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Researchers reprogram glial cells into new neurons to heal spinal cord injury
news-medical.net

Caterina van Hemessen: An unknown visual pioneer
bbc.com

The Game of Chess Had Patch Notes, Too
wired.com

How early humans’ quest for food stoked the flames of evolution
theguardian.com

Fruit bats are the only bats that can’t (and never could) use echolocation. Now we’re closer to knowing why
theconversation.com

On this day in 1775 a handsome young apothecary named Robert Perreau entered a London bank with a simple, if somewhat extravagant request
damninteresting.com

Someone Is Hacking the Hackers
gizmodo.com • (see also)

NASA sent thousands of worms to space to solve a major problem
inverse.com

Study: It Turns Out You Can Bullshit A Bullshitter After All
digest.bps.org.uk

There’s No Real Reason to Eat 3 Meals a Day
theatlantic.com

Triangulating Math, Mozart and ‘Moby-Dick’
nytimes.com

The man who saves cats in Fukushima’s nuclear zone
theguardian.com

‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’: Chaos Strikes Global Shipping
nytimes.com

Video: Defunctland: The History of Disneyland’s Adventure Thru Inner Space [35:05]
youtube.com

January warm spells, March freezes: How plants manage the shift from winter to spring
theconversation.com • (see also)

New flu vaccine outperforms current offerings, may lead to universal flu vaccine
news.unl.edu

100-Million-Year-Old Seafloor Sediment Bacteria Have Been Resuscitated
scientificamerican.com

What happens when you turn a psychopath into a therapist?
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror (1987)
chicagoreader.com

Scientists Want to Destroy Zombie Satellites With Lasers. What Could Go Wrong?
popularmechanics.com

Video: This Might Be a Brand-New Kind of Star [5:50]
youtube.com

The Race to Patent Psychedelics Is Just Getting Started
vice.com

Russian Typhoon-Class Submarine Size: The Biggest Subs Ever
popularmechanics.com

Fungal microbiome: Whether mice get fatter or thinner depends on the fungi that live in their gut
theconversation.com

Physicists Just Found 4 New Subatomic Particles That May Test The Laws of Nature
sciencealert.com

‘Hovering ship’ photographed off Cornish coast by walker
bbc.com

Paris Louvre recovers 16th-century armour stolen nearly 40 years ago
theguardian.com

Researchers build a swimming robot that works in the Mariana Trench
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Did a Viking Woman Named Gudrid Really Travel to North America in 1000 A.D.?
smithsonianmag.com

Hubble Solves Mystery of Monster Star’s Dimming
hubblesite.org

This week: Gaga’s dognapping, karate physics, overgrown sheep, and more
damninteresting.com

Biggest, fastest known asteroid flyby of 2021 is coming up this month
theweathernetwork.com

Wisdom the albatross, the world’s oldest known wild bird, has another chick at age 70
theguardian.com

On this day in 1973 two professional baseball players decided to swap lives
damninteresting.com

Tintern ‘secret’ medieval tunnel system found by accident
bbc.com • (see also)

Antarctica Is Crammed With Abandoned ‘Ghost’ Stations
theatlantic.com

Alien ‘super-Earth’ may offer clues about atmospheres on distant worlds
news.yahoo.com

Scientists still stuck on Betelgeuse antics a year after strange dimming episode
space.com

Insect-Size Flying Robots Could Help On Rescue Missions, MIT Scientist Says
npr.org

On this day in 1950 a remarkable man passed away—the man who was a dwarf and a giant
damninteresting.com

Consciousness Is Just a Feeling
nautil.us

A potential model for a real physical warp drive
phys.org

Troll Research Station: how to operate an airport in Antarctica
flightradar24.com

That Is Not How Your Brain Works
nautil.us

New original Damn Interesting article/episode by Holly Barker: A Blight on Soviet Science
dam.mn

How some people can end up living at airports for months
theconversation.com

SpaceX’s Starship Prototype Landed Without Crashing. Then It Exploded.
finance.yahoo.com

Why is electroshock therapy still a mainstay of psychiatry?
aeon.co

Octopuses can feel pain both physically and abstractly
academictimes.com

‘I-5 Strangler’ found strangled to death in his cell in California prison
8newsnow.com

Video: SpaceX Starship nails the landing on the latest high-altitude flight test [14:46]
youtube.com

The Story of Pan Am’s First Black Stewardesses
lithub.com

What Happens if Perseverance Finds Life on Mars?
universetoday.com

10 virtual tours of spectacular buildings around the world
theguardian.com

Decades of research reveals very little difference between male and female brains
academictimes.com

The explosive (and inclusive) potential of NFTs in the creative world
techcrunch.com

How US nuclear missiles found a base in Scotland
bbc.com

Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off
theatlantic.com

If You Transplant a Human Head, Does Its Consciousness Follow?
wired.com • (see also)

Extinct atom reveals the long-kept secrets of the solar system
phys.org