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Why mandatory vaccination is nothing new
bbc.com

Video: This Problem Broke Math (and led to quantum physics) [23:28]
youtube.com

US Air Force looks to make jet fuel from atmospheric carbon dioxide
newatlas.com

Surprising Limits Discovered in Quest for Optimal Solutions
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Luton man left shocked as his house is ‘stolen’
bbc.com

As teens left Facebook, company planned to lure 6-year-olds, documents show
arstechnica.com • (see also)

What It’s Like To Drive a Groundbreaking Electric Car From 1908
thedrive.com • (see also)

Energy, and How to Get It
newyorker.com

First-of-its-kind preventative breast cancer vaccine begins human trials
newatlas.com

The Stunning Grandeur of Soviet-Era Metros
nytimes.com

How a Portuguese fishing village tamed a 100ft wave
bbc.com

A small telescope past Saturn could solve some mysteries of the universe better than giant telescopes near Earth
theconversation.com

Why Many Police Traffic Stops [in the US] Turn Deadly
nytimes.com

Raising a baby in prison
wellcomecollection.org

How Bionic Gloves Gave Pianist João Carlos Martins His Hands Back
gq.com

Watch the sun fire off solar flares in this mesmerizing NASA video [2:31]
space.com

Exploding Head Syndrome is no joke – and neither is sleep paralysis
skeptic.org.uk

How AirTags are being used to find stolen property
washingtonpost.com

Did Vikings and their stowaway mice beat Portugal to the Azores?
theguardian.com

Video: Original choreography by Sadeck Waff to promote the 2024 Paralympics in Paris [2:47]
youtube.com

Spider Uses its Web Like a Giant Engineered Ear
the-scientist.com

‘The stench of death’: California city plagued by extraordinary odor for weeks
theguardian.com

Ageing Gracefully: Mathew Brady’s Dying Daguerreotypes
flashbak.com

The Chile Capital of the World Is Running Out of Water
theatlantic.com

Peering at the edge of the universe
theweek.com

What’s Behind The Strange Drop in American Body Temperatures Over The Past 200 Years?
sciencealert.com

The terrifying reality of black holes
alternet.org

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Video: CT scan of a pumpkin. 600 microns. Sagittal reconstructions. [0:35]
youtube.com

A Call of ‘Cold Gun!’ A Live Round. And Death on a Film Set.
nytimes.com

Gut bacteria found to produce molecules that suppress inflammation
newatlas.com

1,000-Year-Old Gold Mask Found in Tomb Was Painted With Human Blood
gizmodo.com

Video: Soviet-era film on Tsar Bomba, the record-breaking 50 Megaton atomic bomb tested 60 years ago today (Russian) [40:28]
youtube.com

The Closest Alien World to Our Solar System Might Have Oceans Like Earth
interestingengineering.com

‘A Stranger Looked Like My Twin. That Was Just the Beginning.’
nytimes.com

Could Gravity’s Quantum Origins Explain Dark Energy?
scientificamerican.com

Ancient Maya canoe found in Mexico could be more than 1,000 years old
theguardian.com

What would happen if the speed of light was much lower?
livescience.com

Sikh men created a lifeline using turbans and jackets to rescue hikers at a park
npr.org

60 years ago today the Soviets exploded the largest bomb ever built: 50 megatons
damninteresting.com

Hubble Space Telescope celebrates Halloween with a glowering, dying star
phys.org

One of the World’s Most Iconic Salt Lakes Has Dried Up
gizmodo.com

Video: Fractal Ink Jets That Power Spiral Motion [10:39]
youtube.com

This fierce fish grows 20 new teeth each day
nationalgeographic.com

Architect Says Billionaire’s Dystopian Dorm Design Is a Dangerous Social and Psychological Experiment
gizmodo.com

Award-Winning Ecology Photos Remind Us That Nature Is Awesome—and Complicated
gizmodo.com

How Tainted Treats Led to a Halloween Tragedy in 1858
atlasobscura.com

Ultrahot, ultrafast explosion called ‘the Camel’ has astronomers puzzled
livescience.com

Spiders are much smarter than you think
knowablemagazine.org

This week: 🪦 Graveyard picnicking, 🦛 sterilizing cocaine hippos, 🐨 koala chlamydia, and more!
damninteresting.com

‘Astounding’ Roman statues unearthed at Norman church ruins
theguardian.com

What would happen if an asteroid were going to hit Earth? A NASA scientist explains.
space.com

Physicists Finally Made The Weird ‘Superionic Ice’ That Could Exist on Alien Worlds
sciencealert.com

Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment and made a new discovery
arstechnica.com

The Long, Hidden History of the Viking Obsession With Werewolves
atlasobscura.com

‘New hidden world’ discovered in Earth’s inner core
livescience.com

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
theconversation.com

The Telescope That Will Change Astronomy
airspacemag.com

Two California Condors Had Virgin Births, Researchers Say
gizmodo.com

Virtual particles may be real particles out of phase with our reality
medium.com