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On this day in 1917 the deadly “sleepy sickness” was first described
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Thirty-six Thousand Feet Under the Sea
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Postwar forced resettlement of Germans echoes through the decades
theconversation.com

How Harry Houdini Became the Champion of Mother’s Day
lithub.com

Designing the world’s first home computers
edition.cnn.com

Victorian Mothers Hid Themselves in Their Babies’ Photos
theatlantic.com

The day the pirates came
bbc.com

ESA wants to make Moon bases out of astronaut pee
bgr.com

Video: Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP [11:30]
youtube.com

Scientists Find The First Animal That Doesn’t Need Oxygen to Survive
sciencealert.com

Video: Using a Floppy Disk Drive on a Smartphone [12:32]
youtube.com

How Long Was Venus Habitable?
eos.org

On this day in 1898 Victorian scientists liquefied hydrogen for the first time
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‘Colour allows us to understand in a deeper sense’: Hitler, Churchill and others in a new light
theguardian.com

‘What I learned from trying to make hospital food actually taste good’
thestar.com

Caught between Hitler’s troops and Stalin’s: How one family escaped
nationalgeographic.com

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
theguardian.com

Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar
theconversation.com

Are We Seeing a New Ocean Starting to Form in Africa?
eos.org

The X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems
thedrive.com

Why Nostalgia Is Our New Normal
thewalrus.ca

Video: Euler Squares [15:27]
youtube.com

New episode of the Damn Interesting Week podcast: Definite Sniffaging
damninteresting.com

The life-saving medicines inspired by animals
bbc.com

The hidden links between mental disorders
nature.com

Meet the ‘psychobiome’: the gut bacteria that may alter how you think, feel, and act
sciencemag.org

Video: Dolphins Swimming in Bioluminescence [0:59]
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Quantum resonances near absolute zero
phys.org • (see also)

Scientists obtain ‘lucky’ image of Jupiter
bbc.com

Gas stoves making indoor air up to five times dirtier than outdoor air, report finds
theguardian.com

This tiny, tropical national park has a curious history
nationalgeographic.com

Can we escape from information overload?
1843magazine.com

The First Movie Kiss
daily.jstor.org

Inside the Black Vault: A FOIA obsessive’s UFO-filled empire
cjr.org

Warty comb jelly, scourge of fisheries, also eats its young
theguardian.com

What Will It Be Like When We Reach The End Of The Universe?
forbes.com

Don’t Fear the Robot
nautil.us

The First Automated Grocery Store Opens in 1937
flashbak.com

On this day in 1931 a fried chicken icon was involved in a shootout
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The Indigenous Rebel Who Took the Fight to White Settlers
narratively.com

China’s greatest naval explorer sailed his treasure fleets as far as East Africa
nationalgeographic.com

The man who stopped the war: 97-year-old recalls VE Day coded message
theguardian.com

Who Invented the Wheel? And How Did They Do It?
wired.com

How Did Ancient People Keep Their Food From Rotting?
discovermagazine.com

UFO? Flying Ship? No—It’s Nature’s Coolest Optical Phenomenon
popularmechanics.com

Why Does This Exoplanet Have a Bright Yellow Sky?
popularmechanics.com

For Hiroshima’s survivors, memories of the bomb are impossible to forget
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

After 60 Years, Explosion-Powered Rockets Are Nearly Here
wired.com

Why Germany surrendered twice in World War II
nationalgeographic.com

Imre Lakatos and the philosophy of bad science
aeon.co

What Goes On In a Proton? Quark Math Still Conflicts With Experiments.
quantamagazine.org

ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth
eso.org

A pilot flies an experimental electric aircraft for the first time
flyingmag.com

Deleting immune cell genes prevents obesity in mice on high-fat diet
newatlas.com

Video: Mercury Is So Hot, It’s Making Ice [5:22]
youtube.com

Photos: Jupiter and Its Galilean Moons
theatlantic.com

Bioluminescent waves dazzle surfers in California: ‘Never seen anything like it’
theguardian.com

‘It sounded evil’: inside the eerie moment California’s deadliest wildfire began
theguardian.com

Image: A very short video of recently discovered Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN)
spaceweathergallery.com • More info

World’s fastest camera captures 70 trillion frames per second
newatlas.com