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U.S. Atari parts store still open after 41 years, has spent $100K+ designing new parts
tomshardware.com

‘It’s a history lesson’: fossil fish up to 16m years old found perfectly preserved in central NSW
theguardian.com

Tri-State tornado: 100 years since the deadliest twister in US history
bbc.com

Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers
astronomy.com

‘Dark Matter’ May Be a Whole Shadow World of Mysterious Atoms and Forces
scientificamerican.com • (see also)

Mystery of Victorian geologist’s ring found on African beach
bbc.com

Video: Why Your Brain Blinds You For 2 Hours Every Day [12:33]
youtube.com • (see also)

How Airline Pilots Are Incentivized to Hide Their Mental Illness
nytimes.com • (see also)

A major breakthrough for better batteries: Scientists solve a long-standing mystery
knowridge.com

The Aerothrust propulsion system, ca. 1910
newatlas.com

Two Tornadoes Struck the Same Military Base Five Days Apart in 1948
popularmechanics.com

Physicists Bend Time Inside a Diamond, Creating a Brand-New Phase of Matter
scitechdaily.com

This Volcano Is ‘Likely’ to Erupt Within Weeks
vice.com

Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away
mashable.com

The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war
theguardian.com

NASA Astronauts Finally Head Home After Nine Months in Orbit
bloomberg.com

The rise and fall of the Hanseatic League
worksinprogress.co

Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem
theconversation.com

The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms
space.com • (see also)

The World’s First ‘Fighter Drones’ Are Coming. We’re Entering a ‘New Chapter of Aerial Warfare’ for America.
popularmechanics.com

After a 5,000-mile float, these iguanas probably set an ocean record
popsci.com

Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd
theconversation.com

Feel the burn with this amazing video of a Varda space capsule’s plunge through Earth’s atmosphere
space.com

Woman Arrested After Pretending to Be a Dentist for 8 Years
vice.com

How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health
bbc.com

Video: Frozen orange juice is actually super weird [17:20]
youtube.com

New map of landscape beneath Antarctica unveiled
bas.ac.uk

‘Blood Rain’ Turned This Beach Bright Red
vice.com

Scientists create the most detailed 3D map of dust in the Milky Way
knowridge.com

Smell like a god: Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows
phys.org

The US Government Paid People $5,000 to Eat Junk Food for a Month
vice.com • (see also)

Quantum Speedup Found for Huge Class of Hard Problems
quantamagazine.org

When the dotcom bubble burst
dfarq.homeip.net

Video: Can You Fool A Self Driving Car? [18:53]
youtube.com

Cancer Vaccines Are Suddenly Looking Extremely Promising
futurism.com

The Man Who Finds Melodies Inside Mushrooms
atlasobscura.com

Peruvian fisher rescued after three months stranded at sea
theguardian.com

Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein
theguardian.com

A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells
arstechnica.com

Mürren: The stunning car-free village reached by cable car
bbc.com

The explosive potential of custard powder
bbc.com

‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture
quantamagazine.org

On this day in 1968, thousands of sheep died suddenly in Utah’s Skull Valley
damninteresting.com

Should Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment be retracted?
retractionwatch.com • (see also)

A Boy and His Atom: Watch The World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film
openculture.com

The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – for good reason
theconversation.com

What Will the Betelgeuse Supernova Be Like – And Will It Hurt Us?
universetoday.com

Video: This Material Gets Bigger When You Squish It [5:17]
youtube.com

The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting
theguardian.com

‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds
theguardian.com

This is no world for an axolotl
english.elpais.com

In Mexico, a Grisly Discovery of Piles of Shoes, Ovens and Human Remains
nytimes.com • (see also)

The untold story of the battle that helped end WW2 in Europe
bbc.com

Rocks and racism? How geologists created and perpetuated a narrative of prejudice
theguardian.com

How police around Australia are cracking cold cases using investigative genetic genealogy
abc.net.au

Why does nature love spirals? The link to entropy
phys.org

Spiral starburst galaxy glows in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image
space.com

‘It’s an extremely sexy story’: How the legendary tale of ‘rebel’ saint Mary of Egypt became a medieval blockbuster
bbc.com

Primordial surf: ‘microlightning’ in mist may have sparked life on Earth, study finds
theguardian.com

The Five Oldest Companies in the World Are All Japanese
mossandfog.com