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Plasma Thruster Could Dramatically Cut Down Flight Times to the Outer Solar System
universetoday.com

Ham Radio Forms a Planet-Sized Space Weather Sensor Network
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This Hydrogen Goop Could One Day Power Scooters and Motorcycles
gizmodo.com

Getting Ink: The Entire History of Tattooing
popularmechanics.com

Snatched from a beach to train North Korea’s spies
bbc.com

Undergraduates Hunt for Special Tetrahedra That Fit Together
quantamagazine.org

Why a shootout between Black Panthers and law enforcement 50 years ago matters today
theconversation.com

Some Scientists Believe All Life Started on Mars
popularmechanics.com

Evidence of an impending breakup may exist in everyday conversation
theconversation.com

Dark energy instrument snaps breathtaking image of galactic neighbor
newatlas.com

In the 1970s, Email Was Special
gizmodo.com

Why Rhinos Fly Upside Down Over Namibia
atlasobscura.com

A Hacker Tried to Poison a Florida City’s Water Supply, Officials Say
wired.com

Fossil fuel air pollution causes almost 1 in 5 deaths globally each year
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See how people have imagined life on Mars through history
nationalgeographic.com

Winners of the 2021 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
theatlantic.com

How This Teeny-Tiny Sea Critter Punches Like Mike Tyson
wired.com

Study of supergiant star Betelgeuse unveils the cause of its pulsations
phys.org

Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams
e360.yale.edu

Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries
quantamagazine.org

Brazilian butt lift: behind the world’s most dangerous cosmetic surgery
theguardian.com

How Scientists Shot Down Cancer’s ‘Death Star’
nytimes.com

India’s glacier collapse: At least 19 dead, more than 200 missing
nbcnews.com

A billion galaxies lurk in a 10 trillion pixel map of the sky
syfy.com

On this day in 1912 workers discovered the forgotten remains of a pneumatic subway experiment in Manhattan
damninteresting.com

Video: A billion years in 40 seconds
phys.org

Devious sperm ‘poison’ their rivals, forcing them to swim in circles until they die
livescience.com

Next stop Mars: 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession
phys.org

The Gorilla Who Was Brought up as a Boy in an English Village
medium.com

The computers rejecting your job application
bbc.com

Fecal microbe transplants help cancer patients respond to immunotherapy and shrink tumors
theconversation.com

The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes
vanityfair.com

The last secrets of the world’s “lost” continent
bbc.com

Are Venetian blue beads found in the Alaskan tundra the first US import from Europe?
adn.com

YouTuber Shot and Killed While Attempting ‘Prank’ Robbery
popculture.com

Do you see red like I see red?
theconversation.com

These self-sufficient robots can have ‘babies’ and colonize distant planets
thenextweb.com

Physicists Study How Universes Might Bubble Up and Collide
quantamagazine.org

Food Diaries: What People Who Lost Their Taste to COVID-19 Eat in a Day
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Mars Doesn’t Look So Dead After All
theatlantic.com

New quantum receiver the first to detect entire radio frequency spectrum
phys.org

They came at night: how a Spanish-speaking cast shot an alternative Dracula after Bela Lugosi had gone to bed
theguardian.com

The Plan to Build a Capital for Black Capitalism
newyorker.com

Signs of burnout can be detected in sweat
phys.org

What Does the Title ‘Esquire’ Mean, Anyway?
atlasobscura.com

Rolls-Royce tests 100% sustainable aviation fuel in small jet engine
newatlas.com

Wallet lost in Antarctica turns up in California 53 years later
theguardian.com

This week: Beats by poultry, Lunar sleep cycles, Xenophobic naked mole rats, Cubic wombat poo, and more!
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The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines
technologyreview.com

Video: Antiques dealer finds treasure trove in Edmonton senior’s house [3:12]
youtube.com

Video: The world’s most dangerous fart [4:42]
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50,000-year-old feces provides insight into neanderthal gut microbiome
naturemicrobiologycommunity.nature.com

Female Nazi concentration camp secretary charged with complicity in 10,000 murders in Germany
cnn.com

A New Lens Technology Is Primed to Jump-Start Phone Cameras
wired.com

What Was the Zanj Rebellion?
daily.jstor.org

Lost Alaskan Indigenous fort rediscovered after 200 years
arstechnica.com

The Great Dictator: The film that dared to laugh at Hitler
bbc.com

Princeton scientist developing a new concept for magnetic rocket thrusters
syfy.com

There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain
wired.com

Golf on the moon: Apollo 14 50th anniversary images find Alan Shepard’s ball and show how far he hit it
bbc.com