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Most planets on tilted orbits pass over the poles of their suns
sciencenews.org

Mushballs and a Great Blue Spot: What Lies Beneath Jupiter’s Pretty Clouds
nytimes.com

Don Huckstep thought he’d found love in his hometown of Fowler, Indiana. But when Teresa Jarding vanished, it foreshadowed a series of bizarre discoveries.
indianapolismonthly.com

Ties Run Deep Between Disney and Space Exploration
supercluster.com

Popcorn perfection? Study reveals the secrets to popping every kernel
studyfinds.org

A (Small) Pre-Emptive Strike Against the Doomsday Asteroid
airspacemag.com

Video: The sharks that hunt in forests [5:38]
youtube.com

Ancient poop analysis reveals extinct species of bacteria
massivesci.com

Vast Strands In the Cosmic Web That Connects the Universe Are Spinning, Scientists Find
vice.com

Magawa, the Explosives-Sniffing Rat Who Uncovered 71 Land Mines, Retires
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NASA is returning to Venus to learn how it became a hot poisonous wasteland – and whether the planet was ever habitable in the past
theconversation.com

Extraordinary new material shows zero heat expansion from 4 to 1,400 K
newatlas.com

Scientists Produce Healthy Mice From Sperm Kept in Space for Nearly 6 Years
gizmodo.com

The Deep Roots of the Vegetable That ‘Took Over the World’
atlasobscura.com

‘Crazy Worms’ Threaten America’s Trees And Maple Syrup
npr.org

Are advertisers coming for your dreams?
sciencemag.org

Mysterious packages washed ashore at Cape Canaveral turn out to be cocaine
theguardian.com

Hubble Spots a Galactic Powerhouse
scitechdaily.com

The problem at the heart of modern psychedelic clinical research
newatlas.com

Scientists unravel mystery of echidnas’ bizarre 4-headed penis
livescience.com

The quest to solve the mysterious ‘eerie’ hum of the Golden Gate Bridge
theguardian.com

Will humans ever learn to speak whale?
livescience.com

In case you missed it, our latest long-form: In Nazi-occupied Paris, “Dr. Eugène” offered Jews an alternative to deportation, slavery, and death camps. But the escape network was not what it seemed.
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1942, Nazi spies slipped ashore in Long Island, New York to engage in Operation Pastorius
damninteresting.com

Why the Mexico City Metro Collapsed
nytimes.com

‘What-is-this’: Experts Puzzled By ‘strange’ Elongated Object That Makes Star Disappear
republicworld.com

See NASA’s bonkers-big moon rocket standing up, boosters and all
cnet.com

‘It’s not easy to take a life’: is coping with PTSD harder for US soldiers?
theguardian.com

How to think clearly
psyche.co

Could face and voice recognition become the new ‘phrenology’?
cbc.ca

A Hole in the Head: A History of Trepanation
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Detectives Just Used DNA To Solve A 1956 Double Homicide. They May Have Made History
npr.org

Photos: California’s Growing Drought Disaster
theatlantic.com

The U.S. Government’s Failed Attempt to Forge Unity Through Currency
smithsonianmag.com

How a 1950s experiment brought foam igloos to Kinngait, Nunavut
cbc.ca

Video: How Recycling Machines Make New Clothes From Used Apparel [8:52]
youtube.com

‘Everything went dark’: humpback whale swallows and spits out diver
theguardian.com

Seeing in different lights paints a more detailed picture of Jupiter
massivesci.com

The Promise and Peril of Self-Driving Cars in Cities
vice.com

The Strange Tale of the Identical Twin’s Mirrored Mansion
messynessychic.com

Researchers Are Getting Closer to Making Medical Robots That Can Swim In Your Bloodstream
discovermagazine.com

The podcasting hype house from hell
theverge.com

This week: Potato-based astronomy, pizza on a volcano, paleontological disputes, and more
damninteresting.com

Fashionable shoes called poulaines caused some gnarly foot problems for Medieval Europeans
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Other Obsession
theatlantic.com • (see also)

A Mysterious, Giant ‘Blinking’ Object Has Been Detected Near Our Galaxy’s Center
sciencealert.com

NASA to land payloads on the far side of the Moon for the first time
engadget.com • (see also)

‘Miraculous’ mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%
bbc.com

The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve
quantamagazine.org

New Zealand’s Māori may have been first to discover Antarctica, study suggests
theguardian.com

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies in Pretoria
bbc.com

How Tree Ring Records Can Help Predict Droughts
daily.jstor.org

Video: Can you trust your memory? [5:11]
youtube.com

TikTok changed the shape of some people’s faces without asking
technologyreview.com

National Geographic recognizes new Southern Ocean, bringing global total to five
theguardian.com

A Little Laughing Gas Can Help Treat Depression, Small Study Finds
gizmodo.com

How processed foods became so unhealthy
bbc.com

When Domestic Cats Eat Humans
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Astronomers discover dying echoes of a supermassive black hole
newatlas.com

Video: How Times Square Became A Giant Tourist Trap [8:50]
youtube.com