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The argument for a permanent Olympic City
popsci.com

On this day in 1897 three explorers set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon
damninteresting.com

Why do women tend to outlive men?
livescience.com

Unlocking the ‘gut microbiome’ – and its massive significance to our health
theguardian.com

The Police Called It An Accident. She Turned to 1-800-Autopsy.
nytimes.com

Muon g-2 Experiment Results – Profound Implications for the History of the Universe
scitechdaily.com

Can People Still Play the Same Games as They Get Older?
wired.com

Mathematicians Prove Symmetry of Phase Transitions
quantamagazine.org

NASA will attempt a ‘risky’ maneuver to fix its broken Hubble Space Telescope as early as next week
businessinsider.com

Highlights From Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Flight
nytimes.com

Who Killed Cachou the Bear? Murder Mystery in Spain Rattles Conservationists
bloomberg.com

A new theory of superconductivity
phys.org

Video: Powerful fire tornado in California is latest extreme weather sign
bbc.com

New Plasma Thruster Concept Could Make Space Missions 10x Faster
interestingengineering.com

Richard Branson’s Plan to Beat Jeff Bezos to Outer Space
newyorker.com

With little remaining of Champlain Towers, how will we find answers?
arstechnica.com

Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery
discovermagazine.com

Rare glass octopus captured on film for the first time
metro.co.uk

Before Shark Week and ‘Jaws,’ World War II spawned America’s shark obsession
theconversation.com

DARPA program seeks to develop camera tech that mimics the human brain
newatlas.com

The Bitter Truth About Bitters
daily.jstor.org

Squashing Some Mosquito Myths
mcgill.ca

Danny Trejo on Doing Time with Charles Manson and Finding Freedom in the Boxing Room
lithub.com

The Science Behind Heat Waves
gizmodo.com

GPS at risk: Those signals are more vulnerable than you realize
cnet.com

Scientists Have Created a New Bendy And Flexible Form of Ice
sciencealert.com

NASA’s Mars helicopter captures these amazing color photos
thehill.com

How many atoms are in the observable universe?
livescience.com

Mystery of Jupiter’s powerful X-ray auroras finally solved
space.com

On this day in 1908 Victorian scientists first liquefied helium
dam.mn

This week: 💩 Fossilized poo bugs 🪞 Definition of a mirror ☢️ Radioactive boar-pig hybrids …and more!
damninteresting.com

Video: Real Story Behind The Apollo Program (Saturn V Documentary) [52:00]
youtube.com

Hackers Derail Iran’s Train System, Post Supreme Leader’s Phone Number as Help Line
gizmodo.com

Rare Albino Redwoods May Hold Clues to Ecosystem Health
atlasobscura.com

Finally, the truth behind the ‘haunted’ Dybbuk Box can be revealed
inputmag.com

What caused an old, giant star to disappear for over half a year?
syfy.com

Fish are becoming addicted to methamphetamines seeping into rivers
newscientist.com

Modular, floating tidal energy system passes a key “20-year test”
newatlas.com

‘We live in a desert. We have to act like it’: Las Vegas faces reality of drought
theguardian.com

On this day in 1962 the US Defense Atomic Support Agency and the Atomic Energy Commission exploded an atomic bomb in outer space
damninteresting.com

Hitler’s Noxious Plan to ‘Restructure’ Berlin
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

On this day in 1958 the largest recorded megatsunami occurred on the shores of Alaska
damninteresting.com

How a white mob lynched a Black man, destroyed a city – and got away with it
theguardian.com

He Couldn’t Remember That We Broke Up
nytimes.com • (see also)

The Story of Songbirds Is a Story of Sugar
theatlantic.com

Team develops quantum simulator with 256 qubits, largest of its kind ever created
phys.org

Goldilocks planets ‘with a tilt’ may develop more complex life
phys.org

Are Some Dogs Geniuses?
realclearscience.com

What fractals, Fibonacci, and the golden ratio have to do with cauliflower
arstechnica.com

‘We Got the Phone the FBI Secretly Sold to Criminals’
vice.com

How Voltaire Helped Spread the Legend of Europe’s Most Famous Prisoner, The Man in the Iron Mask
crimereads.com • (see also)

The Pictures That Saved Yellowstone
discovermagazine.com

Electric catfish are immune to their own shocks
massivesci.com

From flying boats to secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors – a brief cultural history of UFOs
theconversation.com

A Battle Between a Great City and a Great Lake
nytimes.com

How Close Are We To The Holy Grail Of Room-Temperature Superconductors?
forbes.com • (see also)

In 2030, You Won’t Own Any Gadgets
gizmodo.com

Inside the FBI, Russia, and Ukraine’s failed cybercrime investigation
technologyreview.com

Top of the tree: Italian farmers grow world’s biggest ever cherry
theguardian.com

Maine Has a Dangerous, Small, and Very Itchy Problem
theatlantic.com