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A documentary crew’s attempt to find a 100-year-old rocket
washingtonpost.com

‘I was Saddam’s prisoner’
prospectmagazine.co.uk

How U.S. vice presidents went from irrelevant to influential
nationalgeographic.com

Researchers say blood test can detect cancer years before symptoms
theguardian.com

Video: Are Space Elevators Possible? [14:59]
youtube.com • (see also)

One Challenge for Future Mars Explorers? Boredom.
lithub.com

What the mysterious boredom divide teaches us
bbc.com

The Limits of Restorative Justice in Jacksonville
theatlantic.com

Infographic: The dodo gets a makeover
nationalgeographic.com

Quadruple-stranded DNA seen in healthy human cells for the first time
newscientist.com

Neuroscience is finding what propaganda has long known: nostalgia doesn’t need real memories – an imagined past works too
aeon.co

‘Knowing it could kill you isn’t a deterrent’: the deadly trade in diet pills
theguardian.com

‘Poisoned arrow’ defeats antibiotic-resistant bacteria: A dual-mechanism antibiotic kills Gram-negative bacteria and avoids drug resistance
sciencedaily.com

The Fear of Setting the Planet on Fire with a Nuclear Weapon
discovermagazine.com

Monkeys poke each other’s noses, pull hair in odd rituals
nationalgeographic.com

Video: Mars In 4K [10:08]
youtube.com

A Kindler, Gentler Sonic Boom
airspacemag.com

Video: Hubble – Eye in the Sky: An Unexpected Journey [10:21]
youtube.com

A giant underground motion sensor in Germany tracks Earth’s wobbles
sciencenews.org

Cave’s Clues Show It’s More Than Just Oldest Outhouse in the Americas
nytimes.com

Venice has been fighting floods for centuries. It’s losing
cnet.com

A Legendary Chicago Hotel and the Gilded Age Murder Trial That Embroiled a City
crimereads.com

Why Bigfoot and the ‘Abominable Snowman’ Loom Large in the Human Imagination
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Venus Is Erupting with Active Volcanoes, Scientists Find
vice.com

A Forgotten Legacy: How Nuclear Reactors Built for War Transformed Peacetime Science
discovermagazine.com

Blowing out candles is basically spitting on your friends’ cake. Will we ever do it again?
washingtonpost.com

‘That Others May Live’: The Pararescue Units Preparing for War on Top of the World
popularmechanics.com

Proteus becomes the world’s first manufactured non-cuttable material
newatlas.com

Science Museum asks public to help identify mystery items
theguardian.com

HMS Challenger: The voyage that birthed oceanography
bbc.com • (see also)

Up she rises: how Brunel’s great hulk, SS Great Britain, finally came home
theguardian.com

Why are humans so curious?
livescience.com

Basel: The birthplace of hallucinogenic science
bbc.com

Are there any black holes left over from the Big Bang?
space.com

Image: a map of the entire surface of asteroid Bennu
news.arizona.edu

Four people have gone missing within a 60km radius in the past year. Their fate remains a mystery
abc.net.au

The Troubling Tale of Baby Peggy, Hollywood’s First Child Star
refinery29.com

Why Do Some Twins ‘Vanish’ in the Womb?
realclearscience.com

How NASA Sparked a Revolution in Microbiology
theatlantic.com

Study of Over 1 Million People Finds Intriguing Link Between Iron Levels And Lifespan
sciencealert.com

Writing With Synesthesia, Seeing Colors in Music
americansongwriter.com • (see also)

New measurement confirms the true age of the universe
livescience.com

How The U.S. Hid the Atomic Bomb
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
theconversation.com • (see also)

‘Jaws’ Is an Undisputed Masterpiece. So How Did It Produce One of the Worst Sequels Ever Made?
esquire.com

What Our First Close Look at Mars Actually Revealed
lithub.com

Hackers Tell the Story of the Twitter Attack From the Inside
nytimes.com

Gallery: The Brazilian Desert That Turns Into a Thousand Lagoons
atlasobscura.com

German police capture ‘Black Forest Rambo’ after six-day manhunt
theguardian.com

Ecuadorian hummingbirds chirp ultrasonic songs of seduction
thestar.com

Two Geniuses, One Wheelchair and an Audacious Plan to Swim with the Whales
narratively.com

How Your Heart Influences What You Perceive and Fear
quantamagazine.org

On this day in 1962 the pint-size Davy Crockett atomic weapon system was tested in the Nevada desert
damninteresting.com

Scientists accidentally bred the fish version of a liger
thestar.com

Do the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Have Atmospheres?
universetoday.com

New episode of the Damn Interesting Week podcast: CSI: Murder Hornet Edition
damninteresting.com

Newly Released FAA Documents Give Unprecedented Look Into Colorado Drone Swarm Mystery
thedrive.com

Skin of Deep Sea Fish Is One of the Blackest Materials Known on Earth
newsweek.com

Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking
wired.com

Suspect Arrested in Grisly Killing of Fahim Saleh
nytimes.com