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Edvard Munch wrote ‘madman’ graffiti on Scream painting, scans show
bbc.com

YouTube AI Blocked Chess Channel after Confusing ‘Black’ and ‘White’ for Racist Slurs
news18.com

There Were Doomsday Ships Ready To Ride Out Nuclear Armageddon Before There Were Doomsday Planes
thedrive.com

‘Look after yourself my darling’: poignant letters salvaged from 1941 shipwreck
theguardian.com

A Trippy Visualization Charts the Internet’s Growth Since 1997
wired.com

Gravity May Play a Tiny But Important Role in The Microworld of Particle Physics
sciencealert.com

Malcolm X family demands reopening of murder investigation
bbc.com

The crazy market for the world’s most expensive pet fish
thehustle.co

Glasses-wearers up to three times less likely to catch coronavirus, study suggests
independent.co.uk

In 1959, three armed men broke into the University of Montréal and stole the whole supply of polio vaccine
theconversation.com

Traffic Noise Is a Silent Killer
theatlantic.com

Million-Year-Old DNA Rewrites Mammoths’ Evolutionary Tree
wired.com

A speed limit also applies in the quantum world
phys.org

Pfizer vaccine doesn’t need ultra-cold storage after all, company says
arstechnica.com

Disney Once Tried to Make an Animated ‘Catcher in the Rye’
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Australia vs. Facebook
scientificamerican.com

Meet the First Helo on Mars: A Deep Dive Into What Makes Ingenuity So…Ingenious
popularmechanics.com

Chunks of United Airlines Plane Rain Down on Colorado Suburb Following Engine Trouble
gizmodo.com

Video: The Truth About Pumped Hydro [16:52]
youtube.com

US deports 95-year-old former concentration camp guard to Germany
theguardian.com

A New Way of Forming Planets – A Decades Old Puzzle Solved?
scitechdaily.com

Future particle accelerators may be close to the size of a large room rather than a large city
theconversation.com • (see also)

A New Era of Black Holes Is Here
theatlantic.com

Even when an octopus can’t see light with its eyes, its arms seem to know it is there
nytimes.com

Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn
quantamagazine.org

‘She’s just perfect,’ says scientist who helped clone an endangered ferret
cbc.ca

Unearthed figurine suggests ancient Britons favoured mullets
theguardian.com

That Time a Canadian Town Derailed a Diesel Train and Drove It Down the Street to Provide Emergency Power
gizmodo.com

Scientists solve the crystal structure of an exotic new form of ice
newatlas.com

Do Viruses Cheat to Win at Evolution?
daily.jstor.org

‘Exhilarating’ Photo Shows Perseverance Rover Being Lowered to the Martian Surface
gizmodo.com

Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing
projects.propublica.org

The scars of solitary: Albert Woodfox on freedom after 44 years in a concrete cell
theguardian.com

The moments that could have accidentally ended humanity
bbc.com

Video: The invention that fixed lighthouses [8:11]
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Photos: Texas Is a Mess
theatlantic.com

What’s next for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing success?
space.com

Thunderstorms spew out gamma rays — these scientists want to know why
nature.com

The Mystery of the Missing North Korean Social Media Star
marieclaire.com

Video: Why The U.S. Government Decides The Color Of Our Food [10:49]
youtube.com

Banking on Bird Shit
hakaimagazine.com

‘99% of the world has no idea’: inside the shocking legal guardianship industry
theguardian.com

End of Neanderthals linked to flip of Earth’s magnetic poles, study suggests
theguardian.com

Deep in the heart of Texas’ collapsing power grid
arstechnica.com

Livestream: Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars
youtube.com

Video: Why Robots That Bend Are Better [10:41]
youtube.com

Winners of the 2020 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

Scientists Find a Way to Communicate With Dreaming People
gizmodo.com • (see also)

How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars
spectrum.ieee.org

A biography of the penis in the animal kingdom
aeon.co

Million-year-old mammoth DNA smashes record for world’s oldest
newatlas.com

How to Escape the Confines of Time and Space According to the CIA
vice.com

On this day in 1944 a squadron of plywood airplanes attacked a Nazi prison
damninteresting.com

The Secret Recordings That Rocked a Community—and Its Police Force
esquire.com

The abuses of Popper
aeon.co

Meet the Newest Member of the Fluorescent Mammal Club
nytimes.com

Growing Inventory of Black Holes Offers a Radical Probe of the Cosmos
quantamagazine.org

The Extraordinary Trial of the Child Soldier Who Became a Brutal Rebel Commander
narratively.com

Pharaoh killed in ‘execution ceremony’, hi-tech study concludes
theguardian.com

The Great Kenyan Giraffe Rescue
atlasobscura.com