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French woman spends three years trying to prove she is not dead
theguardian.com

New quantum particle may have been accidentally discovered
newatlas.com

The Curious Strength of a Sea Sponge’s Glass Skeleton
quantamagazine.org

Video: Illusions of Time [31:07]
youtube.com

Megalodons gave birth to large newborns that likely grew by eating unhatched eggs in womb
eurekalert.org

A Brief History of Consumer Culture
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

What’s More Dangerous than Leaping Out of a Plane?
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How We Discovered the Number Zero
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Split in two: magicians to celebrate 100 years of sawing people in half
theguardian.com

CRISPR and the Splice to Survive
newyorker.com

The Nuclear-Powered Aircraft That We’ll Use to Explore Jupiter
popularmechanics.com

Fifty years ago, Japan’s most famous writer committed suicide after a failed coup attempt
theconversation.com

Can You Be a Good Scientist and a Horrible Person at the Same Time?
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

NASA extends Juno, turning spacecraft into an Io, Europa, and Ganymede explorer
arstechnica.com

Video: The Smallest Windows PC in 1995 Was Also a Phone! IBM Palm Top PC110 [19:19]
youtube.com

Invasive snakes move their bodies like lassos, a totally new mode of locomotion
nationalgeographic.com

Nature’s weirdest clam surprises scientists once again
nytimes.com

The Plan to Build a Global Network of Floating Power Stations
wired.com

Elastic diamond could be used to make LEDs and lasers
physicsworld.com

CubeSat to test harnessing Earth’s magnetic field for propulsion
newatlas.com

The Power of Kindness and Technology “Delta Dawn” has her name back
missingkids.org

A Brief History of Peanut Butter
smithsonianmag.com

The Mystery of the World’s Loneliest Penguins
wired.com

Why was Stonehenge built?
livescience.com

Science’s Demons, from Descartes to Darwin and Beyond
newyorker.com

Apollo landing sites now protected by U.S. law, but what about the flags?
cbc.ca

Nasa’s Curiosity rover: 3,000 days on Mars
bbc.com

The lawyer who defended dictators, tyrants and terrorists for crimes against humanity
gq-magazine.co.uk

How the placenta evolved from an ancient virus
whyy.org

These pharaohs’ private letters expose how politics worked 3,300 years ago
nationalgeographic.com

Knife-wielding squirrel captured on camera in Toronto
blogto.com

This week: Russian nesting skulls, alien Roomba tech, cyborg moths, and more
damninteresting.com

Arecibo is Dead. Should We Build Its Replacement on the Moon?
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

Your Partner’s Genome May Affect Your Health
the-scientist.com

Now We Know Why Platypus Are So Weird – Their Genes Are Part Bird, Reptile, And Mammal
sciencealert.com

How the Soviet Union’s end sparked a grand rewilding
bbc.com

Food for thought? French bean plants show signs of intent, say scientists
theguardian.com

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