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Squishy Neutron Star Setback Dampens Hopes of Exotic Matter
quantamagazine.org

Rome’s Newest Subway Line Continues to Unearth Archeological Marvels
discovermagazine.com

Cannibalism at sea: the starving Victorian sailors who ate a cabin boy
historyextra.com

How a ranger stumbled upon one of the largest fossil finds in California history
theguardian.com

A new method to determine biological age suggests a maximum human lifespan
cosmosmagazine.com

The Entire History of Powered Flight
popularmechanics.com

Food scraps recycled into materials stronger than concrete, yet edible
newatlas.com

How your name affects your personality
bbc.com

The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war
theguardian.com

Mathematicians Find Long-Sought Building Blocks for Special Polynomials
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Mapping the local cosmic web: Dark matter map reveals hidden bridges between galaxies
phys.org

The Mystery of the Watermelon’s Origins May Have Been Solved
gizmodo.com

Misophonia: Scientists discover the brain connection responsible for ‘supersensitivity’ to noise
sciencefocus.com

What the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed
nytimes.com

Earth looks like Mars in surprising astronaut photo from the ISS
cnet.com

How Big Is The Universe’s Largest Galaxy, Really?
forbes.com

A death in Cryptoland
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds
quantamagazine.org

Video: The woman who stared at the sun [5:17]
youtube.com

Video: Why the world’s most famous car race is in Monaco [8:58]
youtube.com

Was the fiddler framed? How Nero may have been a good guy after all
theguardian.com

The Berglas Effect: Magic’s Best Card Trick
nytimes.com

The Long, Strange Life of the World’s Oldest Naked Mole Rat
wired.com • (see also)

Methuselah’s Star is not older than the Universe after all. But it’s still pretty frakking old.
syfy.com

Gamma rays 10 times more energetic than thought possible detected
newatlas.com

Video: A Drive through New York City ca. 1935 colorized and interpolated via AI [10:27]
youtube.com

A long-lost letter from Albert Einstein made an uncanny prediction 70 years early
inverse.com

We’ve Tracked 5 Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts to The Arms of Distant Spiral Galaxies
sciencealert.com

Cheese photo leads to Liverpool drug dealer’s downfall
bbc.com

Why We Speak More Weirdly at Home
theatlantic.com

Mega-satellite constellations could lead to chain-reaction spacecraft pile-ups in orbit
cbc.ca

These Little Creatures Have The ‘Weirdest Sex Chromosome System Known to Science’
sciencealert.com

The Secret Mission To Unearth Part Of A 142-Year-Old Experiment
npr.org

Video: This Proves We Will Never Know Everything [33:59]
youtube.com

Scientists image atoms with record resolution close to absolute physical limits
zmescience.com

China’s Zhurong Mars rover rolls onto the Martian surface (photos)
space.com

The Body’s Most Embarrassing Organ Is an Evolutionary Marvel
theatlantic.com

Video: Geothermal energy: Our oldest and most reliable resource [06:32]
bbc.com

Mafia mussel: the fight to save a mollusc from the mob
theguardian.com

The hidden reason processed pet foods are so addictive
bbc.com

Why Is Ice Slippery? It’s Not a Simple Question
insidescience.org

This Fuzzy Image Shows a Spiral Forming Soon After the Big Bang
gizmodo.com

We Are Stardust
oikofuge.com • (see also)

Research findings that are probably wrong cited far more than robust ones, study finds
theguardian.com

Flower mimics the scent of dead beetles to draw in helpful flies
newatlas.com

Chien-Shiung Wu, the First Lady of Physics
daily.jstor.org

‘Clyde’s Spot’ on Jupiter Is Starting to Look Pretty Weird
gizmodo.com

A DIY Guide to Collecting Radioactive Rocks Gets Glowing Reviews
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

What makes us like art? Caltech researchers get closer to an answer.
academictimes.com

This week: 🔥 Flamin’ hot pants on fire, 👁️ eye of the CRISPR, 🐀 rodent rectal respiration, and more!
damninteresting.com

Video: The Future of Solid State Wind Energy [12:30]
youtube.com

75 years ago today Dr. Louis Slotin was bitten by the nuclear dragon
damninteresting.com

Martian Life May Be Hiding in Islands of Habitability
airspacemag.com

Video: Proximity Fuze – The 3rd Most Crucial Development of WW2 [15:47]
youtube.com

Wormhole Tunnels in Spacetime May Be Possible, New Research Suggests
scientificamerican.com

The full story of how the BBC’s Martin Bashir got his 1995 interview with Princess Diana
bbc.com

Some of the universe’s stars have gone missing. But where did they go?
space.com

Physicists Identify the Engine Powering Black Hole Energy Beams
quantamagazine.org

‘Second bite is one that broke the bones’: Alaska man describes bear mauling
theguardian.com

How to Actually Prosecute the Worst Financial Crimes
theatlantic.com