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A brief history of the Suez Canal
independent.co.uk

‘My father, the killer’
bbc.com

Video: How Humans Became (Mostly) Right-Handed [9:59]
youtube.com

The Solution of the Zodiac Killer’s 340-Character Cipher
blog.wolfram.com • (see also)

Octopus sleep includes a frenzied, colorful, ‘active’ stage
sciencenews.org

Lunar cave explorer
phys.org

The ‘sheep’ that can photosynthesise
bbc.com

A Man Demanded His Final Paycheck. The Auto Shop Delivered 91,500 Greasy Pennies.
nytimes.com

How to Land on an Alien World
airspacemag.com

Scratching the surface: the use of sheepskin parchment to deter textual erasure in early modern legal deeds
heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com

A missing part of the universe has been found
academictimes.com

Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space
bbc.com

It’s hard to imagine how truly full of dentists Los Algodones is. They are everywhere.
hazlitt.net

Cracking the Case of London’s Elusive, Acrobatic Rare-Book Thieves
vanityfair.com

The Lost Prince of Yacht Rock
narratively.com

The Near-Magical Mystery of Quasiparticles
quantamagazine.org

NASA Reveals Its Plan for First Helicopter Flight on Mars
gizmodo.com

Dr Kathy Sullivan: it’s important the first Mars crew contains a woman
sciencefocus.com

A Hong Kong journalist is on trial for using a public database
restofworld.org

The Nazi in the family
bbc.com

‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green
theguardian.com

Why America’s Great Crime Decline Is Over
theatlantic.com

Scientists discover how humans develop larger brains than other apes
phys.org

Event Horizon Telescope Images Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87’s Supermassive Black Hole
scitechdaily.com

The languages that defy auto-translate
bbc.com

Chivalry is not about opening doors, but protecting society’s most vulnerable from attack
theconversation.com

Astronomers find supermassive black hole on the move
news.harvard.edu

Video: The Suez Canal Experience: Ship Transit Southbound (2020) [10:45]
youtube.com

Scientists reveal the secret that makes red wine pair so well with cheese, meats, and other fatty foods
zmescience.com

The Nazi-Fighting Women of the Jewish Resistance
nytimes.com

Video: America’s lost stealth helicopter – RAH 66 Comanche [12:57]
youtube.com

Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship
theguardian.com

Video: How The International Space Station Was Constructed (2006) [45:18]
youtube.com

Video: How Does Titan Still Have an Atmosphere? [6:12]
youtube.com

People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price
theconversation.com

He Had an R.V., a Camera and a Plan to Document America. Was That Enough?
nytimes.com

Geologists discover new “Limited Edition” rock deep beneath the sea
newatlas.com

Inside the high-stakes world of designing for 911 operators
fastcompany.com

More unexplained UFO sightings will soon be declassified
livescience.com

Plague of mice infesting crops in Australia’s rural east
telegraph.co.uk

You Recovered From COVID-19. Now Your Coffee Smells Like Sewage.
theatlantic.com

‘We monitor its every breath’: inside Mount Etna’s war room
theguardian.com

You don’t know the half of it: The family that gave us Anderson .Paak
theundefeated.com

The country with a ‘fifth season’
bbc.com

A material that is superconductive at room temperature and lower pressure
phys.org

Remembering near-death dramas on a Russian space station
nationalgeographic.com

New Result From Large Hadron Collider Challenges Leading Theory in Physics – Cannot Be Explained by Our Current Laws of Nature
scitechdaily.com

Douglas Adams’ note to self reveals author found writing torture
theguardian.com

Coronavirus: How the common cold can boot out Covid
bbc.com

This Music Video Does Not Exist – Machine-generated music and accompanying video
thismusicvideodoesnotexist.com

How the World’s Oldest Wooden Sculpture Is Reshaping Prehistory
nytimes.com

Vesuvius killed people of Pompeii in 15 minutes, study suggests
theguardian.com

The Palatial Ruins of the First Western Black Monarchy
messynessychic.com

Made of fungi, mycelium hits market as green substitute for leather, plastic
cbc.ca

Scientists Have Discovered a New Pattern In a Repeating Signal from Space
vice.com

The Almost-Unbelievable True Story of the Sidewinder Missile
popularmechanics.com

How Three Women Led the Fight against Pertussis
daily.jstor.org

Railway Spine, The Mystery Disease That Changed Our Understanding Of Psychology
jalopnik.com

‘I’ve Been Targeted With Probably the Most Vicious Corporate Counterattack in American History’
esquire.com

Research Evidence Strongly Shows COVID-19 Link to Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Vertigo
scitechdaily.com