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On the surprisingly excellent cinematography of the terrible 1991 Vanilla Ice movie
ironicsans.substack.com

The strange ingredients found in vaccines
bbc.com

Humans have been living on the ISS for 20 years straight
nationalgeographic.com

Winners of the 2020 Epson International Pano Awards
theatlantic.com

Can lab-grown brains become conscious?
nature.com

Qian Xuesen: The man the US deported – who then helped China into space
bbc.com

Food allergies can be extremely risky, even fatal – and they’re on the rise around the world. Why are they increasingly common, and what can we do to prevent them?
bbc.com

Scientists Reveal What May Be the Largest Flying Bird Ever
smithsonianmag.com

A CIA Officer Visits Moscow, Returns With Mysterious, Crippling Headaches
npr.org

Aqueducts: How Ancient Rome Brought Water to Its People
discovermagazine.com

Video: Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do [9:09]
youtube.com

Kid influencers are promoting junk food brands on YouTube—garnering more than a billion views
medicalxpress.com

Coral taller than the Empire State Building found in the Great Barrier Reef
zmescience.com

NASA Probe Is Leaking Precious Asteroid Samples Back Into Space
gizmodo.com

If a robot is conscious, is it OK to turn it off? The moral implications of building true AIs
theconversation.com

What We Still Don’t Know About the Cuban Missile Crisis
lithub.com

Extreme ‘Black Widow’ Star Identified as Source of Mystery Gamma Radiation
sciencealert.com

GM, Ford knew about climate change 50 years ago
eenews.net • (see also)

Why it’s getting harder to mine gold
bbc.com

Malaria parasite hides in human blood by changing how its genes work
newscientist.com

What water on the moon means for the future of exploration
salon.com

‘Historic Opportunity’: Chile Holds Vote To Replace Dictatorship-Era Constitution
npr.org • (see also)

Touch is a language we cannot afford to forget
aeon.co

Your Dreams Are More Complex Depending on What Stage of Sleep You’re In, Study Finds
sciencealert.com

‘Groom of the stool’: who were the men who changed Henry VIII’s underpants?
historyextra.com

On this day in 2002, a P-38 Lightning flew again after having been entombed in ice for decades
damninteresting.com

Crocodiles in Ancient Egypt
daily.jstor.org

Water exists on the moon, scientists confirm
theguardian.com

Chilling find shows how Henry VIII planned every detail of Boleyn beheading
theguardian.com

Washington, D.C., and the Quest for a Perfectly Square City
atlasobscura.com

Europe’s First Industrial Complex Shows the Brilliance of Ancient Engineers
realclearscience.com

The dementia that can be cured
theguardian.com

The Milky Way’s quiet, introverted monster won’t spin
livescience.com

Rare, 2-headed snake discovered by Florida house cat
livescience.com

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
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