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She Bought Her Dream Home. Then a ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Changed the Locks.
nytimes.com

How to Bury an Entire Museum
messynessychic.com

Iceland elects Europe’s first female majority parliament
bbc.com • (see also)

Chinese scientists complete starch synthesis from CO2, revolutionary for agricultural production and promoting carbon neutrality
globaltimes.cn

NASA’s AR graphic novel is meant to recruit a new wave of astronauts
engadget.com

These Spikes Grew Right Out of a Dinosaur’s Ribs
gizmodo.com

Bitcoin mining company buys Pennsylvania power plant to meet electricity needs
techspot.com

Could whistling shed light on the origins of speech?
theguardian.com • (see also)

How a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony
theconversation.com

How would humans decompose on Mars?
astronomy.com • (see also)

Climate startup taps harsh Australian sun for scalable carbon capture
newatlas.com

How firefly flashes illuminate the physics of complex systems
aeon.co

Hail-like “Mushballs” May Fall on All Our Giant Planets
skyandtelescope.org

The great sperm heist: ‘They were playing with people’s lives’
theguardian.com

A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas
economist.com

Engineers figured out how to cook 3D-printed chicken with lasers
arstechnica.com

Why beavers were parachuted into the Idaho wilderness 73 years ago
nationalgeographic.com

The epic adventures of the Gilgamesh Dream tablet
bbc.com

Amateur Metal Detectorist Finds Astonishing Gold Hoard Buried by Pre-Viking Chieftain
gizmodo.com

The Ancient People Who Burned Their Culture to the Ground
atlasobscura.com

New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets
phys.org

This week: 🩸 Blood-based architecture, 🐒 chimpanzee wars, 🚗 airless tires, and more!
damninteresting.com

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