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We Are Stardust
oikofuge.com • (see also)

Research findings that are probably wrong cited far more than robust ones, study finds
theguardian.com

Flower mimics the scent of dead beetles to draw in helpful flies
newatlas.com

Chien-Shiung Wu, the First Lady of Physics
daily.jstor.org

‘Clyde’s Spot’ on Jupiter Is Starting to Look Pretty Weird
gizmodo.com

A DIY Guide to Collecting Radioactive Rocks Gets Glowing Reviews
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

What makes us like art? Caltech researchers get closer to an answer.
academictimes.com

This week: 🔥 Flamin’ hot pants on fire, 👁️ eye of the CRISPR, 🐀 rodent rectal respiration, and more!
damninteresting.com

Video: The Future of Solid State Wind Energy [12:30]
youtube.com

75 years ago today Dr. Louis Slotin was bitten by the nuclear dragon
damninteresting.com

Martian Life May Be Hiding in Islands of Habitability
airspacemag.com

Video: Proximity Fuze – The 3rd Most Crucial Development of WW2 [15:47]
youtube.com

Wormhole Tunnels in Spacetime May Be Possible, New Research Suggests
scientificamerican.com

The full story of how the BBC’s Martin Bashir got his 1995 interview with Princess Diana
bbc.com

Some of the universe’s stars have gone missing. But where did they go?
space.com

Physicists Identify the Engine Powering Black Hole Energy Beams
quantamagazine.org

‘Second bite is one that broke the bones’: Alaska man describes bear mauling
theguardian.com

How to Actually Prosecute the Worst Financial Crimes
theatlantic.com

Tardigrades can survive being shot out of a high-speed gun
livescience.com

Novel concrete battery could let buildings store their own energy
newatlas.com

Video: Incredible Balancing Stunt on Top of the Empire State Building [1:24]
youtube.com

A single dose of psilocybin has a lasting therapeutic effect on migraine headache, according to a new placebo-controlled study
psypost.org

Scientists have developed a vaccine that could induce long-term protection against allergic asthma
pasteur.fr

NUS engineers harvest WiFi signals to power small electronics
news.nus.edu.sg

The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told
wired.com

Video: Abandoned Store Left in 1963 [27:01]
youtu.be

The Mysterious Origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant
newyorker.com

The Shot-in-the-Eye Squad
narratively.com

The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze
nautil.us

What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed?
thewalrus.ca

‘A united nations of crime’: how Marbella became a magnet for gangsters
theguardian.com

How an extra thumb changes the way your brain perceives the hand
newatlas.com

Interstellar Comet Borisov Was Leaking Metal When It Zipped Past Us in 2020
gizmodo.com

Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof.
quantamagazine.org

World’s largest iceberg has just broken off an Antarctic ice shelf
newscientist.com

Video: Newly Analyzed Footage Helps Solve Hindenburg Mystery [6:45]
youtube.com • (see also)

Iconic ‘Darwin’s Arch’ in the Galapagos has crashed into the sea
livescience.com

Acid test: scientists show how LSD opens doors of perception
theguardian.com

On this day in 1984 Michael Larson pressed his luck
damninteresting.com

Inside the Military’s Secret Undercover Army
newsweek.com

The Never-Aging Ants With a Terrible Secret
theatlantic.com

Astronomers create most realistic simulation of stars being born — and it’s beautiful
cnet.com

Who Killed the Recumbent Bicycle?
daily.jstor.org

This optical illusion tricks you into seeing different colors. How does it work?
livescience.com

Remains of mystery Somerton man exhumed 70 years after his death
theguardian.com

China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures
bbc.com

Video: What Really Happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway? [18:26] #DamInteresting
youtube.com

Video: The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos [10:18]
youtube.com

Sun-Orbiting Spacecraft Takes Fascinating Images of a Coronal Mass Ejection
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Also on this day in 1927, Grace Fryer filed a lawsuit against the employer who was killing her with radioactive paint
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1927 an unhinged custodian blew up a school
damninteresting.com

The invention of the filing cabinet
placesjournal.org

Newly discovered open star cluster hints at other massive groupings hidden in the Milky Way
academictimes.com

Video: What causes migraines? [4:49]
youtube.com

Scientists debut most efficient ‘optical rectennas,’ devices that harvest power from heat
techxplore.com

The singing neutrino Nobel laureate who nearly bombed Nevada
nature.com

Lost village emerges from Italian lake
bbc.com

Astronomers Confirm Third-Nearest Star With a Planet – And It’s Rocky Like Earth
scitechdaily.com

Greenland ice sheet on brink of major tipping point, says study
theguardian.com

Scientists ponder how to get samples from Saturn’s weird moon Titan
space.com