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Inside the Military’s Secret Undercover Army
newsweek.com

The Never-Aging Ants With a Terrible Secret
theatlantic.com

Astronomers create most realistic simulation of stars being born — and it’s beautiful
cnet.com

Who Killed the Recumbent Bicycle?
daily.jstor.org

This optical illusion tricks you into seeing different colors. How does it work?
livescience.com

Remains of mystery Somerton man exhumed 70 years after his death
theguardian.com

China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures
bbc.com

Video: What Really Happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway? [18:26] #DamInteresting
youtube.com

Video: The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos [10:18]
youtube.com

Sun-Orbiting Spacecraft Takes Fascinating Images of a Coronal Mass Ejection
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Also on this day in 1927, Grace Fryer filed a lawsuit against the employer who was killing her with radioactive paint
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1927 an unhinged custodian blew up a school
damninteresting.com

The invention of the filing cabinet
placesjournal.org

Newly discovered open star cluster hints at other massive groupings hidden in the Milky Way
academictimes.com

Video: What causes migraines? [4:49]
youtube.com

Scientists debut most efficient ‘optical rectennas,’ devices that harvest power from heat
techxplore.com

The singing neutrino Nobel laureate who nearly bombed Nevada
nature.com

Lost village emerges from Italian lake
bbc.com

Astronomers Confirm Third-Nearest Star With a Planet – And It’s Rocky Like Earth
scitechdaily.com

Greenland ice sheet on brink of major tipping point, says study
theguardian.com

Scientists ponder how to get samples from Saturn’s weird moon Titan
space.com

Newly discovered quasicrystal was created by the first nuclear explosion at Trinity Site
phys.org

Master Lock Has Had a Hold on the Industry for 100 Years
smithsonianmag.com

Animals that eat rotting meat have unique gut microbiomes
massivesci.com

The History of the Oak Island Money Pit
popularmechanics.com

Meet the mystery woman who mastered IBM’s 5,400-character Chinese typewriter
fastcompany.com

Plastic waste can now be turned into jet fuel in one hour
academictimes.com

The Bizarre History of Head Transplants
elemental.medium.com • (see also)

Engineers Revisit 100-Year-Old Water Valve Design by Nikola Tesla
interestingengineering.com

WHO study links longer work hours to heart disease, stroke, death
upi.com

How humanity has changed the food it eats
bbc.com

On this day in 1899 Nikola Tesla arrived in Colorado Springs to conduct wireless electricity experiments
damninteresting.com

Video: Gambling with the Martingale Strategy [19:10]
youtube.com • (see also)

More accurate clocks may add more disorder to the universe, scientists say
livescience.com

Dogs and humans live among the gravestones in Pasay cemetery, Philippines
theguardian.com

Mexico City Could Sink Up to 65 Feet
wired.com

Do animals laugh?
livescience.com • (see also)

NASA’s Perseverance rover captured more striking photos of Martian territory in recent weeks
news.yahoo.com

Neutrons unlock the secrets of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek’s microscopes
arstechnica.com

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