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Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it
theconversation.com

Space-junk scout captures amazing fly-around footage of discarded rocket in orbit (video)
space.com

Astronomers find anomalies in star V889 Herculis’s rotation
phys.org

NASA’s DART Mission Snapped Pictures Until It Crashed Into An Asteroid. Here’s What Those Images Reveal
inverse.com

World’s largest telescope continues taking shape on Chilean mountain (photos)
space.com

Yes, Helen Keller Was Deafblind
mcgill.ca

100 Years Ago, Leopold and Loeb Killed for Thrills
saturdayeveningpost.com

Why Some Olympic Swimmers Think About Math in the Pool
nytimes.com

A new theory on why fireflies glow—and why they need help
popsci.com

Can Thunderstorms Spoil Milk?
atlasobscura.com

Art Historian Discovers Long-Lost Portrait of Henry VIII in Background of Social Media Post
smithsonianmag.com

Missing in the wild and praying for survival
bbc.co.uk

Video: Medicine Cabinets Shouldn’t Exist [8:27]
youtube.com

How dispute over £30 ended in ‘gruesome’ murder
bbc.com

‘Metaphysical Experiments’ Test Hidden Assumptions About Reality
quantamagazine.org

Cassini’s First Years at Saturn
daily.jstor.org

What Don’t We Know?
newyorker.com

These Backpack-Wearing Dogs Have an Important Job to Do
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Quantum information theorists are shedding light on entanglement, one of the spooky mysteries of quantum mechanics
theconversation.com

Ancient Roman Sandals Discovered in Germany
mymodernmet.com

Hybrids between two species can produce “swarms” that flourish
arstechnica.com

It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil
noemamag.com

Does Jupiter protect Earth from asteroids and comets?
planetary.org

Tiny But Not Timid, Maria Fernanda Cardoso’s ‘Spiders of Paradise’ Show Their True Colors
thisiscolossal.com

William L. Calley Jr., Convicted in My Lai Massacre, Is Dead at 80
nytimes.com

Ukraine’s death-defying art rescuers
theguardian.com

Why the solar corona is so much hotter than sun’s surface
phys.org

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe
wired.com • Without paywall

How epigenetics influence memory formation
medicalxpress.com

Rosalind Franklin’s Methods of Discovery
daily.jstor.org

‘Sensational breakthrough’ marks step toward revealing hidden structure of prime numbers
science.org

Are Electric Cars Worth the Money?
nytimes.com

Why do we see colors that aren’t there?
livescience.com • (see also)

What GoFundMe conceals: The campaigns that fail
theconversation.com

The Chimps Who Learned to Say ‘Mama’
nytimes.com

Being in Space Mimics Age-Related Muscle Loss
universetoday.com

New study reveals people’s faces evolve to match their names
phys.org

Did You Know That Poetry Used to Be an Actual Olympic Sport?
lithub.com

Video: Is Black Widow Silk Stronger Than Steel? [8:09]
youtube.com

The Unspoken Risks Of Quantum Computing Could Come Back To Bite Us
inverse.com

Latest solar superstorm blinded the systems that prevent satellites from crashing in space
english.elpais.com

How the Vampire Finch Developed a Taste for Blood
atlasobscura.com

Nashville Museum Returns Hundreds of Pre-Columbian Artifacts to Mexico
smithsonianmag.com

Video: Biopixels and Nanoscapes, two breathtaking studies of butterfly wings [03:28]
thekidshouldseethis.com

How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths
bbc.com

Back to BASIC—the Most Consequential Programming Language in the History of Computing
wired.com

The World’s Oldest Bonsai Trees
mossandfog.com

Stop Panicking about Kid’s Screen Time
thewalrus.ca

Discovery sheds light on the origins of matter in the early universe
phys.org

More Than Half of Contiguous U.S. River Water Comes from Ephemeral Streams
eos.org

Aurora alert: Strong geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights at mid-latitudes across US and Europe
space.com

How Infostealers Pillaged the World’s Passwords
wired.com

Did the U.K.’s Most Infamous Family Massacre End in a Wrongful Conviction?
newyorker.com

This intricate maze connects the dots on quasicrystal surfaces
sciencenews.org

On this day in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building
damninteresting.com

Scientists figure out why there are so many colorful birds in the tropics and how these colors spread over time
phys.org

Numbers game: Is math the language of nature or just a human construct?
salon.com

How Do Animals Change Their Social Habits as They Age?
smithsonianmag.com

Scientists Have Located ‘Hidden Elements’ Recovered from Early Astronomer Tycho Brahe’s Alchemy Laboratory
thedebrief.org

AI trained on AI churns out gibberish garbage
popsci.com