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Competitive Scrabble: ‘I was going to quit playing. Then something utterly nuts happened.’
slate.com

Life as we know it would not exist without this highly unusual number
space.com

This week: 🥔 Not a potato, 🧠 visual re-braining, 🦫 beaver homecoming, and more!
damninteresting.com

Video: The Search for an Eccentric Millionaire’s Hidden Treasure Chest [27:53]
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Stunning Video Showcases the Largest, Most Detailed Simulation of the Early Universe to Date
scitechdaily.com

Video: Russia Struggled to Capture a Ukrainian Town. Intercepted Radio Messages Show Why. [9:01]
youtube.com

Scientists have figured out how snakes keep breathing while constricting prey
npr.org

Life’s Preference for Symmetry Is Like ‘A New Law of Nature’
nytimes.com

Unknown symbols written by the lost ‘painted people’ of Scotland unearthed
livescience.com

Can technology shape our dreams?
harpers.org

Scientists Find Unexplained Waves Inside the Sun That Defy Known Physics
vice.com

Italian Scientists Create Rising Pizza Dough Without Yeast
smithsonianmag.com

The Dyatlov Pass Mystery May Have Just Been Solved by New Video Evidence
vice.com

The Nordic way to stop bullying
bbc.com

Truck Gets Tossed by a Tornado Then Drives Away
popularmechanics.com

Interactive: Zooming into the Sun with Solar Orbiter
esa.int

The jokes that have made people laugh for thousands of years
bbc.com • (see also)

Next Generation Telescopes Could Search for Intelligent Civilizations Directly
universetoday.com

A Man’s Chronic Hiccups Turned Out to Be a Brain Tumor Symptom
gizmodo.com

A Month of War Has Transformed Ukraine
theatlantic.com

The Deadly Cyclone That Changed the Course of the Cold War
wired.com

Levitating plastic beads mimic the physics of spinning asteroids
sciencenews.org

What Can We Learn About the Universe from Just One Galaxy?
newyorker.com

Who Was the Real Lucille Ball?
smithsonianmag.com

The Speed of Sound on Mars Is Strangely Different, Scientists Reveal
sciencealert.com

Almost 37 years after its launch, someone found an Easter egg in Windows 1.0
techradar.com

What Yosemite’s fire history says about life in the Pyrocene
aeon.co

The Portentous Comeback of Humpback Whales
nautil.us

The queen of crime-solving
theguardian.com

He Was an Ex-FBI Serial Killer Profiler. Then His Lies Caught Up With Him.
vice.com

A research study analyzes the characteristics of Apophis, the asteroid that will approach Earth in 2029
phys.org

The Unsung Women of the Betty Crocker Test Kitchens
atlasobscura.com

Fire Recorded in Ice
discovermagazine.com

Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’
theguardian.com

All-Black, All-Woman WWII Unit Awarded Congressional Gold Medal
smithsonianmag.com

Mermaid or fish? The science behind the viral left/right brain illusion
sciencefocus.com

How the way we’re taught to round numbers in school falls short
sciencenews.org

The Birth of Spy Tech: From the ‘Detectifone’ to a Bugged Martini
wired.com

On the dangers of sleep
engelsbergideas.com

Space-grown lettuce could help astronauts avoid bone loss
phys.org

Rome’s New Cooking Museum Invites Visitors to Feast With Their Eyes
hyperallergic.com

Nasal spray could prevent Alzheimer’s disease, brain inflammation
braintomorrow.com

Sulfur from dino-killing asteroid caused way more global cooling than thought
livescience.com

For a year Tommy James was bigger than The Beatles. Then the mafia ruined everything
loudersound.com

You’ve probably never heard of terahertz waves, but they could change your life
popsci.com

Comet Leonard has broken into pieces as it rounds the sun: report
space.com

The hunt for the horse-killer gang that never was
inputmag.com

This Is How Much A Full NASA Space Suit Costs
slashgear.com

‘Emotional moment’: locked-in’ patient communicates with family via implant
theguardian.com

With a Stolen Fragment Restored, This Stunning 17th-Century Tapestry Is Made Whole
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Milking The World’s Most Venomous Snake [16:05]
youtube.com

The Oldest Continuously Inhabited City in the World
discovermagazine.com

Wondering how Dependent ISS is on Russia? NASA Gives the Details
universetoday.com

Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists
theguardian.com

Is Geometry a Language That Only Humans Know?
nytimes.com

Cosmic Rays and Perturbed Boulders Suggest First People to Reach Americas Came by Coast
gizmodo.com

Scientists observe quantum boomerang effect for the first time
livescience.com

Photographer’s 3,200 Undeveloped Film Rolls Hold History of Rock ‘n’ Roll
petapixel.com

Weird Circular Objects Observed in Space May Finally Be Explained
sciencealert.com

NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets: ‘Each One of Them Is a New World’
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