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In case you missed it, our latest long-form: In Nazi-occupied Paris, “Dr. Eugène” offered Jews an alternative to deportation, slavery, and death camps. But the escape network was not what it seemed.
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On this day in 1942, Nazi spies slipped ashore in Long Island, New York to engage in Operation Pastorius
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Why the Mexico City Metro Collapsed
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‘What-is-this’: Experts Puzzled By ‘strange’ Elongated Object That Makes Star Disappear
republicworld.com

See NASA’s bonkers-big moon rocket standing up, boosters and all
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‘It’s not easy to take a life’: is coping with PTSD harder for US soldiers?
theguardian.com

How to think clearly
psyche.co

Could face and voice recognition become the new ‘phrenology’?
cbc.ca

A Hole in the Head: A History of Trepanation
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Detectives Just Used DNA To Solve A 1956 Double Homicide. They May Have Made History
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Photos: California’s Growing Drought Disaster
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The U.S. Government’s Failed Attempt to Forge Unity Through Currency
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How a 1950s experiment brought foam igloos to Kinngait, Nunavut
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Video: How Recycling Machines Make New Clothes From Used Apparel [8:52]
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‘Everything went dark’: humpback whale swallows and spits out diver
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Seeing in different lights paints a more detailed picture of Jupiter
massivesci.com

The Promise and Peril of Self-Driving Cars in Cities
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The Strange Tale of the Identical Twin’s Mirrored Mansion
messynessychic.com

Researchers Are Getting Closer to Making Medical Robots That Can Swim In Your Bloodstream
discovermagazine.com

The podcasting hype house from hell
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This week: Potato-based astronomy, pizza on a volcano, paleontological disputes, and more
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Fashionable shoes called poulaines caused some gnarly foot problems for Medieval Europeans
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Other Obsession
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A Mysterious, Giant ‘Blinking’ Object Has Been Detected Near Our Galaxy’s Center
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NASA to land payloads on the far side of the Moon for the first time
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‘Miraculous’ mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%
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The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve
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New Zealand’s Māori may have been first to discover Antarctica, study suggests
theguardian.com

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies in Pretoria
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How Tree Ring Records Can Help Predict Droughts
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Video: Can you trust your memory? [5:11]
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TikTok changed the shape of some people’s faces without asking
technologyreview.com

National Geographic recognizes new Southern Ocean, bringing global total to five
theguardian.com

A Little Laughing Gas Can Help Treat Depression, Small Study Finds
gizmodo.com

How processed foods became so unhealthy
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When Domestic Cats Eat Humans
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Astronomers discover dying echoes of a supermassive black hole
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Video: How Times Square Became A Giant Tourist Trap [8:50]
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New research shows that even digital soundscapes of forests, rivers and meadows aid wellbeing
bbc.com

A Pivotal Mosquito Experiment Could Not Have Gone Better
theatlantic.com

NASA Is Sending a Spacecraft to Asteroid 16 Psyche – It Might Not Be What Scientists Expected
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Rocket on pad, China ready to send 1st crew to space station
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Line of galaxies is so big it breaks our understanding of the universe
newscientist.com

‘Vegan spider silk’ provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics
phys.org

Neuroscientists Have Discovered a Phenomenon That They Can’t Explain
theatlantic.com

The Historian and the Murderer
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Gallery: Ghostships of the Air
airspacemag.com

For 97% of human history, equality was the norm. What happened?
aeon.co

Skeletons of Viking men to be reunited in Danish exhibition
theguardian.com

DNA Jumps Between Animal Species. No One Knows How Often.
quantamagazine.org

New curio by Marisa Brook: Capital, Punished
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Particle seen switching between matter and antimatter at CERN
newatlas.com

How Legendary Physicist Richard Feynman Helped Crack the Case on the Challenger Disaster
lithub.com

New Quantum Microscope Can See Tiny Structures in Living Cells
gizmodo.com

Scientists Say Dark Matter Could Be Hiding Inside an Extra Dimension
futurism.com

Why zebras were never domesticated
zmescience.com

Astronomers discover nearby exoplanet with substantial atmosphere
upi.com

‘It was sink or turn yourself in’: behind a dangerous 10,000-mile ocean pursuit
theguardian.com

Shrink-Wrap Plastic History: A Little Heat Goes a Long Way
tedium.co

Possible Explanation Discovered for Elusive Dark-Matter-Free Galaxies
scitechdaily.com