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Inside the Dirty Business of Hit Songwriting
variety.com

Researchers develop blood test for depression, bipolar disorder
scienceblog.com • (see also)

The hydrogen revolution in the skies
bbc.com

SpaceX landed a rocket on a boat five years ago—it changed everything
arstechnica.com

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Completes Final Tour of Asteroid Bennu Before Its 180,000,000 Mile Trip Back to Earth
scitechdaily.com

The Real Book: The illegal jazz bible of the 1970s
99percentinvisible.org

Video: After losing his sight, a skateboarder takes an unexpected path to realising his dreams [11:39]
aeon.co • (see also)

The Quest for a Floating Utopia
hakaimagazine.com • (sea also)

Among the Covid sceptics: ‘We are being manipulated, without a shadow of a doubt’
theguardian.com

‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles
quantamagazine.org

Scientists Discover Huge and Mysterious Jellyfish-Shaped Structure In Space
vice.com

Video: How Chilis Got Spicy (and Why We Love the Burn) [10:14]
youtube.com

The Direct Fusion Drive That Could Get Us Past Neptune in 10 Years
popularmechanics.com

‘This is not an easy treasure hunt’: puzzle book offers readers chance to win €750,000 golden casket
theguardian.com

Physics Mystery Gets Even Deeper After Long-Awaited Muon Reveal
gizmodo.com

Meaning in the Margins: On the Literary Value of Annotation
lithub.com

How India’s ‘Mango Man’ Grew a Tree With 300 Flavors
atlasobscura.com

Woman Gets New Trachea In Groundbreaking Transplant Surgery
npr.org

Bronze Age stone slab discovered in France is oldest map in Europe, say archaeologists
independent.co.uk

On this day in 1994 a “deadhead” attempted to hijack a FedEx flight
damninteresting.com

Scientists find out what causes these strange ‘spiders’ on Mars
theweathernetwork.com

How Russia’s cosmonauts trained for space
bbc.com • (see also)

Searching for New Physics in the Subatomic World
scitechdaily.com

Why the First Time You Hear a Song Is Special, According to Science
complex.com

The Space Telescope That Could Find a Second Earth
airspacemag.com

Does consciousness come from the brain’s electromagnetic field?
aeon.co

Weekends in Space
supercluster.com

New earthquake-detecting app may give people more time to evacuate
massivesci.com

Many experiencing strange and vivid dreams during the pandemic, sleep researchers say
cbc.ca

Scientists Created a Video Game That Makes People Hear Sounds That Aren’t Real
(see also) • (see also) • vice.com

New Study Reveals Fireflies Have Musical Armor Protecting Them Against Predators
natureworldnews.com

‘We found a baby on the subway – now he’s our son’
bbc.com

The 17th-century cloth merchant who discovered the vast realm of tiny microbes
theconversation.com

Studies in Mice Help to Explain Why Redheads Have Different Pain Thresholds
genengnews.com

The enduring allure of lost cities
bbc.com

He Led Hitler’s Secret Police in Austria. Then He Spied for the West.
nytimes.com

10 years of Nyan Cat: The famed GIF’s creator on hitting the meme jackpot
inputmag.com

The California Klan’s Anti-Asian Crusade
theatlantic.com

‘I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget’
wired.com

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter survives first night alone on Mars
phys.org

Some zebras are developing odd stripes, and humans could be to blame, says biologist
cbc.ca

Siberia’s sacred lake
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Marwa Elselehdar: ‘I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal’
bbc.com

Volkswagen Beetle, the game-changing People’s Car
newatlas.com

Nuts for coco de mer: islanders rally to save world’s biggest seed
theguardian.com

60 years after Bay of Pigs, New York Times role – and myth – made clear
theconversation.com

The US dollar’s hegemony is looking fragile
theguardian.com • (see also)

A real life Lord of the Flies: The 50-year-old story of a group of teens stranded on an island
cbsnews.com

Four ways to fusion: The pros and pitfalls of our nuclear power pursuit
newatlas.com

How China saved more than 20,000 Jews during WW2
bbc.com

Soviet TV version of Lord of the Rings rediscovered after 30 years
theguardian.com

Sneaky New Bacteria on the ISS Could Build a Future on Mars
wired.com

A Computer Scientist Who Tackles Inequality Through Algorithms
quantamagazine.org

First known gene transfer from plant to insect identified
nature.com

Miss art museums? The Louvre just put its entire art collection online
cnn.com

He Built a $10 Billion Investment Firm. It Fell Apart in Days.
nytimes.com

When Did Life First Emerge in the Universe?
scientificamerican.com

NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity touches down on the Red Planet
space.com

In photos: Egypt holds grand procession of ancient mummies in Cairo
axios.com

Hubble captured an unbelievable view of Veil Nebula
techexplorist.com