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On Mary King Ward, 19th-Century Celebrity Scientist
lithub.com

The hidden toilet humour in a Titian masterpiece
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Shocking behavior: How electric eels zap their prey
nationalgeographic.com

Explaining Our Obsession With the Unexplained
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What the Freemasons Taught the World About Secrecy
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The Wild, Wild West of Space Law
thewalrus.ca

How floating microbes could live in the acid clouds of Venus
astronomy.com

New episode of Damn Interesting Week: Love Square
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Weather Data Reveals Long-Predicted Pressure Waves
quantamagazine.org

Incredible Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views of Craters, Dust Devils, and Avalanches on the Red Planet
scitechdaily.com

What happens if black holes fall into wormholes? A new way to find out.
space.com

How Submarine Sonarmen Tirelessly Hunt For Enemies They Can’t Even See
thedrive.com

A Spacetime Surprise: Time Isn’t Just Another Dimension
forbes.com

Should We Conserve Parasites? Apparently, Yes
wired.com

Decolonising dermatology: why black and brown skin need better treatment
theguardian.com

Hubble Finds Betelgeuse’s Mysterious Dimming Due to Traumatic Outburst
nasa.gov

‘Crocodile tears’ are surprisingly similar to our own
nationalgeographic.com

How Life Could Continue to Evolve
nautil.us

For the wanderers who became the Aztecs history was a chorus of voices
aeon.co

The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying
theintercept.com

Rare Color Photos from the German Front During World War I
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Catastrophe drives evolution. But life resides in the pauses
aeon.co

‘Zombie’ Microbes Redefine Life’s Energy Limits
quantamagazine.org

The Secret Life of Russia’s Remote Freedom Fighter
narratively.com

The Scramble to Pluck 24 Billion Cherries in Eight Weeks
nytimes.com

The Secret SIMs Used By Criminals to Spoof Any Number
vice.com

The millions being made from cardboard theft
bbc.com

Landmark transplant in 1960s Virginia performed with heart stolen from a Black man
livescience.com

Making Sense of ‘One of the Most Baffling Animals That Ever Lived’
nytimes.com

The Robot Scientists Are Coming. But That’s Not a Bad Thing
discovermagazine.com

The Coronavirus Is Bringing Back Florence’s Wine Windows
atlasobscura.com

A Washington town isolated from the U.S. is now cut off from Canada, too
hcn.org

A tiny ‘nation’ in outback Australia
bbc.com

Powerhouses: nanotechnology turns bricks into batteries
theguardian.com

What To Do, Scientifically, When Everyone Is Wrong
forbes.com • (see also)

This is the way the universe ends: not with a whimper, but a bang
sciencemag.org

Broken Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory
ucf.edu

Mitochondria May Hold Keys to Anxiety and Mental Health
quantamagazine.org

Metamorphosis, explained
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

The Most Overhyped Planet in the Galaxy
theatlantic.com

A TV reporter learned she had cancer after a viewer sent her a concerned email
washingtonpost.com

Inside the mind of an animal
nature.com

Android is now the world’s largest earthquake detection network
arstechnica.com

Boeing 747s Still Use Floppy Disks to Get Software Updates
gizmodo.com

Highly efficient process makes seawater drinkable in 30 minutes
newatlas.com

100 years ago today, Charles Ponzi’s infamous (and ultimately eponymous) scheme began to unravel
damninteresting.com

Losing Beirut: On Life in a Shattered City
lithub.com

The Return of Anonymous
theatlantic.com

Weird ‘boomerang’ earthquake detected under the Atlantic Ocean
nationalgeographic.com

A “Gravity Suit” Could Protect Astronauts From the Dangers of Weightlessness
realclearscience.com

Why Electric Cars Are Getting Louder
discovermagazine.com

Roasted badger and raisin wine: historical cookbooks reveal surprising recipes
theguardian.com

Discovering the Universe Through the World’s Largest Telescope
thewalrus.ca

Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, hides an underground ocean
cnet.com

Tune in to the Tummy: Vladimir Zworykin’s Radio Pill
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Dinosaurs Suffered From Cancer, Too
smithsonianmag.com

The nuclear mistakes that nearly caused World War Three
bbc.com

When did humans discover how to use fire?
livescience.com

Moonquakes and marsquakes: How we peer inside other worlds
horizon-magazine.eu

Could We Force the Universe to Crash?
scientificamerican.com