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Hurricane path forecasts have much improved. Are they as good as they can get?
nationalgeographic.com

Why Do We Vote by Secret Ballot?
daily.jstor.org

Saudi Arabia’s little-known ancient civilisation
bbc.com

How dams have reshaped our planet
bbc.com

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote ‘The Prince’ after a tumultuous career in politics
nationalgeographic.com

Nintendo Power Glove: The unexpected second life of a “failed” accessory
inverse.com

How animals choose their leaders, from brute force to democracy
nationalgeographic.com

The 1990s Cult ‘Heaven’s Gate’ Has Four Remaining Followers
vice.com

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction With Horten’s All-Wing Aircraft Design
smithsonianmag.com

How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator
wired.com

The Network: How a Secretive Phone Company Helped the Crime World Go Dark
vice.com

Nasa to make major announcement of ‘exciting news’ about the moon
independent.co.uk

At least 10 bodies found during search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims
theguardian.com

Graphene Light Sail Test: Solar Sailing and Interstellar Travel
popularmechanics.com

Video: The World at War (1931-1941), colorized and upscaled with AI [59:14]
youtube.com

Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara
science.ku.dk

Fake CIA Spy Almost Scammed His Way Into Immunity
thedailybeast.com

Found: A Shipwrecked Nazi Steamer, Still Filled With Cargo
atlasobscura.com

Alcatraz’s gardens are flourishing, against all odds
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

We Finally Know What a Dinosaur’s Butthole Looks Like
slate.com

Video: Slow Motion Sneeze in 4K [15:50]
youtube.com

The Dawn of Transatlantic Flight
airspacemag.com

The contested legacy of the anti-fascist International Brigades
theguardian.com

How Ted Bundy’s Killing Spree Launched a Legion of Feminist Karate Masters
narratively.com

‘Literally, We Crushed It’: Video Shows NASA Space Probe Touch an Asteroid
nytimes.com

The Booming Call of De-extinction
the-scientist.com

This Italian town has just two residents, but they still insist on wearing masks
cnn.com

Crested cacti show medicine the possibility of adapting to cancer
aeon.co

The Inside Story of Flying Against the Air Force’s Secret Soviet Fighter Jets
popularmechanics.com

Can Placebos Work—Even When Patients Know They’re Fake?
wired.com

How This Uncrushable Beetle Can Survive Being Run Over by a Car
gizmodo.com

Memories Can Be Injected and Survive Amputation and Metamorphosis
nautil.us • (see also)

What Even Is Friction, Anyway?
wired.com

Quantum Tunnel Shows Particles Can Break the Speed of Light
quantamagazine.org

Curiosity and Hunger Are Driven by the Same Brain Regions
the-scientist.com

How long can you survive without water
bbc.com

Neutron Stars Create Gold and Platinum in Their Wake
nasa.gov

NASA’s OSIRIS-REX Mission Completes Quick Touch of Bennu Asteroid
nytimes.com

SSC Tuatara sets 316-mph record to become world’s fastest production car
newatlas.com

What Ancient Toilets Reveal About the History of the Human Gut
atlasobscura.com

Danish submarine killer Madsen caught in prison escape
bbc.com

Starting in 3 minutes: NASA’s first asteroid sample collection attempt (OSIRIS-Rex TAG)
nasa.gov

Dragon snakeheads—strange new underground fish—discovered in India
nationalgeographic.com

The Right to Escape From Prison
slate.com

The Mystery of the Immaculate Concussion
gq.com

Doctors May Have Found Secretive New Organs in the Center of Your Head
nytimes.com

Ice Melt in Alaska Threatens to Unleash Unprecedented ‘Mega-Tsunami’, Scientists Warn
sciencealert.com • (see also)

‘Happy ending effect’ can bias future decisions, say scientists
medicalxpress.com

NASA’s Osiris-Rex set to grab a piece of asteroid Bennu: How to watch live
cnet.com

The body fires ‘blobs of fat’ packed with toxic proteins to fight bacteria
livescience.com

Do you like cheese? You can thank the Indus Valley Civilization for it
zmescience.com

Antarctic ozone hole is one of the largest and deepest in recent years
esa.int

Slow Lorises Are Adorable but They Bite With Flesh-Rotting Venom
nytimes.com

Unusual Aussie spider builds one-of-a-kind nest with super strong silk
upi.com

The protein Klotho could extend the life of the brain. Is that a good thing?
massivesci.com

How to Stop Innovation From Breaking America
theatlantic.com

The Great Space Collision That Wasn’t
vice.com

The Life of Genghis Khan, the Ruthless Warlord Who Created the World’s Largest Empire
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

This Molten Salt Reactor Is the Next Big Thing in Nuclear
popularmechanics.com

Coronavirus: The place in North America with no cases
bbc.com