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The Comedy Culture War: A new wave of comics is rejecting stand-up’s tired tropes
thewalrus.ca

Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’
blog.britishmuseum.org

From homeless refugee to chess prodigy, 9-year-old dreams of becoming youngest grandmaster
espn.com

Scratching the surface: drones cast new light on mystery of Nazca Lines
theguardian.com

80 years ago today the ‘Crypt of Civilization’ was sealed, scheduled to be opened again in 6,177 years
damninteresting.com

The Astronaut Wives Know Exactly What to Expect
theatlantic.com

Maybe a Fleet of Tiny Spacecraft Could Help Detect a Primordial Black Hole Planet 9
universetoday.com

The China tea trade was a paradox of global capitalism
aeon.co

A gallery of the almost alien organisms living among us
sciencenorway.no

Gina DeJesus has come a long way in the seven years since she was freed from nearly a decade of captivity
missingkids.org

Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network
wired.com

A new artificial eye mimics and may outperform human eyes
sciencenews.org

This Classic Calculator Was Literally Reverse Engineered From the Bare Metal
spectrum.ieee.org

‘There are too many’: bones of 60 mammoths found in Mexico
theguardian.com

The extreme parkour team whose death-defying jumps caught the attention of Hollywood
edition.cnn.com

Scientists Detect a Flickering Signal Coming From The Heart of Our Galaxy
sciencealert.com

Leonardo da Vinci transformed mapping from art to science
nationalgeographic.com

How Cosmic Rays May Have Shaped Life
astrobiology.com

“Thin gene” discovered and scientists already know how to target it
newatlas.com

The Things Inside This 105-Year-Old Time Capsule Have Hardly Aged a Day
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

How Loners Are an Evolutionary Insurance Policy
theatlantic.com

Astronomers May Have Spotted a Tiny Moon in The Outer Solar System
sciencealert.com

‘The Weird American Story of Why My Hometown Is Underwater’
slate.com

Fuzzy Green ‘Glacier Mice’ Move In Groups And Puzzle Scientists
npr.org

The U.S. Is Getting Shorter, as Mapmakers Race to Keep Up
nytimes.com

Disappearances, danger and death: what is happening to fishery observers?
theguardian.com

Eat Rat, Make New Body: Easy Stuff for Pythons
nytimes.com

This Lickable Screen Can Recreate Almost Any Taste or Flavor Without Eating Food
gizmodo.com

A brief history of human spaceflight—1961 to present
nationalgeographic.com

Wandering stars pass through our solar system surprisingly often
astronomy.com

The game that ate the world: 40 facts on Pac-Man’s 40th birthday
theguardian.com

A new episode of the Damn Interesting Week podcast is now available: Stash Wig
damninteresting.com

Underground Chambers Discovered Near Jerusalem’s Western Wall
smithsonianmag.com

Nature: Bumblebees’ ‘clever trick’ fools plants into flowering
bbc.com

What the ‘trolly-lolly’ of gibberish means for language
aeon.co

Why ancient pandemics may hold the key to our future survival
newstatesman.com

Jurassic bug: Researchers find 151-million-year-old Morrisonnepa Jurassica insect fossil in Utah
usatoday.com

Death mask of King Henry VII is brought to astonishing life in a digital restoration
livescience.com

Ultrasound brain stimulation changes monkey behavior directly
newatlas.com

Do Humans Have a ‘Mating Season’?
discovermagazine.com

The Many-Worlds Theory, Explained
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

On this day in 1946 Louis Slotin was bitten by the nuclear dragon
damninteresting.com

Scientists recreated ancient Earth’s ocean hell to figure out how life began
massivesci.com

The Kentucky Miner Who Scammed Americans by Claiming He Was Hitler and Plotting a ‘Revolt’ With ‘Spaceships’
thedailybeast.com

Pluto’s Weird Atmosphere Just Collapsed
discovermagazine.com

Tiny plankton drive processes in the ocean that capture twice as much carbon as scientists thought
theconversation.com

Jupiter is so Big that our Solar System almost had two Suns
universetoday.com

Will Titanic’s iconic telegraph be recovered by deep-ocean robots?
nationalgeographic.com

How a rapper’s social media posts got the FBI’s attention
bbc.com

‘My Father, the QAnon Conspiracy Theorist’
narratively.com

Astronomers discover oldest disk galaxy ever hiding deep in the cosmos
cnet.com

The Rogue Experimenters
newyorker.com

Why are Africa’s coronavirus successes being overlooked?
theguardian.com

The Soviet Tank That Changed the World
popularmechanics.com

To safely explore the solar system and beyond, spaceships need to go faster
theconversation.com • (see also)

The Life and Times of a Real Tiger Queen
lithub.com

What Astronauts Can Teach Us About Mental Health and Isolation
thewalrus.ca

Painted Silos Are Turning the Outback Into an Alfresco Art Gallery
atlasobscura.com

Japan’s forgotten indigenous people
bbc.com

How pheromones help bee queens rule and lemurs ‘flirt’
nationalgeographic.com