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The Italian Town That Built Its Own Sun
vice.com

It Turns Out You Can Detect an Earthquake From a Balloon
atlasobscura.com

‘At first I thought, this is crazy’: the real-life plan to use novels to predict the next war
theguardian.com

NASA Scientists Find More Subsurface Lakes on Mars
gizmodo.com

Study that Impregnated Male Rats Stirs Controversy
the-scientist.com

No One Imagined Giant Lizard Nests Would Be This Weird
theatlantic.com

He Inherited A Devastating Disease. A CRISPR Gene-Editing Breakthrough Stopped It
npr.org

Why do some animals have sperm 20 times the length of their bodies?
livescience.com

Even the Hubble Space Telescope’s backup computer is glitching now – raising new questions about what’s gone wrong
yahoo.com

Why some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity
vox.com

First ever DNA recovered from extinct miniature elephants of Sicily
nhm.ac.uk

The Internet Eats Up Less Energy Than You Might Think
nytimes.com

Over 40,000 previously unknown viruses found in the human gut microbiome
newatlas.com

Woman Who Shot Dead Her Abusive Stepfather-Turned-Husband Freed After Global Outcry
thedailybeast.com

Read the Pentagon’s UFO Report to Congress
theverge.com

World’s first lab-grown-meat factory opens in Israel
newatlas.com

This week: Fermented sushi, echidna genitalia, alchemist antics, and more!
damninteresting.com

Spiders Covered Australian Shores With a Massive, Gossamer Blanket
atlasobscura.com

Depression Will Be Cured By 2030 (And We Won’t Use Antidepressants)
medium.com • (see also)

What Did Stonehenge Sound Like?
smithsonianmag.com

Study finds dinosaurs lived and reproduced in the Arctic
slashgear.com

Experience: ‘I swallowed one of my AirPods’
theguardian.com

Has the Carbontech Revolution Begun?
nytimes.com

Correctly identifying life on Mars will be more difficult than previously thought
massivesci.com

New fossils reveal a strange-looking Neanderthal in Israel
sciencemag.org

Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be rolled out
theguardian.com

How physics breaks down in a black hole
phys.org

The Sky Thief: Beebo Russell’s Last Flight
rollingstone.com • (see also)

Six Days in Suez: The Inside Story of the Ship That Broke Global Trade
bloomberg.com

The World’s Most Active Volcano Sprouts Pele’s ‘Hair’ and ‘Tears’
discovermagazine.com

Photo: The White House Oval Office during presidential transition, sans furniture and rugs
damninteresting.com

The Off-Roading Astronauts of Apollo
outsideonline.com

Slave Collars in Ancient Rome
daily.jstor.org

‘The water is coming’: Florida Keys faces stark reality as seas rise
theguardian.com

2,800-Year-Old Castle Linked to Enigmatic Ancient Civilization Found in Turkey
smithsonianmag.com

Ransomware funds more ransomware — how do we stop it?
theverge.com

New undersea energy storage system harnesses the power of buoyancy
newatlas.com

Can Bach Make You Buy More Stuff?
daily.jstor.org

China plans to send its first crewed mission to Mars in 2033 and build a base there
cnbc.com

These spiders take down snakes hundreds of times their size
livescience.com

This ‘charming’ particle could have saved the universe
livescience.com

The Indigenous woman who survived a desolate Arctic island
aljazeera.com

NASA is Finally Sending a Lunar Lander to the Moon’s far Side
universetoday.com • (see also)

Source of a Weird Quantum Sense Found in an Actual Migratory Bird For The First Time
sciencealert.com

Astronomers work out when the first stars shone
bbc.com

Hubble Trouble: NASA Can’t Figure Out What’s Causing Computer Issues On The Telescope
npr.org

Same or Different? The Question Flummoxes Neural Networks
quantamagazine.org

The Math of Living Things
nautil.us

Video: The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken [29:45]
youtube.com

A unique job on England’s most dangerous peak
bbc.com

John McAfee: antivirus entrepreneur found dead in Spanish prison
theguardian.com

AI helps return Rembrandt’s The Night Watch to original size
theguardian.com

South African Brothers Vanish, and So Does $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin
archive.is

Video: STARFORGE: A Star Formation Simulation [1:36]
youtube.com

How Lobster Eyes Can Help Astronomers Get a Wider View of the Cosmos
discovermagazine.com

How a Sharp-Eyed Scientist Became Biology’s Image Detective
newyorker.com

The Army Might Really Build Walking War Machines
popularmechanics.com

Aliens From 1,715 Stars Could’ve Seen Earth Over the Past 5,000 Years, Study Suggests
gizmodo.com

Stress study shows graying hair is reversible
newatlas.com

Why Did Early Medieval Europeans Reopen Graves?
smithsonianmag.com