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Colombia’s narco-submarines
theguardian.com

Simon and Garfunkel Burned Their Bridge as They Built It
saturdayeveningpost.com

The Birth of Avalanche Forecasting in North America
atlasobscura.com

Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising?
wired.com

30 years ago today the brilliant but misguided engineer Gerald Bull was murdered mysteriously
damninteresting.com

Doctors on the Frontlines of the Coronavirus Fight
theatlantic.com

McMillions: How McDonald’s Employee Amy Murray Helped Take Down a $24 Million Crime Ring
elle.com • (see also)

Curiosity Mars rover takes a new selfie before record climb
phys.org

Quasar Tsunamis Rip Across Galaxies
hubblesite.org

‘Some soles last 1,000 years in landfill’: the truth about the sneaker mountain
theguardian.com

How ‘undertaker’ bees recognize dead comrades
sciencemag.org

Forget the Woolly Mammoth—Let’s Resurrect Some Extinct Plants
gizmodo.com

Video: What Misinformation Has to Do With Toilet Paper [10:20]
theatlantic.com

If Einstein Is Right And E = mc², Where Does Mass Get Its Energy From?
forbes.com

Ancient Greek Inventions That Were Way Ahead of Their Time
realclearscience.com

‘The Art World’s Mini-Madoff and Me’
vulture.com

Hunting for dark matter — inside the Earth
space.com

Scientists create quantum sensor that covers entire radio frequency spectrum
phys.org

Was Freud right about anything?
livescience.com

On the Road with the Heiress Who Dominated Early Motorsports
lithub.com

Isis, ancient Egypt’s mother goddess, was worshipped throughout the ancient world
nationalgeographic.com

Earth Has Lost Its Mini-Moon
theatlantic.com

Sudden Ancient Global Warming Event Traced to Magma Flood
quantamagazine.org

Superfast, Superpowerful Lasers Are About to Revolutionize Physics
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Japan’s asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock
space.com

‘Nature is taking back Venice’: wildlife returns to tourist-free city
theguardian.com

We’ve posted a mini-episode of Damn Interesting Week: Fat Little Parrot Cousins
damninteresting.com

Video: Tektites – why some rocks are dumbbell shaped [10:20]
youtube.com

The Terrorist Who Got Away
nytimes.com

Enemies everywhere: photos show absurdity of life under the Stasi
theguardian.com • (see also)

Video: The HP 5061A Cesium Clock, used in the 1970s to test Einstein’s theory of relativity [25:09]
youtube.com

Some People Can Detect Earth’s Magnetic Field, Which Sounds Like a Pretty Sweet Party Trick
popularmechanics.com

The Strange Orbits of ‘Tatooine’ Planetary Disks
public.nrao.edu

Video: War Stories: How Prince of Persia slew the Apple II’s memory limitations [20:48]
arstechnica.com

Vampire Bats Will Share Blood With a Friend, but Only After Vigorous Grooming
gizmodo.com

Online trolls: Out from under the bridge
qz.com

Video: The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do [8:34]
youtube.com

How Microsoft Dismantled the Infamous Necurs Botnet
wired.com

Photos: The Quiet Emptiness of a World Under Coronavirus
theatlantic.com

Consuming the Little Dodo
theatlantic.com

The man who remembers everything
wellcomecollection.org

Snow Science Against the Avalanche
newyorker.com

The Acrobatic Immigrant Who Invented Pilates in a Prisoner of War Camp
narratively.com

Can computers ever replace the classroom?
theguardian.com

The Accusations Were Lies. But Could We Prove It?
nytimes.com

Sorry for the lack of links today—this earthquake shook our HQ and threw the whole day into disarray
sltrib.com

There’s A Shortage Of Ventilators For Coronavirus Patients, So This International Group Invented An Open Source Alternative That’s Being Tested Next Week
forbes.com

When Coffee Cargo Was Quarantined
daily.jstor.org

Mass Panic Is Unlikely, Even During a Pandemic
wired.com

The life and death of one of America’s most mysterious trees
phys.org • (see also)

Axions Would Solve Another Major Problem in Physics
quantamagazine.org

Rocky asteroid Ryugu got its rubble from a porous parent, study finds
space.com

Found: Two Bombs From 1935 Stuck in Hawai’i Volcano
smithsonianmag.com

The Origin of the Disease Detectives
saturdayeveningpost.com

What Six-Toed Cats Tell Us About Genetic Development
lithub.com

The unsolved mystery of France’s iconic Loire Valley
bbc.com

How a small nuclear war would transform the entire planet
nature.com

In 1893, a Swedish Playwright Thought He’d Captured the Stars
atlasobscura.com

A new theory of magnetar formation
phys.org

Is Earth being bombarded by teeny ultra-high-velocity meteors moving at near lightspeed?
syfy.com