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In a time without scans or antenatal tests, none were prepared for the damage caused by the thalidomide drug
wellcomecollection.org

What Makes Music Universal
nautil.us

China launches first module of new space station
bbc.com

Billion-year-old fossil found in Scotland unlocks secrets of Earth’s earliest life forms
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Physicists Prove That the Imaginary Part of Quantum Mechanics Really Exists!
scitechdaily.com

Video: The Future Of Reasoning [30:01]
youtube.com

Psychedelic-like drug that doesn’t cause hallucinations could treat depression and PTSD
studyfinds.org

How Long Can We Live?
nytimes.com

Covid Lockdowns Prevented Other Infections. Is That Good?
wired.com

When a multimillionaire offers a massive reward for her missing cat, searchers race each other across a ritzy island filled with mysteries
medium.com

“Campfires” on the Sun explain the mystery of why its atmosphere is so hot
sciencefocus.com

The End of the Road
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How Pfizer Makes Its Covid-19 Vaccine
nytimes.com

A Backdoor Lets the Immune System Monitor the Brain
quantamagazine.org

The Planet on the Plate: Why Epicurious Left Beef Behind
epicurious.com

‘Forgotten Astronaut’ Michael Collins Dies
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Video: The Virus That Shook the World: Part One (full documentary) [1:53:48]
youtube.com

The Army’s Night Vision Goggles Make the Battlefield Look Like a Video Game
popularmechanics.com

Video: This metal is more valuable than gold [6:59]
youtube.com

Britain Was Still Trying to Make Steam Trucks Happen in the 1930s
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Finding the Universal Coronavirus Vaccine
theatlantic.com

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
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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
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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
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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