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Beluga whale sighted off San Diego coast mystifies scientists
nationalgeographic.com

The accidental invention of the Illuminati conspiracy
bbc.com

How Venus flytraps snap
phys.org

‘They scavenged scraps’: the Britons rounded up by the Nazis in occupied France
theguardian.com

On this day in 1908, after a monumental effort, scientists first liquefied helium
damninteresting.com

How British Columbia and Washington state are stopping the spread of Asian giant hornets
theconversation.com

Could Black Holes Be The Dark Matter Our Universe Needs?
forbes.com

Vanguard 1: Earth’s Oldest Artificial Satellite That’s Still in Orbit
discovermagazine.com

On Deadly Policing and the 1979 Southall Protests
lithub.com

Mars Had Landslide-Powered Tsunamis That Put Earth’s Mega-Waves to Shame
smithsonianmag.com

The latest episode of Damn Interesting Week is out now: The Sport of Body Planing
damninteresting.com

Astronomers discover South Pole Wall, a gigantic structure stretching 1.4 billion light-years across
livescience.com

Languages Will Change Significantly on Interstellar Flights
universetoday.com

In north Michigan woods, feds raid an alleged upscale art forgery factory
detroitnews.com

He Found an Entire House in his Attic
messynessychic.com

4 mysterious objects spotted in deep space are unlike anything ever seen
livescience.com

Noise control: sound wave system cancels out drum of traffic
theguardian.com

How long has everyone screamed for ice cream?
nationalgeographic.com

Native Americans and Polynesians Met Around 1200 A.D.
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Can a tidally locked planet support life?
knowablemagazine.org

Mars Alert: Why Three Spacecraft Must Leave For The Red Planet Within Weeks Or Miss Their Chance
forbes.com

On this day in 1958 a megatsunami struck a remote bay in Alaska
damninteresting.com

Giant clams manipulate light to assist their symbiotic partner
phys.org

When Idealistic New Englanders Moved to Kansas Territory to ‘Put an End to Slavery’
zocalopublicsquare.org

How and Why Computers Roll Loaded Dice
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Video: The History of Freedomland U.S.A. [29:50]
youtube.com

‘What I Learned from Losing $200 Million’
nautil.us • (see also)

Will astronauts ever visit gas giants like Jupiter?
technologyreview.com

Entire rare bird colony vanishes, baffling New Zealand scientists
theguardian.com

Meet the first and only Air Force pilot to shoot down a satellite
taskandpurpose.com

Why are scientists trying to manufacture organs in space?
theconversation.com

Europe’s New Mars Yard Is Like a Playground for Planetary Engineers
atlasobscura.com

Scientists make precise edits to mitochondrial DNA for first time
nature.com

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