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Did Neanderthals go to war with our ancestors?
bbc.com

The Exxon oil empire has crumbled after once being the world’s biggest company
axios.com

Why Left-Handed Quarterbacks Are So Rare
slate.com

NASA Contacts Voyager 2 Using Upgraded Deep Space Network Dish
nasa.gov

Knifefish Suck So Hard They Can Make Water ‘Boil’
realclearscience.com

Scientists accidentally discover that platypuses are biofluorescent, an extremely rare trait among mammals
gizmodo.com

What Happens When You Fly a Science Plane Through Wildfire Smoke
wired.com

A Huge Fusion Experiment in The UK Just Achieved The Much Anticipated ‘First Plasma’
sciencealert.com

New model suggests an additional planet between Saturn and Uranus was kicked out of the solar system
scitechdaily.com

Video: New footage of OSIRIS REx approaching asteroid Bennu: Sample collection and retreat [0:47]
youtube.com

When X-Rays Were All the Rage, a Trip to the Shoe Store Was Dangerously Illuminating
spectrum.ieee.org • (see also)

Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cells
nature.com • (see also)

A Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack
wired.com

Whale sculpture catches crashed Dutch metro train
bbc.com

How salt caverns may trigger $11 trillion hydrogen energy boom
cnbc.com

The Death of a Racehorse
vice.com

Video: Time-Lapse of Growing Mushrooms [02:15]
smithsonianmag.com

A Man With an Allergy to Cold Nearly Died After Stepping Out of a Hot Shower
gizmodo.com

Algorithm spots ‘Covid cough’ inaudible to humans
bbc.com

Internet sleuths take down the SSC Tuatara’s 316-mph speed record
newatlas.com

How horror movies can help people overcome real-world trauma
nationalgeographic.com

In a Tibetan cave, Australian archaeologists find evidence of a mysterious ancestor
smh.com.au

New curio by Alan Bellows: The Overlooked Amendment
dam.mn

The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End
quantamagazine.org

The International Space Station can’t last forever. Here’s how it will eventually die by fire.
space.com

How a C.I.A. Coverup Targeted a Whistle-blower
newyorker.com

Extreme Life Thrived in Hot Asteroid Pit After Dinosaur Extinction, Evidence Suggests
gizmodo.com

100 years ago, the first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 election
theconversation.com • (see also)

Remembering the Disaster at Hawks Nest
daily.jstor.org

Not finding life on Venus would be disappointing. But it’s good science at work
technologyreview.com

The oceans contain vast mineral resources. Can the deep sea be mined without catastrophic results?
massivesci.com

After 20 years of service, the Space Station flies into an uncertain future
arstechnica.com

Weird ring-shaped molecule on Titan could be a building block to life
newscientist.com

Red dwarfs may be more hazardous to one’s health than previously thought
astronomynow.com

A visual journey through the microscopic world of the coronavirus shows how masks provide an important defense against transmission
nytimes.com

Huge spider assumed extinct in Britain discovered on MoD training site
theguardian.com

The Rogue Planets That Wander the Milky Way Alone
theatlantic.com

When Deinosuchus Ruled the Earth
hakaimagazine.com

Gallery: NASA’s “Galaxy of Horrors” poster series
apod.nasa.gov

Ultrapure copper for an ultrasensitive dark matter detector
phys.org

How We Change the Earth: Human Transformations on the Planet as Seen from Above
archdaily.com

New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars
newatlas.com

Metal Spheres Swarm Together to Create Freeform Modular Robots
spectrum.ieee.org

Why people with dementia go missing
uea.ac.uk

The Decapitation Experiments of Jean César Legallois
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

What 50 gravitational-wave events reveal about the Universe
nature.com

NASA asteroid probe stows space-rock sample for return to Earth
space.com

On this day in 1961 Soviet scientists detonated the most powerful bomb ever constructed
damninteresting.com

Juno Data Indicates ‘Sprites’ or ‘Elves’ Frolic in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
jpl.nasa.gov

Half-True Crime: Why the Stranger-Danger Panic of the ’80s Took Hold and Refuses to Let Go
jezebel.com

‘Time Cells’ Discovered In Human Brains
npr.org

Wood that went to war
woodmagazine.com

Homesick for planet Earth
wellcomecollection.org

Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object
phys.org

The ungentle joy of spider sex
knowablemagazine.org

When the English Witnessed Battles in the Sky
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

In this episode of Damn Interesting Week: Vampires vs. zombies, twinkie shrooms, camel hump revelations, and more
damninteresting.com

Why sleep experts say it’s time to ditch daylight saving time
theconversation.com

NASA Discovers a Rare Metal Asteroid That’s Worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000
observer.com

The boarding school ‘monster’ who always walked free
bbc.co.uk