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The Magical Art of Selling Soap
laphamsquarterly.org

Jet-age glamour was more than just aesthetic: its promise of motionless movement reshaped perception of time and space
aeon.co

‘My Week Shadowing a Tornado Hunter in Oklahoma’
outsideonline.com

How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found
quantamagazine.org

Food Fads Have Always Been Ridiculous. Just Ask the Great Masticator.
narratively.com

Facts v feelings: how to stop our emotions misleading us
theguardian.com

A New Cosmic Tension: The Universe Might Be Too Thin
quantamagazine.org

Ancient boardgames: Experts find the missing piece (but can’t figure out how to play)
middleeasteye.net

Meteorite craters may be where life began on Earth, says study
theweathernetwork.com

Researchers may have finally found evidence for sleep in sharks
hakaimagazine.com

Another Chinese rocket falls near a school, creating toxic orange cloud
arstechnica.com

How to Escape From a Volcano Eruption
wired.com

The weird space that lies outside our Solar System
bbc.com

Portable MRI can detect brain abnormalities at bedside
news.yale.edu

This hummingbird survives cold nights by nearly freezing itself solid
sciencenews.org

“Pyjama Plot” Shows the Quantum World Is Even Stranger Than We Thought
scitechdaily.com

The Damn Interesting Curio Cabinet is now live on Apple Podcasts!
podcasts.apple.com

How Groups of Cells Cooperate to Build Organs and Organisms
the-scientist.com

Apologies for the prolonged outage, our headquarters has been without electrons for a couple of days
sltrib.com

Scientists find a shortcut to make a rare — and possibly healthier — sugar
massivesci.com

How a Soviet Triple Agent Recruited New Spies in the West
thedailybeast.com

The daring nun who hid and saved 83 Jewish children
bbc.com

The Leyat Helica propeller car: A wonderfully bad idea
newatlas.com

The mystery of Central Asia’s ‘desert kites’
bbc.com

‘Beethoven was black’: why a century-old idea still has power today
theguardian.com

The Uncanny Tale of Shimmel Zohar
theatlantic.com

Can diamonds burn?
livescience.com

Your Smartphone Can Tell If You’re Drunk-Walking
wired.com

Why is there a normal galaxy sitting at the edge of the Universe?
syfy.com

On this day in 1934, a fire started aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle
damninteresting.com

Simulation Reveals What Dark Matter Might Look Like if We Could See It
sciencealert.com

‘At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here’s what I want to pass on’
theguardian.com

Unlimited Information Is Transforming Society
scientificamerican.com

John Cage musical work changes chord for first time in seven years
bbc.com

New curio by Marisa Brook: For Your Eyes Only
damninteresting.com

Amazon Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones in Trees to Get More Work
bloomberg.com

Engineers Have Figured Out How to Make Interactive Paper
gizmodo.com

The new neuroscience of stuttering
knowablemagazine.org

Coming soon to a podcast feed near you: The Damn Interesting Curio Cabinet
damninteresting.com

Video: Impaled droplets: On the breakup of drops impacting singularities [2:51]
youtube.com

Gallery: Photos from inside the Large Hadron Collider
instituteartist.com

The Radical Plan to Save the Fastest Sinking City in the World
gen.medium.com

An Unexpected Twist Lights Up the Secrets of Turbulence
quantamagazine.org

When a several-hundred-metre-high tsunami hit Northern Norway
sciencenorway.no • (see also)

The CIA’s Dark History of Employing Former Nazis in Postwar Europe
crimereads.com

How a Russian Rocket Launch Failed Spectacularly In Just 118 Seconds
popularmechanics.com

The Mystery of the Missing Portrait of Robert Hooke
atlasobscura.com

Are aliens hiding in plain sight?
theguardian.com

New Species In The Same Group As Lobsters Found Living In The Hottest Place On Earth
science20.com

Researchers recycle wool into smart textile that remembers its shape
newatlas.com

Creepy ‘Geofence’ Finds Anyone Who Went Near a Crime Scene
wired.com

Can life exist around a black hole?
sciencefocus.com

The Long History of Comet Phobia
daily.jstor.org

The grim truth behind the Pied Piper
bbc.com

Mapping a wildfire’s next move is getting easier, thanks to computers
cnet.com

How To Hide A Billion Dollars: Techniques The Ultra-Rich Use To Dodge Ex-Spouses, The Taxman And Disgruntled Business Partners
forbes.com

What does Titan smell like?
astronomy.com

Floating a boat on the underside of a liquid
phys.org

Could a Tree Help Find a Decaying Corpse Nearby?
wired.com • (see also)

All-new episode of Damn Interesting Week: Human Soup
damninteresting.com