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The Race to Patent Psychedelics Is Just Getting Started
vice.com

Russian Typhoon-Class Submarine Size: The Biggest Subs Ever
popularmechanics.com

Fungal microbiome: Whether mice get fatter or thinner depends on the fungi that live in their gut
theconversation.com

Physicists Just Found 4 New Subatomic Particles That May Test The Laws of Nature
sciencealert.com

‘Hovering ship’ photographed off Cornish coast by walker
bbc.com

Paris Louvre recovers 16th-century armour stolen nearly 40 years ago
theguardian.com

Researchers build a swimming robot that works in the Mariana Trench
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Did a Viking Woman Named Gudrid Really Travel to North America in 1000 A.D.?
smithsonianmag.com

Hubble Solves Mystery of Monster Star’s Dimming
hubblesite.org

This week: Gaga’s dognapping, karate physics, overgrown sheep, and more
damninteresting.com

Biggest, fastest known asteroid flyby of 2021 is coming up this month
theweathernetwork.com

Wisdom the albatross, the world’s oldest known wild bird, has another chick at age 70
theguardian.com

On this day in 1973 two professional baseball players decided to swap lives
damninteresting.com

Tintern ‘secret’ medieval tunnel system found by accident
bbc.com • (see also)

Antarctica Is Crammed With Abandoned ‘Ghost’ Stations
theatlantic.com

Alien ‘super-Earth’ may offer clues about atmospheres on distant worlds
news.yahoo.com

Scientists still stuck on Betelgeuse antics a year after strange dimming episode
space.com

Insect-Size Flying Robots Could Help On Rescue Missions, MIT Scientist Says
npr.org

On this day in 1950 a remarkable man passed away—the man who was a dwarf and a giant
damninteresting.com

Consciousness Is Just a Feeling
nautil.us

A potential model for a real physical warp drive
phys.org

Troll Research Station: how to operate an airport in Antarctica
flightradar24.com

That Is Not How Your Brain Works
nautil.us

New original Damn Interesting article/episode by Holly Barker: A Blight on Soviet Science
dam.mn

How some people can end up living at airports for months
theconversation.com

SpaceX’s Starship Prototype Landed Without Crashing. Then It Exploded.
finance.yahoo.com

Why is electroshock therapy still a mainstay of psychiatry?
aeon.co

Octopuses can feel pain both physically and abstractly
academictimes.com

‘I-5 Strangler’ found strangled to death in his cell in California prison
8newsnow.com

Video: SpaceX Starship nails the landing on the latest high-altitude flight test [14:46]
youtube.com

The Story of Pan Am’s First Black Stewardesses
lithub.com

What Happens if Perseverance Finds Life on Mars?
universetoday.com

10 virtual tours of spectacular buildings around the world
theguardian.com

Decades of research reveals very little difference between male and female brains
academictimes.com

The explosive (and inclusive) potential of NFTs in the creative world
techcrunch.com

How US nuclear missiles found a base in Scotland
bbc.com

Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off
theatlantic.com

If You Transplant a Human Head, Does Its Consciousness Follow?
wired.com • (see also)

Extinct atom reveals the long-kept secrets of the solar system
phys.org

Mars: Nasa’s Perseverance rover sends stunning images
bbc.com

A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children
sciencealert.com

Imaginary Numbers May Be Essential for Describing Reality
quantamagazine.org

Fossil scan of Little Foot sheds light on human origins
cbc.ca

Glow-in-the-dark sharks found off New Zealand coast
bbc.com

People Literally Don’t Know When to Shut Up–or Keep Talking–Science Confirms
scientificamerican.com

Connecticut yard sale bowl turns out to be 15th-century Chinese artifact
theguardian.com

NASA’s latest Mars rover has the same processor as an iMac from 1998
theverge.com

Scientists increase worm’s lifespan by 500%
zmescience.com

‘Sexism stands at the door’: 11 female film-makers written out of mainstream Hollywood history
theguardian.com

The Most Murderous Mammals: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science
crimereads.com

‘I’ve Lost My Identity’: On the Mysteries of Foreign Accent Syndrome
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

OCD Is Not a Joke
thewalrus.ca

Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem
quantamagazine.org

How Statistics Can Validate Our Beliefs… or Trick Us
lithub.com

How One of the World’s Wettest Major Cities Ran Out of Water
bloomberg.com

Hidden Egyptian handbook reveals secrets of mummification
newatlas.com

Video: Pocket Computers from the 1980s [23:27]
youtube.com

15 months in Antarctica alongside 10,000 emperor penguins
bbc.com

The rich vs the very, very rich: the Wentworth golf club rebellion
theguardian.com

Lab-grown black hole behaves just like Stephen Hawking said it would
livescience.com