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This week: Clam silk, sweating paint, prehistoric zombies, and more!
damninteresting.com

Tomatoes in The Galapagos Islands Appear to Be Evolving in Reverse
sciencealert.com

How the Binding of Two Brain Molecules Creates Memories That Last a Lifetime
wired.com

Christiaan Huygens and the Scientific Secrets of Saturn
daily.jstor.org

Cramps, fatigue and hallucinations: paddling 200km in a Paleolithic canoe from Taiwan to Japan
theguardian.com

Math’s Block-Stacking Problem Has a Preposterous Solution
scientificamerican.com

Seine reopens to Paris swimmers after century-long ban
lemonde.fr • (see also)

How Smell Guides Our Inner World
quantamagazine.org

It’s a holiday weekend in the USA, please stand by.
damninteresting.com

The Stilt Walking Farmers of Landes, France
mossandfog.com

How a Deadly Circus Fire on the ‘Day the Clowns Cried’ Traumatized a Community—and Led to Lasting Safety Reforms
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Mysterious life form found on ship that docked in Cleveland
cleveland.com

A Fusion Rocket Could Soon Reach a World We Haven’t Seen Since the Stone Age
popularmechanics.com