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This week: 🩸 Blood-based architecture, 🐒 chimpanzee wars, 🚗 airless tires, and more!
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Astronomers discover enormous ‘cavity’ in the Milky Way being masked by a cosmic illusion
livescience.com

Carbon dioxide reactor makes Martian fuel
phys.org

The NSA and CIA Use Ad Blockers Because Online Advertising Is So Dangerous
vice.com

Canary Islands ‘miracle home’ stands alone against volcano’s lava flow
theguardian.com • (see also)

The One-Eyed African Queen Who Defeated the Roman Empire
narratively.com

Inside the World’s Most Exclusive (and Strange) Anti-Gravity Club
thedebrief.org

China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal
bbc.com

The Long-Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees
wired.com • (see also)

Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans Arrived In Americas During Ice Age
nytimes.com

The pawpaw is finding champions again after colonizers’ dismissal
daily.jstor.org

What vampire bats do for their closest friends
cbc.ca

America’s songbirds are dropping dead, and scientists don’t know why
cnet.com

The torso in the Thames: A 20-year mystery
bbc.com • (see also)

NASA ballistic air gun hurls rocks at space suits to test their micrometeorite protection
phys.org

Scientists use AI to create drug regime for rare form of brain cancer in children
theguardian.com

Knowing the content of one’s own mind might seem straightforward but in fact it’s much more like mindreading other people
aeon.co

Video: How decades of stopping forest fires made them worse [8:12]
youtube.com

Single Cells Evolve Large Multicellular Forms in Just Two Years
quantamagazine.org

Why These Children Fell into Endless Sleep
nautil.us • (see also)

Meet the Egyptian Scientists Studying ‘Ghosts’ of the Desert
atlasobscura.com

Autopsies on Hold: Why We Need More Medical Examiners
discovermagazine.com

Hubble telescope discovers 6 mysteriously dead, massive galaxies from early universe
cbsnews.com

Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest Ranger in National Park Service, Turns 100
people.com

Winged Microchip Is Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure
scitechdaily.com

Here’s Why The Liquid Water On Mars’ Surface May Have Vanished
npr.org

Croatian police solve mystery of woman with no memory found on rock
theguardian.com

Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Far-Out Future of Space Travel
wired.com

107-Year-Old Japanese Sisters Are the World’s Oldest Identical Twins
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Control The Choke Point: How The US Stole The Panama Canal [19:07]
youtube.com

Fake Rock Nearly Crushes Opera Star: Accident or Sabotage?
nytimes.com

How Nixon’s suspicious mind led to Elvis spying on John Lennon
thetimes.co.uk

The bias that blinds: why some people get dangerously different medical care
theguardian.com

On this day in 1979 an American nuclear detonation detection satellite detected…something.
damninteresting.com

How Humans Lost Their Tails
nytimes.com

Mathematician Answers Chess Problem About Attacking Queens
quantamagazine.org

The Secrets of The World’s Greatest Freediver
gq.com

Catchy music ‘goes viral’ in ways similar to how infectious diseases spread, study finds
independent.co.uk

World War Two: The brothers who fled Nazi occupation by kayak
bbc.com

Photos: A Destructive Eruption on the Canary Islands
theatlantic.com

Scientists finally have an explanation for the most energetic explosions in the universe
livescience.com

In a Tiny Arctic Town, Food Is Getting Harder to Come By
wired.com

Elon Musk Confirms “Challenges” With Toilet on Tourist Spacecraft
futurism.com

Scientists say Mars may simply be too small to host life
cnet.com

‘Kids raised in the digital era are yearning for this’: the people making new games for old consoles
theguardian.com

The hexagon shape and why it shows up so much in nature
zmescience.com

LSD Induced Changes May Explain How Brain Generates Behavior
thedebrief.org

‘Killed like animals’: documents reveal how Australia turned a blind eye to a West Papuan massacre
theguardian.com

A new planet? Astronomers believe they’ve found proof
hawaiitribune-herald.com

What is time, and why does it move forward?
earthsky.org

All the Buzz About Bee Venom (and More)
discovermagazine.com

A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it
theconversation.com

Depression, bipolar and schizophrenia share gut bacteria similarities
newatlas.com

On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States
lithub.com

William Dampier, Pirate Scientist
daily.jstor.org

1st ‘atom tornado’ created from swirling vortex of helium atoms
space.com

A Simple Equation Indicates Wormholes May Be the Key to Quantum Gravity
interestingengineering.com

Microbial Molecule Turns Plants Into Zombies: The Curse That Might Contain a Cure
scitechdaily.com

In 1948, one demonstration of a ‘hands-off’ B-17 fight landing almost went very wrong
washingtonpost.com

How Ancient War Trickery Is Alive in Math Today
quantamagazine.org