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Harvard gene-editing tool “sneaks” DNA into cells without making cuts
newatlas.com

Scientists harness a rare true blue color from nature — in red cabbage
massivesci.com

Video: A British Columbia man discovers he was kidnapped as a baby [3:29]
youtube.com

Why Extreme Heat Might Cancel Your Flight
discovermagazine.com

How one naughty bird cheats with fancy feather structures
arstechnica.com

Massive flare seen on the closest star to the solar system: What it means for chances of alien neighbors
theconversation.com • See also • See also

Scans of Medieval Skeletons Show Cancer Has Been Common Longer Than We Thought
gizmodo.com

In the Andes, Bright Colors Tell the Dark Story of a Dying Lake
atlasobscura.com

New device uses bioluminescent bacteria to track down buried explosives
academictimes.com

Wolf packs don’t actually have alpha males and alpha females, the idea is based on a misunderstanding
phys.org

Where’s the Dark Matter? Look for Suspiciously Warm Planets
wired.com

Wild Donkeys and Horses Dig Wells That Provide Water for a Host of Desert Species
smithsonianmag.com

Receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear
theguardian.com

A Year Without Germs
theatlantic.com

High Energy Cosmic Ray Sources Mapped Out for the First Time
quantamagazine.org

Possible new type of glacier just discovered on Mars
livescience.com

Huge Region of Europe Destroyed by Asteroid Impact in Planetary Defense Exercise
scitechdaily.com

NASA solar probe becomes fastest object ever built as it ‘touches the sun’
cnet.com

What the sound of your name says about you
bbc.com

Stars That Race through Space at Nearly the Speed of Light
scientificamerican.com

Why it’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painting
thehustle.co

Do snakes have ears?
livescience.com

Moderna’s founder says mRNA can treat a wide range of diseases
qz.com

Image: A photorealistic rendering of George Washington if he lived in the present day
reddit.com

Sentenced to life in prison at 16, Adolfo Davis hoped a Supreme Court ruling would give him a chance at a new beginning. But nothing about freedom turned out as he expected
magazine.atavist.com

Image: The interaction of two doomed stars created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas
esahubble.org

How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously
newyorker.com

Video: Why West Africa keeps inventing writing systems [10:06]
youtube.com • (see also)

China’s space station launch might cost lives on the ground
yahoo.com

On this day in 1943 a seemingly convenient corpse washed ashore in Spain
damninteresting.com

What We’re Learning About Ingenuity’s Flight Control and Aerodynamic Performance
mars.nasa.gov

Video: Why the US has two different highway fonts [5:07]
youtube.com

The Unspoken Wedge Between Parents and Grandparents
theatlantic.com

How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel
theverge.com

An underground tank at Hanford Nuclear Reservation is leaking gallons of radioactive chemical waste
cbsnews.com • (see also)

This week: Radioactive honey, gravity-powered batteries, long lost coffee, and more
damninteresting.com

Objectophilia: On the People Who Fall in Love with Inanimate Things
lithub.com

The Farmer Trying to Save Italy’s Ancient Olive Trees
atlasobscura.com

Weird viral DNA spills secrets to biologists
nature.com

Why are pets so good for mental health? Science explains
inverse.com

Zulu Queen Mantfombi Dlamini dies a month after becoming regent
bbc.com

Video: The Theory That Could Rewrite the Laws of Physics [5:42]
youtube.com

One incredible ocean crossing may have made human evolution possible
theconversation.com

We’ve measured the size of Venus’s planetary core for the first time
newscientist.com • (see also)

Life finds a way: in search of England’s lost, forgotten rainforests
theguardian.com

Scenes From Off-World: A photo album of our solar system
theatlantic.com

The man who stole a hotel
capitaldaily.ca

A “strange, giant” galaxy is breaking all the rules
massivesci.com

Watch This Test Flight of the World’s Largest Airplane
vice.com

Video: NASA Sees Tides Under Ocean’s Surface [3:11]
youtube.com

All Aboard Tito’s Train: A Dictator’s Time Capsule of Luxury Travel
messynessychic.com

Neanderthal in the mirror: our changing perceptions of these ancient humans
historyextra.com

Shhhh, they’re listening – inside the coming voice-profiling revolution
theconversation.com

Researchers ‘shocked’ to find Egyptian mummy was a pregnant woman
theguardian.com

We may have just discovered why Parkinson’s patients see ‘ghosts’
academictimes.com • See also • See also

Climate change has made the world’s deadliest lake way more dangerous
cnet.com

Queen of the S.R.O.
narratively.com

Molecules wrangled into single quantum state in breakthrough experiment
newatlas.com

A fictitious asteroid is headed our way, and a group of real experts is currently doing their best to deal with the grim situation
gizmodo.com

Archaeologists Discover 110 Ancient Egyptian Tombs Along the Nile Delta
smithsonianmag.com