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Conscripted Into The Emperor’s Private Orchestra
narratively.com

What an ocean hidden under Antarctic ice reveals about our planet’s future climate
theconversation.com • (see also)

Scientists finally solve the mystery behind a 100-year-old chemistry experiment
livescience.com

What makes people stop caring?
bbc.com

New Damn Interesting article/episode by Matt Castle: Chronicles of Charnia
damninteresting.com

The search for life on Mars, and the people who say we’ve found it already
cnet.com

Why don’t banana-flavored candies taste like bananas?
massivesci.com • (see also)

Incredible Amber Fossils Reveal the True Colors of Ancient Insects
gizmodo.com

On this day in 1971: a Soyuz spacecraft decompressed, exposing 3 cosmonauts to near-vacuum
damninteresting.com

When France extorted Haiti – the greatest heist in history
theconversation.com

How a Long-Lost Perfume Got a Second Life After 150 Years Underwater
atlasobscura.com

‘I’m high as a Georgia pine’: Dock Ellis’s no-hitter on LSD, 50 years on
theguardian.com

How do you deal with 9m tonnes of suffocating seaweed?
theguardian.com

Volcanoes may have helped life bounce back after dinosaur-killing asteroid strike
nationalgeographic.com

What if Doctors Stopped Prescribing Weight Loss?
scientificamerican.com

Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past
wired.com

A Massive Star Has Disappeared Without a Trace
gizmodo.com

Oldest surviving photograph of Māori discovered in Australia
theguardian.com

Yale captures first ever video of brain clearing out dead neurons
newatlas.com

Astronomers unknowingly dedicated moon craters to Nazis. Will the next historical reckoning be at cosmic level?
prospectmagazine.co.uk

Superbarrio: The People’s Superhero
daily.jstor.org

Deep red light reboots aging retinas like “recharging a battery”
newatlas.com • (see also)

How Does a Human Being’s Internal GPS Work?
lithub.com

Why Did This Ancient Marsupial Have Saber Teeth?
atlasobscura.com

Flying snake mystery solved by science
slashgear.com

How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco
bbc.com

Do probiotics actually do anything?
cbsnews.com

New polymer easily captures gold extracted from e-waste
arstechnica.com

Could a black hole be the ultimate energy source? Maybe, if you keep feeding it
syfy.com

British state ‘covered up plot to assassinate King Edward VIII’
theguardian.com

Betelgeuse’s Mystery Dimming Caused By A Star Spot A Hundred Times Larger Than The Sun, Say Scientists
forbes.com

The FBI Agents Who Return Stolen Cultural Artifacts
theatlantic.com

French Revolution: remains discovered in walls of Paris monument
theguardian.com

Artificial Intelligence Can’t Deal With Chaos, But Teaching It Physics Could Help
sciencealert.com

There’s a reason we procrastinate and it’s not laziness
cbc.ca

New Geometric Perspective Cracks Old Problem About Rectangles
quantamagazine.org

Beyond Pluto: the hunt for our solar system’s new ninth planet
theguardian.com

115 years ago today, one Dr. Beaurieux attempted to converse with a freshly severed head, for science
damninteresting.com

Cheddar empire: Rise of a cheese superpower
cnn.com

75 years ago today, stakeholders in the establishment AM radio industry succeeded in crushing the inventor of FM radio
damninteresting.com

What are those glowing orbs that dart across the sky the world over?
theguardian.com • (see also)

Simpsons ends use of white actors to voice people of colour
bbc.com

Inside the body, the coronavirus is even more sinister than scientists had realized
latimes.com

Record-Breaking Lightning Just Chilled in the Sky for 17 Seconds
earther.gizmodo.com • (see also)

Physicists Just Quantum Teleported Information Between Particles of Matter
sciencealert.com

Gallery: The 1959 Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Air-Car
vintage-everyday.com • (see also)

Researchers studying food insecurity see a new concern: eating disorders
statnews.com • (see also)

The Rocket Motor of the Future Breathes Air Like a Jet Engine
wired.com

‘I went to report on a Cree culture camp. It ended up changing my life’
cbc.ca

An elemental problem with the sun
knowablemagazine.org

Canada’s forgotten universal basic income experiment
bbc.com

‘Ponzi scheme’ created by a cop ensnares dozens of OPP and municipal officers
thestar.com • (see also)

‘One in a 50m chance’: woman with two wombs carrying a twin in each
theguardian.com

Plants Are Green Because They Reject Harmful Colors
insidescience.org

Recently discovered super-Earths could ‘potentially host life’
cnet.com

The secretive government agency planting ‘cyanide bombs’ across the US
theguardian.com

Motions in the sun reveal inner workings of sunspot cycle
phys.org

Astronomers discover ‘monster’ quasar from early universe
phys.org

Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest
nautil.us

NASA Now Has Alien Life-Hunting Robot Explorers That Only Phone Home When They’ve Hit The Jackpot
forbes.com