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Interactive: The historical cost of light
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The Oldest Crewed Deep Sea Submarine Just Got a Big Makeover
wired.com

The Herky-Jerky Weirdness of Earth’s Magnetic Field
eos.org

Artificial intelligence solves Schrödinger’s equation
phys.org

Neptune’s Weird Dark Spot Just Got Weirder
nytimes.com

Video: Why The Speed Of Light* Can’t Be Measured [19:04]
youtube.com

Video: The Man Who Invented More Than 800 Iconic Toys [18:36]
youtube.com

The Science Behind the Mysterious Seneca Guns
interestingengineering.com

How to Play a Fiery Victorian Christmas Game and Not Get Burned
atlasobscura.com

This Is The Highest Resolution Snowflake Photo Ever
forbes.com

This 3D-Printed Sub Could Be the Future of Undersea Warfare
popularmechanics.com

A Mysterious Black Spot Offers Clues to a Doomed Explorer’s Last Moments
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57,000 year-old wolf puppy found frozen in Yukon permafrost
nationalgeographic.com

Alexey Navalny dupes Russian spy into revealing how he was poisoned
cnn.com

Epidemiologist looks to the past to predict second post-pandemic ‘roaring 20s’
theguardian.com

Alligators can regrow severed tails, surprising scientists
nationalgeographic.com

The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok
news.colgate.edu

Why Did Reindeer in Norway Eat Each Other’s Antlers?
realclearscience.com

Ask Ethan: Why Doesn’t Gravity Happen Instantly?
forbes.com

On this day in 1939 Simo Häyhä made 25 confirmed kills, a personal record
damninteresting.com

The Journalist and the Pharma Bro
elle.com

Covid and media cuts behind fall in recorded US lightning strike deaths
theguardian.com • (see also)

Facial Hair Is Biologically Useless. So Why Do Humans Have It?
wired.com • (see also)

Why It Pays to Play Around
nautil.us

The rise of the land salmon
thenarwhal.ca

Early humans may have survived the harsh winters by hibernating
theguardian.com

Marvelous misunderstood mistletoe
knowablemagazine.org

An Alternate AltaVista Search Engine History Lesson For Internet Nerds
tedium.co

No, SAR Can’t See Through Buildings
capellaspace.com

Black dwarf supernovae: The last explosions in the Universe
syfy.com

Whether it’s 2020 or Baby Shark: Study offers clues on how to stop thinking about it
colorado.edu

Landmarks in law: Nuremberg and the first trial for crimes against humanity
theguardian.com

The Remarkable Ways Our Brains Slip Into Synchrony
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

The Great Nazi Artifact Heists
melmagazine.com

Video: Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much [1:12:09]
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The Wild Conspiracy Theory That the Titanic Never Sank
popularmechanics.com

AI Copilot: Air Force achieves first military flight with artificial intelligence
af.mil

Her Majesty’s Kidnappers
daily.jstor.org

Are Self-Destruct Systems Real?
jalopnik.com

Ivory: Elephant decline revealed by shipwreck cargo
bbc.com

Gallery: Winter in the coldest city on Earth
theguardian.com

Scientists looking for aliens investigate radio beam ‘from nearby star’
theguardian.com • (see also)

A Riveting ISIS Story, Told in a Times Podcast, Falls Apart
nytimes.com

Why do we have Christmas trees? The surprising history behind this holiday tradition.
nationalgeographic.com

Visual illusion that may help explain consciousness
theconversation.com • (see also)

A New Field Guide for Earth’s Wild Microbes
wired.com

This week: Zodiac code cracking, Chinese blue tigers, hacking the lottery, and more
damninteresting.com

Researchers Have Achieved Sustained Long-Distance Quantum Teleportation
vice.com

Hibernating lemurs may be the key to cryogenic sleep for human space travel
theconversation.com

Not a wonderful world: why Louis Armstrong was hated by so many
theguardian.com

Astronomers Locate the Oldest and Most Distant Galaxy in the Universe
scitechdaily.com

Emails Show Navy’s ‘UFO’ Patents Went Through Significant Internal Review, Resulted In A Demo
thedrive.com

The father of handwashing
wellcomecollection.org

When a Virus Is the Cure
newyorker.com

This French archaeologist broke the law—by wearing pants
nationalgeographic.com

Gallery: 2020: The Year in Volcanic Activity
theatlantic.com

‘Ugliest orchid in the world’ among 2020’s new plant discoveries
theguardian.com

On this day in 1944 Hiroo Onoda arrived on the island of Lubang, where he would continue fighting WW2 for 29 years
damninteresting.com

Don’t try this at home: George’s Marvelous Medicine is quite toxic
arstechnica.com

Lost artefact from Great Pyramid of Giza found in cigar box in Aberdeen
theguardian.com