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At the 1960 Olympics, American Athletes Recruited by the CIA Tried to Convince Their Soviet Peers to Defect
smithsonianmag.com

What Happens in a Mind That Can’t ‘See’ Mental Images
quantamagazine.org

The First Air Force One and One Man’s Quest to Save It
atlasobscura.com

Video: Stephen Fry into Ukraine [45:28]
youtube.com

“Cat poop” brain parasite could be hijacked to deliver drugs
newatlas.com • (see also)

Meteorites from Mars
daily.jstor.org

New DNA analysis helps bust 200-year-old royal conspiracy theory
phys.org

Video: Why The Olympics Almost Banned This Shoe [16:48]
youtube.com

Fully-automatic robot dentist performs world’s first human procedure
newatlas.com

Video: Why did people wear powdered wigs? [5:40]
youtube.com

‘One of the most disgusting meals I’ve ever eaten’: AI recipes tested
theguardian.com

Four Friends, Two Marriages, One Affair — and a Shelf of Books Dissecting It
vulture.com • Without paywall

3,500-year-old tablet in Turkey turns out to be a shopping list
livescience.com

This humpback lost its tail — but swims on in Salish Sea
seattletimes.com

‘My jaw just dropped’: 500 million-year-old larva fossil found with brain preserved
livescience.com • (see also)

When Milk Delivery Was Done by Dog-Drawn Carts: Vintage Photos from the Early 20th Century
rarehistoricalphotos.com

Video: How NASA Gave Us a Better Mattress [14:23]
youtube.com

Never-before-seen shapes up to 1,300 feet long discovered beneath Antarctic ice
livescience.com

Video: The Director Who Revolutionized The POV Shot [6:29]
youtube.com

What we learned by crashing Lunar Prospector into the Moon
astronomy.com

Nanoscale ‘Russian doll’ tech delivers two drugs at different times
newatlas.com

Video: Why π^π^π^π could be an integer (for all we know!). [15:20]
youtube.com

Can an AI make a data-driven, visual story?
pudding.cool

How to SUPPPPRESS Light From a Star That Is Ten Billion Times Brighter Than Its Habitable Exoplanet
universetoday.com

Archaeologists Found a Cult’s Secret Temple Hidden Among Ancient Tombs
popularmechanics.com

Watch Sierra Space Blow Up Its Inflatable Space Station In The Name Of Science
jalopnik.com • Video

Video: The Clever Way to Count Tanks [16:44]
youtube.com

NASA Retires Asteroid-Hunting Telescope
scientificamerican.com

Video: Water powered timers hidden in public restrooms [13:11]
youtube.com

That Time Arthur Conan Doyle Tried to Stump Harry Houdini with a Stop-Motion Dinosaur Film Clip
crimereads.com • Related video

Silicon Valley’s Trillion-Dollar Leap of Faith
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

‘My ex was brutally murdered. Then his killer was hailed a national hero’
theguardian.com

New study simulates gravitational waves from failing warp drive
phys.org • (see also)

Parasites Are Everywhere. Why Do So Few Researchers Study Them?
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Will the Higgs boson give us “new physics”?
cosmosmagazine.com

The Wisdom of Fish Schools
nautil.us

The Confessions of Lieutenant Calley
esquire.com

Video: The $64M Race to Save the Eiffel Tower [12:45]
youtube.com

Scientists propose lunar biorepository to defy Earth-life extinction
interestingengineering.com

How Great was the “Great Oxidation Event”?
eos.org • (see also)

On this day in 1761 a French ship crashed on a lost and hostile island. The survivors were remarkably resourceful.
damninteresting.com

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