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Why is the deathbed perspective considered so valuable?
aeon.co

Physicists Create Time Reversed Optical Waves – “Like Watching a Movie in Reverse”
scitechdaily.com

Researchers Reveal the Benefits of Tea Compounds on Hypertension
genengnews.com

What Is Life? Its Vast Diversity Defies Easy Definition.
quantamagazine.org

Video: FRONTLINE: Last Days of Solitary (full documentary) [1:53:11]
youtube.com

On this day in 1974 a Japanese soldier was finally relieved from his WW2 post
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Pollen can raise your risk of getting COVID-19, whether you have allergies or not
theconversation.com

Video: What if the World turned to Gold? [9:16]
youtube.com

The Grand Canyon’s Caves Are Full of Sloth Dung and Mummified Bats
atlasobscura.com

Russia turns away from NASA, says it will work with China on a Moon base
arstechnica.com

Florence Price: Forgotten work by pioneering composer rediscovered
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The Army’s New Goggles Let Soldiers See Right Through Walls
popularmechanics.com

The Internet Doesn’t Have to Be Awful
theatlantic.com

How to Figure Out the Mass of Earth—With Balls and String
wired.com

Suffrage and Polygamy in Utah
daily.jstor.org

Surreal sights in the Black and White Minimalist Photography Awards
newatlas.com

Fully vaccinated Americans can safely visit unvaccinated family, CDC says
arstechnica.com

This Is a Piece of a Lost Protoplanet, And It’s Officially Older Than Earth
sciencealert.com

What It’s Like to Lose Someone to Covid-19
nytimes.com

New York woman discovers secret apartment behind bathroom mirror
theguardian.com

Egyptologists translate the oldest-known mummification manual
arstechnica.com

A year into the pandemic, the coronavirus is messing with our minds as well as our bodies
theconversation.com

Kathleen Folbigg: how genetics could lead to a pardon for ‘Australia’s worst female serial killer’
theguardian.com

How Kenya is harnessing the immense heat from the Earth
bbc.com

Scientists identify over 140,000 virus species in the human gut, half of which are new to science
sanger.ac.uk

These Slugs Cut Off Their Own Heads When They Want a New Body
gizmodo.com

Astronomers discover most distant source of radio emission known to date
sciencefocus.com

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
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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
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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
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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