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The antique tools used to keep timeless timepieces ticking
nationalgeographic.com

Leaving the Grace of This World
outsideonline.com

It Spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs. Now It’s Solving Ecological Mysteries.
nytimes.com • (see also)

Why the world’s biggest mammal migration is crucial for Africa
theguardian.com

Scientists discover how mother-of-pearl self-assembles into a perfect structure
phys.org

Largest canyon in the solar system revealed in stunning new images
livescience.com

199 years ago today a man named Beale signed a cryptic letter that marked the beginning of a still-unsolved mystery
damninteresting.com

These spiders may sew leaves into fake shelters to lure frogs to their doom
sciencenews.org

Video: An album in the style of The Beatles, generated by OpenAI Jukebox [15:07]
youtube.com

Video: ProTactile: Touch Language Techniques [4:50]
youtube.com

‘I lived like an astronaut for months in isolation’
theguardian.com

What Does History Smell Like?
nytimes.com

Astronauts got to eat a crop of space radishes on the ISS
slashgear.com

How Curtis Flowers, tried six times for the same crime, was saved from death row
cbsnews.com

Do we have to age?
theguardian.com

This Drone Sniffs Out Odors With a Real Moth Antenna
wired.com

Astronomers Improve Their Distance Scale for the Universe. Unfortunately, it Doesn’t Resolve the Crisis in Cosmology
universetoday.com

Video: Sprite Lightning at 100,000 Frames Per Second
apod.nasa.gov

New Research Reveals Exercising One Arm Has Twice the Benefits
scitechdaily.com • (see also)

Tiny Nuclear Reactors Can Save American Energy
popularmechanics.com

Gravitational wave signals may reveal dark energy hidden in the universe
syfy.com

The Anti-Spitting Campaigns Designed to Stop the Spread of Tuberculosis
mentalfloss.com

Quasars Rip Across Galaxies Like Tsunamis – The Most Energetic Outflows Ever Witnessed in the Universe
scitechdaily.com

Squatters issue death threats to archaeologist who discovered oldest city in the Americas
theguardian.com

The Milky Way Gets a New Origin Story
wired.com

Video: Amazing: The Rebuilding the MacArthur Maze [26:53]
youtube.com

An unexpected journey: hiker who spent lockdown in a hobbit hole
theguardian.com

Puerto Rico government supports rebuilding Arecibo
spacenews.com

60 years ago today, Caltech students hacked the halftime show of a neighboring college
damninteresting.com

A Harvard professor says we were visited by an alien life form in 2017
nypost.com

What a Victorian Disease Detective Proved About Urban Health
wired.com

These Are 7 of The Strangest Experiments Humans Have Ever Done in Space
sciencealert.com

Anesthesia Works on Plants Too, and We Don’t Know Why
medium.com

Yawning Is One of the Greatest Mysteries of the Human Body
discovermagazine.com

SR-71 Blackbird: Pilot Reveals What It Was Like to Fly the Plane
popularmechanics.com

The Pyramid of Djoser: The World’s Oldest Pyramid Is Often Overshadowed
discovermagazine.com

Inscription Leads Archaeologists to Tomb of One of the Last Han Emperors
smithsonianmag.com

This week: Musical hips, Brilliant birds, Pompeiian snacks, Martian parliament, and more
damninteresting.com

The surface of the moon is a galactic time capsule
space.com

Insecure wheels: Police turn to car data to destroy suspects’ alibis
nbcnews.com

MSG Isn’t Bad For You, According to Science
discovermagazine.com

That time physicist John Wheeler left classified H-bomb documents on a train
arstechnica.com

The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes
quantamagazine.org

The Truth About the Betz Mystery Sphere
popularmechanics.com

Video: Ames window illusion illustrates how we don’t directly perceive external reality [16:56]
youtube.com

Ticketmaster will pay $10 million for hacking rival ticket seller
theverge.com

They spent 12 years solving a scientific puzzle. It yielded the first COVID-19 vaccines.
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

Siberia permafrost yields well-preserved ice age woolly rhino
theguardian.com

When Your Outfit Is Made Illegal
reason.com

Was That a Dropped Call From ET?
nytimes.com

The Hidden World of Mathematics in The Simpsons
zmescience.com

On this day in 1916 Grigory Rasputin succumbed to drowning, bullets, poison, and beating
damninteresting.com

Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer? One man spent a lifetime trying to prove it
magazine.atavist.com

The Cruise Ship Suicides Began After the Last Passengers Left
bloomberg.com

Seat belts and smoking rates show people eventually adopt healthy behaviors
theconversation.com

“Amazing” new species of flower discovered in 100-million-year-old amber
newatlas.com

Meet the Rats That Wear Protective Poison Armor
atlasobscura.com

Scientific theories suggest it’s possible to travel through time. But the reality isn’t so clear.
nationalgeographic.com

30 Years Since the Human Genome Project Began, What’s Next?
wired.com

The McTrain: The Rise and Fall of McDonald’s Ambitious Plan to Conquer the Railroads
thedrive.com