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Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults
reuters.com

How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground
latimes.com

Why Physics Can’t Tell Us What Life Is
nautil.us

First handheld calculator headlines auction of mathematical treasures
newatlas.com

New curio by Alan Bellows: One Small Step for a Man
dam.mn

Video: The unexpected distribution of mass in galaxies [11:24]
youtube.com

First ‘murder hornet’ nest found in U.S., a key step in preventing spread
nationalgeographic.com

Twenty years of the International Space Station – but was it worth it?
theguardian.com

Do camels really have water in their humps?
livescience.com

Turbulent environment set the stage for leaps in human evolution and technology 320,000 years ago
theconversation.com

Optical receiver for space communications has ‘unprecedented’ sensitivity
physicsworld.com

Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs, Which Is Somewhat Disturbing
popularmechanics.com

How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator
wired.com

NASA grabs sample of asteroid Bennu that’s so big some bits are escaping
cnet.com

High-in-the-sky snaps from the 2020 Aerial Photography Awards
newatlas.com

‘I fell five storeys from a New York rooftop and survived’
smh.com.au

Windsor Castle: Changing hundreds of royal clocks
bbc.com

The Canadian printer who successfully sued the Soviet Union
cbc.ca

Ancient Maya built sophisticated water filters
uc.edu

This Insane 2.5 Gigapixel Image of the Orion Constellation Took Five Years To Complete
petapixel.com

How to Spot a Military Impostor
newyorker.com

An Infinite Universe of Number Systems
quantamagazine.org

A New Map of the Standard Model of Particle Physics
quantamagazine.org

Decomposing Bodies in the 1720s Gave Birth to the First Vampire Panic
smithsonianmag.com

Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police
nytimes.com

It’s Official: Solar Is the Cheapest Electricity in History
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Astronomers isolate stars from which aliens could be observing Earth
newatlas.com

Hurricane path forecasts have much improved. Are they as good as they can get?
nationalgeographic.com

Why Do We Vote by Secret Ballot?
daily.jstor.org

Saudi Arabia’s little-known ancient civilisation
bbc.com

How dams have reshaped our planet
bbc.com

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote ‘The Prince’ after a tumultuous career in politics
nationalgeographic.com

Nintendo Power Glove: The unexpected second life of a “failed” accessory
inverse.com

How animals choose their leaders, from brute force to democracy
nationalgeographic.com

The 1990s Cult ‘Heaven’s Gate’ Has Four Remaining Followers
vice.com

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction With Horten’s All-Wing Aircraft Design
smithsonianmag.com

How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator
wired.com

The Network: How a Secretive Phone Company Helped the Crime World Go Dark
vice.com

Nasa to make major announcement of ‘exciting news’ about the moon
independent.co.uk

At least 10 bodies found during search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims
theguardian.com

Graphene Light Sail Test: Solar Sailing and Interstellar Travel
popularmechanics.com

Video: The World at War (1931-1941), colorized and upscaled with AI [59:14]
youtube.com

Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara
science.ku.dk

Fake CIA Spy Almost Scammed His Way Into Immunity
thedailybeast.com

Found: A Shipwrecked Nazi Steamer, Still Filled With Cargo
atlasobscura.com

Alcatraz’s gardens are flourishing, against all odds
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

We Finally Know What a Dinosaur’s Butthole Looks Like
slate.com

Video: Slow Motion Sneeze in 4K [15:50]
youtube.com

The Dawn of Transatlantic Flight
airspacemag.com

The contested legacy of the anti-fascist International Brigades
theguardian.com

How Ted Bundy’s Killing Spree Launched a Legion of Feminist Karate Masters
narratively.com

‘Literally, We Crushed It’: Video Shows NASA Space Probe Touch an Asteroid
nytimes.com

The Booming Call of De-extinction
the-scientist.com

This Italian town has just two residents, but they still insist on wearing masks
cnn.com

Crested cacti show medicine the possibility of adapting to cancer
aeon.co

The Inside Story of Flying Against the Air Force’s Secret Soviet Fighter Jets
popularmechanics.com

Can Placebos Work—Even When Patients Know They’re Fake?
wired.com

How This Uncrushable Beetle Can Survive Being Run Over by a Car
gizmodo.com

Memories Can Be Injected and Survive Amputation and Metamorphosis
nautil.us • (see also)

What Even Is Friction, Anyway?
wired.com