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Graphene’s New Twist Reveals Superconductivity’s Secrets
quantamagazine.org

Charles Steinmetz’s Predictions About 2021 From the Year 1921 Were Amazingly Accurate
gizmodo.com

How Ida Holdgreve’s Stitches Helped the Wright Brothers Get Off the Ground
smithsonianmag.com

Lightning Strikes May Have Sparked Life on Earth, New Study Proposes
vice.com • (see also)

Why One Side of Earth Is Rapidly Getting Colder Than the Other
popularmechanics.com

Judgement Day at America’s First Blockbuster Murder Trial
lithub.com

Computer tool spots deepfakes via tiny reflections in the eyes
newatlas.com

Video: The Ridiculous Way We Used To Calculate Pi [18:39]
youtube.com

New Dead Sea scrolls found hidden in desert cave in Israel
cbc.ca

The Mysterious Math of Perfect Numbers
quantamagazine.org

Microbes Unknown to Science Discovered on The International Space Station
sciencealert.com

Scientists unlock secret of why hummingbirds hum
theguardian.com

Scientists stunned to discover plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice
phys.org • (see also)

Every Picture From Venus’ Surface, Ever
planetary.org • (see also)

The merging of Milky Way and Andromeda’s supermassive black holes
zmescience.com

Study sheds light on role of fingerprints in sense of touch
theguardian.com

How Fukushima’s underground ice wall struggles to keep nuclear radiation at bay
cnet.com

Cipher Girls: The Women Who Cracked Hitler’s Codes
crimereads.com

Why would anyone buy crypto art – let alone spend millions on what’s essentially a link to a JPEG file?
theconversation.com

The Science of Surviving an Avalanche
popularmechanics.com

Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale
theguardian.com

The Family That Always Lives on Daylight Saving Time
theatlantic.com

NASA Gets a Quick Peek at a Mysterious Layer of the Sun
wired.com

Discovering WW1 tunnel of death hidden in France for a century
bbc.com

Underwater telescope placed below Siberia’s Lake Baikal as Russian scientists aim to detect particles from billions of years ago
rt.com

Israel’s autonomous ‘robo-snipers’ and suicide drones raise ethical dilemma
trtworld.com

‘Ant-i-social distancing: Ants know isolation prevents the spread of infection’
cbc.ca

Best rainbows on Earth are in Hawaii, scientist says
thehill.com

Unearthing the Stories of Those Who Escaped Auschwitz
lithub.com

The ‘star-fiend’ who unlocked the Universe
bbc.com

Unique CRISPR gene therapy offers opioid-free chronic pain treatment
newatlas.com

‘The ketamine blew my mind’: can psychedelics cure addiction and depression?
theguardian.com

A walk in the park on a miniature scale
theatlantic.com

Waking up to New York: secrets of the world’s most famous women-only hotel
theguardian.com

On this day in 1720 Charles Bonnet was born, the namesake of a surprisingly common phenomenon
damninteresting.com

A Bird-Feed Seller Beat a Chess Master Online. Then It Got Ugly
wired.com

Researchers discover a dinosaur preserved sitting on a nest of eggs with fossilized embryos, a first
us.cnn.com

Cone Snails Are Liars and Murderers
theatlantic.com

Monster antimatter particle slams into Antarctica
livescience.com

3 Miles from Martha’s Vineyard Is an Empty Island Full of Bombs
theatlantic.com

A concept from physics called negentropy could help your life run smoother
theconversation.com

Scientists want to send 335 million seed, sperm and egg samples to the moon to create a lunar Noah’s Ark
cbsnews.com • (see also)

The True Story Behind ‘Cocaine Bear’
rollingstone.com • (see also)

Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in
theconversation.com • (see also)

This week: Jellyfish recycling, euphemising a euphemiser, space worms, and more
damninteresting.com

Who Would Kidnap a Space Telescope?
theatlantic.com

Scientists Have Unlocked the Secrets of the Ancient ‘Antikythera Mechanism’
vice.com • (see also)

Video: Distant Planet May Be On Its 2nd Atmosphere, NASA’s Hubble Finds [2:08]
youtube.com

Russia-China Moonbase: The U.S. now has a critical choice to make
inverse.com

Gigantic jet spied from black hole in early universe
phys.org

Changing Your Mind Can Make You Less Anxious
theatlantic.com

IBM develops AI to invent new antibiotics – and it’s made two already
newatlas.com

Wurst luck: half-eaten sausage helps German police solve cold case
theguardian.com

Quantum Mischief Rewrites the Laws of Cause and Effect
quantamagazine.org

Video: Why Your Pee Look Like A Chain [13:38]
youtube.com

Video: Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation [11:04]
youtube.com

Photos: 10 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake
theatlantic.com

‘I Was Hired to Assassinate Pablo Escobar’
vice.com

How is this horse feeling? New mobile brain wave reader could tell
sciencemag.org

‘I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it’
inputmag.com