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The rollercoaster king: the man behind the UK’s fastest thrill-ride
theguardian.com

Supernova that lit up Earth’s skies 843 years ago has a flowering ‘zombie star’ at its heart
livescience.com

A Cemetery’s Immortal Residents and the Scientist Who Studies Them
atlasobscura.com

Tomato factory lights mistaken for ‘lovely aurora’
bbc.com

Burmese python swallows deer whole in Florida Everglades by stretching its mouth to the absolute limit
livescience.com

This App Set Out to Fight Pesticides. After VCs Stepped In, Now It Helps Sell Them
wired.com

How one engineer beat the ban on home computers in socialist Yugoslavia
theguardian.com

1st triple black hole system discovered in ‘happy accident’
space.com

EviCore, the Company Helping U.S. Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
propublica.org

‘I tried to solve a mystery about my family. I got more than I bargained for.’
slate.com

Why We Ghost: The psychology of people who cut off all communication
nautil.us

A Geological Time Bomb: Remembering the Night That Yellowstone Exploded
lithub.com

Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks—And It Remodels Your Brain
scientificamerican.com

Inventing Silk Roads
daily.jstor.org

Scientists Revived a Pig’s Brain Nearly a Whole Hour After It Died
sciencealert.com • (see also)

‘Cosmic inflation’: did the early cosmos balloon in size? A mirror universe going backwards in time may be a simpler explanation
theconversation.com

Video: Qasr al-Farid: The Lonely Castle of the ancient Nabateans [03:30]
bbc.com

DNA has been modified to make it store data 350 times faster
institutions.newscientist.com

Human brain can process certain sentences in ‘blink of an eye’, says study
theguardian.com

The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush
smithsonianmag.com

Carbon capture material “cleans air entirely of carbon” say excited scientists
cosmosmagazine.com

The Most Fascinating Abandoned Subway Stations in NYC
thrillist.com • (see also)

AI Is Making It Easier for Scammers to Steal Homes From Their Owners
businessinsider.com • Mirror

“America’s Literary Giant.” On the Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe in Vietnam
lithub.com

A Feathered Murder Mystery at 10,000 Feet
nytimes.com

Earthquakes might trigger Yellowstone’s Steamboat geyser
npr.org

NOAA releases imagery from world’s first operational space-based coronagraph
phys.org

In 1924 a risqué silent film featured a woman as US president – what happened on screen in the 100 years that followed?
bbc.com

How Do Merging Supermassive Black Holes Pass the Final Parsec?
quantamagazine.org

The brain collector: the scientist unravelling the mysteries of grey matter
theguardian.com • (see also)

Peter Todd in hiding after being “unmasked” as bitcoin creator
arstechnica.com

Terrawatch: mystery of Siberian explosive craters solved
theguardian.com

How moon-landing teams are learning from each other to make the next lunar leap
space.com

People who can’t smell breathe differently
popsci.com

Video: The picture that tells a lesser-known chapter of US history [02:50]
bbc.com

Yes, Electric Eels Really Are Electric, and Capable of Producing 800 Volts of Electricity
discovermagazine.com

JWST Discovers Icy Exoplanet That Looks Like an Eyeball May Have Liquid Ocean
mymodernmet.com

Yes, you can still get scurvy
popsci.com • (see also)

Bring on the Vegas glitz! How Roma families are defying their persecutors with bling palaces
theguardian.com

Video: How The Secret Service Actually Works [39:50]
youtube.com

Betelgeuse Betelgeuse? Bright star Betelgeuse likely has a ‘Betelbuddy’ stellar companion
phys.org

Budget woes and aging infrastructure will force NASA to make tough choices, report says
space.com

Hoard of silver coins dating from Norman Conquest is Britain’s most valuable treasure find ever
cnn.com

Why 60 degrees in fall feels different than in the spring
popsci.com

NASA Achieves Impressive Bandwidth with its New Laser Communications System
universetoday.com

Video: Candy War: Babe Ruth Vs Baby Ruth [17:48]
youtube.com

The Mayaguez Incident: The Last Chapter of the Vietnam War
daily.jstor.org

Roadside Relics of the USSR
flashbak.com

Scientists discover “glue” that holds memory together in fascinating neuroscience breakthrough
psypost.org

A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor
zmescience.com

Amateur sleuth finds largest known prime number with 41 million digits
institutions.newscientist.com

Woman wedged upside down between boulders for seven hours after trying to retrieve phone in regional NSW
theguardian.com

America’s Earliest Sports Stars Were … Professional Walkers?
zocalopublicsquare.org

A new theory suggests mistakes are an essential part of being alive
aeon.co

Scientists have traced 70% of meteorite falls to three collisions that occurred in the asteroid belt within the past 40 million years
skyandtelescope.org

Video: Should We Build A Geothermal Power Plant In Yellowstone? [10:34]
youtube.com

A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago, but provided a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life
cnn.com

WWII submarine discovered 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission
popsci.com

Video: Inside the FBI’s Secret Encrypted Phone Company ‘Anom’ [39:23]
youtube.com

How dogs were implicated during the Salem witch trials
theconversation.com • (see also)