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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is even deeper than scientists had thought
space.com

Scientists Just Need to Follow These 7 Steps to Prove Aliens Exist
gizmodo.com

Photographer Uncovers the Soviet Underworld Below Tbilisi, Georgia
petapixel.com

DNA reveals unexpected origins of enigmatic mummies buried in a Chinese desert
cnn.com

Strange Black Hole Discovered in Milky Way With a Huge Warp in Its Accretion Disc
scitechdaily.com

China’s New Quantum Computer Has 1 Million Times the Power of Google’s
interestingengineering.com

NASA Says We Need to Talk About What Happens When We Find Life Beyond Earth
sciencealert.com

Scientists measure the atmosphere of a planet 340 light-years away
phys.org

Why do placebos work? Scientists identify key brain pathway
science.org

Is the Great Neutrino Puzzle Pointing to Multiple Missing Particles?
quantamagazine.org

Why the U.S. once bombed an erupting volcano
nationalgeographic.com

The Secret Excavation of Jerusalem
smithsonianmag.com

Looking up answers online can leave us overconfident about what we know
phys.org

The persistent myth of drugged Halloween candy
readthepresentage.com

Are We on the Verge of Chatting with Whales?
hakaimagazine.com

Neutrino result heralds new chapter in physics
bbc.com

Perseverance rover snaps first Mars photos after communications blackout. They’re stunning.
space.com

Are huge black holes from dead galaxies roaming around the Milky Way?
syfy.com

Culinary Detectives Try to Recover the Formula for a Deliciously Fishy Roman Condiment
smithsonianmag.com

If NASA greenlights this interstellar mission, it could last 100 years
npr.org

Video: Buying Organs on the Black Market [8:36]
youtube.com

The Forgotten Story of a Polish Spy Whose Los Angeles Trial Was a Cold War Flashpoint
crimereads.com

Why Dragons Dominated the Landscape of Medieval Monsters
smithsonianmag.com

What would photosynthesis look like around other stars?
massivesci.com

Where Transcendental Numbers Hide in Everyday Math
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The secret lives of cells — as never seen before
nature.com • Explainer video

Authorities Seize Whale Poop Worth $1 Million in Sting Operation
vice.com

What Happens to Caves When Wildfires Scorch the Surface?
atlasobscura.com

Sharpest ever images of live bacteria unravel the secrets of superbugs
newatlas.com

The Bizarre Cultural History of Saliva
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Video: Why Rust Batteries May Be the Future of Energy [12:01]
youtube.com

Quantum Cyberattacks Are Coming. This Math Can Stop Them
popularmechanics.com

Type of ultraviolet light most effective at killing coronavirus is also the safest to use around people
theconversation.com

Pupil size found to vary based on number of objects you’re looking at
newatlas.com

Deepest earthquake ever detected struck 467 miles beneath Japan
nationalgeographic.com

Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars through Red Planet’s summer air after radio blackout (video)
space.com

This Groundbreaking Simulator Generates a Huge Indoor Ocean
wired.com

A “singing” endangered animal reveals the evolutionary origins of music
inverse.com

How to Map a Fly Brain in 20 Million Easy Steps
nytimes.com

How did ancient people store food before refrigeration?
livescience.com

New long-form from Damn Interesting: In 1958, one heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
dam.mn

Tackling a 40 million-year-old conundrum
phys.org

The marvel of China’s multi-generational rice terraces
bbc.com

Seattle police bust lucrative Lego trafficking scheme
theguardian.com

Blue Origin says it will build an orbiting mixed-use business park in space
npr.org

Video: Jupiter Rotates [1:07]
youtube.com

‘My Father, the Hitman’
dmagazine.com

Project Stardust: A Photographer Scours Rooftops Across the Globe for Minuscule Cosmic Particles
thisiscolossal.com

Video: TV From the Moon – Apollo’s Live TV cameras [14:37]
youtube.com

Alien hunters have an update on a mysterious signal from the nearest exoplanet
cnet.com

The Technologies That Could Finally Make Space Elevators a Reality
interestingengineering.com

When a Witness Recants
newyorker.com

MLMs [in the US] might not be able to get away with their shady promises much longer
vox.com

Video: How to Lie Your Way to $34 Billion [Nikola Motors Fraud] [25:50]
youtube.com

When People Carved Turnips Instead of Pumpkins for Halloween
smithsonianmag.com

Why Disney buried Runaway Brain, the monstrous Mickey short
polygon.com • (see also)

Why the Belowground Ecosystem Matters
daily.jstor.org

How jumping spiders’ senses capture a world beyond our perception
sciencenews.org

Observations of Exploding Star in ‘Real Time’ Deemed a Major Step Towards Predicting Supernovas
gizmodo.com

An Atomic Clock Promises Link Between Quantum World and Gravity
quantamagazine.org