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A Skeleton Bank of Understudied Species
nytimes.com

Google Street View Is Showing Strange “Businesses” in the Middle of the Ocean
futurism.com

Europe’s bold ‘Explore 2040’ campaign aims to get astronauts to the moon and Mars
space.com

Video: ‘Why Can’t I Vote Online?’ [12:44]
youtube.com

Fraudsters steal 22 tonnes of high-value cheddar
bbc.com

A Giant Structure in Space Challenges Our Understanding of The Universe
sciencealert.com

The complex considerations that magicians face when exposing the tricks of their trade
phys.org • (see also)

What’s the fastest recorded wind speed?
livescience.com

A chain of Mars exploration catastrophes: When NASA confused the metric with the imperial system
english.elpais.com

If You Think You Can Hold a Grudge, Consider the Crow
nytimes.com

‘It’s a unique language spoken by two people’: The twins who created their own language
bbc.com • (see also)

We Are Living in a Golden Age of Apples
scientificamerican.com

‘Whale orgy’ off southern Australia a promising sign for southern right species
abc.net.au

Scientists discover a promising way to create new superheavy elements
phys.org • (see also)

This Flipping Ship Just Escaped the Wrecker’s Claws—And Her Story Is Mind-Blowing!
gcaptain.com • (see also)

The U.S. empire was built on bird dung
sciencenews.org

Can Wild Animals Experience Trauma? Yes — And It Changes Them Completely
inverse.com

Britain’s first black voter was in 1749, 25 years earlier than thought, and ran a pub
theguardian.com

A new volcanic era
cnn.com

‘Visual clutter’ alters information flow in the brain
news.yale.edu

A deep sea expedition is filming jaw-dropping footage
mashable.com

Hear a Chopin Waltz Unearthed After Nearly 200 Years
nytimes.com • (see also)

Lady Baker and the source of the Nile
harkness.substack.com

We’ve Been Misreading a Major Law of Physics For 300 Years
sciencealert.com

Anti-immigrant crusader Musk illegally overstayed visa when moving to U.S.
salon.com

‘If I had the power I’d destroy the whole thing’: what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles?
theguardian.com

Video: ‘i made an illegal shoe to run faster’ [20:38]
youtube.com

NASA Astronaut Has ‘Medical Issue’ After SpaceX Splashdown
nytimes.com

Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life
theconversation.com

Most Powerful Gamma Rays Ever Seen in Galaxy’s Center Detected by Scientists
sciencealert.com

Experience: ‘I do hair and makeup for the dead’
theguardian.com

Is It Fascism? A Leading Historian Changes His Mind.
nytimes.com

The mystery of one of Italy’s most iconic pastas
bbc.com

Brain waste-clearance system shown in people for first time
nih.gov

New species of tardigrade reveals secrets of radiation-resisting powers
nature.com

Humans Are Evolving Right Before Our Eyes on The Tibetan Plateau
sciencealert.com

Image: Star cluster NGC 602 from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope
esawebb.org

Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin
msn.com

A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery.
thetransmitter.org

Meet the Italian ‘Fruit Detective’ Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Table
smithsonianmag.com

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