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The viruses that prey on human diseases
bbc.com

This Extremely Fluffy Exoplanet Is Changing Our Understanding of Planetary Formation
sciencealert.com

Tech Companies Are Profiling Us From Before Birth
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Why The Recent Signal That Appeared to Come From Proxima Centauri Almost Certainly Didn’t
discovermagazine.com

The Terrifying History of Russia’s Nuclear Submarine Graveyard
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These Frankenplanes Are Built From Parts of Other Planes
airspacemag.com

Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government
bbc.com

Video: Why are British place names so hard to pronounce? [8:13]
youtube.com

The Secret Society of Lightning Strike Survivors
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Nazi Ravensbrück camp: How ordinary women became SS torturers
bbc.com

When the FBI Spied on MLK
theatlantic.com

‘I Think Beethoven Encoded His Deafness in His Music’
nytimes.com

Del Monte $20 bill set to sell for nearly $60,000
theguardian.com

Designer protein helps paralyzed mice walk again in breakthrough study
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Can You Treat Loneliness By Creating an Imaginary Friend?
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‘My Sister Was Disappeared 43 Years Ago’
theatlantic.com

Stromatolites: The Earth’s oldest living lifeforms
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Caligula’s Garden of Delights, Unearthed and Restored
nytimes.com

The World’s Oldest Story? Astronomers Say Global Myths About ‘Seven Sisters’ Stars May Reach Back 100,000 Years
singularityhub.com

The status of supersymmetry
symmetrymagazine.org

New video reveals electric eels joining forces for a successful fishing trip
syfy.com

A brief history of some of America’s most fraught presidential transitions
nationalgeographic.com

Napoleon’s defeat in Egypt gave birth to Egyptology
nationalgeographic.com

Can This Group Revive the Finicky Corpse Flower?
wired.com

Nepalese team makes first successful winter ascent of K2
theguardian.com

WHO team in China: Searching for coronavirus′ birthplace
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DRC: How the CIA got Patrice Lumumba
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Toronto man returns 10-year old girl’s private diary … 38 years later
cbc.ca

A New Drug for Peanut Allergies Is Offering Hope for Food Allergy Sufferers
discovermagazine.com

The Crooked Geometry of Round Trips
quantamagazine.org

The rise and fall (and rise again) of retro car design
arstechnica.com

That time private US media companies stepped in to silence the falsehoods and incitements of a major public figure … in 1938
theconversation.com

How Medieval Europe Finally Ditched Roman Numerals
discovermagazine.com

This Black Hole Is Really Taking Its Time Eating a Poor Star
gizmodo.com

How the Civil War Got Its Name
daily.jstor.org

Enormous pigeon-eating catfish wreaking havoc on Europe’s ecosystems
nationalgeographic.com

On this day in 1919 a giant molasses tank exploded in Boston
damninteresting.com

The secret letters of history’s first-known businesswomen
bbc.com

100 days of warning: inside the Boogaloo killings of US law enforcement
theguardian.com

Happy 20th birthday, Wikipedia!
diff.wikimedia.org

Mathematicians Probe Unsolved Hilbert Polynomial Problem
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

This week: Clones among us, unfresh sushi, how to brighten your lightning, interstellar parkland, and more
damninteresting.com

When B-17 Bombers Became Actual Bombs: WWII Bomber Footage
popularmechanics.com

How viruses shape our world
nationalgeographic.com

Video: Tensegrity Explained [11:06]
youtube.com

NASA declares Mars lander InSight’s burrowing ‘mole’ is dead
cnet.com

See how volcanoes spark lightning storms
nationalgeographic.com

How the IWW Grew after the Centralia Tragedy
daily.jstor.org

Mystery of massive, train-stopping millipede swarms solved
livescience.com

Bali’s thieving monkeys can spot high-value items to ransom
theguardian.com

See how viruses look up close
nationalgeographic.com

One of the Biggest Mafia Trials Ever Has Begun in a Giant Custom-Built Courtroom
vice.com

How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone’s Encryption
wired.com

Why tardigrades spilled all over the Moon in 2020
inverse.com

Here’s what we know sex with Neanderthals was like
bbc.com

The Art of Whaling: Illustrations from the Logbooks of Nantucket Whaleships
publicdomainreview.org

Who Was Charles Curtis, the First Vice President of Color?
smithsonianmag.com

Why lasers are so brilliantly useful
archive.is

‘Rent-a-person who does nothing’ in Tokyo receives endless requests, gratitude
mainichi.jp

Shorter workweeks may lead to less smoking, thinner waistlines
academictimes.com