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Astronomers clock extremely high winds on an object outside of our solar system
cnn.com

How Did England Get Its Bizarro Street Names?
lithub.com

Bird alarm calls help rhinos avoid people–and possibly poachers
nationalgeographic.com

New search methods are ramping up the hunt for alien intelligence
sciencenews.org

World of Warcraft experienced a pandemic in 2005. That experience may help coronavirus researchers.
washingtonpost.com

The Digital Afterlife: The ongoing legal battle to decide who owns our data after we die
thewalrus.ca

The silence of the owls: How owls fly without making a sound
knowablemagazine.org

Forgotten Blueprints Reveal a Late Tweak to the Statue of Liberty’s Torch Arm
gizmodo.com

What Submarine Crews and Astronauts Can Teach Us About Isolation
newyorker.com

This weird black hole is bending light back on itself like a boomerang
space.com

‘Houston, we’ve had a problem’: Remembering Apollo 13 at 50
apnews.com

Mysteries of decorated ostrich eggs in British Museum revealed
bbc.com

New images reveal fine threads of million-degree plasma woven throughout the Sun’s atmosphere
uclan.ac.uk

Newly engineered enzyme can break down plastic to raw materials
arstechnica.com

World’s oldest yarn fragment shows Neanderthals were smarter than we thought
cnn.com

First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies
phys.org

The True Story of Star Trek’s Guinan
zocalopublicsquare.org

A six-foot long thermometer? The surprising history of a vital medical tool
expmag.com

‘Tiger King’ Is a Wild Ride. And Largely Misleading.
outsideonline.com

The future is nano, and it will revolutionise medical science
aeon.co

Where Do New Genes Come From?
quantamagazine.org

The Black Widow Bank Robber’s Web of Secrets
narratively.com

‘The sound of icebergs melting: my journey into the Antarctic’
theguardian.com

Map Shows Where the U.S. Power Grid Would Be Hit Worst by a Solar Storm
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Appreciating America’s Overlooked, Forgotten, and Discarded Post Office Murals
atlasobscura.com

How to Escape From a Sunken Submarine
wired.com

How to See the Invisible Universe
daily.jstor.org

After 50 Years of Effort, Researchers Made Silicon Emit Light
wired.com

Trespassing, vandalism, arson: a glimpse of national parks affected by coronavirus
nationalgeographic.com

Archaeologists Discover Paintings of Goddess in 3,000-Year-Old Mummy’s Coffin
smithsonianmag.com

Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math
quantamagazine.org

Author Ernest Hemingway Quarantined with his Wife and Mistress
townandcountrymag.com

It Came From Outside Our Solar System and Now It’s Breaking Up
nytimes.com

The Wolves of Stanislav: An Improbably True Parable for the Pandemic Age
lithub.com

How conspiracy theories spread online – it’s not just down to algorithms
theconversation.com

Can we explain the strange properties of water by thinking of it as two different liquids?
chemistryworld.com

Flower power: How plants bounce back after crushing blows
bbc.com

‘Disco’ tardigrade parties under microscope, wins international photo prize
livescience.com

Seal the deal: amorous mammals forced to contend with cruise ships
theguardian.com

Universe’s Expansion May Not Be The Same In All Directions
chandra.si.edu

NASA to research mission to image exoplanets with ~25 km-scale surface resolution, enough to see surface features and signs of habitability
nasa.gov

On this day in 1994 the pilots of a FedEx plane were attacked with hammers and a spear gun during flight
damninteresting.com

Earth’s oceans may hold the key to finding life beyond our planet
nationalgeographic.com

The nightly ovation for hospital workers may be New York’s greatest performance
washingtonpost.com

Volcanic activity helped trigger Triassic climate change, study says
theguardian.com

‘Them plants are killing us’: inside a cross-border battle against cancer in Ontario’s rust belt
thenarwhal.ca

With Museums Empty, Security Experts Hope Thieves Stay Home, Too
nytimes.com

See a giant siphonophore, a bizarre ocean creature that looks like silly string
cnet.com

Some Auto Insurers Are Sending Refunds To Customers As Crash Rate Falls
npr.org

The 10 Most Notorious Fugitives on the FBI’s Most Wanted List
saturdayeveningpost.com

The finest detail ever seen in a jet produced by a supermassive black hole
eventhorizontelescope.org

Scientists Unearth an Ancient Lost Forest ‘Entombed’ Off Alabama’s Coast
vice.com

A Comet May Have Destroyed This Paleolithic Village 12,800 Years Ago
smithsonianmag.com

Data From NASA’s Cassini May Explain Saturn’s Atmospheric Mystery
jpl.nasa.gov

Choosing rocks on Mars to bring to Earth
esa.int

‘Amazing’ Math Bridge Extended Beyond Fermat’s Last Theorem
quantamagazine.org

The 500-million-year-old reason behind the unique scent of rain
newatlas.com

Coronavirus lockdowns have changed the way Earth moves
nature.com

500-year-old manuscript contains earliest known use of the “F-word”
arstechnica.com

The Truth About Isaac Newton’s Productive Plague
newyorker.com