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The Berglas Effect: Magic’s Best Card Trick
nytimes.com

The Long, Strange Life of the World’s Oldest Naked Mole Rat
wired.com • (see also)

Methuselah’s Star is not older than the Universe after all. But it’s still pretty frakking old.
syfy.com

Gamma rays 10 times more energetic than thought possible detected
newatlas.com

Video: A Drive through New York City ca. 1935 colorized and interpolated via AI [10:27]
youtube.com

A long-lost letter from Albert Einstein made an uncanny prediction 70 years early
inverse.com

We’ve Tracked 5 Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts to The Arms of Distant Spiral Galaxies
sciencealert.com

Cheese photo leads to Liverpool drug dealer’s downfall
bbc.com

Why We Speak More Weirdly at Home
theatlantic.com

Mega-satellite constellations could lead to chain-reaction spacecraft pile-ups in orbit
cbc.ca

These Little Creatures Have The ‘Weirdest Sex Chromosome System Known to Science’
sciencealert.com

The Secret Mission To Unearth Part Of A 142-Year-Old Experiment
npr.org

Video: This Proves We Will Never Know Everything [33:59]
youtube.com

Scientists image atoms with record resolution close to absolute physical limits
zmescience.com

China’s Zhurong Mars rover rolls onto the Martian surface (photos)
space.com

The Body’s Most Embarrassing Organ Is an Evolutionary Marvel
theatlantic.com

Video: Geothermal energy: Our oldest and most reliable resource [06:32]
bbc.com

Mafia mussel: the fight to save a mollusc from the mob
theguardian.com

The hidden reason processed pet foods are so addictive
bbc.com

Why Is Ice Slippery? It’s Not a Simple Question
insidescience.org

This Fuzzy Image Shows a Spiral Forming Soon After the Big Bang
gizmodo.com

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