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Family Digs Up One-Ton Shell From the Battleship USS New Jersey
popularmechanics.com

The 432-year-old manual on social distancing
bbc.com

On this day in 1965 Randy Gardner set the world record for longest recorded waking period – 11 days
damninteresting.com

Identical twins are not so identical, study suggests
theguardian.com

How Boston Dynamics Taught Its Robots to Dance
spectrum.ieee.org

The Interior of Enceladus Looks Really Great for Supporting Life
universetoday.com

A new study has found being angry increases your vulnerability to misinformation
psypost.org

Now It Can Be Told: How Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers
nytimes.com

The Hidden Meaning of a Notorious Experiment
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

One of the most remarkable “sixth” senses in the animal kingdom is magnetoreception
newatlas.com • (see also)

Scenes From an American Insurrection
theatlantic.com

The Archaeologist Who Collected 4,500 Beer Cans
atlasobscura.com

Discovery of two-million-year-old tools shows human adaptability: scientist
thestar.com

Jellyfish Build Walls of Water to Swim Around the Ocean
nytimes.com

These painstakingly preserved plants are still radiant centuries later
nationalgeographic.com

800 MPH in a Jet-Powered Car
airspacemag.com

How six brothers – and their lions – terrorised a Libyan town
bbc.com

Why Huygens father and son personify the scientific revolution
aeon.co

Her Best Friend Was Her Secret Stalker
narratively.com

Space Telescope Shows Galaxy-Size Bubbles Over the Milky Way
quantamagazine.org

The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth
nytimes.com

Why being creative is good for you
bbc.com

We Know Almost Nothing About Giant Viruses
theatlantic.com

Remember That Time a Nuclear Weapons Bunker Blew Up in San Antonio?
texasmonthly.com • (see also)

This ‘Unusual Star’ Is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen Before
gizmodo.com

The Autonomous-Car Chaos of the 2004 Darpa Grand Challenge
wired.com

Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth
nytimes.com

Astronomers Find a Beautiful 6-Planet System in Almost Perfect Orbital Harmony
sciencealert.com

Rise of the Clones: The ways cloning is already happening
sciencefocus.com

The story of a secret CIA spyplane, a long-hidden crash, and the man who had to find it
popsci.com

Liquid glass discovered as new state of matter
newatlas.com

Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903
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Salty Seas Make Lightning Brighter
hakaimagazine.com

NASA suspects sunquakes are coming from deep beneath the sun’s surface
cnet.com

The six numbers that define the entire Universe
sciencefocus.com

Chatting With the Dead
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Why We’re Prone to Denial
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Inside the U.S. Army’s Warehouse Full of Nazi Art
newyorker.com

To Make Japan’s Original Sushi, First Age Fish for Several Months
atlasobscura.com

The people who want to send smells through your TV
bbc.com

The antique tools used to keep timeless timepieces ticking
nationalgeographic.com

Leaving the Grace of This World
outsideonline.com

It Spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs. Now It’s Solving Ecological Mysteries.
nytimes.com • (see also)

Why the world’s biggest mammal migration is crucial for Africa
theguardian.com

Scientists discover how mother-of-pearl self-assembles into a perfect structure
phys.org

Largest canyon in the solar system revealed in stunning new images
livescience.com

199 years ago today a man named Beale signed a cryptic letter that marked the beginning of a still-unsolved mystery
damninteresting.com

These spiders may sew leaves into fake shelters to lure frogs to their doom
sciencenews.org

Video: An album in the style of The Beatles, generated by OpenAI Jukebox [15:07]
youtube.com

Video: ProTactile: Touch Language Techniques [4:50]
youtube.com

‘I lived like an astronaut for months in isolation’
theguardian.com

What Does History Smell Like?
nytimes.com

Astronauts got to eat a crop of space radishes on the ISS
slashgear.com

How Curtis Flowers, tried six times for the same crime, was saved from death row
cbsnews.com

Do we have to age?
theguardian.com

This Drone Sniffs Out Odors With a Real Moth Antenna
wired.com

Astronomers Improve Their Distance Scale for the Universe. Unfortunately, it Doesn’t Resolve the Crisis in Cosmology
universetoday.com

Video: Sprite Lightning at 100,000 Frames Per Second
apod.nasa.gov

New Research Reveals Exercising One Arm Has Twice the Benefits
scitechdaily.com • (see also)

Tiny Nuclear Reactors Can Save American Energy
popularmechanics.com