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How Kate Warne, America’s First Woman Detective, Foiled a Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln
smithsonianmag.com

This Is What a Nuclear War Between the U.S. and Russia Could Look Like
popularmechanics.com

A NASA Scientist Has an Absolutely Bonkers Plan to Build ‘Cloud Cities’ on Venus
thedailybeast.com

Banning The Grapes of Wrath in 1939 California
daily.jstor.org

Massive Black Holes Shown to Act Like Quantum Particles
quantamagazine.org

A Botanical Mystery Solved, After 146 Years
atlasobscura.com

The Future of Digital Cash Is Not on the Blockchain
wired.com

‘Nobody knows what happened’: the row over the non-vanishing Irish lake
theguardian.com

Planet Nine: Astronomers narrow in on mysterious maybe-planet’s location
inverse.com

Mysterious Death of Carbon-Rich Star Plays Out Like Six-Ring Circus
scitechdaily.com

On this day in 1951 a pipe bomb exploded in Grand Central Terminal. It was merely the first of many.
damninteresting.com

Overgrowth of Key Brain Structure Identified in Babies Who Later Develop Autism
scitechdaily.com

Do We Really Need to Stretch?
mcgill.ca

The drone operators who halted Russian convoy headed for Kyiv
theguardian.com

US biofirm plans to make hypoallergenic cats using CRISPR gene editing
newscientist.com

Discovery doubles the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries
cosmosmagazine.com

Video: How Criminals Fake Their Own Death [7:59]
youtube.com

Cells Blaze Their Own Trails to Navigate Through the Body
quantamagazine.org

Video: The giant archive hidden under the British countryside [5:53]
youtube.com

Large-Scale Study Reveals Strange Link Between Antibiotics And Cognitive Decline
sciencealert.com

This Is What It’s Like to Witness a Nuclear Explosion
nytimes.com • (see also)

The Long Goodbye to Saturn’s Rings
theatlantic.com

How to maximise your chances of being fossilised
bbc.com

Scientists calculate absolute quantum speed limit for electronics
newatlas.com

NASA’s Upcoming SPHEREx Mission Will map the Entire Universe in Infrared Every 6 Months
universetoday.com

50 years ago, a Soviet spacecraft spent a critical 50 minutes and 11 seconds on Venus
inverse.com • (see also)

‘A striking work of nature’: the search for a rare flower in the Philippines jungle
theguardian.com

Video: The Insane Engineering of the Concorde [26:56]
youtube.com

The popular electronics chain that scammed America
thehustle.co

Pioneer or squatter? YouTuber’s cabin sparks fight over Canada’s wilderness
theguardian.com

New findings suggest deliberately making and correcting errors boosts learning
psychologytoday.com

The Beatle Who Got Away
newyorker.com • (see also)

Dread not chilli peppers: dispelling spicy food myths and misconceptions
skeptic.org.uk

The People Who Draw Rocks
nytimes.com

Are Humans the Only Animals That Lie?
discovermagazine.com

An Alpha Centauri planet? Astronomers make a leap
earthsky.org

Here’s why Saturn’s ‘ocean moon’ is constantly spewing liquid into space
popsci.com

For the first time, wild dolphin observed ‘talking’ with harbor porpoises
nationalgeographic.com

The Parable of the World’s Largest Bee
undark.org

Marie Curie and Polish Resistance
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Behind the Curtain of the Heaven’s Gate Cult
daily.jstor.org

Competitive Scrabble: ‘I was going to quit playing. Then something utterly nuts happened.’
slate.com

Life as we know it would not exist without this highly unusual number
space.com

This week: 🥔 Not a potato, 🧠 visual re-braining, 🦫 beaver homecoming, and more!
damninteresting.com

Video: The Search for an Eccentric Millionaire’s Hidden Treasure Chest [27:53]
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Stunning Video Showcases the Largest, Most Detailed Simulation of the Early Universe to Date
scitechdaily.com

Video: Russia Struggled to Capture a Ukrainian Town. Intercepted Radio Messages Show Why. [9:01]
youtube.com

Scientists have figured out how snakes keep breathing while constricting prey
npr.org

Life’s Preference for Symmetry Is Like ‘A New Law of Nature’
nytimes.com

Unknown symbols written by the lost ‘painted people’ of Scotland unearthed
livescience.com

Can technology shape our dreams?
harpers.org

Scientists Find Unexplained Waves Inside the Sun That Defy Known Physics
vice.com

Italian Scientists Create Rising Pizza Dough Without Yeast
smithsonianmag.com

The Dyatlov Pass Mystery May Have Just Been Solved by New Video Evidence
vice.com

The Nordic way to stop bullying
bbc.com

Truck Gets Tossed by a Tornado Then Drives Away
popularmechanics.com

Interactive: Zooming into the Sun with Solar Orbiter
esa.int

The jokes that have made people laugh for thousands of years
bbc.com • (see also)

Next Generation Telescopes Could Search for Intelligent Civilizations Directly
universetoday.com

A Man’s Chronic Hiccups Turned Out to Be a Brain Tumor Symptom
gizmodo.com