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These tiny sensors can hitch a ride on mothback
techcrunch.com

What’s the first species humans drove to extinction?
livescience.com

Behold, the Great Salt Lake’s Wonderfully Colorful Salt Pans, From Space
atlasobscura.com

Purrfect match: cats and their human doubles
theguardian.com

Reading Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
theatlantic.com

Video: Scenes from the 1940 New York World’s Fair, colorized by AI with mixed results [9:38]
youtube.com

This gorgeous songbird is half male, half female
nationalgeographic.com

A Chilean raspberry scam
graphics.reuters.com

Fossil footprints: the fascinating story behind the longest known prehistoric journey
theconversation.com

Video: Gravity Is An Illusion [17:33]
youtube.com

The Rise and Fall of Vanilla Ice, As Told by Vanilla Ice
theringer.com

The Store That Called the Cops on George Floyd Is Facing a Painful Reckoning
slate.com

Hidden cameras and secret trackers reveal where Amazon returns end up
cbc.ca

Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest once bred dogs in large numbers and sheared them for wool
nytimes.com

Eustace The Monk: One Of Medieval Europe’s Unholiest Holy Men
historyextra.com

Human ‘microevolution’ sees more people born without wisdom teeth and an extra artery
news.sky.com

Ants Construct Ingenious Contraption to Keep From Drowning
gizmodo.com

She helped send Apollo to the moon. Now she’s receiving the same medal the astronauts accepted 51 years ago
nationalgeographic.com

Salty parrots, interstellar bling, the benefits of laying eggs, legal definitions of bread, escaping through the rear, and more!
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1446 King Sejong of Korea published his new alphabet
damninteresting.com

Want to make friends with a cat? Blink slowly, say scientists
sciencefocus.com

The Coronavirus Unveiled: Microscopic Images of SARS-CoV-2
nytimes.com

How a silence solved the weird maths inside black holes
bbc.com

The unfinished Chinese civil war
lowyinstitute.org

Asteroid Bennu was once part of a space rock with flowing water
newscientist.com

World’s fastest UV camera records flying photons in real time
newatlas.com

A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were ‘beautifully surprising’
cbc.ca

Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Record
quantamagazine.org

Incredible Photo Shows a Rocket Pass in Front of The Moon. Here’s How It Was Captured
sciencealert.com

US Army trials augmented reality goggles for dogs
bbc.com • (see also)

New article/episode by James Holloway: How Miss Shilling’s Orifice Helped Win the War
dam.mn

The Microscopic Majesty of Sugars, Salts, and Spices
atlasobscura.com

How a sophisticated text-generation AI posed as a human on AskReddit for a week
kmeme.com

On this day in 1871 one of the most horrific fires in history went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world
damninteresting.com

There’s a gene for detecting that fishy smell, olfactory GWAS shows
medicalxpress.com

Video: Tour of Asteroid Bennu [4:53]
youtube.com

Gallery: The world’s most beautiful but dangerous creatures
sciencefocus.com

Feds charge six men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
cnn.com

Scientists Are Finding a Ton of New and Mysterious Craters on Mars
vice.com

American-Made Spy Boat on Secret Mission Washes Up in Scotland
popularmechanics.com

She Was Afraid of Her Lawyer. Then the Text Messages Started.
propublica.org

A man fell to his death while taking pictures on a cliff in Arizona. Authorities discovered other remains while recovering his body
edition.cnn.com

Experiencing physical pain can cause you to overspend
theconversation.com

When Royals Perfumed Themselves with the Excretions of Musk Deer and Civet Cats
daily.jstor.org

How Do People Become Pro-Social Psychopaths?
realclearscience.com

Before plants or animals existed, this 250,000-ton rock fell in the mud. Here’s how we know
nationalgeographic.com

Why Doesn’t the Earth Have a Bunch of Mini Moons?
wired.com

Astronomers find evidence planets start to form while infant stars are still growing
phys.org

What Happened to South America’s Missing Mega-Mammals?
nytimes.com

The Elusive Peril of Space Junk
newyorker.com

Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland
publicdomainreview.org

Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming
theguardian.com

The fear of becoming a meal is a powerful evolutionary force that shapes brains, behaviour and entire ecosystems
aeon.co

How a balloon flying over Antarctica made parallel universes tabloid fodder
massivesci.com

On this day in 1959 NASA began running tests on a secret flying saucer
damninteresting.com

The wreck of the WWII steamship Karlsruhe may hold lost Russian treasure
arstechnica.com

Why Do Mirrors Flip Things Horizontally But Not Vertically? Here’s The Physics
sciencealert.com

The discovery of a new taste cell deepens our understanding of this complex and adaptive sensory system
neo.life

India’s warrior queen didn’t back down from the British
nationalgeographic.com

The Island That Humans Can’t Conquer
hakaimagazine.com