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The surprising ways that Victorians flirted
bbc.com

A NASA Probe Went and Booped the Sun
theatlantic.com

Anne Frank betrayal suspect identified after 77 years
bbc.com

Trail of African bling reveals 50,000-year-old social network
theguardian.com

New insight into the internal structure of the proton
phys.org

Proof of concept verifies physics that could enable quantum batteries
newatlas.com

A Newly Discovered Fossil Could Be The Answer to Darwin’s ‘Abominable’ Mystery
sciencealert.com

Panic as Kosovo pulls the plug on its energy-guzzling bitcoin miners
theguardian.com

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath
lithub.com

Earth’s Interior Is Cooling “Much Faster Than Expected”
scitechdaily.com

Huge Tonga underwater volcano eruption captured in stunning satellite video
space.com

Standard Model of Particle Physics: The Absolutely Amazing Theory of Almost Everything
scitechdaily.com

A Library the Internet Can’t Get Enough Of
nytimes.com

Video: How Hard Candy Is Made [13:21]
youtube.com

We don’t know why, but being in space causes us to destroy our blood
arstechnica.com

‘I grew up in a crematorium – we learned not to look too alive in front of the mourners’
theguardian.com

Have we spotted the birth of a black hole?
cosmosmagazine.com

Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next
theconversation.com

‘I’d keep it on the down low’: the secret life of a super-recogniser
theguardian.com

Video: How to Smuggle Million Dollar Goods [7:02]
youtube.com

The Champion: In 1981 three women competed to be world champion of the arcade game Centipede
medium.com

An iceberg in B.C.? Lingering mirage leaves photographer stumped
cbc.ca

The Attack of Zombie Science
nautil.us

What We Don’t Want to Know
vice.com

On this day in 1919 a massive molasses storage tank burst, flooding the streets of Boston with sticky goo
damninteresting.com

How learning happens in the brains of sleeping babes
knowablemagazine.org

Parents of Kids Under 5 Stuck in Grueling Covid Limbo
nytimes.com • Related

Oldest Known Human-Bred Hybrid Animal Was a ‘Kunga’ #WildAss
gizmodo.com

Shakespeare’s First Folio acquired by UBC in ‘once-in-eternity’ purchase
theglobeandmail.com

Evolution study suggests DNA mutations are less random than we thought
newatlas.com

How Volcanologists Tracked a Violent, Months-Long Eruption
atlasobscura.com

Dwarka: India’s submerged ancient city
bbc.com

How rich countries skew the fossil record
nature.com

This week: 🧬 Postcard DNA, 💩 Bespoke stool samples, 🐋 Dead whale waystation, and more!
damninteresting.com

The Best Stories from 120 Years of ‘Popular Mechanics’
popularmechanics.com

Largest dark energy map could reveal the fate of the universe
livescience.com

Secret audio sheds light on toppled dictator’s frantic last hours
bbc.com

Nasa begins months-long effort to focus James Webb space telescope
theguardian.com

“Spectacular Discovery” in Antarctica: Massive Icefish Breeding Colony With 60 Million Nests
scitechdaily.com

Archaeologists Discover—and Start to Decode—Rare Medieval Runes
smithsonianmag.com

Turns Out Schrödinger, the Father of Quantum Physics, Was a Pedophile
futurism.com

Water vapor found in another planet’s atmosphere
nbcnews.com

The Overlooked Art (and Drama) of Courtroom Sketching
messynessychic.com

Epstein-Barr Virus Could Be the Leading Cause of Multiple Sclerosis, Large Study Finds
gizmodo.com

Why Nasa is exploring the deepest oceans on Earth
bbc.com • (see also)

Tchaikovsky’s Patroness
daily.jstor.org

A Look Inside Rikers: ‘Fight Night’ and Gang Rule, Captured on Video
nytimes.com

Scientists hunting alien moons think maybe they’ve found one bigger than Earth
npr.org

China Building “Artificial Moon” Facility That Simulates Low Gravity With Magnets
futurism.com

A Q&A With the Scientist Who Discovered Cannabis Can Prevent COVID-19
vice.com

Quantum mechanics questions the fundamental nature of reality
sciencenews.org

Why Is the Santa Susana Nuclear Accident Still Being Covered Up?
zocalopublicsquare.org

Star Trek has tractor beams. So do we.
expmag.com

Shawn Bradley wrestles with life at 7’6″ in a wheelchair
si.com

The Worrisome Rise of NFTs
nautil.us

The True-Crime “Podcast Junkie” Turned Real-Life Murder Suspect
narratively.com

After the Beanie Baby bubble burst
vox.com

Scammers put fake QR codes on parking meters to intercept parkers’ payments
arstechnica.com

Video: The Boys Who Ran Away from Home on a 747 [29:57]
newyorker.com

‘I felt a sickening pain’: how the ‘first true Hitchcock movie’ almost killed its star
theguardian.com