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The Mad 1920s Fad of Pole-Sitting
messynessychic.com

Ancient microbial life used arsenic to thrive in a world without oxygen
theconversation.com • (see also)

The Biggest Fundamental Questions That ‘42’ Really Is The Answer To
forbes.com

The Saga of Midori Naka
atlasobscura.com

The birthplace of a new ocean
bbc.com

New ep: Underground orchids, plant battles, pine needle power plants, nonverbal accents, parrot dialects, mountain-powered clocks
damninteresting.com

With Deutsche Bank’s help, an oligarch’s buying spree trails ruin across the US heartland
icij.org

When the pandemic quieted San Francisco, these birds could hear each other sing
nationalgeographic.com

Reasons Revealed for the Brain’s Elastic Sense of Time
quantamagazine.org

The Dawn of Transatlantic Flight
airspacemag.com

Could Jurassic Park keep its dinosaurs alive in a present-day environment?
syfy.com

The detection of phosphine in Venus’ clouds is a big deal
earthsky.org

Newfound brain structure explains why some birds are so smart—and maybe even self-aware
sciencemag.org

Beaked Whale Shatters Record With 3 Hour 42 Minute Dive
nytimes.com

Video: ‘I Can Twist My Eye Around Its Pupil (And So Can You)’ [12:50]
youtube.com

What We Don’t Know about the World Beneath Our Feet
saturdayeveningpost.com

First Evidence of a Planet in Another Galaxy
discovermagazine.com

Too Much Licorice Stopped Man’s Heart and Killed Him, Doctors Say
gizmodo.com

How much gold is there left to mine in the world?
bbc.com

‘Close to 100% accuracy’: Helsinki airport uses sniffer dogs to detect Covid
theguardian.com

Purple Reign: A passion for purple built the Phoenicians’ vast trading empire
nationalgeographic.com

The short weird life—and potential afterlife—of quantum radar
sciencemag.org

Gallery: Experimental Imaging at the Birth of Modern Science
publicdomainreview.org

Block That Bomb: How Cold Warriors Stopped Nuclear Smuggling
airspacemag.com • (see also)

The Unlikely Endurance of the Rubik’s Cube
undark.org

Physicists Argue That Black Holes From the Big Bang Could Be the Dark Matter
quantamagazine.org

12,000 Feet Up, With a Storm Coming In
nytimes.com

The disruption con: why big tech’s favourite buzzword is nonsense
theguardian.com

Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too
nautil.us

The Slow, Troubling Death of the Autopsy
elemental.medium.com

QAnon Is Like a Game—a Most Dangerous Game
wired.com

How Humanity Came To Contemplate Its Possible Extinction: A Timeline
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

How beavers became North America’s best firefighter
nationalgeographic.com

Can Scientists Stop the Plague of the Spotted Lanternfly?
smithsonianmag.com

1,000-Year-Old Precursor to Stainless Steel Found in Iran, Surprising Archaeologists
gizmodo.com

The only black hole we’ve ever seen has a shadow that wobbles
technologyreview.com

Australia’s forgotten other ‘Great Reef’
bbc.com

The birthplace of the space age isn’t where you think
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

Did indigenous Americans and Vikings trade in the year 1000?
aeon.co

What is dark matter?
livescience.com

179 Arrested in Massive Global Dark Web Takedown
wired.com

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