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These cellular clocks help explain why elephants are bigger than mice
nature.com

The Secrets of the World’s Greatest Jailbreak Artist
gq.com

Cosmic Map of Ultrahigh-Energy Particles Points to Long-Hidden Treasures
quantamagazine.org

New article/episode by J. A. Macfarlane: Fifteen Years Forsaken
dam.mn

This Interstellar Probe Would Go Deeper Into Space Than Anything Before It
gizmodo.com

Eighteenth-Century Spies in the European Silk Industry
daily.jstor.org

How Yahoo Became an Internet Villain
theatlantic.com

Stars made of antimatter could lurk in the Milky Way
sciencenews.org

New Proof Reveals That Graphs With No Pentagons Are Fundamentally Different
quantamagazine.org

Beware Of Humans
fivethirtyeight.com

Video: Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal [5:35]
youtube.com

The man who thought orgasms could save the world
bbc.com • (see also)

Thousands of barrels of suspected toxic DDT found dumped in California ocean
theguardian.com

How a Hungry Canadian Beetle Helped Triple the Price of Lumber
theatlantic.com

Video: The Most Extreme Things in the Universe – Ultimate Guide to Black Holes [12:14]
youtube.com

Norway’s witch trials: the woman killed for a fatal storm
theguardian.com • (see also)

Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could become first-ever home cure for COVID-19
montrealgazette.com

Betelgeuse going Critical
astrobites.org

Scientists uncover a ‘hellish’ planet so hot it could vaporize most metals
cnet.com

This is the first house to be 3D printed from raw earth
itsnicethat.com

The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?
theguardian.com

Warp Drives: Physicists Give Chances of Faster-Than-Light Space Travel a Boost
discovermagazine.com

Photonic device makes light any color by manipulating individual photons
newatlas.com

Woman Hit With Embezzlement Charges for 20-Year-Old Overdue VHS Tape Rental
gizmodo.com

How to Kill a Zombie Fire
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Video: When could Nova Scotia become an island? [3:51]
cbc.ca

Behind ‘Strange Fruit,’ Billie Holiday’s Anti-Lynching Anthem
nytimes.com

Crypto Holders Say It’s Hurt Their Personal Relationships
bloomberg.com

Where Does a Candle Go When It Burns?
nytimes.com • (see also)

‘I have given up the fight’: ‘Italy’s Robinson Crusoe’ to leave island
theguardian.com

Mysterious scientific paths attributed to sponges at the bottom of the Arctic
sundayvision.co.ug

The UK island waiting to be discovered
bbc.com

35 years ago today, Chernobyl exploded
damninteresting.com

See amazing video of Mars helicopter Ingenuity’s boundary-stretching 3rd flight
space.com

Children of Chernobyl cleanup crew don’t have excess mutations
arstechnica.com

Video: Lockheed U-2 | Why Is It Still Flying & Still Spying 65 Years On? [12:17]
youtube.com

Is The Red Sea Actually An Ocean?
science20.com

The Unmatched Bravery of the Harlem Hellfighters
smithsonianmag.com

15 French volunteers leave cave after 40 days without daylight or clocks
theguardian.com

A photography project reveals the allure of equations in mathematicians’ blackboard work
scientificamerican.com

How a secretary and single mom invented Liquid Paper
thehustle.co

Bad software sent postal workers to jail, because no one wanted to admit it could be wrong
theverge.com

Gravity-based batteries try to beat their chemical cousins with winches, weights, and mine shafts
sciencemag.org • (see also)

On Hubble’s 31st birthday, NASA points at a stunning ‘celebrity star’
mashable.com

Fish Sticks Make No Sense
theatlantic.com

Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
sciencemag.org

Mars has right ingredients for present-day microbial life beneath its surface, study finds
brown.edu

So Much Hinges on the Existence of Ancient Black Holes
theatlantic.com

‘Pressure Quenching’ Raises Hopes of Practical Room Temperature Superconductivity
discovermagazine.com

Sisters With Transistors: inside the fascinating film about electronic music’s forgotten pioneers
theguardian.com

Video: ‘I Made A Water Computer And It Actually Works’ [16:29]
youtube.com • (see also)

Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough
bbc.com

The Ill-Fated Idea to Move the Nation’s Capital to St. Louis
smithsonianmag.com

Blue roofs could help reduce the flooding effects of big storms
cbc.ca

When Cats, Peaches, Lunch (and Letters) were Mailed Beneath the Streets of NYC
messynessychic.com • (see also)

This week: Feline bellies, gross-out thresholds, hole phobia, and more
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1985 the Coca-Cola Company introduced “New Coke”
damninteresting.com

Chernobyl Survivors Didn’t Pass on Harmful Mutations to Their Children, Study Finds
gizmodo.com

Video: How Banana Waste Is Turned Into Rugs, Fabric, And Hair Extensions [5:26]
youtube.com • (see also)

Hallucinating mice could help us understand schizophrenia
massivesci.com