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Caught off guard: why didn’t America see Pearl Harbor coming?
historyextra.com

He Designed A Smartwatch App To Help Stop His Dad’s PTSD Nightmares
npr.org

Chinese quantum computer completes 2.5-billion-year task in minutes
newatlas.com

On this day in 1941 a Japanese fighter pilot at Pearl Harbor survived a crash landing
damninteresting.com

The underground life of plants
cosmosmagazine.com

Three scientists on what we learned from the Arecibo radio telescope
theconversation.com

An Elderly Mathematician Hacked the Lottery for $26 Million
entrepreneurshandbook.co

We Shouldn’t Have Been Surprised to Find a Sculpture of Hermes in a Sewer
atlasobscura.com

High-Energy X-Rays Reveal the Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Ink
wired.com

New curio by James Holloway: The Trouble with Triples
dam.mn

On this day in 1917 a maritime accident led to the largest human-caused explosion in the pre-nuclear era
damninteresting.com

Revealed: Isaac Newton’s attempts to unlock secret code of pyramids
theguardian.com

From interstellar space, twin Voyager probes spot ‘electron burst’
space.com

Early Television in the Soviet Union
daily.jstor.org

The economics of Christmas trees
thehustle.co

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library
bbc.com

Japan Asteroid Mission Ends With Recovered Capsule in Australian Outback
nytimes.com

Alaska islands may be part of single, massive volcano
nationalgeographic.com

Divers find Nazis’ Enigma code machine in Baltic Sea
phys.org

How the FBI Destroyed the Careers of 41 Women in TV and Radio
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Mysterious monoliths are appearing across the world. Here’s what we know.
vox.com

Extremely rare white cougar highlights a quirk of the species
nationalgeographic.com

Remembering the Sea Shadow, America’s ‘Invisible Warship’
popularmechanics.com

Monkeys See Things That Aren’t There With Artificial Vision Brain Implant
gizmodo.com • (see also)

How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 – by infecting horses
theconversation.com

Turtle Soup: From Class to Mass to Aghast
daily.jstor.org

The unseen man-made ‘tracks’ on the deep ocean floor
bbc.com

China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon
bbc.com

‘I tried the world’s first no-kill, lab-grown chicken burger’
theguardian.com

The Social Life of Forests
nytimes.com

The controversial history of U.S. presidential pardons
nationalgeographic.com

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