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The hermit of Socotra Island
bbc.com

Video: The Assassin’s Teapot Is Weird [9:11]
youtube.com

Why Is NASA Sending Its New Telescope a Million Miles Away?
theatlantic.com

25 years ago today a professor published a groundbreaking paper on ‘evolvable’ computer hardware
damninteresting.com

Saudi camel beauty pageant cracks down on cosmetic enhancements
bbc.com

Astronomers spy record-breaking eruption on young sunlike star
space.com

The Ambitious Idea to Study the Evolution of a Comet
smithsonianmag.com

A Decade before the World had the Internet, France was Online & Hooked on Minitel
messynessychic.com

How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway
theconversation.com

World’s Largest Pterosaur Leaped Aloft to Fly
news.utexas.edu

Video: The Most Realistic Humanoid Robot Yet (Ameca Robot) [14:35]
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The Greatest Prime Number Mysteries
cantorsparadise.com • (see also)

The tomatoes at the forefront of a food revolution
bbc.com

From snubbing Mick Jagger to explaining the cosmos: the secret life of MC Escher and his impossible worlds
theguardian.com

4 Dead Infants, a Convicted Mother, and a Genetic Mystery
wired.com

Storm Drains Keep Swallowing People During Floods
propublica.org

New NASA Telescope Will Provide X-Ray Views of the Universe
nytimes.com

Photos of The Sensational Cincinnati Old Main Library Before It Was Torn Down In 1955
flashbak.com

The Fearless Mother-Daughter Duo Who Tamed Lions to Save the Circus
narratively.com

All the Biomass on Earth
nautil.us

Burying Leni Riefenstahl: one woman’s lifelong crusade against Hitler’s favourite film-maker
theguardian.com

One hundred years ago today leaded gasoline was unfortunately invented
damninteresting.com

California police discover skull of man thought to have killed himself by guillotine
theguardian.com • (see also)

Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí really works
livescience.com

This Massive Planet Shouldn’t Exist
gizmodo.com

Gravitational Waves Should Permanently Distort Space-Time
quantamagazine.org

How Nairobi’s ‘road for the rich’ resulted in thousands of homes reduced to rubble
theguardian.com

How to catch your once-in-a-lifetime look at Comet Leonard
cbc.ca

The ocean’s rarest mammal has a few final lessons to teach us
vox.com

Half a Billion in Bitcoin, Lost in the Dump
newyorker.com

China successfully modified the weather to create clear skies, researchers say
bgr.com • (see also)

Video: Bougainville: A New Country Coming in 2027 [6:49]
youtube.com

World-first road/rail-traveling bus to enter use on Christmas Day
newatlas.com

‘She was very complicated. She was a conundrum’: who was the real Lucille Ball?
theguardian.com

A Lightsail Powered By Millions of Lasers Could Reach Alpha Centauri in 20 Years
interestingengineering.com

NASA Returns Hubble to Full Science Operations
nasa.gov

Photos of Indonesia’s Apocalyptic Volcanic Eruption
gizmodo.com

“Functional cure” for type 1 diabetes passes first human trials
newatlas.com

Evidence emerges for dark-matter free galaxies
phys.org

Awe-inspiring photo shows the enormous Webb telescope taking a major step towards launch
inverse.com

New Brain Maps Can Predict Behaviors
quantamagazine.org

Physicists have coaxed ultracold atoms into an elusive form of quantum matter
sciencenews.org • (see also)

California officials determine cause of city’s ‘stench of death’
theguardian.com

Need to Test a Space Suit? Head to Iceland
wired.com

How SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket might unlock the solar system—and beyond
technologyreview.com

US billionaire surrenders $70m of stolen art
theguardian.com

How Do You Kill a God? On Captain Cook’s Ill-Fated Arrival in Hawaii
lithub.com

This New Photo Of The Sun Is One Of The Best You’ll Ever See
screenrant.com

Gambling ‘America’s Amazon’
cnn.com

The Ponzi of Paris: The Greatest, Wildest Confidence Artist in French History
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Groundbreaking use of CRISPR selects sex of mice with 100% efficiency
newatlas.com

The Largest Comet We’ve Ever Seen Just Delivered a Curious Surprise
sciencealert.com

Antarctica was once a rainforest. Could it be again?
vox.com

Creating a Better Leaf
newyorker.com

Viagra Shows Surprising Promise In Reducing Alzheimer’s Risk
thedailybeast.com

Consumers value a product viewed online more if they see it being virtually touched
theconversation.com • (see also)

“Earth’s Black Box” to chronicle humanity’s descent into climate chaos
newatlas.com

Pando, the World’s Largest Organism, Is Being Eaten by Deer
atlasobscura.com

Why Germans celebrate school with a cardboard cone
bbc.com

Groundbreaking chewing gum potentially mitigates Covid transmission
healtheuropa.eu