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Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2020
theatlantic.com

New Clues to Chemical Origins of Metabolism at Dawn of Life
quantamagazine.org

What Would Happen if All the Antarctic Ice Melted?
wired.com

Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50
scientificamerican.com

Impossible Word: Toward a Poetics of Aphasia
poetryfoundation.org

Why the Canadian town of Asbestos wants a new name
bbc.com

Video: Bicycles of the 1800s, colorized and upscaled with AI software [3:52]
youtube.com

A Caterpillar With Vomit-Inducing Poison Fur Is Taking Over Virginia
earther.gizmodo.com

The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster’s Last Words
crimereads.com

When Kids Ran the World: A Forgotten History of the Junior Republic Movement
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

An unexpected green afterglow helped a storm chaser discover a new lightning phenomenon
massivesci.com

A common plant virus is an unlikely ally in the war on cancer
arstechnica.com

‘We were students negotiating with armed guerrillas for my father’s life’
bbc.com

Researchers crack question of whether couples start looking alike
theguardian.com

This island unlocked the secret to long life—and knows how to get through tough times
nationalgeographic.com

Astronomers Detect Eerie Glow Still Radiating From Neutron Star Collision Years Later
sciencealert.com

Could social distancing make the flu extinct?
bbc.com

Death by Spaghettification: Telescopes Record Last Moments of Star Devoured by a Black Hole
scitechdaily.com

What if a Pill Can Change Your Politics or Religious Beliefs?
scientificamerican.com

New curio by Alan Bellows: Let Us Be Joyful
dam.mn

The Paintings That Tried (and Failed) to Codify Race
daily.jstor.org

The Cerebellum Isn’t What We Thought
theatlantic.com

Physicists Just Confirmed The Upper Limit For The Speed of Sound in The Universe
sciencealert.com

The Effort to Build the Mathematical Library of the Future
wired.com

Timekeeping in Financial Exchanges
lucaspauker.ml

How many organs are in the human body?
livescience.com

Fake asteroid? NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket
apnews.com

Why Private Eyes Are Everywhere Now
newyorker.com

Who Were the Sea People?
heritagedaily.com

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