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The Indian megacity digging a million wells
bbc.com

On this day in 1957 a fire quietly started in the Windscale Nuclear plant
damninteresting.com

How the ‘right stuff’ to be an astronaut has changed over the years
nationalgeographic.com

Photos: Deadly Flooding in Southeastern France
theatlantic.com

Work, Float, Eat, Dream: Life on the International Space Station
airspacemag.com

Remote learning isn’t new: Radio instruction in the 1937 polio epidemic
theconversation.com

The Air Leak on the International Space Station is Worse Than Previously Believed
universetoday.com

This Socialite Hated Washing Dishes So Much That She Invented the Automated Dishwasher
spectrum.ieee.org

A Woman Accidentally Swallowed a Fish Bone and It Pierced Her Aorta
realclearscience.com

The ‘Star Trek’ Saga: How the Starship Enterprise Almost Landed in Las Vegas
hollywoodreporter.com

The Quantum Internet Will Blow Your Mind. Here’s What It Will Look Like
discovermagazine.com

Nature’s Toxic Gifts: The Deadly Story of Poison
popularmechanics.com

Asbestos could be a powerful weapon against climate change (you read that right)
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Grapefruit Is One of the Weirdest Fruits on the Planet
atlasobscura.com

The UK’s rumoured subterranean network
bbc.com

Scientists Have Created a Laser Scanner That Can See Through Fog
gizmodo.com

The economics of vending machines
thehustle.co

What would the world do without GPS?
bbc.com

A Thousand Years Before Darwin, Islamic Scholars Were Writing About Natural Selection
vice.com

Archaeologists unearth remains believed to be of Anglo-Saxon warlord
theguardian.com

Neutrino Detectors Could Be Used to Spot Nuclear Rogues
wired.com

Carina Nebula’s wild tendrils star in extraordinary image of stars being born
cnet.com

NASA is testing the first of its new moonwalking spacesuits
space.com

Venice holds back the water for first time in 1,200 years
cnn.com

The Catch: The rescue of two children from a burning apartment in Grenoble, southern France, captivated the world
bbc.co.uk

The Beatles’ “Carnival of Light” Has Never Seen Daylight
culturesonar.com

Watch an Airplane Make This Battleship ‘Disappear’ in Nearly 100-Year-Old Video
popularmechanics.com

California Has Its First ‘Gigafire’ in Modern History
earther.gizmodo.com

Precariously balanced rocks offer clues about future earthquake risk
newatlas.com

Gallery: Winners of Close-up Photographer of the Year award
cupoty.com

The ecological impact of fences
cosmosmagazine.com

Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years
nationalgeographic.com

Postwar prosperity depended on a truce between capitalist growth and democratic fairness. Is it possible to get it back?
aeon.co

How Cities (and Citizens) Create Hostile Environments
wired.com

Awakening after a sleeping pill: Restoring functional brain networks after severe brain injury
medicalxpress.com

Some planets may be better for life than Earth
phys.org

A Common Plant Virus Is an Unlikely Ally in the War on Cancer
wired.com • (see also)

Choice blindness: Do you know yourself as well as you think?
bbc.com

New curio by Marisa Brook: It’s Not Rocket Science
dam.mn

Video: Underground LSD Palace [19:20]
youtube.com

In Their Own Words: Unpublished Children’s Notebooks Reveal Poignant View of History
collectorsweekly.com

A Mammoth Find Near Mexico City
sapiens.org

Boldly Go! NASA’s New Space Toilet Is on Its Way to the Space Station – Here’s How It Works
scitechdaily.com

Algorithm discovers how six simple molecules could evolve into life’s building blocks
chemistryworld.com

Video: The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats [21:11]
youtube.com

How Hong Kong is modernising love hotels
bbc.com

Stalked for 11 years: one woman’s fight for freedom from an abusive ex-boyfriend
theguardian.com

How a Chinese malware gang defrauded Facebook users of $4 million
zdnet.com

Why Did Our Mammal Ancestors Stop Laying Eggs?
discovermagazine.com

Dead water: A new study sheds light on a ship-stopping phenomenon first described over 100 years ago
hakaimagazine.com • (see also)

How Does Science Really Work?
newyorker.com

Astronomers reveal first direct image of Beta Pictoris c using new astronomy instrument
phys.org

Transparent Wood Could Be the Window of the Future
usda.gov

Preserved Brain Tissue Found in Victim of Ancient Vesuvius Eruption, Scientists Report
gizmodo.com

Memristor Breakthrough: First Single Device To Act Like a Neuron
spectrum.ieee.org

Researchers Have Discovered a Hidden Drawing Behind ‘Mona Lisa’
popularmechanics.com

Woman’s odd headache was from tapeworm larvae in her brain
livescience.com

DEFA: What happened to East Germany′s cinematic legacy?
dw.com • (see also)

Definitely not Windows 95: What operating systems keep things running in space?
arstechnica.com

Every Penguin in the World Comes from Earth’s Lost Eighth Continent
popularmechanics.com