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Newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can’t be explained by current theories, and astronomers are excited
theconversation.com

China turns on nuclear-powered ‘artificial sun’
phys.org

For the Second Time Ever, an Asteroid Sample Returns to Earth
wired.com

This Unusual Bird Superpower Goes Back to the Dinosaur Extinction
nytimes.com

This week: Tip of the tongue science, Amazonian umami, wasps on a plane, digital afterlives, and more
damninteresting.com

A New Theorem Maps Out the Limits of Quantum Physics
quantamagazine.org

Diving into Greece’s first underwater museum
nationalgeographic.com

South Africa’s lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn and 20 win
bbc.com • (see also)

What it Means to Lose Arecibo
supercluster.com

The Internet’s Most Notorious Botnet Has an Alarming New Trick
wired.com

Time Flows Toward Order
nautil.us

First Nuclear Fusion Power Plant: When Will It Generate Power?
popularmechanics.com

A ‘Front-Row Seat’ to the Birth of a Comet
nytimes.com

Wow: Close video footage of the collapse of Arecibo Observatory
damninteresting.com

China: Moon probe preparing to return rock samples to Earth
apnews.com

The Museum That Fell From the Sky
airspacemag.com

Lord of Misrule: Thomas Morton’s American Subversions
publicdomainreview.org

Sea Monkeys, X-Ray Specs, and the Twisted Secret Behind Vintage Ads from American Comic Books
flashbak.com • (see also)

The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
wellcomecollection.org

The Long-Lasting Mental Health Effects of Wildfires
outsideonline.com

New Data Confirm 2020 SO to Be the Upper Centaur Rocket Booster From the 1960’s
jpl.nasa.gov

Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the Universe
quantamagazine.org

‘Singing and dancing to their deaths’: football’s forgotten tragedy
theguardian.com

Chaotic Early Solar System Collisions Resembled ‘Asteroids’ Arcade Game
news.utexas.edu

When Birds Migrated to the Moon
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Why We’re Finally Closing In On a Game-Changing Universal Flu Vaccine
vice.com

iPhone zero-click Wi-Fi exploit is one of the most breathtaking hacks ever
arstechnica.com

U.N. Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Drug
nytimes.com

The Painter and the Scientist: Unraveling the Myths About Leonardo Da Vinci
lithub.com

China’s Chang’e-5 Moon mission returns colour pictures
bbc.com

This Japanese Shop Is 1,020 Years Old. It Knows a Bit About Surviving Crises.
nytimes.com

‘There’s a gaping hole in our knowledge’: the scientists studying why gamers invert their controls
theguardian.com

AIDS, from the Perspective of “Patient Zero”
daily.jstor.org

Why Frederick Douglass met with his former enslaver Thomas Auld
nationalgeographic.com

Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think It Does
gq.com

Coronavirus Was In U.S. Weeks Earlier Than Previously Known, Study Says
npr.org

New Atlas of the Universe Created – Includes a Million Galaxies We’ve Never Seen Before
scitechdaily.com

These photos of the Arecibo Observatory telescope collapse are just heartbreaking
livescience.com

China’s Chang’e-5 Moon mission probe touches down
bbc.com

A Chain Just Cut Through A Capsized Cargo Ship Filled With Cars And The Process Is Fascinating
jalopnik.com

No-kill, lab-grown meat to go on sale for first time
theguardian.com

Buried under a Serbian cornfield, Roman military headquarters slowly sheds its secrets
reuters.com

Earth May Be Surrounded by Hairy Dark Matter
nasa.gov

These shrimp parade on land. Now we know why.
nationalgeographic.com

The $2 Billion Mall Rats
esquire.com

Video: What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth [9:45]
youtube.com

How the Grinch Bots Stole Your Sneakers
undark.org

Video: Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Gadgets [12:34]
youtube.com

The man who invented the Zamboni
thehustle.co

The mystery of Siberia’s exploding craters
bbc.com

Solving a Cosmological Ghost Particle Mystery: Theory That Neutrinos Shape the Universe Validated
scitechdaily.com

While renovating a house in San Francisco, a couple discovered a diary that had been hidden away for more than a century
magazine.atavist.com

Giant Arecibo radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico
theguardian.com • Photo

Beautiful Yet Unnerving Photos of the Arctic Getting Greener
wired.com

Why Europe’s Space Agency Is Spending $103 Million to Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk
gizmodo.com

Inside a Neo-Nazi Terror Cell as It Reckons With FBI Arrests
vice.com

What Happened on John Lennon’s Last Day
smithsonianmag.com

The forgotten fighter plane which won the Battle of Britain
bbc.com • See also • See also

Mystery metal monolith vanishes from Utah desert
theguardian.com

Neutrinos Prove Our Sun Is Undergoing a Second Type of Fusion in Its Core
sciencealert.com