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How did birds survive the dinosaur-killing asteroid?
livescience.com

The Evolutionary Quirk That Allows Antarctica’s Icefish To Survive Extreme Cold
atlasobscura.com

Discovery in a Galaxy Over 12 Billion Light-Years Away – Reveals How Element Found in Our Bones Is Forged in the Universe
scitechdaily.com

Artificial “Brain” Reveals Why We Can’t Always Believe Our Eyes
scitechdaily.com

This week: 🐟 Toothy sea predators, 🥫 extinct fish sauce, 🛰️ orbital gentrification, and more!
damninteresting.com

How does China’s hypersonic glide vehicle work?
astronomy.com

The Greatest Unsolved Heist in Irish History
atlasobscura.com

Does the skyscraper still have a future?
bbc.com

A Nuclear-Powered Shower? Russia Tests a Climate Innovation.
nytimes.com

What Do We Know About Doctor-Prescribed Museum Visits?
forbes.com

NASA Prepares To Launch DART To Deflect Asteroid With Kinetic Impact
scitechdaily.com

Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%
fiercebiotech.com

Noma: the hidden childhood disease known as the ‘face of poverty’
theguardian.com

New model suggests black holes gain mass as the universe expands
newatlas.com

The Interstellar Engine We Could Build Today
medium.com • (see also)

Can Supersonic Air Travel Fly Again?
nytimes.com

DST oddities: Five ways the twice-annual time change got weird
theweathernetwork.com

Seasons of Uranus, a sideways world
earthsky.org

A Photo Trip to the Faroe Islands
theatlantic.com

Unlike Anything in Our Solar System: Rocky Exoplanets Are Even Stranger Than We Thought
scitechdaily.com

Cause of mysterious brain-invading-fungus outbreak finally discovered
livescience.com

He Can’t Cure His Dad. But a Scientist’s Research May Help Everyone Else.
nytimes.com

Astronomers call for a massive new space telescope to find the next Earth
theverge.com

The Real Lord of the Flies
saturdayeveningpost.com

D-Day In Colour – Photographs of The Longest Day
flashbak.com

Trillions of Bacteria Are Screaming with Light
nautil.us

The high cost of living in a disabling world
theguardian.com

Forensic science is unlocking the mysteries of fatal lightning strikes
theconversation.com • (see also)

DNA Sequencing Identified New Gacy Victim, Nearly 50 Years After Killing
discovermagazine.com

Neutron star mergers may make more gold than other cosmic collisions
sciencenews.org

A Visit to Hollywood’s Favorite Movie Grave
vulture.com

Macro View of Nature’s Hitchhikers
mossandfog.com

Autonomous Drones Have Attacked Humans. This Is a Turning Point
popularmechanics.com

Johnny Hopper: The Story Of A Nerveless Nazi-Killer
historyextra.com

Why Do Humans Perceive Time The Way We Do?
discovermagazine.com

Researchers Revise Recipe for Building a Rocky Planet Like Earth
quantamagazine.org

The Strange History of Birthday Celebrations
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Water – A Requirement for Life As We Know It – Detected in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
scitechdaily.com

The Literary Adventures of Polly Adler, the Algonquin Round Table’s Favorite Madam
lithub.com

‘Useless Specks of Dust’ Turn Out to Be Building Blocks of All Vertebrate Genomes
sciencealert.com

Rocky exoplanets are even stranger than we thought
phys.org

Vast patches of glassy rock in Chilean desert likely created by ancient exploding comet
phys.org

Hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can crack it in a decade
technologyreview.com

Elements may have been forged on Earth, as well as in space
physicsworld.com • (see also)

Tomb of Ramses II’s Treasurer Unearthed at Saqqara Necropolis
smithsonianmag.com

Human Computer: The Forgotten Women’s Profession
messynessychic.com

How Citizen Scientists Uncovered the Strange Behavior of ‘Vampire’ Butterflies
discovermagazine.com

Hate broccoli and cauliflower? Your microbiome might be partially to blame
arstechnica.com

Get to Know New Zealand’s Hugely Popular, Thrillingly Blue Mushroom
atlasobscura.com

Locusta of Gaul: Rome’s Imperial Poisoner and Possibly the World’s First Serial Killer
crimereads.com

Are viruses alive? And why does it matter?
sciencenews.org

Who could dogs become without humans in their lives?
aeon.co

How two BBC journalists risked their jobs to reveal the truth about Jimmy Savile
theguardian.com

The Butcher of Havana
magazine.atavist.com

Instruments on Hubble in safe mode; NASA trying to understand why
arstechnica.com

Where it’s forbidden to serve meat
bbc.com

This Is the Story of How Lincoln Broke the U.S. Constitution
nytimes.com

Cars Are Going Electric. What Happens to the Used Batteries?
wired.com

Something keeps exploding in space and astronomers have no idea what it is
techradar.com

‘Genetic Goldmine’ in Earth’s Harshest Desert Could Be The Key to Feeding The Future
sciencealert.com