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Sleep Study Made People Sleep With One Eye Open and Found Unexpected Brain Activity
vice.com • (see also)

18th-Century Satire, Communist Anthem, 1950s Pop Song: The Many Lives of Mack the Knife
crimereads.com

‘My Grandpa, the Fascist?’
newlinesmag.com

‘You look up and see light coming through’: The divers venturing under the ice in the name of science
bbc.com

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, study shows
theguardian.com

The forgotten story of the woman who invented the dishwasher
popsci.com

This isolated North Carolina island preserves the Hoi Toider dialect–a mix of Elizabethan English and pirate slang, in Irish and Scottish accents
bbc.com

Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination
arstechnica.com

Highly expressive ancient puppets found in Salvadorian pyramid
popsci.com

Mysterious Skeleton of Child With Human and Neanderthal Traits Has Finally Been Dated by Archaeologists
smithsonianmag.com

Scientists Found the World’s Largest Clone in the Baltic Sea
vice.com

Strange Squeaks: A Uniquely Human Gene Alters Mouse “Songs”
the-scientist.com

The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers
wired.com

On this day in 1944, police in occupied Paris were alerted to a foul-smelling smoke emerging from a fine arrondissement
damninteresting.com

Video: The History of the Music Video [3:17:54]
youtube.com

The Diabolical World of Phone Scams
macleans.ca

‘You are free again’: farewell letters of executed Belgian resistance fighters found, 80 years on
theguardian.com

Operation Atacama: The $1m cactus heist that led to a smuggler’s downfall
bbc.com

The Secret History of the Manicule, the Little Hand that’s Everywhere
messynessychic.com

Video: Chaotic hoses are really weird [18:45]
youtube.com

The Antarctic Ozone Hole Is Under Repair Thanks to Reduced CFCs
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

The bizarre quantum paradox of ‘negative time’
bbc.com

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly
newyorker.com • (see also)

Dark Matter Doesn’t Decay, Whatever It Is
universetoday.com

Exploring the Four Rarest Trees on Earth
mossandfog.com

Appropriate use of humor can make science communication more effective, study suggests
phys.org • (see also)

Whale pee ‘funnel’ moves 4,000 tons of nitrogen a year, keeping ocean alive
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

Video: The Cizeta-Moroder V16T Proved Cylinder Count Matters [22:52]
youtube.com

Climate change may reduce the number of satellites that can safely orbit in space
phys.org • (see also)

Norfolk woman refuses to hand over 16th-century Italian painting identified as stolen
theguardian.com

The ‘quantum’ principle that says why atoms are as they are
nature.com

How South Korea’s President Planned a Military Takeover, Then Blew It
nytimes.com

This month’s ‘blood moon’ eclipse mirrors one Christopher Columbus used to scare indigenous people with in 1504
space.com • More Info

Baffling Scientists for Centuries: New Study Unravels Mystery of Static Electricity
scitechdaily.com

Why zero could unlock how the brain perceives absence
aeon.co

Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep them safe?
bbc.com • (see also)

How using AI, smartphones, and digital technology change your brain
vox.com

New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief
arstechnica.com

How To Build A Thousand-Year-Old Tree
noemamag.com • (see also)

Scientists crack how aspirin might stop cancers from spreading
bbc.com

USX-1 Defiant: The warship without a crew or a place to put one
newatlas.com

Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses
theconversation.com

How the Development of the Camera Changed Our World
mymodernmet.com

How spy ring did Russia’s dirty work from the UK
bbc.com

Does Gravity Actually Come From Entropy? Here’s the New Theory
popularmechanics.com

Juno reveals dozens of lava lakes on Jupiter’s moon Io
sciencenews.org

CPR Is Not as Successful as Many Think
discovermagazine.com

On this day in 1974, one of the last Japanese WW2 holdouts was relieved of duty
damninteresting.com

Travelling Through India on the Himsagar Express
newyorker.com

‘Next-Level’ Chaos Traces the True Limit of Predictability
quantamagazine.org

Watch: Man survives being run over by train [00:49]
bbc.com

‘A very camp environment’: why Alan Turing fatefully told police he was gay
theguardian.com

The Holy Grail of Physics: Superconductivity Without the Cold
scitechdaily.com

There’s a bizarre animal in the deepest depths of the Pacific Ocean that looks like a toast rack
discoverwildlife.com

Chasing daylight
cbc.ca

‘An ideal tool’: prisons are using virtual reality to help people in solitary confinement
theguardian.com

Curiosity Cracked Open a Rock on Mars And Discovered a Big Surprise
sciencealert.com

‘The dumbest thing I’ve ever done’: spy trial’s tales of scheming, bluster and a love triangle
theguardian.com

The hidden world beneath the shadows of YouTube’s algorithm
bbc.com

The Strange, Forgotten History of Antigonish and “The Little Man Who Wasn’t There”
crimereads.com