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One with the lot: The folding, electric, street-legal, VTOL flying car
newatlas.com

‘Fly Me to Cuba, Said the American Hijackers’
daily.jstor.org

How to Recreate 1,300-Year-Old Cookies
atlasobscura.com

Attack of the drones: the mystery of disappearing swarms in the US midwest
theguardian.com

Titanic: Searching for the ‘missing’ Chinese survivors
bbc.com

American lobsters can hear — with their hair
academictimes.com

Why were the ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?
livescience.com

The Swedish law of wanderlust
bbc.com

Trippy NASA Video Shows Two Black Holes Interacting
digitaltrends.com

Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completed its historic first flight
cnn.com • Video

French officials perplexed by gold bars and coins found stashed in old house
theguardian.com

NASA is developing a plan to build an Arecibo-like telescope on the moon
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Toilet and Sewer Technology Needs a Fresh Start
bloomberg.com

You can train yourself to find disgusting things less gross
psyche.co

‘He’s telling a story of his time’: how Bill Traylor, born into slavery, became an art titan
theguardian.com

If Planet Nine Is Out There, It May Not Be Where We Think
sciencealert.com

Archaeologists Unearth Sprawling Roman Ruins Unlike Any Found in the U.K.
smithsonianmag.com

A ‘Worst Nightmare’ Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack

This week: Volcanic troubles, placental oddities, suggestive coconuts, and more
damninteresting.com

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build NASA’s lunar lander
theverge.com

Female robots are seen as being the most human. Why?
theconversation.com

Video: This Plant-Inspired Robot Could Save Your Life [14:29]
youtube.com

Searching for Answers to Everest’s Greatest Mystery Among the Artifacts of Its Early Climbers
lithub.com

Why Do We Listen to Sad Music?
daily.jstor.org

Dozens of Fossilized Neanderthal Footprints Found on a Beach in Spain
gizmodo.com

Archaeology in the Ashes of Notre Dame
sapiens.org

Video: Why Did the Mexican Jumping Bean Jump? [4:15]
youtube.com

The Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations
quantamagazine.org

What You Need to Know About FLoC, the Ad-Targeting Tech Google Plans to Drop on Us All
gizmodo.com

Video: FRONTLINE: The Madoff Affair (full documentary) [54:18]
youtube.com

NASA Engineers ‘Nervous’ and ‘Excited’ as Mars Helicopter Prepares to Fly
vice.com

The genius behind early Russian space tech
bbc.com

Experience: ‘I’ve had the same supper for 10 years’
theguardian.com

Winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

Some lucid dreamers can answer questions and math problems in their sleep
massivesci.com • (see also)

Astronomers detect new frequencies from mysterious fast radio bursts
newatlas.com

What Octopus Dreams Tell Us About the Evolution of Sleep
wired.com

NASA spacecraft leaves mess after grabbing asteroid samples
phys.org

‘A poor man’s rainforest’: why we need to stop treating soil like dirt
theguardian.com

‘Whitest ever’ paint reflects 98% of sunlight
bbc.com

Tusk-free ivory substitute can be 3D printed into complex shapes
newatlas.com

It’s still unclear what dark matter is, but now we know what it isn’t
academictimes.com

Video: Why are airplanes slower than they used to be? [4:58]
youtube.com

Lego’s bricks for blind people – in pictures
theguardian.com

Psilocybin: Magic mushroom compound ‘promising’ for depression
bbc.com

A Cautionary Tale for Nearly Everyone
nytimes.com

A Kidnapping Gone Very Wrong
theatlantic.com

NASA’s astronaut Earth photography contest crowns a glorious winner
cnet.com

The Humble Shrub That’s Predicting a Terrible Fire Season
wired.com

Embryos That Are Part Monkey, Part Human Raise Ethical Concerns
npr.org

An enigmatic Javanese manuscript in the British Library: Sĕrat Jaya Lĕngkara, Add 12310
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‘I Was the Man at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles’ Legendary Drunk Wine Commercial’
melmagazine.com

Unsold Television Pilots: Really Expensive Failures
tedium.co

How the fall of the Roman empire paved the road to modernity
aeon.co

The Great Cottonmouth-Catching Get-Rich-Quick Scheme of 1956
narratively.com

He Was Convicted of a Bombing Plot. Was It a Setup?
nytimes.com

New curio by Alan Bellows: Pushing the Envelope
dam.mn

Out of thin air: the mystery of the man who fell from the sky
theguardian.com

How free trials trick you into thinking you’ll get something for nothing
vox.com

Here’s how the FBI managed to get into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone
theverge.com