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When France extorted Haiti – the greatest heist in history
theconversation.com

How a Long-Lost Perfume Got a Second Life After 150 Years Underwater
atlasobscura.com

‘I’m high as a Georgia pine’: Dock Ellis’s no-hitter on LSD, 50 years on
theguardian.com

How do you deal with 9m tonnes of suffocating seaweed?
theguardian.com

Volcanoes may have helped life bounce back after dinosaur-killing asteroid strike
nationalgeographic.com

What if Doctors Stopped Prescribing Weight Loss?
scientificamerican.com

Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past
wired.com

A Massive Star Has Disappeared Without a Trace
gizmodo.com

Oldest surviving photograph of Māori discovered in Australia
theguardian.com

Yale captures first ever video of brain clearing out dead neurons
newatlas.com

Astronomers unknowingly dedicated moon craters to Nazis. Will the next historical reckoning be at cosmic level?
prospectmagazine.co.uk

Superbarrio: The People’s Superhero
daily.jstor.org

Deep red light reboots aging retinas like “recharging a battery”
newatlas.com • (see also)

How Does a Human Being’s Internal GPS Work?
lithub.com

Why Did This Ancient Marsupial Have Saber Teeth?
atlasobscura.com

Flying snake mystery solved by science
slashgear.com

How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco
bbc.com

Do probiotics actually do anything?
cbsnews.com

New polymer easily captures gold extracted from e-waste
arstechnica.com

Could a black hole be the ultimate energy source? Maybe, if you keep feeding it
syfy.com

British state ‘covered up plot to assassinate King Edward VIII’
theguardian.com

Betelgeuse’s Mystery Dimming Caused By A Star Spot A Hundred Times Larger Than The Sun, Say Scientists
forbes.com

The FBI Agents Who Return Stolen Cultural Artifacts
theatlantic.com

French Revolution: remains discovered in walls of Paris monument
theguardian.com

Artificial Intelligence Can’t Deal With Chaos, But Teaching It Physics Could Help
sciencealert.com

There’s a reason we procrastinate and it’s not laziness
cbc.ca

New Geometric Perspective Cracks Old Problem About Rectangles
quantamagazine.org

Beyond Pluto: the hunt for our solar system’s new ninth planet
theguardian.com

115 years ago today, one Dr. Beaurieux attempted to converse with a freshly severed head, for science
damninteresting.com

Cheddar empire: Rise of a cheese superpower
cnn.com

75 years ago today, stakeholders in the establishment AM radio industry succeeded in crushing the inventor of FM radio
damninteresting.com

What are those glowing orbs that dart across the sky the world over?
theguardian.com • (see also)

Simpsons ends use of white actors to voice people of colour
bbc.com

Inside the body, the coronavirus is even more sinister than scientists had realized
latimes.com

Record-Breaking Lightning Just Chilled in the Sky for 17 Seconds
earther.gizmodo.com • (see also)

Physicists Just Quantum Teleported Information Between Particles of Matter
sciencealert.com

Gallery: The 1959 Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Air-Car
vintage-everyday.com • (see also)

Researchers studying food insecurity see a new concern: eating disorders
statnews.com • (see also)

The Rocket Motor of the Future Breathes Air Like a Jet Engine
wired.com

‘I went to report on a Cree culture camp. It ended up changing my life’
cbc.ca

An elemental problem with the sun
knowablemagazine.org

Canada’s forgotten universal basic income experiment
bbc.com

‘Ponzi scheme’ created by a cop ensnares dozens of OPP and municipal officers
thestar.com • (see also)

‘One in a 50m chance’: woman with two wombs carrying a twin in each
theguardian.com

Plants Are Green Because They Reject Harmful Colors
insidescience.org

Recently discovered super-Earths could ‘potentially host life’
cnet.com

The secretive government agency planting ‘cyanide bombs’ across the US
theguardian.com

Motions in the sun reveal inner workings of sunspot cycle
phys.org

Astronomers discover ‘monster’ quasar from early universe
phys.org

Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest
nautil.us

NASA Now Has Alien Life-Hunting Robot Explorers That Only Phone Home When They’ve Hit The Jackpot
forbes.com

The latest episode of Damn Interesting Week is now available: Hashtag Not All
damninteresting.com

Cloud cuckoo land? How one bird’s epic migration stunned scientists
theguardian.com

It’s Hard to Poop on the Moon. NASA Wants You to Make It Easier.
popularmechanics.com

A quarter of all U.S. newspapers have died in 15 years, a new UNC news deserts study found
poynter.org

The Health Transformation Army: The history of the World Health Organisation
lrb.co.uk

The Korean War never technically ended. Here’s why.
nationalgeographic.com

China Reaches New Milestone in Space-Based Quantum Communications
scientificamerican.com

The USSR’s secret Siberian ‘democracy’
bbc.com

This pharaoh’s painted tomb was missing its mummy
nationalgeographic.com