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The History of Predicting the Future
wired.com

The red sky paradox, and our place in the universe
sciencealert.com

Wisdom from the Life of Mary Somerville, for Whom the Word “Scientist” Was Coined
themarginalian.org

Bambi: cute, lovable, vulnerable … or a dark parable of antisemitic terror?
theguardian.com

A New Idea for How Dark Matter Came to Dominate the Universe
insidescience.org

The Webb Telescope’s long journey to L2
earthsky.org

Michigan animal shelter inundated with parakeets in breeding plan gone wrong
theguardian.com

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Get a Hamster Drunk
theatlantic.com

NASA will let the ISS disintegrate into the atmosphere. Here’s why
vox.com

Intimate portraits of a COVID unit from a photojournalist turned nurse
npr.org • (see also)

He Paid $30 for a Drawing. It Could Be a Renaissance Work Worth Millions.
nytimes.com

Scientists Identify a Previously Unknown Type of Storm, Called an ‘Atmospheric Lake’
sciencealert.com

Video: How City Streets Are Transformed To Look Old In Movies [6:44]
youtube.com

“At 9 a.m. the next morning — the most terrifying day of my life — the ship crashed into the cliffs of the island. No matter the cost, we were determined to come ashore.”
cbc.ca

James Webb Space Telescope has successfully launched
cnn.com

On this day in 1914 British and German soldiers in WW1 called off the war for a day
damninteresting.com

How to watch one of the most nail-biting launches in NASA history
mashable.com

Video: Why does the occasional solar eclipse go backwards? [16:44]
youtube.com

Could an Overlooked Quantum Theory Help The Universe Make Sense Again?
sciencealert.com

USS Thresher Was Doomed From the Start—Here’s Every Event That Led Up to Its Sinking
popularmechanics.com

Do Your Fingers Reveal If You’re Lucky? Why a Scientist Thinks His Own Study Is BS.
realclearscience.com • (see also)

‘My grandmother hid Jewish children’: Poland’s underground refugee network
theguardian.com

Video: Why 3D Printing Batteries Matters [11:58]
youtube.com

Taste the TV: Japan invents lickable screen to imitate food flavours
theguardian.com

The Tragic Story of the Flying Ford Pinto Ended Exactly How You’d Expect
thedrive.com

Why Scientists Waited 50 Years to Study This Moon Dust
smithsonianmag.com

The Lock-Picker, the Lockmaker, and the Odyssey to Expose a Major Security Flaw
bloomberg.com

Video: When Antibiotics Don’t Work [53:15]
youtube.com

The Disappearance of Japan’s “Third Gender”
daily.jstor.org

Flecks of silver in poop of ancient Cambrian creature baffle scientists
livescience.com

Antibodies Are Being Created to Fight Disease in New Ways
wired.co.uk

The Surrealist Magical Mystery of Leonora Carrington
messynessychic.com

He wore a wire, risked his life to expose who was in the KKK
apnews.com

Video: The Real Reason American Colleges Look (Way) Older Than They Are [8:06]
youtube.com

Madagascar: Minister ‘swims for 12 hours’ after helicopter crashes at sea
bbc.com

These fish work together by the hundreds of thousands to make waves
phys.org

Scientists Just Identified a Brand New Muscle Layer in The Human Jaw
sciencealert.com

There’s a Lost Palace that Rivalled Versailles, Buried under Brussels
messynessychic.com

Alien Antimatter Crashes into Earth
discovermagazine.com

Nickel oxide is a material that can ‘learn’ like animals and could help further artificial intelligence research
theconversation.com

Video: Did This Man Find The Extinct Tasmanian Tiger? [27:31]
youtube.com

The new year once started in March—here’s why
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

Woolly mammoths and humans coexisted in North America much longer than experts thought
livescience.com

How a future U.S. president helped avert nuclear disaster near Canada’s capital
cbc.ca

Rogue planets: At least 70 free-floating worlds spotted drifting in space
newscientist.com

US Army Creates Single Vaccine Against All COVID & SARS Variants, Researchers Say
defenseone.com

‘A life wasted’: Who was the real Ebenezer Scrooge?
bbc.co.uk

Seconds before a 6.2 earthquake rattled California, phones got a vital warning
theguardian.com

Study shows magnetic fields can act as early warning signs for tsunamis
newatlas.com • (see also)

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launch delayed to Christmas due to weather
space.com

Earth Is Spinning Faster Now Than It Was 50 Years Ago
discovermagazine.com

‘How I Restored a Legendary Wooden WWII Fighter Plane’
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Video: The Most Powerful Computers You’ve Never Heard Of [20:12]
youtube.com • (see also)

The US military trained him. Then he helped murder Berta Cáceres
theguardian.com

Claudette Colvin’s Juvenile Record Is Expunged 66 Years After Arrest
people.com

Nikola Tesla Probably Didn’t Invent a Death Ray, But The FBI Still Took All His Stuff
thedebrief.org • (see also)

A stunning fossil egg has allowed paleontologists to find new clues about a dinosaur’s early development
smithsonianmag.com

Astronomers detect signature of magnetic field on an exoplanet
phys.org

Pub landlord, caretaker and monarch sought for isolated Piel Island
theguardian.com

Shockingly Abundant Life Found Thriving in Darkness Under an Antarctic Ice Shelf
sciencealert.com