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This week: 🦆 Musk duck backtalk, 💉 tattoo history, 🗝️ keyhole lasers, and more!
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Not just a tall story: the Dutch really are shrinking, statistics agency confirms
theguardian.com

Strong butt muscles are the key to sprinting at an elite level
massivesci.com

Dinosaur Cowboys Are Hunting for the Next $32 Million T. Rex
bloomberg.com

Video: Making a Realistic Simulation of the Sun [6:27]
youtube.com

A Brief History of the Gombe Chimpanzee War
discovermagazine.com

Facebook has known for a year and a half that Instagram is bad for teens despite claiming otherwise
theconversation.com • (see also)

The wolf cat — how this bizarre, adorable cat came to be
zmescience.com

Ancient Mars was rocked by violent, climate-changing volcanic eruptions
space.com

World’s largest tree wrapped in fire-resistant blanket as California blaze creeps closer
theguardian.com

900-year-old Chinese supernova mystery points to strange nebula
space.com

The Winners of the Royal Observatory’s Best Astronomy Photos of 2021
petapixel.com

Life-Size Camel Sculptures in Saudi Arabia Are Older Than Stonehenge, Pyramids of Giza
smithsonianmag.com

Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Fire Rips Through Mysterious Google Mansion
thedailybeast.com

Russia Once Built a Frisbee-Shaped Warship
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Gorgeous Fossil Shows Ancient Bird With a Pair of Super-Sexy Tail Feathers
gizmodo.com

Found: An Early Merlin Tale, Hidden for Centuries
atlasobscura.com

Scientists find evidence of humans making clothes 120,000 years ago
theguardian.com

When the battle over American freedom was centered on seat belt laws
webcache.googleusercontent.com

Can Radio Really Educate?
daily.jstor.org

See Earth sparkle in knockout views from China’s new space station
cnet.com

The James Webb Space Telescope Promises Celestial Images Rivaling Hubble
npr.org

101 years ago today a bomb exploded on New York’s Wall Street during the lunch rush
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Video: You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think) [4:23]
youtube.com • (see also)

The new warrant: how US police mine Google for your location and search history
theguardian.com

Researchers Generate an Entire Virtual Universe and Make it Available for Download (if you Have 100 Terabytes of Free Hard Drive Space)
universetoday.com

Gallery: Scenes From Greenland
theatlantic.com • (see also)

XENON1T Experiment May Have Detected Dark Energy
scitechdaily.com

Photos From The 1911 Expedition To Antarctica
flashbak.com

Look into the secret world of numerology and puzzles in Bach
aeon.co • See also • See also

A Massive Subterranean ‘Tree’ Is Moving Magma to Earth’s Surface
quantamagazine.org

Where Aliens Could Be Watching Us
nautil.us

Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: the detectives untangling the global supply chain
theguardian.com

A deadly fungal disease on the rise in the West has experts worried
grist.org

Walking Trees, Parasitic Flowers, and Other Remarkable Plants: An Illustrated Guide
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Earth’s oxygen is projected to run out in a billion years
massivesci.com • (see also)

It’s all in the ink: Vinland Map is definitely a fake, new analysis finds
arstechnica.com

‘Heartbroken’ Osage Nation leaders decry sale of sacred Missouri cave with ancient artwork
theguardian.com

This rubber duck started a river race in Alberta and washed ashore in Russia
cbc.ca

Simple Mathematical Law Predicts Movement in Cities around the World
scientificamerican.com

Why SpaceX’s first all-private mission is a big deal
technologyreview.com • Live stream

Highly criticized paper on dishonesty retracted
retractionwatch.com

This Fossilized Skin Sample of an Iconic Dinosaur Has Revealed Jaw-Dropping Details
sciencealert.com

All Living Snakes Evolved From a Few Survivors of Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
scitechdaily.com

When the Nazis sent scientists to the Himalayas
bbc.com • (see also)

Jupiter just got smacked by a space rock and an amateur astronomer caught it on camera
space.com

Mexico to give away ‘El Chapo’ safehouse in lottery
thestar.com

Video: Boeing’s Fatal Flaw (full documentary) [53:18]
youtube.com

Mars Sample Return: Bringing home a piece of another planet
sciencefocus.com

56 Percent of Young People Think Humanity Is Doomed
vice.com

Video: Earth’s mysterious red glow, explained [4:21]
youtube.com

Here’s what we know about Egypt’s New and Yet Unnamed Futuristic Capital City
messynessychic.com

Michelin’s airless passenger car tires get their first public outing
newatlas.com • 15 years ago

Human Gut Bacteria Could Be Accumulating Our Medications Without Us Realizing
sciencealert.com

Video: The Strange Orbit of Earth’s Second Moon (plus The Planets) [7:07]
youtube.com

Butterflies released in Finland contained parasitic wasps – with more wasps inside
theguardian.com

On this day in 1979 two German families made a daring attempt to escape East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon
damninteresting.com

Physicists Just Accidentally Made a New Discovery About Black Holes
sciencealert.com

Bizarre pig-faced shark found dead in the Mediterranean Sea. Is it real?
livescience.com