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Try, try and try again: why did modern humans take so long to settle in Europe?
theguardian.com

How many satellites orbit Earth?
livescience.com

The eccentric dog breeds that vanished
bbc.com

Researchers recreate deep-Earth conditions to see how iron copes with extreme stress
www6.slac.stanford.edu

Glowing Worms Could Shed Light On the Secrets of Regeneration
wired.com

Chinese Scientists Say They’ve Discovered Cheap New Way to Do Nuclear Fusion
futurism.com

A New Era of Cosmological Discovery: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope To Unravel the Secrets of Dark Energy and Dark Matter
scitechdaily.com

Why the rockfish can live for centuries and you can’t
haaretz.com

NASA Mars rover roughs up a rock, peers at ‘something no one’s ever seen’
cnet.com

Photos: NY Begins Construction On $107 Million ‘Living’ Barriers To Fight The City’s Rising Seas
gothamist.com

The most dangerous woman in San Francisco
sfgate.com

Meet the Obsessive Role-Players Who Live Inside the World of Grand Theft Auto
narratively.com

The elephant in the room: a Thai village’s unwelcome guests
theguardian.com

In an Astonishing Feat, a New Drug Reversed Paralysis in Mice With Spinal Cord Injury
sciencealert.com

Diamond delivers long-sought mineral from the deep Earth
nature.com

To Catch a Turtle Thief: Blowing the Lid Off an International Smuggling Operation
thewalrus.ca

This week: 🧬 Dust genomics, 🔥 Antarctica on fire, 🚽 origins of the public restroom, and more!
damninteresting.com

Clothes From 8,000 Years Ago Were Made From Trees, New Research Suggests
gizmodo.com

Clues to what causes long COVID are starting to emerge
npr.org

89-Year-Old Earns the PhD in Physics He Dreamed of Decades Ago
mymodernmet.com

The Debonair Restaurateur Who Inspired the First Chinese-American Cookbook
atlasobscura.com

Fungi Were Able to Absorb Radiation on the ISS. Could Astronauts Grow Their own Radiation Shields in Space?
universetoday.com

A New Theory for Systems That Defy Newton’s Third Law
quantamagazine.org

New imaging method gives live glimpse into how cells work
phys.org

The extraordinary story of how 300 volunteers rescued a stranded caver
bbc.com

Cuttlefish can learn with the brains they keep in their arms
massivesci.com

Exploring the Effects of Music on Creativity
discovermagazine.com

School of secrets
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Next-gen supercharged COVID-19 vaccines may also target the common cold
newatlas.com

Astronomers Think a Near-Earth Asteroid Is a Chunk of the Moon
gizmodo.com

London’s Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming back to life
npr.org

Off-world colony simulation reveals changes in human communication over time with Earth
blog.frontiersin.org

‘I wanted less than a minute’: 105-year-old unsatisfied after 100m world record
theguardian.com

New NASA video takes you plummeting through Venus’ atmosphere [2:53]
space.com • (see also)

Laughter in the Time of Cholera
publicdomainreview.org • (see also)

The Moon’s top layer alone has enough oxygen to sustain 8 billion people for 100,000 years
theconversation.com

The hunt for alien life on Phobos, one of Mars’ mystifying moons
cnet.com

Duelling doctors of the 18th century
wellcomecollection.org • (see also)

What Whale Barnacles Know
hakaimagazine.com

Did Cars Rescue Our Cities From Horses?
nautil.us

The UK village that lost its cheese
bbc.com

Why do some people sleepwalk? Too much relaxation may be a factor
studyfinds.org

Alabama boy certified as world’s most premature baby
bbc.com

Before Oxford’s Library Was the Finest Institutional Library in Europe, It Was… Kind of a Dump
lithub.com

Who Poisoned Joe Gilliam…Twice?
wweek.com

How would Earth be different if modern humans never existed?
livescience.com

Space Station Will Make an Emergency Maneuver After Detection of Threatening Space Junk
gizmodo.com

Meet the Candidates to be Earth’s First Interstellar Astronauts
discovermagazine.com

The Early History of Human Excreta
daily.jstor.org

This mysterious frog re-evolved a full set of teeth
nationalgeographic.com

Cosmologists Close In on Logical Laws for the Big Bang
quantamagazine.org

This Company Wants to Launch Satellites Into Orbit Using a Giant Spinning Centrifugal Slingshot
gizmodo.com • (see also)

To Build an 18th-Century Ship, Shipwrights Had to Remaster a Lost Craft
atlasobscura.com

X-rays reveal secrets of 14th-century tomb of England’s infamous Black Prince
arstechnica.com

Tudor wall paintings uncovered in Yorkshire ‘discovery of a lifetime’
theguardian.com

Brain Implant Translates Paralyzed Man’s Thoughts Into Text With 94% Accuracy
sciencealert.com

When light flashes for a quintillionth of a second, things get weird
popsci.com

At 17 Pounds, ‘Doug’ the Ugly Potato Could Be the World’s Biggest Spud
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Property Developer Discovers Secret Passageway Behind Bookshelf in 500-Year-Old House
smithsonianmag.com

Anti-aging research uncovers new role for telomeres
newatlas.com