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There have been 7m-13m excess deaths worldwide during the pandemic
outline.com

Mexico faces up to uneasy anniversary of Chinese massacre
theguardian.com

Pigs and Rodents Can Breathe Through Their Butts in Emergencies
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

The Secret Role Histones Played in Complex Cell Evolution
wired.com

In 2014, Meg Conley went on a vigilante raid to “save” kids sold for sex. What she did haunts her now
slate.com

A medieval victim still in his chainmail discovered in Sweden
ancient-archeology.com

The man who didn’t invent Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
wmleader.com

Alexander Graham Bell’s mission to teach the deaf to speak still harms the hearing-impaired today, say critics
cbc.ca • (see also)

Inside the Secret Mental Health Crisis of People Who Kill Animals for Science
vice.com

First Images of the Cosmic Web Reveal Unsuspected Presence of Billions of Dwarf Galaxies
scitechdaily.com

How a CIA trap for Bin Laden led to vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan
newatlas.com

China’s Zhurong Mars rover lands safely in Utopia Planitia
spacenews.com

Snap Judgement: A brief history of trick photography
laphamsquarterly.org

Could Weirdly Straight Bolts of Lightning Be a Sign of Dark Matter?
smithsonianmag.com

The most intense firestorms in the world
bbc.com

Having More Nightmares Lately? You’re Not Alone
thewalrus.ca

Video: Strike collapses building during live BBC report [01:06]
bbc.com

Cat jumps from fifth-floor of burning Chicago building, bounces once and runs away
theguardian.com • (see also)

Rare ‘Alien’ Isotopes in Earth’s Crust Point to Recent Brush With a Cataclysmic Event
sciencealert.com

China’s Tianwen-1 mission will attempt daring Mars rover landing Friday
cnet.com

NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars has found some mysterious rocks (photos)
space.com

This week: Nuclear re-action, electromagnetic sharks, spaghettified stars, and more!
damninteresting.com

Astronomers Discover What Could Be One of The Oldest Stars in The Known Universe
sciencealert.com

On this day in 1939 a five-year-old girl gave birth to a healthy baby boy
damninteresting.com

New curio by J. A. Macfarlane: A Taste of Italy
dam.mn

New immunotherapy double-crosses cancer to kill it from within
newatlas.com • (see also)

A Brief History of People Losing Their Minds in Antarctica
gq.com

No visitors but teeming with life: what’s going on inside the Natural History Museum?
theguardian.com

The Profound Potential of Elon Musk’s New Rocket
nautil.us

In 1.3 Million Years, a Star Will Come Within 24 Light-Days of the Sun
universetoday.com

There’s Only One Way To Beat The Speed Of Light
forbes.com

Space weather is difficult to predict, with only an hour to prevent disasters
theweathernetwork.com • (see also)

The strange deal that created a ghost town
bbc.com

Experimental gene therapy points to cure for rare immune disease
newatlas.com

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
wired.com

Video: When Trees Took Over the World [8:11]
youtube.com

The [Remarkable] World Of Whiteboards
tedium.co

How clothing and climate change kickstarted agriculture
aeon.co

New Black Hole Math Closes Cosmic Blind Spot
quantamagazine.org

That Time Hitler’s Girlfriend Visited Iceland and the British Invaded
hakaimagazine.com

Paralysed man uses ‘mindwriting’ brain computer to compose sentences
theguardian.com

The Untold Story of the NFT Boom
nytimes.com

Scientists Catch Jumping Genes Rewiring Genomes
quantamagazine.org

Inside Pictet, the Secretive Swiss Bank for the World’s Richest People
bloomberg.com

Earths orbit is running out of real estate — but physicists are looking to expand the market
academictimes.com

‘My Bizarre Reign as New York’s King of “Virgin Russian Hair”’
narratively.com

Should We Terraform Mars? Let’s Recap
nautil.us

When the Line Between Life and Death Is ‘a Little Bit Fuzzy’
undark.org

What You May Not Know About Poison Ivy
nytimes.com

Diamond liquid impurities provide new insights into ancient Earth
newatlas.com

Meet America’s Newest Chess Master, 10-Year-Old Tanitoluwa Adewumi
npr.org

‘He knew something’: The 1962 flight of Army Rangers that vanished into thin air
sfgate.com • (see also)

Nearly a fifth of Earth’s surface transformed since 1960
phys.org

The Mysterious Wobble Of Muons
hackaday.com

Goldman Sachs executive quits after making millions from Dogecoin
theguardian.com

Searching for Signs of Life on Mars: Perseverance’s Robotic Arm Starts Conducting Science
scitechdaily.com

What’s the minimum number of people needed to survive an apocalypse?
livescience.com

One of the World’s Longest-Running Experiments Sends Up Sprouts
nytimes.com • (seed also)

Why Do Older Individuals Have Greater Control of Their Feelings?
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Imaging Asteroid Bennu [2:53]
youtube.com