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The Death of a Racehorse
vice.com

Video: Time-Lapse of Growing Mushrooms [02:15]
smithsonianmag.com

A Man With an Allergy to Cold Nearly Died After Stepping Out of a Hot Shower
gizmodo.com

Algorithm spots ‘Covid cough’ inaudible to humans
bbc.com

Internet sleuths take down the SSC Tuatara’s 316-mph speed record
newatlas.com

How horror movies can help people overcome real-world trauma
nationalgeographic.com

In a Tibetan cave, Australian archaeologists find evidence of a mysterious ancestor
smh.com.au

New curio by Alan Bellows: The Overlooked Amendment
dam.mn

The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End
quantamagazine.org

The International Space Station can’t last forever. Here’s how it will eventually die by fire.
space.com

How a C.I.A. Coverup Targeted a Whistle-blower
newyorker.com

Extreme Life Thrived in Hot Asteroid Pit After Dinosaur Extinction, Evidence Suggests
gizmodo.com

100 years ago, the first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 election
theconversation.com • (see also)

Remembering the Disaster at Hawks Nest
daily.jstor.org

Not finding life on Venus would be disappointing. But it’s good science at work
technologyreview.com

The oceans contain vast mineral resources. Can the deep sea be mined without catastrophic results?
massivesci.com

After 20 years of service, the Space Station flies into an uncertain future
arstechnica.com

Weird ring-shaped molecule on Titan could be a building block to life
newscientist.com

Red dwarfs may be more hazardous to one’s health than previously thought
astronomynow.com

A visual journey through the microscopic world of the coronavirus shows how masks provide an important defense against transmission
nytimes.com

Huge spider assumed extinct in Britain discovered on MoD training site
theguardian.com

The Rogue Planets That Wander the Milky Way Alone
theatlantic.com

When Deinosuchus Ruled the Earth
hakaimagazine.com

Gallery: NASA’s “Galaxy of Horrors” poster series
apod.nasa.gov

Ultrapure copper for an ultrasensitive dark matter detector
phys.org

How We Change the Earth: Human Transformations on the Planet as Seen from Above
archdaily.com

New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars
newatlas.com

Metal Spheres Swarm Together to Create Freeform Modular Robots
spectrum.ieee.org

Why people with dementia go missing
uea.ac.uk

The Decapitation Experiments of Jean César Legallois
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

What 50 gravitational-wave events reveal about the Universe
nature.com

NASA asteroid probe stows space-rock sample for return to Earth
space.com

On this day in 1961 Soviet scientists detonated the most powerful bomb ever constructed
damninteresting.com

Juno Data Indicates ‘Sprites’ or ‘Elves’ Frolic in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
jpl.nasa.gov

Half-True Crime: Why the Stranger-Danger Panic of the ’80s Took Hold and Refuses to Let Go
jezebel.com

‘Time Cells’ Discovered In Human Brains
npr.org

Wood that went to war
woodmagazine.com

Homesick for planet Earth
wellcomecollection.org

Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object
phys.org

The ungentle joy of spider sex
knowablemagazine.org

When the English Witnessed Battles in the Sky
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

In this episode of Damn Interesting Week: Vampires vs. zombies, twinkie shrooms, camel hump revelations, and more
damninteresting.com

Why sleep experts say it’s time to ditch daylight saving time
theconversation.com

NASA Discovers a Rare Metal Asteroid That’s Worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000
observer.com

The boarding school ‘monster’ who always walked free
bbc.co.uk

The cheap pen that changed writing forever
bbc.com

Man arrested after showering commuters with money from 30th-floor window
theguardian.com

New NASA/SETI research suggests there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy, some within 30 lightyears of Earth
seti.org • (see also)

The history of the London Necropolis Railway, the city’s train for the dead
nationalgeographic.com

Galileo’s famous gravity experiment holds up, even with atoms
sciencenews.org

These spiders lack ears. But they can hear you
cnn.com

On (approximately) this day in 1982, a Soviet natural gas pipeline exploded due to a software trojan horse
damninteresting.com

Why Multilevel Marketing and QAnon Go Hand in Hand
theatlantic.com

How Octopuses Use Their Suction Cups to Taste Through Touch
wired.com

In the Hunt for Planet Nine, Astronomers Eye a New Search Technique
scientificamerican.com

Philae’s second touchdown site discovered at ‘skull-top’ ridge
esa.int

The Earth Is Pulsating Every 26 Seconds, and Seismologists Don’t Agree Why
discovermagazine.com

The Uncertain Heavens: Christiaan Huygens’ Ideas of Extraterrestrial Life
publicdomainreview.org

A Scientist Who Delights in the Mundane
quantamagazine.org

Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Has Begun Racing Towards Siberia
discovermagazine.com