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As the new millennium dawned, a mysterious invention from a charismatic millionaire became a viral sensation—then went down in flames
slate.com

What Life Was Really Like for a Private Detective in the 1970s
crimereads.com

The Persisting Mysteries of Tears
vice.com

Earth’s Inner Core Is Growing Lopsided
discovermagazine.com

Video: Getting Clean to Be a Good Dad [43:01]
youtube.com

The Photographers Who Captured the Great Depression
daily.jstor.org

A So-Called Game-Changing Weight Loss Drug Is Here—So What Happens Next?
gizmodo.com

Video: The Plane That Will Change Travel Forever [27:40]
youtube.com

Why did the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima leave shadows of people etched on sidewalks?
livescience.com • (see also)

‘Totally new’ idea suggests longer days on early Earth set stage for complex life
sciencemag.org • (see also)

Mexico’s three-billion-year-old underwater lifeforms
bbc.com

Hospitals Still Use Pneumatic Tubes—and They Can Be Hacked
wired.com • (see also)

Fruit baskets from fourth century BC found in ruins of Thonis-Heracleion
theguardian.com

The tangled physics of knots, one of our simplest and oldest technologies
massivesci.com

The enigma of Europe’s largest active volcano
bbc.com • (see also)

The Solar Wind Across Our Solar System [Infographic]
scitechdaily.com

The oldest tree in eastern US survived millennia – but rising seas could kill it
theguardian.com

Archaeologists find ancient Egyptian warship sunk near Alexandria
arstechnica.com

Bad genes, not rock’n’roll excess, killed Elvis Presley, claims biographer
theguardian.com

The International Space Station Had a Rough Day
theatlantic.com

This Miniature Particle Accelerator Powers a Tiny Laser With Huge Promise
sciencealert.com

Say Hello To The Tokyo Olympic Robots
npr.org

Unraveling a Mystery: Bird Brains Left Other Dinosaurs Behind
scitechdaily.com

On this day in 1973 Uri Geller appeared on the Tonight Show, and failed to impress Johnny
damninteresting.com

Why animals recognise numbers but only humans can do maths
theconversation.com

260 years ago today a French ship crashed on a lost and hostile island. The survivors were remarkably resourceful.
damninteresting.com

What Leisure Means for People Who Are Homeless
daily.jstor.org

Exploring the Moon: Revisiting Apollo 15’s Lunar Landing, 50 Years Later
lithub.com

Video: How to Clean Dirty Money [7:46]
youtube.com

During the English Civil War, Women Fought, Spied, and Defended Castles
atlasobscura.com

Astronomers investigate the layered atmosphere of a brown dwarf
slashgear.com

Collisions of Light Produce Matter/Antimatter from Pure Energy (a direct demonstration of E=mc^2)
bnl.gov

Neuroscientists discover how taking breaks while learning improves memory
newatlas.com

Remains of High-Born Woman and Twin Fetuses Found in 4,000-Year-Old Urn
smithsonianmag.com

The secrets of the Alps’ strange red snow
bbc.com • (see also)

A Plant That ‘Cannot Die’ Reveals Its Genetic Secrets
nytimes.com

Less invasive neuron-activating device shines light through the skull
newatlas.com

This week: 🐈 Spying on cats, 🦜 trash can cockatoos, 💳 rewards program shenanigans, and more!
damninteresting.com

What is the world’s deepest cave?
zmescience.com

First ‘Time Crystal’ Built Using Google’s Quantum Computer
quantamagazine.org

This Newly Discovered World Is The Closest Directly Imaged Exoplanet Ever
sciencealert.com

The British shipwreck that changed the world
bbc.com

Legendary competitive eater Joey Chestnut reveals what happened to his body after he ate 76 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes
insider.com

Image: A representative screenshot from the FBI’s response to our FOIA request regarding “The Pond”
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Video: Why the US Army tried to exterminate the bison [8:14]
youtube.com

Experience: ‘I survived a plane crash that killed 151 people’
theguardian.com

Video: The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve [22:08]
youtube.com • (see also)

Physicists at CERN Just Discovered a Brand New Particle
interestingengineering.com

‘Climate change has become real’: extreme weather sinks prime US tourism site
theguardian.com

How Did Hitler Succeed? And Why Wasn’t He Stopped?
saturdayeveningpost.com • (see also)

How to give a Neanderthal a blood transfusion
cosmosmagazine.com

Russia rocket mishap briefly nudges International Space Station out of position
theguardian.com

This Cyclic Model of the Universe Has Cosmologists Rethinking the Big Bang
discovermagazine.com

Scientists Are Working to Decipher the Puzzle of ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’
leaps.org

The Incredible Fig
nautil.us

Video: The Island of the Last Surviving Mammoths [8:45]
youtube.com

Hyenas Left a Massive Pile of Bones in a Saudi Arabian Lava Tube
gizmodo.com

The Search for Alien Artifacts Begins
discovermagazine.com

How NBC Packed an Entire 1950s TV Studio Into a Cadillac
popularmechanics.com

Facebook’s Broken Vows
newyorker.com