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JAXA’s First Wooden Satellite Deploys from Space Station
nasa.gov

“Truly Remarkable” – Scientists Discover Record-Breaking Super-Earth That Is As Dense as Lead
scitechdaily.com

When a Deadly Winter Storm Trapped a Luxury Passenger Train Near the Donner Pass for Three Days
smithsonianmag.com

Scientists Found Ancient Tectonic Plates in the Middle of Continents—Where They Shouldn’t Be
popularmechanics.com

Divers Recover Ancient Shipwreck That Sank 2,600 Years Ago Off the Coast of Spain
smithsonianmag.com

What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them
lithub.com

415 Years Ago: Astronomer Galileo Discovers Jupiter’s Moons
nasa.gov

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab closed due to raging LA fires
space.com

You’re Made of Carbon that Took a Journey into Intergalactic Space
universetoday.com

Physicist claims to have solved the infamous ‘grandfather paradox,’ making time travel (theoretically) possible
livescience.com

Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station
science.nasa.gov

Scientists uncover how the brain washes itself during sleep
science.org • (see also)

Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor
phys.org

Brightest Space Explosion Ever May Hide an Elusive Dark Matter Particle
sciencealert.com

How We Make Life’s Toughest Choices
neurosciencenews.com

The Dramatic Rescue of the Citizen Sailors Who Patrolled the Atlantic Coast Looking for Nazi U-Boats
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Drone mapping unveils 3,000-year-old fortress, reshaping ancient history
phys.org

Survival of the luckiest? New study hints at the potential role of luck in evolution
npr.org • (see also)

Mysterious Volcano That Erupted and Cooled the Earth 200 Years Ago Finally Identified
vice.com

An ocean-engineering project will build an undersea habitat
spectrum.ieee.org

North Korea boasts of successful hypersonic intermediate-range missile test
cbc.ca

‘Why do I feel so lonely even though I’m surrounded by people?’
bbc.com

Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer.
quantamagazine.org

The World in a Cloverleaf: A World Map from 1581
openculture.com

Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos)
space.com

Antarctic Ice Melt May Fuel Eruptions of Hidden Volcanoes
eos.org

Dirty deeds in Denver: Ex-prosecutor faked texts, destroyed devices to frame colleague
arstechnica.com

They Were Looking for Endangered Tortoises. They Found Human Bones Instead.
outsideonline.com

The Editor Who Drove Hemingway Away
daily.jstor.org

Clearing the Way for Nasal Vaccines
the-scientist.com

Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
flashbak.com

An Early Supermassive Black Hole Took a Little Break Between Feasts
universetoday.com

Scientists find ‘spooky’ quantum entanglement on incredibly tiny scales — within individual protons
space.com

‘The water came in the boat like the Niagara Falls’: How a British sailor survived in an upturned yacht for four days
bbc.com

Why Are More Young People Being Diagnosed with Cancer?
thewalrus.ca

You Can Surgically Change Your Eye Color, But Is It Worth the Risks?
vice.com

The Worst Shark Attack In U.S. History Happened In 1945—And It Was Nothing Short Of A Feeding Frenzy
forbes.com

Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans
theguardian.com

How to ‘Catch’ Prime Numbers
scientificamerican.com

Mount Tambora’s 1815 Eruption Altered the Planet — Could It Happen Again?
discovermagazine.com

The Golden Gate Bridge Was a Dream That Turned Into a Depression-Era Nightmare for the 11 Men Who Died During Its Construction
smithsonianmag.com

The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
projects.propublica.org

This Woman’s Tonsils Grew Back 40 Years After She Had Them Removed
vice.com

Close Calls: When the Cold War Almost Went Nuclear
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Drilling into Neutron Stars with Computers
physics.aps.org

Archaeologists discover 2000-year-old ‘Great Wall of Siberia’
zmescience.com • (see also)

Video: The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas’s Top Tourist Attraction [20:47]
youtube.com

How AI is unlocking ancient texts
nature.com • (see also)

Italian village forbids residents from becoming ill
bbc.com

Our Reality Might Only Exist Because of the Multiverse
popularmechanics.com

On The Fragility of Our Knowledge Base
daily.jstor.org

Historians Think They’ve Discovered the Exact Battlefield Where Alexander Became ‘The Great’
popularmechanics.com

A single nitrogen atom could transform the future of drug discovery
techexplorist.com

Using an Oil Industry Framework to Map Space Resources
universetoday.com

Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s used could improve employee performance or worsen discrimination
theconversation.com

The national park that draws mushroom hunters from around the world
bbc.com

Silent Giants: How a Star Became a Black Hole Without Exploding
scitechdaily.com

The Ocean Teems With Networks of Interconnected Bacteria
quantamagazine.org

Why Do Some People Look Like Their Dogs?
nautil.us

The Oldest Olive Tree in the World is Over 3,000 Years Old
mossandfog.com