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How the advent of nuclear weapons changed the course of history
nationalgeographic.com

Bacteria with a metal diet discovered in dirty glassware
phys.org

NASA Delays James Webb Telescope Launch Date, Again
nytimes.com

What if the Trinity test had failed?
blog.nuclearsecrecy.com

Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexico’s cell tower repairmen
reuters.com

‘Things Are Not as Expected’: Inside Rome’s New Normal
esquire.com

The Oddball Dolphin of Dingle
hakaimagazine.com

Gallery: Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins
flashbak.com

Did Billionaire Tobacco Heiress Doris Duke Get Away With Murder?
vanityfair.com

The problem with perfectionists
bbc.com

We know where the 7 wonders of the ancient world are—except for one
nationalgeographic.com

15 Different Ideas for Rovers That Could Explore Venus
universetoday.com

Nuclear Tests Have Changed, but They Never Really Stopped
wired.com

Why is the speed of light the way it is?
space.com

Solar Orbiter: Closest ever pictures taken of the Sun
bbc.com • Related

In a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s corona disappear, then reappear
news.mit.edu

End-of-life study explains what really happens when you hear your last words
inverse.com

One of the Last Living Manhattan Project Scientists Looks Back at the Atomic Bomb Tests
smithsonianmag.com

How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind
technologyreview.com

Scientists strapped a tiny camera to a beetle to test just how small video technology can get
us.cnn.com

How a velvet ant (which is a wasp) got its white fluff
thestar.com

Video: Once Upon a Time in Iraq [1:53:18]
youtube.com

How One Man Turned The Busiest International Border Crossing In North America Into The Centerpiece Of His Empire
jalopnik.com

On this day in 1942 a war plane crash-landed in Greenland, not to be seen again for 50 years
damninteresting.com

The ghostly radio station that no one claims to run
bbc.com • (see also)

What’s killing Botswana’s elephants? Here are the top theories.
nationalgeographic.com

The MP3 At 25: How A Digital File Dynamited The Music Industry
thequietus.com

The Sun Only Shines Because Of Quantum Physics
forbes.com

Fertility rate: ‘Jaw-dropping’ global crash in children being born
bbc.com

K-Ships vs. U-Boats
smithsonianmag.com

Can you fire a gun in space?
sciencefocus.com • (see also)

How Gödel’s Proof Works
quantamagazine.org

Competitive hotdog eaters nearing limit of human performance
theguardian.com

Video: The First Time We Met a Comet, We Blew a Hole in It [5:14]
youtube.com

Blast sends star hurtling across the Milky Way
phys.org

Everything is cake: Scientists explain why the viral trend tickles the brain
inverse.com • (see also)

The images that fought the Nazis
bbc.com

Team Lioness: the Kenyan women rangers risking their lives for wildlife
theguardian.com

Gallery: The 2020 Audubon Photography Awards
theatlantic.com

Video: Airlines’ Protocol for After a Plane Crash [12:19]
youtube.com

‘I trekked to a nuclear crater to see where the Atomic Age first began’
nationalgeographic.com

The Internet of Fake-Baby Conspiracy Theories
theatlantic.com

Vision scientists discover why humans literally don’t see eye to eye
news.berkeley.edu • (see also)

How Astronomers Learned to ‘Listen’ to Gravitational Waves
discovermagazine.com

Powerful eruptions on the Sun might trigger earthquakes
astronomy.com

The Winnebago Heli-Home Was a Real Flying RV
thedrive.com

Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings
theguardian.com

Are Ultraviolet Sanitizing Lights Safe for Humans?
discovermagazine.com

Baiae: A Roman settlement at the bottom of the sea
bbc.com

This tiny B.C community wanted to buy a forest to save it from loggers. The world chipped in
thestar.com

Mask resistance during a pandemic isn’t new – in 1918 many Americans were ‘slackers’
theconversation.com

The Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge
daily.jstor.org

Mars is about to be invaded by robots from planet Earth
cbc.ca

Eight go mad in Arizona: how a lockdown experiment went horribly wrong
theguardian.com

Indian papers resurfacing in French Alps could be from 1966 plane crash
bbc.com

‘Sensational’ Egypt find offers clues in hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb
theguardian.com

The universe might have a fundamental clock that ticks very, very fast
sciencenews.org

How small satellites are radically remaking space exploration
arstechnica.com

How to Plan a Space Mission
newyorker.com

‘Things are right up close, personal.’ Pat Musitano’s hitman shares tales of working for Hamilton mobster
thestar.com