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New ‘mini-moon’ set to be captured by Earth might just be space junk
cnet.com

Wildfires took her home. She returned on an outlaw mission to salvage a family treasure
nationalgeographic.com

The CIA Once Considered Using Lightning to Assassinate People
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Studies Show Far-UVC Light Can Kill Coronaviruses Without Harming Humans
gizmodo.com

Video: Is human evolution speeding up or slowing down? [5:47]
youtube.com

The fiasco of the 1976 ‘swine flu affair’
bbc.com

Earth Is About to Capture a Minimoon, But There’s Something Odd About This One
sciencealert.com

The Simple Math Problem We Still Can’t Solve
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Exploring Chernobyl’s Imprint on Neighboring Belarus
atlasobscura.com

Why Covid-19 Patients Are Suffering From Distorted and Phantom Smells
smithsonianmag.com

Ancient empire collapse seen in violent injuries in nomad graveyard
nationalgeographic.com

Bot or Not — CAPTCHAs have evolved to reflect the untenable distinction between real and fake users
reallifemag.com

Video: The Largest Star in the Universe [11:58]
youtube.com

A Strange, Glowing Ultraviolet Aurora Has Just Been Detected Around a Comet
sciencealert.com

Is The Matter In Our Universe Fundamentally Stable Or Unstable?
forbes.com

If there is life on Venus, how could it have got there? Origin of life experts explain
theconversation.com

NASA Publishes Artemis Plan to Land First Woman, Next Man on Moon
nasa.gov

Where Camels Take to the Sea
hakaimagazine.com • (see also)

Internet: Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months
bbc.com

Gallery: Winning entries in the 2020 Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year
rmg.co.uk

Ecologists confirm Alan Turing’s theory for Australian fairy circles
britishecologicalsociety.org

Airbus eyes hydrogen-powered future with commercial aircraft concepts
newatlas.com • (see also)

How rescuing drowning migrants became a crime
theguardian.com • (see also)

The Indian queens who modelled for the world’s first vaccine
bbc.com

Why there is no speed limit in the superfluid universe
phys.org • (see also)

The Race to Redesign Sugar
newyorker.com

Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus has fresh ice in unexpected place
space.com

A Doctor High on Greed, a Biker Gang High on Opioids, and The Woman Who Paid the Price
crimereads.com

Wikipedia edits have massive impact on tourism, say economists
theguardian.com

The detection of phosphine in Venus’ clouds is a big deal – here’s how we can find out if it’s a sign of life
theconversation.com

The Walther PPK, the classic spy gun that changed the game
newatlas.com

Mexican archaeologists identify the first Mayan slave ship to be discovered
cnn.com

Why the Supreme Court ended up with nine justices—and how that could change
nationalgeographic.com

The deadly viruses that vanished without trace
bbc.com

“Galaxy-Sized Big Bang” –Largest Black Holes in Observable Universe May Be Source of Dark Matter
dailygalaxy.com

What did people use before toilet paper was invented?
livescience.com

New curio by Marisa Brook: Signs and Space
dam.mn

Mathematicians May Have Figured Out How ‘Stone Forests’ Form
wired.com

A Strange New Magnetoelectric Effect Has Been Discovered in a Symmetrical Crystal
sciencealert.com

The search for life – from Venus to the outer solar system
theguardian.com

An Arsonist Destroyed A Wonder Of The World For Modern Reasons
medium.com

Egypt tomb: Sarcophagi buried for 2,500 years unearthed in Saqqara
bbc.com

Video: Music lovers will be astonished at the influence The Wrecking Crew wielded over rock and pop music in the 60s and 70s [1:41:52]
youtube.com

Mayflower 400: the science of sailing across the ocean in 1620
theconversation.com

Hiding a 10,000 Year Clock inside a Mountain
messynessychic.com

Colorado couple’s 20-year search for extinct fruit finally pays off
edition.cnn.com

Parental Advisory: The Story of a Warning Label
daily.jstor.org

The Himalayan invention powered by pine needles
bbc.com

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