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People built bone circles at the edge of ice sheets, and we don’t know why
arstechnica.com

The Mega-Wars That Shaped World History
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

The last slave ship survivor and her descendants identified
nationalgeographic.com

Video: Every Year’s Most Popular Toy Since 1969 Explained [40:16]
youtube.com

Found: The Cold War Wreck of a World War II Submarine
atlasobscura.com

If Pluto has a subsurface ocean, it may be old and deep
sciencenews.org

Strange matter interacts strongly with nucleons
physicstoday.scitation.org

How to See the World’s Reflection From a Bag of Chips
wired.com

Seismometers Worldwide Detect Decrease in Human Activity Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns
gizmodo.com

Earth’s own evolution used as guide to hunt exoplanets
news.cornell.edu

Auschwitz: Women used different survival and sabotage strategies than men at Nazi death camp
theconversation.com

Pompeii Mania in the Era of Romanticism
daily.jstor.org

An Elite Spy Group Used 5 Zero-Days to Hack North Koreans
wired.com

The Real History Behind ‘The Sound of Music’
mentalfloss.com

Where water used to be
lrb.co.uk

The Forgotten American Explorer Who Discovered Huge Parts of Antarctica
smithsonianmag.com

Life’s little oscillations
knowablemagazine.org

Purell: The Surprising—And Surprisingly Contentious—History of Hand Sanitizer
vanityfair.com

Why do we live in a three-dimensional world?
physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com

You can now listen to the latest episode of Damn Interesting Week: The Skymall of Ancient Greece
damninteresting.com

A new look at Voyager’s Uranus flyby reveals something unusual about the planet
inverse.com

Underground skyscrapers and off-grid bunkers: inside the world of preppers
theguardian.com

Scientists identify microbe that could help degrade polyurethane-based plastics
phys.org

Gallery: The Visual Landscape of a World Shaped by Pandemic
theatlantic.com

Ancient lost continent has been discovered in Northern Canada
theweathernetwork.com

What really happened at the gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
nationalgeographic.com

World War II’s Strangest Bombing Mission
airspacemag.com • (see also)

Inside the Story of How H-E-B Planned for the Pandemic
texasmonthly.com

Will String Theory Finally Be Put to the Experimental Test?
scientificamerican.com

The Moment the Myth of Alien Abduction Was Born
lithub.com

Babe Ruth Caught the 1918 Flu—Twice
slate.com

This Powerful Ion Engine Will Be Flying on NASA’s DART Mission to Try and Redirect an Asteroid
universetoday.com

The unlisted: how people without an address are stripped of their basic rights
theguardian.com

NASA Is About to Grab an Asteroid Sample and Bring it Home
airspacemag.com

Living in limbo when a loved one is missing
wellcomecollection.org

Harry Houdini and the Art of Escape
newyorker.com

The idea of ‘disposability’ is a new and noxious fiction
aeon.co

Billion-Year-Old Algae and Newer Genes Hint at Land Plants’ Origin
quantamagazine.org

Why Would Anyone Want to Visit Chernobyl?
nytimes.com

Sex Worker Brides & the Rise of “Millionaires” in the Twisted Tale of a Forgotten Economic Crash
messynessychic.com

The real Nazi hunters: how the infamous escaped – and those who brought them to justice
historyextra.com

How computational power—or its absence—shaped World War naval battles
arstechnica.com

What These Superconducting Space Rocks Tell Us About the Galaxy
popularmechanics.com

Brazil gangs impose strict curfews to slow coronavirus spread
theguardian.com

3D Printed Food Can Trick Diners Into Eating But Feeling Full
gizmodo.com

Scientists ‘Reset’ The Age of Stem Cells From a Supercentenarian Who Lived to 114
sciencealert.com

Coronavirus: ‘Avoid using microwave to get faster internet’
bbc.com

The Ecological Mystery of a Stink Bug Swarm Far Out to Sea
atlasobscura.com

The Olympics’ turbulent history in times of global crisis
nationalgeographic.com

Life on the Planet Mercury? ‘It’s Not Completely Nuts’
nytimes.com

How a Few Sick Tobacco Plants Led Scientists to Unravel the Truth About Viruses
smithsonianmag.com

Astronomers have found the edge of the Milky Way at last
sciencenews.org

What It’s Like to Be a Pregnant Physician During the Coronavirus Outbreak
newyorker.com

The Most Preposterous Vehicle Ever Known to Man
popularmechanics.com

NASA’s New View of Asteroid Bennu Transports Us Far Away From Our Troubles
gizmodo.com

Pablo Escobar’s Hippos Are Filling Vacant Roles in Colombia’s Ecosystems
earther.gizmodo.com

At the Very Beginning of the Great Alaska Earthquake
lithub.com • (see also)

Old human cells regain youthful strength after rejuvenating protein treatment, study finds
news-medical.net

The evolution of the modern workday
bbc.com

We might be living in a gigantic, intergalactic bubble
livescience.com