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The History of the Graphical User Interface — 1945 to 1980
lunduke.substack.com

Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen
theguardian.com • (see also)

Our article ‘The Traveller and His Baggage’ was among The Browser’s Best of 2021. Woohoo!
thebrowser.com

Why 2021 Was the Quickest Year Ever on Record
newsweek.com

High-resolution lab experiments show how cells ‘eat’
phys.org

New Atlas’s best photography of 2021
newatlas.com

We will be mostly offline until 03 January 2022. Here is a link to enjoy a random evergreen article from our curated section
damninteresting.com

What does future warfare look like? It’s here already
bbc.com

America Once Experimented with Building Concrete Ships. Here’s Why It Didn’t Pan Out
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Video: Why the James Webb Space Telescope looks like that [11:12]
youtube.com

FDA-approved eyedrops could replace reading glasses for $80 a month
nationalpost.com

Did Benjamin Franklin really discover electricity with a kite and key?
livescience.com

New Calculations Show That an Interstellar Bussard Ramjet Drive Would Need a Magnetic Field Stretching 150 Million Kilometres
universetoday.com

How a handful of prehistoric geniuses launched humanity’s technological revolution
theconversation.com

‘Fat Leonard’ podcasters release unaired recordings to public after subpoena order
sandiegouniontribune.com

Video: The Largest Small Hexagon [5:46]
youtube.com

Ancient human DNA found in ‘nit glue’, say scientists
independent.co.uk

A Neuroscientist Prepares for Death
theatlantic.com

On this day in 1916 Grigory Rasputin finally succumbed to poison, beating, bullets, and drowning
damninteresting.com

High-Speed Impacts May Have Shaped Venus’ History – And Explain Why It Is Uninhabitable
scitechdaily.com

Railway lines once connected the Middle East
archive.fo

Why Do We Count Down to the New Year?
zocalopublicsquare.org

Kidnapped as a Boy, This Man’s Hand-Drawn Map of Home Helped Him Find His Mom
vice.com

Wounded Knee Massacre: Why Did The US Army Attack The Lakota Sioux?
historyextra.com

Webb continues to unfold; has enough fuel for over a decade
arstechnica.com

How to Build a Particle Collider on the Moon—And Why We Should
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Physicists are rethinking how we measure time
inverse.com

A Weird Paper Tests The Limits of Science by Claiming Octopuses Came From Space
sciencealert.com

Nasal spray to prevent COVID infection begins clinical trials
newatlas.com

Man Bedridden with Mysterious Disease Invents Surgery to Cure Himself
people.com

There’s a Rare Hallucination That Makes You See Tiny People, And Nobody Knows Why
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Tiny tardigrades walk like insects 500,000 times their size
arstechnica.com

Researchers capture high-frequency oscillations in the gigantic eruption of a neutron star
phys.org

MIT Scientists Design a ‘Flying Saucer’ That Could Float Across The Moon
sciencealert.com • (see also)

World’s oldest family tree created using DNA
bbc.com

Psyche: NASA Mission to a Metal World
spectrum.ieee.org

Video: The Insane Transportation of a 17-ton Magnet [6:42]
youtube.com

Beverly Cleary Was a Troublemaker Who Wrote Books for Kids Like Herself
nytimes.com

Stunning Close-Up Reveals Secrets of Milky Way’s Neighbor in “Unprecedented” Clarity
scitechdaily.com

The Coronavirus Can Persist for Months in Brain, Heart, and Intestines, Major Study Finds
gizmodo.com

3,600-year-old tsunami ‘time capsule’ sheds light on one of humanity’s greatest disasters
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

China Says This Strange Light Was a Record-Breaking Cosmic Explosion. Others Say It’s Space Garbage
thedailybeast.com

How Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail
nytimes.com

Why do we stick out our tongues when we’re concentrating?
livescience.com

The Invisible Organ Shaping Our Lives: Milestones in Human Microbiota Research
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Where is the James Webb Telescope now? Nasa tracker shows latest progress of space telescope after its launch
inews.co.uk

Pacific navigator Tupaia’s island-filled chart has puzzled scholars for more than 250 years
knowablemagazine.org

Why are some people compelled to cheat at games?
bbc.com

Brigitte Gerney Was Crushed by a 35-Ton Crane, and Lived
nytimes.com

Image: Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard (the full image is outstanding)
spaceweathergallery.com

The Quest to Trap Carbon in Stone—and Beat Climate Change
wired.com

Photos: 2021—The Year in Volcanic Activity
theatlantic.com

Scientists Discover Largest Animal That Ever Lived on Earth
sputniknews.com

Egyptian pharaoh’s mummified body gives up its secrets after 3,500 years
theguardian.com

How Disgust Explains Everything
nytimes.com

In the early 20th century, labor unrest and strike breaking were done not by the government, by private agencies and self-appointed vigilantes
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Human Chimerism: A Guide to Becoming Two People at Once
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

NASA Webb Space Telescope Antenna Released and Tested
scitechdaily.com

Interstellar probe: A mission for the generations
bbc.com

Video: Creepy Crawly Close-Ups [9:03]
youtube.com