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If Only 19th-Century America Had Listened to a Woman Scientist
nautil.us

The Disease Detective
nytimes.com

The empty office: what we lose when we work from home
theguardian.com

New article/episode by Alan Bellows: The Traveler and His Baggage
dam.mn

Sick of dangerous city traffic? Remove left turns
theconversation.com

Scientists recreate Jupiter’s possible helium rain in the lab
newatlas.com

The hugest dinosaurs may have been clumsy on land, because they probably evolved in water
syfy.com

South Africa’s language spoken in 45 ‘clicks’
bbc.com

Video: Why the US government murdered Fred Hampton [18:12]
youtube.com

Encoding, Storing, Retrieving: How Memory Works
lithub.com

What the Heck Is a Pneumonia Front?
atlasobscura.com

Did Paying a Ransom for a Stolen Magritte Painting Inadvertently Fund Terrorism?
vanityfair.com

Record-breaking entanglement project brings us closer to a quantum internet
academictimes.com

A Journey to the Northernmost Tree in Alaska
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

43 years ago, a skyscraper architect realized that a terrible mistake had been made
damninteresting.com

The US military is starting to get really interested in Starship
arstechnica.com

Winners of the 2021 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition
theatlantic.com

Emma Coronel Aispuro: The rise and fall of a drug kingpin’s wife
bbc.com

Home Security Systems: Are They Really Helpful, or Security Theater?
tedium.co

A pandemic upside: The flu virus became less diverse, simplifying the task of making flu shots
statnews.com

“African-elephant noses, the team found, can inhale air at speeds of more than 335 miles per hour”
theatlantic.com

Video: Can you be awake and asleep at the same time? [5:21]
youtube.com

Curiosity rover searches for salt on Mars
cnn.com

The truth about lying
knowablemagazine.org

How the ‘Wandering Meatloaf’ Got Its Rock-Hard Teeth
nytimes.com

Video: The truth behind the €1 houses from Italy [08:33]
bbc.com

The FBI thought it had found a high-value informant who could help solve big cases. What it got instead was lies, betrayal, and murder.
magazine.atavist.com

Banks’ Own Private Currencies in 19th-Century America
daily.jstor.org

How Big Tobacco Set the Stage for Fake News
thewalrus.ca • (see also)

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Shows Us What Cloudy and Colorful Days on Mars Look Like
gizmodo.com

The fascinating science of pleasure goes way beyond dopamine
psyche.co

How unconscious forces control our actions
bbc.com

Is the Hubble constant not…Constant?
universetoday.com

‘I’m a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. U.F.O.s Don’t Impress Me.’
nytimes.com

Mars: Nasa’s Perseverance rover’s first 100 days in pictures
bbc.com

Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel
dental.washington.edu

The Mafia from the mountains
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Ancient coral reveals world’s slowest earthquake lasted 32 years
newatlas.com

Spectacular Image Captured by Hubble Shows a Strangely Contorted Spiral Galaxy
scitechdaily.com

Making Sense of the Great Whip Spider Boom
undark.org

Orbital debris strikes ISS robotic arm, leaves a mark
cnet.com

Francis Bacon’s Frightening Beauty
newyorker.com

Video: ‘Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate’ [21:37]
youtube.com

NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’
news.yahoo.com

Neutrinos were caught interacting at the Large Hadron Collider
sciencenews.org

Joanna Koerten’s Scissor-Cut Works Were Compared to Michelangelo
daily.jstor.org

Poe’s Best-Selling Book During His Lifetime Was a Guide to Seashells
atlasobscura.com

How iceberg lettuce wedged its way into American culture
salon.com

All-Canadian team completes successful expedition to the top of Canada
canadiangeographic.ca

New state of matter unlocks a secret of perovskite solar cells
newatlas.com

The woman who walked around the world
bbc.com

Milky Way photographer of the year 2021
theguardian.com

This week: Extra thumbs, tardigrade bullets, animal laughter, and more
damninteresting.com

How the Belarus-Ryanair Incident Changed the World
theatlantic.com

Galapagos tortoise species returns from “extinction” after 115 years
newatlas.com

Site in Syria could be world’s oldest war memorial, study finds
theguardian.com

Mars Helicopter Lands Safely After Serious In-Flight Anomaly
spectrum.ieee.org

Inside Citizen’s Dangerous Effort to Cash In On Vigilantism
vice.com

The Real Story of All Those Crazy Recording Devices Nixon Insisted on Installing in the White House
crimereads.com

Your Gym Teacher Was Wrong — You Don’t Have to Stretch Before Working Out
discovermagazine.com