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Life in Lava Caves Ignores Food from the Surface, Eats Rock Instead
insidescience.org

The strange 19th-Century sport that was cooler than football
bbc.com

What Einstein Meant By “Time is an Illusion”
interestingengineering.com

3.42-billion-year-old fossil threads may be the oldest known archaea microbes
sciencenews.org

German X-ray space telescope captures most complete map of black holes ever
space.com

What comes next after the International Space Station ends
news.yahoo.com

Fractons, the ‘Weirdest’ Matter, Could Yield Quantum Clues
quantamagazine.org

This medical pioneer deplored the devastating effects of leaded petrol when it was first introduced
cosmosmagazine.com • (see also)

Exhibition tells story of Spanish children used as vaccine ‘fridges’ in 1803
theguardian.com

Father builds exoskeleton to help wheelchair-bound son walk
reuters.com

Surprise find in Halifax harbour anchors diver’s theory on 1917 explosion
cbc.ca • (see also)

False Positive: Why Thousands of Patients May Not Have Asthma after All
thewalrus.ca

Bacteria discovered on the International Space Station may help grow food on Mars
studyfinds.org

The true story of how Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” stiffed, then caught fire
keithyates.com

Snow can disappear straight into the atmosphere in hot, dry weather
theconversation.com

5% of Earth’s Power Plants Create 73% of the Energy Sector’s Emissions
vice.com

This Kamikaze Impact Mark On A British Cruiser Is A Testament To The Brutality Of The Pacific War
thedrive.com

Spiral shark intestines work like Nikola Tesla’s water valve, study finds
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Eyes wide shut: How newborn mammals dream the world they’re entering
news.yale.edu

Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences
theconversation.com • (see also)

Tunnel Discovered With Aztec Carvings Will Be Reburied After Museum Loses Funding
gizmodo.com

Ancient brains: a look inside the extraordinary preservation of a 310-million-year-old nervous system
theconversation.com • (see also)

How Rust Can Insidiously, Literally Kill You
medium.com

The return of Britain’s meat-eating plants
bbc.com

Video: She Changed Astronomy Forever. He Won the Nobel Prize for It. [15:56]
nytimes.com

New curio by Jennifer Lee Noonan: Hard to Swallow
dam.mn

An Outbreak of Wildfire Thunderclouds
wired.com

Exoplanet hunting satellite CHEOPS detects unique planet “With No Known Equivalent”
scitechdaily.com

On Molly Williams, One of America’s First Female Firefighters
lithub.com

Edgar Allan Poe’s engagement with American science
salon.com • (see also)

Video: ‘How We Staged a UFO Hoax’ [7:56]
youtube.com

Hubble finds first evidence of water vapor on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
phys.org • NASA video

Argentinian lake turns bright pink due to industrial pollution
zmescience.com

Scientists observed a beetle walking upside-down on the undersurface of a pool of water
nytimes.com

The Chowchilla bus kidnapping: What happened all those years ago?
vox.com

What does a future-proofed home look like?
bbc.com

New repair mechanism discovered in the brain could one day treat seizures
newatlas.com

Video: The Sounds of Space: A sonic adventure to other worlds [20:22] (via kottke.org)
youtube.com

Powers of Hearing: The Military Science of Sound Location
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • (see also)

Fight for control threatens to destabilize and fragment the internet
theconversation.com

Laser pincers generate antimatter by recreating neutron star conditions
newatlas.com

How Oysters Became a Food Fad Way out West
daily.jstor.org

Is there really a ‘crisis’ in cosmology?
space.com

Scientists Have a new way to Predict the Most Damaging Solar Storms
universetoday.com • (see also)

Florida man washes ashore after trying to ‘walk’ to New York in bubble device
theguardian.com

On this day in 1959 Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin rode the thunder
damninteresting.com

History Conveniently Forgot to Tell us about the Transgender Roman Emperor
messynessychic.com

Harvard-led team to search cosmos for extraterrestrial space tech and UFOs
livescience.com

How Bell’s Theorem Proved ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Is Real
quantamagazine.org

Observing the Night Side of Venus is Actually Pretty Tricky
universetoday.com

Watch a Tiny Nuke Throw a Tower of Water More Than a Half-Mile High
popularmechanics.com

Video: How to Hire a Hitman [8:25]
youtube.com

Fraud on the Farm: How a baby-faced CEO turned a Farmville clone into a massive Ponzi scheme
restofworld.org

The Psychology of Why Consumer Rewards Programs Suck You In
discovermagazine.com

The True Story of ‘The Miracle Pilot’ and His 120 MPH Water Landing
popularmechanics.com

Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote
theconversation.com

Video: The Space Border That Could Seal Us on Earth [17:04]
youtube.com

Even though it’s made from cannabis plants, you can’t get high on hemp. But it was classified as an illicit drug for nearly 50 years.
daily.jstor.org

How California-Born Restaurants Conquered America
lamag.com

Last meal of ancient human sacrifice victim ‘Tollund Man’ revealed in exquisite detail
livescience.com