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Japan’s unknown indigenous cuisine
bbc.com

‘Contact Languages’ Don’t Get the Respect They Deserve
theatlantic.com

Problems with the US Postal Service are getting worse
vox.com

Scientists Just Found a Way to Make Quantum States Last 10,000 Times Longer
sciencealert.com

How Local Newspapers Helped Emmett Till’s Murderers Go Free
daily.jstor.org

How Former Samurai and Farmers Cultivated the First Japanese Apples
atlasobscura.com

On this day in 1984, 37 people died when a lake in Cameroon, Africa exploded
damninteresting.com

How mail-in voting began on Civil War battlefields
nationalgeographic.com

Major quantum computational breakthrough is shaking up physics and maths
theconversation.com

ATM Hackers Have Picked Up Some Clever New Tricks
wired.com

Entire cities could fit inside the moon’s monstrous lava tubes
livescience.com

On this day in 1977, SETI detected a still unexplained radio signal
damninteresting.com

Víctor Jara: The folk singer murdered for his music
bbc.com • (see also)

A 429-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Had Eyes like Those of Modern Bees
scientificamerican.com

NYC study concludes COVID-19 is as deadly as the 1918 Spanish Flu
newatlas.com

How an Indiana Preacher’s Son Transformed into a Western Lawman—and a Killer
crimereads.com

The Fallacy of the Dirigible
popularmechanics.com

“Supergiant” new species of isopod discovered in the deep ocean
newatlas.com

Sharks Before and After Jaws
daily.jstor.org

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

The hidden toilet humour in a Titian masterpiece
bbc.com • (see also)

Shocking behavior: How electric eels zap their prey
nationalgeographic.com

Explaining Our Obsession With the Unexplained
atlasobscura.com

What the Freemasons Taught the World About Secrecy
time.com • (see also)

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
damninteresting.com

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