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The Man Who Thought Too Fast
newyorker.com

Dutch researchers coax secrets from Girl with a Pearl Earring
theguardian.com

Why NASA plans to slam the DART spacecraft into an asteroid
nationalgeographic.com

He Found One of Stalin’s Mass Graves. Now He’s in Jail.
nytimes.com

Deep caves are a rich source of dinosaur prints for this paleontologist
sciencenews.org

New findings suggest laws of nature ‘downright weird,’ not as constant as previously thought
phys.org

What made these Forgotten Ancients build Glorious Cities only to Burn Them Every 60 Years?
messynessychic.com

Digging Up Regolith: Why Mining the Moon Seems More Possible Than Ever
popularmechanics.com

A Brain Implant Restored This Man’s Motion and Sense of Touch
wired.com • (see also)

Man Killed by Falling Meteorite (in 1888)
popularmechanics.com

This Australian Bartender Found an ATM Glitch and Blew $1.6 Million
vice.com

Gallery: 26 Hours on a Saharan Freight Train
wired.com

Video: And Now for Something Soothing… “As Above” by Roman Hill [06:12]
motionographer.com

New Seismic Map of North America Reveals a Continent Under Tremendous Stress
gizmodo.com

A puzzling past sea level rise might have its missing piece
arstechnica.com

The Eruption Of Instagram Island
gq.com • (see also)

How the Agendas of Elites Influenced the Design of the Red Cross Registration System
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Are community currencies a better way to shop?
bbc.com

‘Help! I Think I’m Falling in Love Over Zoom’
narratively.com

Why Is the Universe Expanding So Fast?
quantamagazine.org

How the Deep Sea Squid Communicates in Fascinating and Flashy Ways
popularmechanics.com

Spectacular Libraries You Can Explore From Your Living Room
atlasobscura.com

The floral fabric that was banned
bbc.com

Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling
theguardian.com

Video: Movie Poster Expert Explains Color Schemes [10:38]
youtube.com

Ask Ethan: Is Antimatter Sticky?
forbes.com

Will justice finally be done for Emmett Till? Family hope a 65-year wait may soon be over
theguardian.com

The Bigamist’s Daughter
longreads.com

The Wisdom of Third Molar Removal
sciencebasedmedicine.org

Black hole bends escaping light ‘like a boomerang’
livescience.com

Wait a Second, That Table Has No Legs!
wired.com

Celebrating 30 years of the Hubble Space Telescope
space.com

Paleontologists reveal ‘the most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth’
eurekalert.org

$500K bet on rock paper scissors ruled invalid by Quebec court
cbc.ca

ESA Helps Analyse Untouched Moon Rocks
parabolicarc.com

Psychedelic compound from magic mushrooms produced in yeast
phys.org

The Space Shuttle Was a Beautiful—but Terrible—Idea
gizmodo.com

The archaeological record is full of dog poop
sciencemag.org

Researchers Want to Explore Mars Using “Nanocardboard” Aircraft
futurism.com

Like humans, flamingos make friends for life
nationalgeographic.com

Hubble Marks 30 Years in Space with Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth
hubblesite.org

When bubonic plague first struck America, officials tried to cover it up
nationalgeographic.com

Before Tinder, there was Dateline
1843magazine.com • (see also)

An innocent man spent 46 years in prison. And made a plan to kill the man who framed him.
cnn.com

Quantum chemistry simulations offers beguiling possibility of ‘solving chemistry’
chemistryworld.com

The world’s first mass deportation took place on American soil
aeon.co

Computer decodes neural mysteries to restore touch to paralyzed limbs
inverse.com

How the fake Beatles conned South America
bbc.com • (see also)

The latest episode of Damn Interesting Week is out now: ‘Rantula Venom
damninteresting.com

Incredible New Map of Moon Shows Its Every Nook and Cranny
gizmodo.com

“He Also Decided to Kill Her”: Did Robert Durst, Accused Madman, Murder His Best Friend?
vanityfair.com

Video: ‘I Made a Lens, But for Sound’ [10:36]
youtube.com

Remembering Kowloon Walled City, The Lawless Outpost that Was Once the Most Densely-Populated Place on Earth
flashbak.com

Nature crisis: ‘Insect apocalypse’ more complicated than thought
bbc.com

‘Here’s how I cracked Roll up the Rim and won (almost) every time’
thestar.com

Astronomers Think They’ve Found a Whole Population of Rocks From Outside the Solar System
gizmodo.com

The Pirates of the Highways
narratively.com

The Untold Story of the Birth of Social Distancing
nytimes.com

Huge Ottoman shipwreck found after 70-year hunt
thenational.ae

Sorry, ‘Earth 2.0’ Fans, There’s No Such Thing As An Earth-Like Exoplanet
forbes.com