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Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor
phys.org

This Perpetual Calendar Hidden in an Italian Chapel Is a Mathematical Marvel
atlasobscura.com

China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced
technologyreview.com

Don’t Let Robots Pull the Trigger
scientificamerican.com

480-Million-Year-Old Mystery Creature Finally Identified from Its Preserved Guts
livescience.com

NASA is testing a new submarine that will hunt for undiscovered sea life — and scientists eventually want it to look for aliens on Europa
businessinsider.com

Do volcanoes or an asteroid deserve blame for dinosaur extinction?
eurekalert.org

Lights! Camera! Action! How the Lumière brothers invented the movies
nationalgeographic.com

Stunning New View of Mars Shows Where Ancient Flowing Water Once Carved Its Surface
gizmodo.com

A lunar lander launches from Florida for the first time since Apollo 17
arstechnica.com

Climate Change Enters Its Blood-Sucking Phase
theatlantic.com

Could a Space Helicopter Find Life on Saturn’s Moon Titan?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

The Russian Sleuth Who Outs Moscow’s Elite Hackers and Assassins
wired.com

Japanese spacecraft successfully touches down on an asteroid, grabbing a sample of dust
theverge.com

Paper: Researchers have observed a single-celled algae evolve into a multicellular organism
nature.com

Scientists Have Created Synthetic DNA with 4 Extra Letters
livescience.com

Asteroid Mission Attempts Touchdown, Sample Grab
eos.org

The Impossible Mathematics of the Real World
nautil.us

Scientists say every animal needs sleep. These fruit flies didn’t get the memo
sciencemag.org

Mauritania’s Iron Ore Train
amusingplanet.com

How to catch a catfisher
theguardian.com

Could Earth’s Oceans Ever Boil Away?
livescience.com

NASA Set to Demonstrate X-ray Communications in Space
nasa.gov

Researchers peer inside the mind of the worm for clues on how memories form
eurekalert.org

This is the loneliest road in America
nationalgeographic.com

Zombie Stars Shine on after Mystery Detonations
scientificamerican.com

Ong’s Hat: The Early Internet Conspiracy Game That Got Too Real
gizmodo.com

A diminutive new species of T. rex fills an important gap
theatlantic.com

The World’s Largest Bee Is Not Extinct
nytimes.com

A town where most speak sign language
bbc.com

High risk: anti-vaxxers in the delivery ward
theguardian.com

How Drug Company Ads Downplay Risks
scientificamerican.com

Tiny Neptune Moon Spotted by Hubble May Have Broken from Larger Moon
seti.org

The Surprising Reason Zebras Have Stripes
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Supreme Court Limits Police Powers to Seize Private Property
nytimes.com

The Language of Your Love Life
daily.jstor.org

‘Our little brown rat’: first climate change-caused mammal extinction
smh.com.au

The Big Money: How Cherokee Teenagers Prepare for a Financial Windfall
topic.com

Scientists have discovered that grasses are able to short cut evolution by taking genes from their neighbours
sheffield.ac.uk

Should We Kill Off Disease-Causing Pests?
scientificamerican.com

The term “Miscegenation” was coined in an 1864 pamphlet by an anonymous author
daily.jstor.org

Hot, Small, or Couch, Why Potatoes Make Great Idioms
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Earth’s atmosphere stretches out to the moon – and beyond
phys.org

Four-day week: trial finds lower stress and increased productivity
theguardian.com

Citizen scientist finds ancient white dwarf star with enigmatic dust rings
eurekalert.org

This New Optical Device Could One Day Detect Plant Life on Distant Alien Worlds
sciencealert.com

With the best air pressure sensor ever on Mars, scientists find a mystery
arstechnica.com

When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online
theatlantic.com

Scientists Release Controversial Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In High-Security Lab
npr.org

Did Scientology Drive Kenneth Wayne Thompson to Commit Bloody Murder?
thedailybeast.com

Why microwaving grapes creates a dazzling plasma light show
cbc.ca

She was a maid at 9, wrote a hit song at 11 — and won a Grammy at 93
timeline.com

Why humans have evolved to drink milk
bbc.com

Grand Canyon visitors may have been exposed to radioactive material for two decades
qz.com

Some Yellowstone geysers are getting more active—but why?
nationalgeographic.com

Infusions of young blood not proven ‘safe or effective’, US government warns
theguardian.com

The Lab Discovering DNA in Old Books
theatlantic.com

Virgin of the Rocks: A subversive message hidden by Da Vinci
bbc.com

Flight reaches 801 mph as a furious jet stream packs record-breaking speeds
washingtonpost.com

Hudson Yards Is a Gilded City Straight Out of a Billionaire’s Fantasy
nymag.com