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This is what “war in space” probably would look like in the near future
arstechnica.com

Fireball-dropping drones and the new technology helping fight fires
nationalgeographic.com

How to Build a Spacecraft to Save the World
wired.com

Graveyard Shift: Years of deliberate neglect led to a mine explosion in November 1968
laphamsquarterly.org

Oxygen Supply Just Failed in Part of The ISS, But Everyone Is Safe So Far
sciencealert.com

‘He Married a Sociopath: Me’
nytimes.com

New research could help millions who suffer from ‘ringing in the ears’
twin-cities.umn.edu

Egypt’s last pharaoh was the ‘love child’ of Caesar and Cleopatra
nationalgeographic.com

A Disturbing Twinkie That Has, So Far, Defied Science
npr.org

Pieces of orbiting space junk ‘avoid collision’
bbc.com

A Profanity Filter Banned the Word ‘Bone’ at a Paleontology Conference
vice.com

The Country That Still Considers Saddam Hussein a Hero
atlasobscura.com

The unlikely birthplace of the most destructive hurricanes
bbc.com

‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI
theguardian.com

Video: The biggest radioactive spill in US history [12:32]
youtube.com • (see also)

New magnetism found in the world’s strongest material
livescience.com

Babies’ random choices become their preferences
hub.jhu.edu

Physicists successfully carry out controlled transport of stored light
phys.org

The Latest Soyuz Launch Just Delivered The ISS Crew in 3 Hours! It Used to Take Days
sciencealert.com

The So-Called ‘Kidnapping Club’ Featured Cops Selling Free Black New Yorkers Into Slavery
smithsonianmag.com

A virus-like COVID-19 vaccine is being grown in tobacco plants
massivesci.com

Proprietary Grapes Come With Draconian End User License Agreement
vice.com

A Brief History of the Women’s KKK
daily.jstor.org

There is a greater than 10% chance that two large satellites will collide in low Earth orbit Thursday
threadreaderapp.com

A NASA spacecraft is about to scoop up some asteroid rubble
technologyreview.com

The Spectacular Science of the Great Lakes’ Glowing Rocks
atlasobscura.com

What does it take to become an astronaut? Here’s what NASA says.
nationalgeographic.com

Gallery: Winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020
theatlantic.com

Video: Tardigrades: Some of the smallest, cutest, and toughest animals on the planet [3:38]
youtube.com

The 100 Most Influential Sequences in Animation History
vulture.com

Real-time tracking of serotonin, dopamine opens new window to the brain
newatlas.com

The first room-temperature superconductor has finally been found (though it requires extreme pressure)
sciencenews.org

The True Story Behind the Worst Video Game Ever Made
melmagazine.com

How did creativity become an engine of economic growth?
aeon.co

The puzzle of the strange galaxy made of 99.9% dark matter is solved
phys.org

How much do our genes restrict free will?
theconversation.com

‘This Is My Brain on Salvia’
wired.com

Scientists solved the mystery behind Pluto’s snowcapped mountains
inverse.com

US and seven other countries sign NASA’s Artemis Accords to set rules for exploring the Moon
theverge.com

Remembering Robert De Niro, one of the “Strange Great Secret Painters of America”
messynessychic.com

Autism’s Gut Connection: Microbes Could Soon Lead to New Treatments
discovermagazine.com

Record-Breaking Bird Just Flew Nonstop From Alaska to New Zealand
gizmodo.com

Doing Time in the Dark Underbelly of Soviet Russia
lithub.com

Could a Tree Help Find a Decaying Corpse Nearby?
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

WW2 ‘earthquake’ bomb explodes in Poland during attempt to defuse it
bbc.com

24 years ago, two burning planes plunged into the mustard and cotton fields of a Haryana village. It changed the way we fly
fiftytwo.in

Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2020
theatlantic.com

New Clues to Chemical Origins of Metabolism at Dawn of Life
quantamagazine.org

What Would Happen if All the Antarctic Ice Melted?
wired.com

Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50
scientificamerican.com

Impossible Word: Toward a Poetics of Aphasia
poetryfoundation.org

Why the Canadian town of Asbestos wants a new name
bbc.com

Video: Bicycles of the 1800s, colorized and upscaled with AI software [3:52]
youtube.com

A Caterpillar With Vomit-Inducing Poison Fur Is Taking Over Virginia
earther.gizmodo.com

The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster’s Last Words
crimereads.com

When Kids Ran the World: A Forgotten History of the Junior Republic Movement
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

An unexpected green afterglow helped a storm chaser discover a new lightning phenomenon
massivesci.com

A common plant virus is an unlikely ally in the war on cancer
arstechnica.com

‘We were students negotiating with armed guerrillas for my father’s life’
bbc.com

Researchers crack question of whether couples start looking alike
theguardian.com