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The people who imagine disasters
bbc.com

Astronauts bound for Mars should swing by Venus first, scientists say
space.com • (see also)

How long to play dead in order to stay alive?
phys.org

Why Is Glass Rigid? Signs of Its Secret Structure Emerge.
quantamagazine.org

Common mental processes often underlie different diagnoses
aeon.co

Scientists Discover Extremely Tiny Dinosaur Ancestor in Madagascar
sciencealert.com

Comet NEOWISE Has Suddenly Become Visible to the Unaided Eye
scitechdaily.com

The Lost Art of Growing Blueberries With Fire
atlasobscura.com

The Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson debuts first new comics in 25 years
cnet.com

Could You Make a Snowball of Neutrinos?
nytimes.com

African grey parrot outperforms children and college students in memory tests
news.harvard.edu

This town of 170,000 replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It’s worked for over 30 years
cnn.com

The Path to Ingenuity: One Man’s Decades-Long Quest to Fly a Helicopter on Mars
discovermagazine.com

Operation Sealion: Why Was Hitler’s Planned Invasion Of Britain Cancelled?
historyextra.com

The rise and fall of Adobe Flash
arstechnica.com

The Kerner Commission Report on White Racism, 50 Years On
daily.jstor.org

Turning On the Lights in the Ocean’s Twilight Zone
atlasobscura.com

New collection of stars, not born in our galaxy, discovered in Milky Way
eurekalert.org

Post Office Delivery Trucks Keep Catching on Fire
vice.com

Behind the dead-water phenomenon
phys.org

‘Yazidi women are strong’: Iraq’s female landmine clearance teams
theguardian.com

‘How my dad got scammed for $3,000 worth of gift cards’
thehustle.co

Journey to the world’s southernmost tree
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

What the Nazis Learned From America’s Indian Removal
thedailybeast.com

Some exoplanets may be covered in weird water between liquid and gas
sciencenews.org

Astronomers have found the source of life in the universe
inverse.com

Cryonics, brain preservation and the weird science of cheating death
cnet.com

World’s longest-surviving conjoined twin brothers die at 68
thestar.com

Robotic scientists will ‘speed up discovery’
bbc.com

The Super Bowl Ring Thief
bloomberg.com

Inside the luxury nuclear bunker protecting the mega-rich from the apocalypse
cnet.com

Reflections on the Gnarliest ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Episode of All Time
vice.com

When Senator Joe McCarthy Defended Nazis
smithsonianmag.com

What’s in a Winglet?: Inside the Epic Quest To Build a Better Airplane Wing
popularmechanics.com

Six eyewitnesses misidentified a murderer – here’s what went wrong in the lineup
theconversation.com

Spectacular flower crowns rule in Ukraine
nationalgeographic.com

Architect goes blind, says he’s actually gotten better at his job
cbsnews.com

How humans are altering the tides of the oceans
bbc.com

Women Are Now Revitalizing The Traditional Male-Only Japanese Sake Industry
forbes.com

The Epic Siberian Journey to Solve a Mass Extinction Mystery
wired.com

Giant flywheel project in Scotland could prevent UK blackouts
theguardian.com

Simon of Trent, History’s Most Dangerous Toddler
thedailybeast.com

New Hubble image of ‘fluffy’ galaxy is spectacular
mashable.com

Voyager: Inside the world’s greatest space mission
bbc.com • (see also)

The death of the bra: will the great lingerie liberation of lockdown last?
theguardian.com

Can you train yourself to like foods you hate?
bbc.co.uk • (see also)

Archaeologists’ Secret Weapon: Dogs
theatlantic.com

The Rabbit Outbreak
newyorker.com

Welcome anyons! Physicists find best evidence yet for long-sought 2D structures
nature.com

Prickly porcupines mate without hurting each other. Here’s how.
nationalgeographic.com

The U.S. Navy Ship Built by the Soviet Union
popularmechanics.com

Ask Ethan: What New Evidence Could Revolutionize All Of Known Physics?
forbes.com

‘We don’t want her to be remembered as the victim’: Kim Wall’s parents on telling her story
theguardian.com

Giant sea scorpions were the underwater titans of prehistoric Australia
theconversation.com

Close and Tranquil Solar System Has Astronomers Excited
astrobiology.nasa.gov

DeepDream: How Alexander Mordvintsev Excavated the Computer’s Hidden Layers
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

The Accidental Invention of the Slip ‘N Slide
smithsonianmag.com

Typhoid Mary Was a Real, Asymptomatic Carrier Who Caused Multiple Outbreaks
discovermagazine.com

Mystery on Everest: did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit in 1924?
historyextra.com

Renaissance couple: unhinged duo reunited after 125 years apart
theguardian.com