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The Webb Space Telescope Will Rewrite Cosmic History. If It Works.
quantamagazine.org

Scientists Say Mercury Could Be a ‘Relic’ of the Early Earth
interestingengineering.com

Why Are Duolingo’s Sentences So Weird?
slate.com

‘I woke up in ICU… and didn’t know what was real’
bbc.co.uk

The Japanese Fishing Village That Vanished From Los Angeles
messynessychic.com

The lower 48 states are lacking in snow but Hawaii has a blizzard warning with 100 mph winds
cnn.com

The weirdest book in the world just turned 40. We talked to its creator.
insider.com • (see also)

On this day in 1958, a heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
damninteresting.com

China moon rover to investigate cube-shaped ‘mystery house’ object
cnet.com

Strange Things Happening in Earth’s Atmosphere: NASA Launches Rocket To Investigate Mysterious Area Above the North Pole
scitechdaily.com

3 privately owned, commercial space stations get NASA funding
cbc.ca

‘A mysterious sickness has control of my body. And I’m unsure if it will ever leave’
latimes.com

Damn Interesting Week BONUS Episode #1: Criminals Who Are Bad at Their Job
damninteresting.com

This week: 🌐 Fake crime websites, 🦠 stowaway cell structures, 🌠 secret meteorites, and more. Episode 100!
damninteresting.com

How we came to depend on the week despite its artificiality
aeon.co

Websites that charge fees to take down public mugshots are a multi-million dollar industry
melmagazine.com

Giant ‘phantom jellyfish’ that eats with mouth-arms spotted off California coast
livescience.com

International Space Station swerves to dodge space junk
reuters.com

Astronomers have found a new planet that’s mostly made of iron
npr.org

How to Solve A Murder in Early 19th-Century London
crimereads.com

A Lab of Her Own
nautil.us

People’s Choice: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021
theatlantic.com

Quantum Simulators Create a Totally New Phase of Matter
quantamagazine.org

24-Year-Old Researches Treatment for Her Own Crippling Disease
people.com

A Man Grew a Tooth in His Nose
gizmodo.com

50 Years Ago, a Forgotten Mission Landed on Mars
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

How Smart Homes Alter Human Behavior
spectrum.ieee.org

A 975-day nightmare: how the Home Office forced a British citizen into destitution abroad
theguardian.com

Video: The Guy Who Figured Out How Snowflakes Work [18:48]
youtube.com

The Science of Mind Reading
newyorker.com

When is a scientific experiment like a beautiful work of art?
aeon.co

Campaign to drill for the oldest continuous Antarctic ice core begins
newatlas.com

On this day in 2008 a man with a fascinating brain passed away
damninteresting.com

Hiding in plain sight: How one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives led a quiet life in Lynnfield
bostonglobe.com

Angkor: Asia’s ancient ‘Hydraulic City’
bbc.com

Arecibo Observatory: A year after telescope’s collapse, an icon gets continuing cleanup and a new documentary
space.com • (see also)

The Biggest ‘Oh No’ Moment in the Solar System
theatlantic.com

A Hotel Housekeeper On Her Life and Work
afar.com

Meet Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star [to our star]
skyandtelescope.org

Eruption of Vesuvius on Herculaneum ‘like Hiroshima bomb’
theguardian.com

Found in a Candy Tin: One of the First Coins Struck in Colonial North America
smithsonianmag.com

How the CIA Took Over a Florida Island
crimereads.com

My 2-year-old is under the weather today, so it’ll be a little slow around here
damninteresting.com

Why Vulture Bees Prefer Rotting Flesh Over Pollen
smithsonianmag.com

We Should Probably Talk About L’Oréal’s Dark Past
messynessychic.com

Video: Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (full documentary) [1:53:17]
youtube.com

Will We Ever Eradicate COVID-19?
quantamagazine.org

Can Bacteria Solve Our Plastic Pollution Problem?
realclearscience.com

Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course: Closest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes to Earth Ever Discovered
scitechdaily.com

DNA of future deep-space explorers could become more ‘error prone’ in microgravity
blog.frontiersin.org

A Utopia of Useful Things
laphamsquarterly.org • (see also)

Video: What Movies Teach Us About Mozart [9:47]
youtube.com • (see also)

Hubble telescope restores 3rd instrument in slow return to operations
space.com

New review highlights cancer-crushing viruses
eurekalert.org • (see also)

Who Owns a Recipe? A Plagiarism Claim Has Cookbook Authors Asking.
nytimes.com

World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say
cnn.com • Counterpoint

NASA postpones ISS spacewalk because of debris
spacenews.com

On this day in 1838 Wilhelm Von Osten was born—the future owner of a historic horse
damninteresting.com

What Impossible Meant to Richard Feynman
nautil.us

NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2030
livescience.com