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Video: Why people think this photo of JFK’s killer is fake [10:57]
youtube.com

Outstanding Color Autochromes from Pre-Revolutionary Russia
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Storms, floods, other weather disasters quadrupled worldwide since 1970s, UN agency says
cbc.ca

In the Absence of Cruise Ships, Humpbacks Have Different Things to Say
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The largest geomagnetic storm in recorded history occurred on this day in 1859
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The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’
quantamagazine.org

A sketch artist and a grieving mother set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became.
magazine.atavist.com

The Universe Has Already Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make
nautil.us

Photos from ‘beyond the grave’: camera discovery reveals climber’s last images before fatal avalanche
theguardian.com

Mind Bending Fractals With Infinitely Complex Shapes
mossandfog.com

The Ghost Town left Behind by an American Sect of Hollow Earth Believers
messynessychic.com

Lake Tahoe ski resort uses snow-making machines to fight wildfire
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Photos: The Aftermath of Hurricane Ida
theatlantic.com

Wild cockatoos observed using tools as ‘cutlery’ to extract seeds from tropical fruit
theguardian.com

Infants laugh in a similar pattern to great apes, study finds
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Incredible Hubble Photo Shows Jets Blasting Across Space in Rare Celestial Phenomenon
sciencealert.com

How Scorpion Tails Do the Bend and Twist
nytimes.com

Computer-Generated New Yorker Cartoons Are Delightfully Weird
hyperallergic.com

Video: SkyLab – Maybe the Most Important Space Programs So Far. [16:43]
youtube.com

The Pentagon Wants to Launch a Nuclear Thermal Rocket in 4 Years
popularmechanics.com

Amateur astronauts: SpaceX’s civilian launch on Sept. 15 is a mission like no other
news.yahoo.com

A Nightmare of Blood and Steel: The ’90s Subway Crash That Changed Everything
nytimes.com

Man can change his pupil size on command, once thought an impossible feat
livescience.com

Documenting the Last Pay Phones In America
bloomberg.com

Scientists want to build a ‘Lunar Ark’ on the moon to preserve Earth’s species
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Long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome share striking similarities
newatlas.com

Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in ISS module
reuters.com

Highly polluting leaded petrol now eradicated from the world [for ground transport], says UN
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So … What If Aliens’ Quantum Computers Explain Dark Energy?
wired.com

Video: This Virus Shouldn’t Exist (But it Does) [11:09]
youtube.com

New mathematical solutions to an old problem in astronomy
phys.org

Mysterious structures hidden beneath the Greenland ice sheet
space.com

How the Airline Industry Got Wise to Seat Belts
airspacemag.com

The Man Who Swam the Seine
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To Learn More Quickly, Brain Cells Break Their DNA
quantamagazine.org

Ending prices with .99 can backfire for stores, study reveals
studyfinds.org

After Victory in World War II, Black Veterans Continued the Fight for Freedom at Home
smithsonianmag.com

A Quarter of Stars Like Our Sun Eat Their Planets, Study Finds
vice.com

How game-makers are catering to disabled players
arstechnica.com

Experimental Confirmation of the Fundamental Principle of Wave-Particle Duality
scitechdaily.com

Common pesticide may slow calorie-burning and contribute to obesity
newatlas.com

Duck Feathers Are the Next Revolution for the World’s Biggest Ships
popularmechanics.com

Video: The Mystery of the $200 Million Drug Bust [10:38]
youtube.com

Do animals suffer from post-traumatic stress?
bbc.com

How to Paint 50,000 Miles of Lines
nytimes.com

An Experimental Birth Control Attacks Sperm Like a Virus
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New antimatter trap could help explain why cosmos didn’t self-destruct
newatlas.com

Synthetic biology enables microbes to build muscle
phys.org

At the world’s oldest social housing, rent hasn’t changed since 1521
cbc.ca

Interstellar comets visit our solar system more frequently than thought
space.com

Why phone scams are so difficult to tackle
bbc.com

Is deep-sea mining a cure for the climate crisis or a curse?
theguardian.com

Man robbed of 16 bitcoin hunts down suspects, sues their parents
arstechnica.com

Astra rocket does a real smooth slide before failing to reach orbit
theverge.com

Video: This Is Not a Shockwave [7:19]
youtube.com

The Epic Landscape Art of Tiny Inakadate, Japan
atlasobscura.com

Invasive earthworms are remaking our forests, and climate scientists are worried
cbc.ca

Why is there a chip shortage?
bbc.com

California: mother fights off mountain lion with bare hands to save 5-year-old son
theguardian.com

Astronauts successfully demonstrate DNA repair in space using CRISPR
space.com