Printed from https://www.damninteresting.com/curated-links/?after=58641

Stone skipping physics could help spacecraft land safely on water
newscientist.com

How One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt
nytimes.com

Italian ‘king of absentees’ allegedly skipped work for 15 years
theguardian.com

Quantum Astronomy Could Create Telescopes Hundreds of Kilometers Wide
scientificamerican.com • (see also)

The Rise and Fall of a Double Agent
thewalrus.ca

The world is in a crucial period for dealing with space junk
academictimes.com

New Neural Networks Solve Hardest Equations Faster Than Ever
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The Plot to Kill the Olympics
outsideonline.com

Why Sports Make You Miserable, According to Science
lifehacker.com

NASA Parker Solar Probe snaps images of Venus’ dust ring
slashgear.com

The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea
theguardian.com

They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War
wired.com

Born secret — the heavy burden of bomb physics
nature.com

After Ingenuity’s successful Mars flight, NASA plans to fly a huge rotorcraft on Saturn’s moon
salon.com

Tarantulas are *everywhere* and now researchers know why
zmescience.com

Do Brain Implants Change Your Identity?
newyorker.com

How the jewel beetle’s shiny shell helps it hide in plain sight
zmescience.com

Video: The world’s most painful insect sting [5:11]
youtube.com

How to Land on an Alien World
airspacemag.com

Cracking the case: New study sheds more light on the “Brazil nut effect”
arstechnica.com

The Government Says We Should Use Nukes to Deflect Asteroids
popularmechanics.com

The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army
newyorker.com

One with the lot: The folding, electric, street-legal, VTOL flying car
newatlas.com

‘Fly Me to Cuba, Said the American Hijackers’
daily.jstor.org

How to Recreate 1,300-Year-Old Cookies
atlasobscura.com

Attack of the drones: the mystery of disappearing swarms in the US midwest
theguardian.com

Titanic: Searching for the ‘missing’ Chinese survivors
bbc.com

American lobsters can hear — with their hair
academictimes.com

Why were the ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?
livescience.com

The Swedish law of wanderlust
bbc.com

Trippy NASA Video Shows Two Black Holes Interacting
digitaltrends.com

Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completed its historic first flight
cnn.com • Video

French officials perplexed by gold bars and coins found stashed in old house
theguardian.com

NASA is developing a plan to build an Arecibo-like telescope on the moon
markets.businessinsider.com • (see also)

Toilet and Sewer Technology Needs a Fresh Start
bloomberg.com

You can train yourself to find disgusting things less gross
psyche.co

‘He’s telling a story of his time’: how Bill Traylor, born into slavery, became an art titan
theguardian.com

If Planet Nine Is Out There, It May Not Be Where We Think
sciencealert.com

Archaeologists Unearth Sprawling Roman Ruins Unlike Any Found in the U.K.
smithsonianmag.com

A ‘Worst Nightmare’ Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack

This week: Volcanic troubles, placental oddities, suggestive coconuts, and more
damninteresting.com

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build NASA’s lunar lander
theverge.com

Female robots are seen as being the most human. Why?
theconversation.com

Video: This Plant-Inspired Robot Could Save Your Life [14:29]
youtube.com

Searching for Answers to Everest’s Greatest Mystery Among the Artifacts of Its Early Climbers
lithub.com

Why Do We Listen to Sad Music?
daily.jstor.org

Dozens of Fossilized Neanderthal Footprints Found on a Beach in Spain
gizmodo.com

Archaeology in the Ashes of Notre Dame
sapiens.org

Video: Why Did the Mexican Jumping Bean Jump? [4:15]
youtube.com

The Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations
quantamagazine.org

What You Need to Know About FLoC, the Ad-Targeting Tech Google Plans to Drop on Us All
gizmodo.com

Video: FRONTLINE: The Madoff Affair (full documentary) [54:18]
youtube.com

NASA Engineers ‘Nervous’ and ‘Excited’ as Mars Helicopter Prepares to Fly
vice.com

The genius behind early Russian space tech
bbc.com

Experience: ‘I’ve had the same supper for 10 years’
theguardian.com

Winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

Some lucid dreamers can answer questions and math problems in their sleep
massivesci.com • (see also)

Astronomers detect new frequencies from mysterious fast radio bursts
newatlas.com

What Octopus Dreams Tell Us About the Evolution of Sleep
wired.com

NASA spacecraft leaves mess after grabbing asteroid samples
phys.org