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‘Remember the Internet’: An Encyclopedia of Online Life
theatlantic.com

‘Horrific’: swarms of spiders flee into homes – and up legs – to escape NSW floods
theguardian.com

How Van Gogh paid for his mentally ill sister’s care decades after his death
theguardian.com

Billions of Day-Old Chicks Are Shredded, Gassed, and Suffocated
theatlantic.com

Photos of Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall Volcano
theatlantic.com

Margarita Gracheva’s ex-husband cut off her hands. Now, she has a show on Russian TV
cbc.ca

How Cairo Became a Cosmopolitan Destination in the 1920s
lithub.com

How Ancient ‘Deer’ Lost Their Legs and Became Whales
discovermagazine.com

How Mary Fields Became “Stagecoach Mary”
daily.jstor.org

The wannabe food influencer who’s wanted by the FBI
theguardian.com

The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make
bbc.com

Physicists Discover the Elusive Odderon, First Predicted 50 Years Ago
gizmodo.com

Erasing Women from Science? There’s a Name for That
daily.jstor.org

Long-Dormant Volcano in Iceland Awakens in Fiery Eruption
earther.gizmodo.com

The Secret Auction That Set Off the Race for AI Supremacy
wired.com • (see also)

Can Magic Mushrooms Heal Us?
nytimes.com

Video: What a vaccine’s “efficacy rate” actually means [7:01]
youtube.com

Where Are Those Shoes You Ordered? Check the Ocean Floor
wired.com

Spacewatch: mission to clean up space debris set for launch
theguardian.com

How Mrs. Edge Saved the Birds
smithsonianmag.com

Sequoyah and the Almost-Forgotten History of Cherokee Numerals
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

The story behind Albert Einstein’s most iconic photo
dw.com

The mysterious cause of sea star wasting syndrome is a mystery no more
massivesci.com

Video: Glitterbomb Trap Catches Phone Scammer (who gets arrested) [23:13]
youtube.com

Earth Has Been Hiding a Fifth Layer in Its Inner Core
discovermagazine.com

Mile-long ship tunnel will offer safe passage through hazardous peninsula
newatlas.com

Weirdo Manta Shark Found Fossilized in Mexican Limestone
gizmodo.com

The Mystery of ‘Harriet Cole’
atlasobscura.com

This week: Drugged ursines, Antikythera secrets, quantum bacteria, and more
damninteresting.com

Wormholes Open for Transport
physics.aps.org

Video: Introducing the Baroque Theorbo [9:58]
youtube.com

America’s Covid Swab Supply Depends on Two Cousins Who Hate Each Other
bloomberg.com

Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal
theguardian.com

The True Story Behind ‘The Courier’
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Scientists starved E. coli for 1200 days to learn about bacterial evolution
massivesci.com

The Not-So-Straightforward Story of Women and Trousers
messynessychic.com

All Kinds of Marine Animals Are Mysteriously Circling in Bizarre Discovery
vice.com

The Pastry A.I. That Learned to Fight Cancer
newyorker.com

A mouse embryo has been grown in an artificial womb—humans could be next
technologyreview.com

Astronomers Spot ‘Unique Meteorological Beast’ on Jupiter
gizmodo.com

Ebola may persist in the body for years before sparking new outbreaks
newscientist.com

Scientists determine the origin of extra-solar object ‘Oumuamua
phys.org

The mystery of ‘lost’ rock genius Lee Mavers
bbc.com

Watch Albert Einstein Explain His Theory of Relativity in Historic Footage
mentalfloss.com • (see also)

Perseverance rover captures the sounds of driving on Mars
phys.org

Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal
theguardian.com • (see also)

Facial Recognition: What Happens When We’re Tracked Everywhere We Go?
nytimes.com

José Epita Mbomo, the Spanish electrician who sabotaged the Nazis
english.elpais.com

The bizarre link between bird migration and quantum physics
sciencefocus.com

New curio by J. A. Macfarlane: The Comforts of the Throne
dam.mn

Ghost stars: The radical theory that could solve the mystery of dark matter
sciencefocus.com

Video: Microscopic Alien-Looking Worms [3:24]
youtube.com

Why Don’t Some People Seem to Get Hangovers?
discovermagazine.com

The teenager behind last year’s big celebrity Twitter hack is going to prison
vox.com

The Victims of Agent Orange the U.S. Has Never Acknowledged
nytimes.com

Strange microbe “breathes” nitrates using a mitochondria-like symbiont
arstechnica.com

How Do You Kill an Invasive Species? Bring in a Bigger, Meaner Species to Eat It
thewalrus.ca

Why Did the USS Thresher Sink? New Declassified Documents Reveal the Truth
popularmechanics.com

How a metal with a memory will shape our future on Mars
theverge.com

Skoltech and MIT researchers identify optimal human landing system architectures to land on the Moon
skoltech.ru