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Want a 60-Foot Robot to Walk? Bend the Laws of Physics.
popularmechanics.com

Top 10 Real Flying Saucer Aircraft
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Clever new technique turns underwater cables into earthquake detectors
newatlas.com

Big, Beautiful and Blue: Hubble Captures Immense Galaxy That Stretches 200,000 Light-Years Across
scitechdaily.com

You Can’t Launder Bitcoins
forbes.com

Luck Played a Major Role in Keeping Earth Fit for Life
scitechdaily.com

NASA has never seen a comet here before
bgr.com

Yaupon: The rebirth of America’s forgotten tea
bbc.com

On this day in 1943 a team of Norwegian commandos sabotaged the Nazi effort to build an atomic bomb
damninteresting.com

Video: First Contact Survival Kit [9:10]
youtube.com

What If We Pay People to Stop Using Drugs?
newrepublic.com

First vaccine to fully immunize against malaria builds on pandemic-driven RNA tech
academictimes.com

A ‘Lamborghini’ Of Chariots Is Discovered At Pompeii. Archaeologists Are Wowed
npr.org

‘Like moving a herd of elephants’: San Francisco’s history of houses on wheels
theguardian.com

Video: Why this font is everywhere [10:20]
youtube.com

The curious case of the handlebar bag scam
cyclingtips.com

New Bone Cell Type Identified, Could Point to Drug Targets for Osteoporosis and Other Skeletal Diseases
genengnews.com

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On this day in 1741, Commodore Anson’s secret squadron entered the Straits le Maire
damninteresting.com

Inside the Gently Competitive World of Giant Vegetable Growing
atlasobscura.com

Here’s what we know about planetary protection on China’s Mars mission
space.com

Study finds Atlantic Ocean circulation weakening
axios.com

Meet Catfish Charlie, the CIA’s Robotic Spy
spectrum.ieee.org • (see also)

The Strange U.S. Navy Hovercraft That Fought in Vietnam
popularmechanics.com

Why Lady Gaga’s Dognapping Has Stumped Pet Detectives
thedailybeast.com

The Physics of Karate
daily.jstor.org

‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Turn Old Photos of Your Relatives Into Moving Videos
gizmodo.com

Why an English Manor Is Deploying Parasitic Wasps and Moth Pheromones
atlasobscura.com

The Secret Life of a Coronavirus
nytimes.com

This week: Fake torso guitars, jiggly DNA, neanderthal genetics, and more
damninteresting.com

The return of a once-dying lake
bbc.com

The COVID Zoom Boom Is Reshaping Sign Language
scientificamerican.com

100 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1921
theatlantic.com

NASA Probe Returns Amazing Image of Venus
extremetech.com

Study: Total sperm count in the Western world had fallen 59% between 1973 and 2011
axios.com

Are nut butters bad for your health?
bbc.com

75 years ago, the world’s first modern computer made its public debut
newatlas.com

Mammoth woolly: Baarack the overgrown sheep shorn of his 35kg fleece
theguardian.com

The Once-Classified Tale of Juanita Moody: The Woman Who Helped Avert a Nuclear War
smithsonianmag.com

FAA Releases Statement On Airliner’s Encounter With Unidentified Object Over New Mexico
thedrive.com

World’s first 3D-printed school planned for Madagascar
newatlas.com

The Murder Chicago Didn’t Want to Solve
propublica.org

Adventures in Stereograms: A Cross-Eyed Story
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Video: The boxing film that was banned around the world [9:31]
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North Korea enslaved South Korean prisoners of war in coal mines
bbc.com

Hunting the men who kill women: Mexico’s femicide detective
theguardian.com

Video: Rebuilding Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral [5:00]
youtube.com

The Dogs That Grew Wool and the People Who Love Them
hakaimagazine.com

Australia’s dingo fence from space: satellite images reveal its effects on landscape
theguardian.com

Decades-Long Quest Reveals Details of the Proton’s Inner Antimatter
quantamagazine.org

None of our technologies has managed to destroy humanity – yet
aeon.co

Ancient Egypt’s Mona Lisa? An elaborately drawn extinct goose, of course
livescience.com

Scientists begin building highly accurate digital twin of our planet
phys.org

The battery invented 120 years before its time
bbc.com

‘Painted by a madman’: The Scream graffiti may reveal Munch’s state of mind
theguardian.com

Behind the Nashville Bombing, a Conspiracy Theorist Stewing About the Government
nytimes.com

Stanford study into “Zoom Fatigue” explains why video chats are so tiring
newatlas.com

The artists who outwitted the Nazis
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Two fighter pilots passed out over Nevada last year. Software saved them both.
popsci.com

How Black cartographers put racism on the map of America
theconversation.com