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New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease
thewalrus.ca

In 2014, the FBI discovered an entire museum—and thousands of human remains—in the home of a 90-year-old Indiana man
archive.vanityfair.com

Have Sumatran fishing crews found the fabled Island of Gold?
theguardian.com

Shape-shifting materials with infinite possibilities
phys.org

Physicists Created a Supernova Reaction on Earth Using a Radioactive Beam
sciencealert.com • (see also)

‘I was terrified’: the vet sterilizing Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos
theguardian.com

Harvesting ‘true cinnamon’: The story of the Ceylon spice
aljazeera.com

Astronomers Discover Infant Planet – One of the Youngest Exoplanets Ever Observed
scitechdaily.com

NASA Plans February Moon Launch With Giant Rocket
nytimes.com

On this day in 1975, the USSR’s Venera 9 became the first probe to return images from the surface of another planet: Venus. It lasted 23 minutes.
damninteresting.com

Born Knowing: Baby Chicks and Baby Humans
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Solving a 100-Year Mystery: Astronomers Locate Source of High-Energy Cosmic Rays
scitechdaily.com

Remembering ‘Witch Cakes,’ the Evil-Fighting Baked Goods of the 1600s
atlasobscura.com

This week: 📚 Steinbeck’s slurs, 🚁 organ drones, 🌠 meteorite bedfellows, and more!
damninteresting.com

Lockheed Martin plans to build Starlab commercial space station by 2027
newatlas.com

Plants Use RNA to Talk to Neighbors
the-scientist.com

Jaw-Dropping New Images Of Jupiter And Its ‘Wet Moon’ Europa Taken This Week By NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
forbes.com

The Accident That Led to Machines That Can See
nautil.us

Video: Water, salt and music form a mesmerising visualisation of sound waves [6:46]
aeon.co

‘Never sold a painting in his life – but died worth $100m’: the incredible story of Boris Lurie
theguardian.com

Photos: The Ongoing Volcanic Eruption in the Canary Islands
theatlantic.com

The Untold Story of the Portuguese Diplomat Who Saved Thousands From the Nazis
smithsonianmag.com

The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other Sounds
quantamagazine.org

Venus Might Have Oceans of Water Trapped Inside Its Crust
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

The History and Mystery of Yemen’s ‘Well of Hell’
atlasobscura.com

Ivory poaching has led to evolution of tuskless elephants, study finds
theguardian.com

Vikings settled in North America in 1021AD, study says
bbc.com

Here’s the physics of why ducklings swim in a row behind their mother
sciencenews.org

Check out this working prototype lunar electric motorcycle for NASA’s moon exploration
electrek.co

The coming battle over space
harpers.org

On the origin of minds
aeon.co

One of the Most Egregious Ripoffs in the History of Science
nautil.us

Your Facebook News Feed Sucks Because That’s How Advertisers Like It
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Brain implant bypasses the eyes to help blind users “see” images
newatlas.com

There are 6×10^80 Bits of Information in the Observable Universe
universetoday.com

Ancient dog-size sea scorpion unearthed in China
livescience.com

The Dark Side of the RCMP
thewalrus.ca

Plant of the Month: Jackfruit
daily.jstor.org

Ambitious supertall tower turns skyscraper design on its head
newatlas.com • (see also)

Tiny Crab Trapped in Amber Is a 100-Million-Year-Old Stunner
gizmodo.com

This Atomic Clock Will Transform Deep Space Exploration
wired.com

Scientists Just Observed Warm Matter Emanating From a Black Hole
interestingengineering.com

Today’s powerful but little-understood AI breakthroughs echo past examples of unexpected scientific progress
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Sound cues during sleep found to drive development of new motor skills
newatlas.com • (see also)

Physicists May Have Discovered ‘New Force of Nature’ in LHC Experiment
sciencealert.com

In a First, Surgeons Attached a Pig Kidney to a Human
nytimes.com

Winners of the 2021 Epson International Pano Awards
theatlantic.com

Video: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures the Sounds of Mars [3:15]
youtube.com

A new vaccine may curb the koala chlamydia epidemic
popsci.com

Hubble Spies Galaxy Doomed To End Catastrophically
scitechdaily.com

Physicists Trap Ultracold Neutrons in a Bottle to See How Long They Live
gizmodo.com

Why animals developed four types of skeletons
nationalgeographic.com

These weird virtual creatures mutate their bodies to solve problems
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Viruses are both the villains and heroes of life as we know it
theconversation.com

A Hint of Dark Matter Sends Physicists Looking to the Skies
quantamagazine.org

Video: What They Really Had Planned for Apollo [11:55]
youtube.com

Nuclear bomb detectors reveal hidden blue whale population
thebulletin.org

An Extraordinary 500-Year-Old Shipwreck Is Rewriting the History of the Age of Discovery
smithsonianmag.com

Did the Earth tip on its side 84 million years ago?
phys.org

Diver Discovers 900-Year-Old Sword Dating to the Crusades
nytimes.com