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Joe Ligon: America’s ‘longest juvenile lifer’ on 68 years in prison
bbc.com

The Aqueduct of Constantinople: Managing the longest water channel of the ancient world
phys.org

George Blake and the Prison Escape Story Hitchcock Spent The Last Decade of His Life Trying to Make
crimereads.com

When the Push Button Was New, People Were Freaked
daily.jstor.org

Colonial pipeline cyberattackers are state-sanctioned pirates
qz.com

Detonation-based engine could propel jets to Mach 17, paving way for interplanetary travel
academictimes.com • (see also)

On this day in 1944 the Allies began their final assault on Monte Cassino with the assistance of a 500-pound brown bear
damninteresting.com

Experiment Uses CRISPR To Edit Genes While They Are Still Inside A Person’s Body
npr.org

London’s centre of intrigue and scandal
bbc.com

Awesome, Hypnotic Photos of Swirling, Crystal Chemistry
wired.com

Video: TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross [11:40]
youtube.com

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample
nasa.gov

Voyager 1 hears the hush of interstellar plasma
astronomycommunity.nature.com • (see also)

Did Life on Earth Come From Outer Space?
discovermagazine.com

A Field Guide to the Long History of Skyjackings
crimereads.com

Has an Old Soviet Mystery at Last Been Solved?
newyorker.com

Man Caught Three Whole Diseases From a Single Tick Bite
gizmodo.com

Broadband companies paid for 8.5M fake net neutrality comments, New York AG says
nbcnews.com

Laying Ice: Inside the Legendary Legacy of the Zamboni
popularmechanics.com

How Did a Self-Taught Linguist Come to Own an Indigenous Language?
newyorker.com

A metropolis arose in medieval Cambodia – new research shows how many people lived in the Angkor Empire over time
theconversation.com

The Origins of the Mug Shot
daily.jstor.org

The Source of the Nile River: A Mystery That Spanned Three Millennia
discovermagazine.com

Sophie Scholl: Student who resisted Hitler and inspires Germany
bbc.com

New study finds no link between teen tech use and mental health problems
newatlas.com

This Odd Early Flying Machine Made History but Didn’t Have the Right Stuff
smithsonianmag.com

Meet The Man Who Escaped Slavery And Made A Fortune In The Old West—Again And Again
forbes.com

The Untold Story of How Jeff Bezos Beat the Tabloids
bloomberg.com

Do other animals get heart attacks?
livescience.com

Interactive: How the internal combustion engine works
ciechanow.ski

Animals ‘rarely avoid’ mating with relatives, new study says
cbc.ca • (see also)

A Milwaukee Suburb Is Full of Ultrarare Fossils
theatlantic.com

The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware
wired.com

NASA criticizes China’s handling of rocket re-entry as debris lands near Maldives
cnn.com

Gargantuanisation: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula
lrb.co.uk

Remains of nine Neanderthals found in cave south of Rome
theguardian.com

Did this message in a bottle really come from the Titanic? Quebec researchers are trying to find out
cbc.ca

Can Thucydides Teach Us Why We Go to War?
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Minuscule drums push the limits of quantum weirdness
nature.com

Chinese dreams on Native American land: A tale of cannabis boom and bust
bbc.com

On this day in 1963 scientists gave Earth a temporary ring using 480 million tiny copper needles
damninteresting.com

How Bowhead Whales Live for 200 Years
theatlantic.com • (see also)

What’s the Point of Wasps, Anyway?
wired.com

Fungus-like organisms in deep time and deep rock
natureecoevocommunity.nature.com • (see also)

How cities will fossilise
bbc.com

Can Plants Feel Pain?
discovermagazine.com

Video: How Carbon Nanotubes Will Change the World [19:34]
youtube.com

The Taxi Driver Who Took On Uber
thewalrus.ca

When Will We Know Where the Chinese Rocket Will Crash?
gizmodo.com

Goodwill Doesn’t Want Your Broken Toaster
npr.org

Why Did It Take So Long to Accept the Facts About Covid?
nytimes.com

‘Spaghettified’ star wrapped around a black hole spotted for the first time
space.com

Coveted by Russian royalty, the jewel-studded Amber Room was stolen by Nazis during World War Two
bbc.com

‘A dirty business’: how one drug is turning Syria into a narco-state
theguardian.com

Photos: Robots Are Everywhere
theatlantic.com

Sharks Use the Earth’s Magnetic Field Like a Compass
wired.com

2,000-year-old marble head of Rome’s first emperor discovered
cnn.com

Homing in on the smallest possible laser
phys.org • (see also)

Why Isn’t Anyone Seriously Challenging The Big Bang?
forbes.com

Bats Raised in Helium-Rich Air Reveal a Key to Echolocation
wired.com