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Full-scale engineering mock-up of next-gen American lunar lander unveiled
newatlas.com

A fall shattered his body. These medical marvels pieced him back together.
nationalgeographic.com

750 Million Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are Being Released in Florida—Here’s Why
health.com

How dirty and stinky were medieval cities?
sciencenorway.no

Office Life at the Pentagon Is Disconcertingly Retrograde
wired.com

Ask Ethan: Why Don’t Light And Gravitational Waves Arrive Simultaneously?
forbes.com

A quantum thermometer to measure the coldest temperatures in the universe
phys.org

Scientific American: ‘Reckoning with Our Mistakes’
scientificamerican.com

‘Electric mud’ teems with new, mysterious bacteria
sciencemag.org

The Bias in the Machine
nautil.us

Before ‘Coup 53,’ the US and Iran were old friends
theconversation.com

How “St. Elmo’s fire” could help protect aircraft from lightning strikes
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Incredible Fossil Shows a Sea Monster in the Belly of an Even Bigger Sea Monster
gizmodo.com

Police solve just 2% of all major crimes
theconversation.com

When Asbestos Was a Gift Fit for a King
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

How outdoor advertising can deepen inequality
bbc.com

Anxiety grows as China’s Three Gorges dam hits highest level
theguardian.com

The mechanical wonder that powered Versailles’s fountains
nationalgeographic.com

Photos: Dozens of Wildfires Burn Across California
theatlantic.com

1905 footage of a person who was reportedly born in 1791, upscaled and colorized
i.imgur.com • More info

In Quantum Physics, Even Humans Act As Waves
forbes.com

First Detailed Study Deepens The Mystery of Vast Stone Monuments in Saudi Arabia
sciencealert.com

How Probability Misleads Us About The Universe
forbes.com • (see also)

The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make
nautil.us

Beirut blast: The inferno and the mystery ship
bbc.co.uk

Face Values: The Surreal and Disturbing Collage Portraits of John Stezaker
flashbak.com

America’s Most Flamboyant Private Eye and the 8,000-Mile Manhunt
narratively.com

Thousands of chicks arrive dead to farmers amid USPS turmoil
apnews.com

When the Misdiagnosis Is Child Abuse
theatlantic.com

The Man Who Swam the Full Length of the Mississippi River
smithsonianmag.com

First Male Murder Hornet in U.S. Caught in Washington State
earther.gizmodo.com

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