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The orbit of Planet Nine
findplanetnine.blogspot.com

‘I was on a list to be terminated’ – Sue Dobson, the spy who helped to end apartheid
theguardian.com

The unexpected reason Ringo Starr sang one song on each Beatles album
cbc.ca

Can the World’s First Space Sweeper Make a Dent in Orbiting Debris?
smithsonianmag.com

Scientists discover ‘world’s northernmost island’ off Greenland’s coast
theguardian.com

What Does It Mean That Greenland Sharks Could Live for Hundreds of Years?
atlasobscura.com

The mysterious disappearance of the world’s longest shrubbery
bbc.com

Research finally reveals ancient, universal equation for the shape of an egg
phys.org

A science in the shadows
washingtonpost.com • Non-paywall

‘That time I shipped myself as a package — or why you shouldn’t travel in a box’
zmescience.com

Bill and tag’s excellent adventure: A year in the life of one southern right whale
theguardian.com

Sirhan Sirhan, man who assassinated Robert F Kennedy, granted parole
theguardian.com

This week: 🪦 Grave concerns, 🧑‍🚀 lunar lander legal loopholes, 🐹 capybara armies, and more!
damninteresting.com

U.S. Army tests its first high-energy laser weapon
zmescience.com

Satellites Spot Oceans Aglow With Trillions of Organisms
nytimes.com

Shipwrecked: A Shocking Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Deep Blue Sea
bostonmagazine.com

Why One Billion Years of Time Are Missing in the Grand Canyon
vice.com

What Slime Knows
orionmagazine.org

New drug may be a cure for both COVID-19 and herpes
studyfinds.org

DARPA Wants to Build a Soviet-Inspired Flying ‘Sea Monster’
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Down Under delights in the Aus Geo Nature Photographer of the Year Awards
newatlas.com

Remembering When Bermuda Was an Onion Island
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them
newscientist.com

New Dark Matter Detector Records Unexplained High-Frequency Signals
gizmodo.com

A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an ‘Internet Apocalypse’
wired.com • (see also)

San Francisco luxury tower still sinking even as engineers work on $100m fix
theguardian.com • (see also)

Scientists puzzling out secrets of Venus’ 30-year-old ‘Giant Dark Cloud’
space.com

Webb completes testing and prepares for trip to Europe’s Spaceport
esa.int

For The First Time, Physicists Observed a Quantum Property That Makes Water Weird
sciencealert.com

Planet Nine: Scientists map its likely location
earthsky.org

Fundamental physics is humanity’s most extraordinary achievement
archive.is

Al Capone’s life under fresh scrutiny with online auction of personal items
theguardian.com

Fossil confiscated in police raid is one of the most complete pterosaur skeletons ever found
cnn.com

Wasps Are Building Fluorescent Nests, but Why?
gizmodo.com

Australia’s cane toads evolved as cannibals with frightening speed
nature.com

Video: Is this the most successful animal ever? [5:26]
youtube.com

How G.M.’s First Turbo Engines Crashed and Burned
nytimes.com

‘Mini-Neptunes’ beyond solar system may soon yield signs of life
theguardian.com

Why wasps become so annoying at the end of summer
theconversation.com

Video: How China Dominated The Keyboard [21:05]
youtube.com

How a broke music promoter and his heroin-addicted son hatched a crazy plan to get their lives back on track
Part 2 • Part 3 • vulture.com

The Shakedown at Sing Sing
esquire.com

A mathematician, a philosopher and a gambler walk into a bar
aeon.co • (see also)

New article/episode by Morgan W.R. Dunn: The Kingpin of Shanghai
dam.mn

How a Mathematical Paradox Allows Infinite Cloning
quantamagazine.org

‘I Woke Up From a Coma and Couldn’t Escape the Guy Pretending to Be My Boyfriend’
narratively.com

The Electromagnetic Force of Fridge Magnets
nautil.us

On this day in 1980, a confusing and treacherous device mysteriously appeared in a Lake Tahoe casino
damninteresting.com

Hubble captures an ‘Einstein Ring’
nbcnews.com

Scientists use ‘smell of fear’ to ward off insect pests from crops and gardens
zmescience.com

Deflecting an Asteroid Before It Hits Earth May Take Multiple Bumps
nytimes.com

Scientists Are Proposing a Radical New Framework to Redefine Life on Earth
sciencealert.com

A Signal from Space Is on a 16-Day Cycle. Scientists Just Ruled Out an Explanation
vice.com

Hawaii’s Forbidden Island and the Real-Life Swiss Family Robinson who Controls it
messynessychic.com • (see also)

The mysterious origins of Universe’s biggest black holes
bbc.com

We All Know Columbus Didn’t Discover America—So How Did He Become a Symbol of Its Founding?
lithub.com

Mental Phenomena Don’t Map Into the Brain as Expected
quantamagazine.org

Video: Explore how scientists use environmental DNA (eDNA) to track species [5:54]
youtube.com

‘Tiger Stripes’ on a Saturn Moon Could Be Even More Unique Than Previously Thought
discovermagazine.com

Dust-sized supercapacitor packs the same voltage as a AAA battery
newatlas.com