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Van Gogh’s Sketches In Letters To His Brother and Friends
flashbak.com

How Maxwell’s Demon Continues to Startle Scientists
quantamagazine.org

Thalidomide, a bitter pill
wellcomecollection.org

The Pregnant Woman Who Led a Legendary Slave Rebellion
narratively.com

The Mother of All Accidents
nautil.us

Video: Where Did the Big Bang Happen? [5:36]
youtube.com

What we’re learning from the rare cases of COVID-19 in vaccinated people
theverge.com

Hydrogen is one future fuel oil execs and environmentalists could both support as rival countries search for climate solutions
theconversation.com

Nuclear fallout is showing up in U.S. honey, decades after bomb tests
sciencemag.org

‘It blew our minds’: the surfers who braved sharks to ride Africa’s mightiest wave
theguardian.com

Fluid physics gives new insight into old murder case
academictimes.com

How Can a Basilica Stay Dry Amid Venice’s Rising Waters?
atlasobscura.com

Army ants build safety scaffolds to catch their falling friends
newatlas.com

The Fracking Lottery
longreads.com

Scientists rediscover lost coffee species suited to a warmer climate
cbc.ca

Archaeologists Solve a Decades-Old Harriet Tubman Mystery
nytimes.com

Stone skipping physics could help spacecraft land safely on water
newscientist.com

How One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt
nytimes.com

Italian ‘king of absentees’ allegedly skipped work for 15 years
theguardian.com

Quantum Astronomy Could Create Telescopes Hundreds of Kilometers Wide
scientificamerican.com • (see also)

The Rise and Fall of a Double Agent
thewalrus.ca

The world is in a crucial period for dealing with space junk
academictimes.com

New Neural Networks Solve Hardest Equations Faster Than Ever
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The Plot to Kill the Olympics
outsideonline.com

Why Sports Make You Miserable, According to Science
lifehacker.com

NASA Parker Solar Probe snaps images of Venus’ dust ring
slashgear.com

The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea
theguardian.com

They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War
wired.com

Born secret — the heavy burden of bomb physics
nature.com

After Ingenuity’s successful Mars flight, NASA plans to fly a huge rotorcraft on Saturn’s moon
salon.com

Tarantulas are *everywhere* and now researchers know why
zmescience.com

Do Brain Implants Change Your Identity?
newyorker.com

How the jewel beetle’s shiny shell helps it hide in plain sight
zmescience.com

Video: The world’s most painful insect sting [5:11]
youtube.com

How to Land on an Alien World
airspacemag.com

Cracking the case: New study sheds more light on the “Brazil nut effect”
arstechnica.com

The Government Says We Should Use Nukes to Deflect Asteroids
popularmechanics.com

The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army
newyorker.com

One with the lot: The folding, electric, street-legal, VTOL flying car
newatlas.com

‘Fly Me to Cuba, Said the American Hijackers’
daily.jstor.org

How to Recreate 1,300-Year-Old Cookies
atlasobscura.com

Attack of the drones: the mystery of disappearing swarms in the US midwest
theguardian.com

Titanic: Searching for the ‘missing’ Chinese survivors
bbc.com

American lobsters can hear — with their hair
academictimes.com

Why were the ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?
livescience.com

The Swedish law of wanderlust
bbc.com

Trippy NASA Video Shows Two Black Holes Interacting
digitaltrends.com

Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completed its historic first flight
cnn.com • Video

French officials perplexed by gold bars and coins found stashed in old house
theguardian.com

NASA is developing a plan to build an Arecibo-like telescope on the moon
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Toilet and Sewer Technology Needs a Fresh Start
bloomberg.com

You can train yourself to find disgusting things less gross
psyche.co

‘He’s telling a story of his time’: how Bill Traylor, born into slavery, became an art titan
theguardian.com

If Planet Nine Is Out There, It May Not Be Where We Think
sciencealert.com

Archaeologists Unearth Sprawling Roman Ruins Unlike Any Found in the U.K.
smithsonianmag.com

A ‘Worst Nightmare’ Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack

This week: Volcanic troubles, placental oddities, suggestive coconuts, and more
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build NASA’s lunar lander
theverge.com

Female robots are seen as being the most human. Why?
theconversation.com

Video: This Plant-Inspired Robot Could Save Your Life [14:29]
youtube.com