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Why is space a vacuum?
livescience.com

How Creativity Changes as We Age
thewalrus.ca

Sea scorpions almost as big as humans were already crawling to shore 340 million years ago
syfy.com

UFO Sightings: Japan’s Military Is Investigating UFO Sightings
popularmechanics.com

Primary role of sleep changes from learning support to brain maintenance in early childhood: study
medicalxpress.com

Scientists find ‘secret molecule’ that allows bacteria to exhale electricity
livescience.com

The Vikings Were More Complicated Than You Might Think
nytimes.com

Nero, History’s Most Despised Emperor, Gets a Makeover
smithsonianmag.com

If The Big Bang Wasn’t The Beginning, What Was It?
forbes.com

40 years ago today a technician dropped a large ratchet socket into the depths of a Titan II nuclear launch complex in Arkansas
damninteresting.com • Eyewitness accounts

280 years ago today Commodore Anson’s squadron departed from England on a secret world-circumnavigating mission
damninteresting.com

Solid roundup of the science so far on how COVID-19 spreads. Big takeaways: Surfaces are safe (mostly), masks + social distance works
elemental.medium.com

The mystery of why some vaccines are doubly beneficial
bbc.com

These parrots developed new dialects in captivity. Can their wild kin understand them?
nationalgeographic.com

Why kids need special protection from AI’s influence
technologyreview.com

Crypts, Tunnel Discovered Beneath Knights Templar Chapel in Poland
smithsonianmag.com

‘My Dad, the Globetrotting Businessman, Paleographer…and Spy?’
narratively.com • (see also)

This week: Snoozing sharks, The Great Masticator, Revolutionary hurricanes, Uber adagio, Posthumous confessions, Origins and consequences of prenatal curiosity
damninteresting.com

Australian stinging tree reveals entirely new family of neurotoxins
newatlas.com

Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa
spacetelescope.org

Video: Super Mario Bros. 3 in 3 minutes – World Record Speedrun Explained [15:51]
youtube.com

Hybrid light–matter particles offer tantalising new way to control chemistry
chemistryworld.com

A New System for Cooling Down Computers Could Revolutionize the Pace of Innovation
smithsonianmag.com

ESA moves forward with Hera planetary defense mission
newatlas.com

Uncovered: the WW2 ‘Scallywag Bunkers’ that were Britain’s last-ditch line of defence
theconversation.com

Passing for White to Escape Slavery
daily.jstor.org

A New Algorithm for Graph Crossings, Hiding in Plain Sight
quantamagazine.org

Shoots and leaves: the shotgun scientist who hunts moving trees
theguardian.com

King Tut’s grandparents were Egypt’s royal power couple
nationalgeographic.com

What Happened Inside Ed Buck’s Apartment?
nytimes.com

How Much Should We Spend to Avert Our Own Extinction?
realclearscience.com

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
projects.propublica.org

In a first, astronomers detect giant planet orbiting a dead star
cnet.com

Scientists Discover How Drugs Like Ketamine Induce An Altered State Of Mind
npr.org

The Untold Story of Hurricane Harvey’s First Urban Air Rescue Mission
esquire.com

When Plants Go to War
nautil.us

Video: The Nuclear Fallout They Kept Secret [13:19]
youtube.com

Lessons from how the polio vaccine went from the lab to the public that Americans can learn from today
theconversation.com

Spending a Night Alone in Mount Everest’s Death Zone
lithub.com

Acorn Woodpeckers Have Multi-Day Wars, and Birds Come From All Around to Watch
atlasobscura.com

Buying Myself Back: When does a model own her own image?
thecut.com

To find a vaccine for COVID-19, will we have to deliberately infect people?
nationalgeographic.com

He buried a treasure in the mountains, and someone found it. Or did they?
theguardian.com • See also

Coffee Is Under Attack
theatlantic.com • See also

The True Origins of Gold in Our Universe May Have Just Changed, Again
sciencealert.com • See also

When Math Gets Impossibly Hard
quantamagazine.org

The Billionaire Who Wanted To Die Broke . . . Is Now Officially Broke
forbes.com

100 years ago today, during the lunch rush on New York City’s Wall Street, a massive bomb exploded
damninteresting.com

The world’s first fully automated autonomous 3D design influencer
mwinckelmann.com

Lost humpback whale abandoned by friends in croc-infested river in Australia
livescience.com

A Judge Asked Harvard to Find Out Why So Many Black People Were In Prison. They Could Only Find 1 Answer: Systemic Racism
theroot.com

The Long, Strange History of Los Angeles’ Coldest Cold Case
delacortereview.org

The people living in the world’s most extreme habitats
sciencefocus.com

When changing a light bulb is a really big deal
bbc.com

Who Invented the Lightbulb?
theness.com

Carnival’s Ruby Princess Cruise Ship Spread Coronavirus Around the World
bloomberg.com

The Mozart Effect: Study affirms classical music reduces epileptic seizures
newatlas.com

Where Did the Term “Hispanic” Come From?
daily.jstor.org

See how we’re reimagining dinosaurs in today’s ‘golden age’ of paleontology
nationalgeographic.com

In Guatemala, the Maya world untouched for centuries
bbc.com