Female Terrorist Group
politico.com

New clues to early human innovation
cosmosmagazine.com

Silicon-Based Life, That Staple of Science Fiction, May Not Be Likely After All
airspacemag.com

Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain
wired.com

Three people with inherited diseases successfully treated with CRISPR
newscientist.com

A frozen graveyard: The sad tales of Antarctica’s deaths
bbc.com

Video: “As Above” by Roman Hill, macro video of a chemical reaction [06:12]
motionographer.com

How the assassination of Medgar Evers galvanized the Civil Rights movement
nationalgeographic.com

How a U.S. Operation to Snare Rwandan Genocide Fugitive Félicien Kabuga Went Awry
vanityfair.com

Was there really a “mutiny” aboard the Skylab space station?
astronomy.com

Scientists close in on 12-billion-year-old signal from the end of the universe’s ‘dark age’
phys.org

Jupiter revealed: What Juno taught us about Jupiter
knowablemagazine.org

How Many People Did it Take to Build the Great Pyramid?
spectrum.ieee.org

The treasure trove hidden in discarded computers
bbc.com