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Melting Swiss glacier uncovers climber missing since 1986
bbc.com

Why Dunkin’ and Lego rebrands succeeded – but X missed the mark
theconversation.com

A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies
businessinsider.nl

Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best
arstechnica.com

A series of planned commands sent to NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft July 21 inadvertently caused the antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth
jpl.nasa.gov • (see also)

Ukraine moves Christmas date to 25 December in snub to Russia
theguardian.com

Fly-ing solo: scientists discover genetic on-switch for “virgin birth” in fruit flies
salon.com

Officials bust illegal lab containing 20 infectious agents, hundreds of lab mice
arstechnica.com

Billions of Years Ago, the Milky Way May Have Looked Like a Lentil — and It Could Again
inverse.com

The ingenious tricks animals use to survive wildfires
vox.com • (see also)

Pico Cão Grande Is One of the Most Astounding Peaks on the Planet
mossandfog.com

Flipping a Switch and Making Cancers Self-Destruct
nytimes.com

Scientists asked people to pretend they were art thieves. Here’s what they learned about memory
zmescience.com

Petrified trees reveal Yellowstone geyser’s ongoing battle with drought
phys.org

On this day in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building
damninteresting.com

The absurdity of emergence
iai.tv

Scientists Resurrected an Extinct Animal Frozen for 46,000 Years in Siberia
vice.com

Emperor Nero’s lost theatre found under site of hotel in Rome
theguardian.com

Bizarre True Story: Physicists Once Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator
sciencealert.com

Bees and wasps independently invent the same architectural tricks
phys.org

Is Star Trek’s Warp Drive Possible?
daily.jstor.org

This Is How the First-Ever U.S. Asteroid Sample Return Will Unfold
scientificamerican.com

Isles of Scilly remains are iron age female warrior, scientists say
theguardian.com

Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
reuters.com

Hep C has a secret strategy to evade the immune system. And now we know what it is
npr.org

‘How I Became A Modern Bootlegger’
lithub.com

Why Insect Memories May Not Survive Metamorphosis
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to manage waste
theconversation.com

Have We Gotten Dark Matter All Wrong?
nautil.us

The Biggest Volcano in The Solar System May Once Have Been an Island
sciencealert.com

Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years
bbc.com • (see also)

‘Overwhelmed’ Teen Missing Since 2019 Walks Into Police Station
thedailybeast.com

Elon Musk takes @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.
mashable.com • (see also)

The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion
arstechnica.com

Invisible supernovas called ‘bosenovas’ may be exploding all around us, new research suggests
livescience.com

Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the Cassette Tape During the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back
openculture.com

‘Wait, am I the fool here?’: why our fears of being scammed are corrosive and damaging
theguardian.com

Helsinki 1952: Summer Olympics at the height of the Cold War
rfi.fr

Bizarre Australian ant honey, used in Indigenous medicine, inspires powerful new antibiotics
sciencefocus.com

When Ancient Eruptions Pumped Diamonds to Earth’s Surface
nytimes.com

‘Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down’
wired.com

The U.S. military’s admiration of a proto-fascist city-state [Sparta] is based on bad history
foreignpolicy.com

On this day in 1959 Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin rode the thunder
damninteresting.com

The Greatest Scam Ever Written
thewalrus.ca

Evidence the universe might not be expanding
iai.tv • (see also)

Where Is the Sunniest Spot on Earth? – Scientists Discovered It
popularmechanics.com

World’s 1st ‘boomerang meteorite’ — a rock that left Earth, spent millennia in space, then returned — possibly discovered in the Sahara Desert
livescience.com

Nasa briefly loses contact with ISS after power outage and relies on backup systems for first time
theguardian.com

How Absolute Space and Sense of Direction Affect Different Languages
discovermagazine.com

Ancient interloper star may have helped kickstart life on Earth
newatlas.com

The Master Camouflage of the Dead Leaf Butterfly
mossandfog.com

How baby planets are made: Planetary precursors revealed in stunning new space image
salon.com

Video: Why Americans love big cars [10:41]
youtube.com

A Squishy Sea Creature Regenerates a Body from a Severed Head
dnascience.plos.org

Video: How Diamond Heists Actually Work [18:27]
youtube.com

How (Nearly) Nothing Might Solve Cosmology’s Biggest Questions
quantamagazine.org

New study shows how extreme fish survive with antifreeze in their blood
zmescience.com

Video: Science vs. Pseudoscience [5:47]
youtube.com

A bookkeeper stole $7.6 million from her employer. How did no one notice?
macleans.ca

A Transformative Moment in the History of Fishing: On Catching the Largest Tuna Ever Recorded
lithub.com