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What water on the moon means for the future of exploration
salon.com

‘Historic Opportunity’: Chile Holds Vote To Replace Dictatorship-Era Constitution
npr.org • (see also)

Touch is a language we cannot afford to forget
aeon.co

Your Dreams Are More Complex Depending on What Stage of Sleep You’re In, Study Finds
sciencealert.com

‘Groom of the stool’: who were the men who changed Henry VIII’s underpants?
historyextra.com

On this day in 2002, a P-38 Lightning flew again after having been entombed in ice for decades
damninteresting.com

Crocodiles in Ancient Egypt
daily.jstor.org

Water exists on the moon, scientists confirm
theguardian.com

Chilling find shows how Henry VIII planned every detail of Boleyn beheading
theguardian.com

Washington, D.C., and the Quest for a Perfectly Square City
atlasobscura.com

Europe’s First Industrial Complex Shows the Brilliance of Ancient Engineers
realclearscience.com

The dementia that can be cured
theguardian.com

The Milky Way’s quiet, introverted monster won’t spin
livescience.com

Rare, 2-headed snake discovered by Florida house cat
livescience.com

Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults
reuters.com

How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground
latimes.com

Why Physics Can’t Tell Us What Life Is
nautil.us

First handheld calculator headlines auction of mathematical treasures
newatlas.com

New curio by Alan Bellows: One Small Step for a Man
dam.mn

Video: The unexpected distribution of mass in galaxies [11:24]
youtube.com

First ‘murder hornet’ nest found in U.S., a key step in preventing spread
nationalgeographic.com

Twenty years of the International Space Station – but was it worth it?
theguardian.com

Do camels really have water in their humps?
livescience.com

Turbulent environment set the stage for leaps in human evolution and technology 320,000 years ago
theconversation.com

Optical receiver for space communications has ‘unprecedented’ sensitivity
physicsworld.com

Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs, Which Is Somewhat Disturbing
popularmechanics.com

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

NASA grabs sample of asteroid Bennu that’s so big some bits are escaping
cnet.com

High-in-the-sky snaps from the 2020 Aerial Photography Awards
newatlas.com

‘I fell five storeys from a New York rooftop and survived’
smh.com.au

Windsor Castle: Changing hundreds of royal clocks
bbc.com

The Canadian printer who successfully sued the Soviet Union
cbc.ca

Ancient Maya built sophisticated water filters
uc.edu

This Insane 2.5 Gigapixel Image of the Orion Constellation Took Five Years To Complete
petapixel.com

How to Spot a Military Impostor
newyorker.com

An Infinite Universe of Number Systems
quantamagazine.org

A New Map of the Standard Model of Particle Physics
quantamagazine.org

Decomposing Bodies in the 1720s Gave Birth to the First Vampire Panic
smithsonianmag.com

Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police
nytimes.com

It’s Official: Solar Is the Cheapest Electricity in History
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Astronomers isolate stars from which aliens could be observing Earth
newatlas.com

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)