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How Fake CIA Spy Garrison Courtney Fooled Everyone and Swindled Millions
thedailybeast.com

Cloth masks do protect the wearer
theconversation.com

How a Chemical Weapons Disaster in WWII Led to a U.S. Cover-Up—and a New Cancer Treatment
smithsonianmag.com

Oxford metastudy finds honey most effective treatment for coughs and colds
newatlas.com

Microbes living on air a global phenomenon
newsroom.unsw.edu.au

An Exploding Star 65 Light-Years From Earth May Have Triggered a Mass Extinction
sciencealert.com

Inside the Boogaloo: America’s Extremely Online Extremists
nytimes.com

The Case of the Top Secret iPod
tidbits.com

Was Our Sun A Twin? If So Then ‘Planet 9’ Could Be One Of Many Hidden Planets In Our Solar System
forbes.com

A New Study Suggests a Possible Disease Vector: Germy Dust
wired.com

A car-sized asteroid made the closest Earth flyby a space rock has ever survived
space.com

The antibiotic paradox: why companies can’t afford to create life-saving drugs
nature.com

In a first, astronomers spotted a space rock turning into a comet
sciencenews.org

Why Tokyo’s New Transparent Public Restrooms Are A Stroke Of Genius
forbes.com

‘Oumuamua remains a mystery: study nixes molecular hydrogen ice theory
slashgear.com

A dismantled post office destroys more than mail service
theconversation.com

First ever observation of ”time crystals” interacting
lancaster.ac.uk • (see also)

How Mongolia has kept the coronavirus at bay
technologyreview.com

To survive wild temperature swings, freeze-tolerant creatures can do something unthinkable to other species
atlasobscura.com

Suffrage at 100: A Visual History
nytimes.com

Lost Colony of Roanoke: Researchers say the ‘mystery is over’
pilotonline.com

Video: The Flying Train (1902), a ride on a suspended railway in Germany in 1902 [2:04]
youtube.com • via

The robot revolution has arrived
nationalgeographic.com

Is body weight affected by when you eat? Here’s what science knows so far
theconversation.com

NASA Is Tracking a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth’s Magnetic Field
sciencealert.com

One of NASA’s oldest Mars spacecraft spies a dusty, dark avalanche
slashgear.com

Somehow, a Tiny Black Hole Is Causing a ‘Heartbeat’ 100 Light-Years Away
gizmodo.com

The Beatles Got Started in Hamburg. There’s a Reason for That.
daily.jstor.org

The artist who can’t recognise her own face
bbc.com

Video: Ocean Worlds: the Search for Life [13:07]
youtube.com

‘They haven’t found anyone else out there like me’
bbc.com

Cambodia’s biggest lake is running dry, taking forests and fish with it
nationalgeographic.com

Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them
theconversation.com

A Radical New Model of the Brain Illuminates Its Wiring
wired.com

Why transgender people are ignored by modern medicine
bbc.com

Death Valley hits 130 degrees, Earth’s third-highest temperature on record
washingtonpost.com

NASA powers up Ingenuity Mars helicopter in space for the 1st time
space.com

Pathological liars: about 13% of people tell 10 lies per day
psychnewsdaily.com

Scientists unlock Alpine trees’ molecular defence
bbc.com

Video: Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining [7:55]
youtube.com

Video: Gibraltar’s infamous ‘stay behind’ cave [4:50]
bbc.com

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