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The Link Between Happiness and a Sense of Humor
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Shape-shifting fish that confounded scientists for 100 years spotted off California coast
livescience.com

Assessing Perseverance’s First Sample Attempt
mars.nasa.gov

Why the Delta Variant Is a Serious Threat to Kids
theatlantic.com

The lost tablet and the secret documents
bbc.co.uk

Physicists Create a Bizarre ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Purely of Electrons
quantamagazine.org

A History of Serial Killers Who Went Quiet Before Being Caught
crimereads.com

The unravelling of a conspiracy: were the 16 charged with plotting to kill India’s prime minister framed?
theguardian.com

Nature’s Antifreeze
nautil.us

The Friendly Rivalry—Between Israel and Iran—Over the World’s Longest Salt Cave
atlasobscura.com

AstraZeneca Scientist Says Delta Variant Makes Herd Immunity Impossible. Here’s Why
sciencealert.com

We’ll Have to Wait About 3,000 Years for a Reply From Intelligent Civilizations
universetoday.com

American Landscapes, Seen Through the Lens of Bob Wick
theatlantic.com

Good news: Immensely powerful red dwarf superflares may not sterilize their planets
syfy.com • (see also)

Exoplanets Are Not as Mysterious as Before
theatlantic.com

The Strange Story of Mexico’s First Narco, the Drug Panic He Helped Incite, and the Revolution to Come
crimereads.com

101 years ago today Charles Ponzi’s eponymous scheme began to unravel
damninteresting.com

Lunar spacesuits won’t be ready in time for 2024 landing
spacenews.com

Plants, Heavy Metals, and the Lingering Scars of World War I
atlasobscura.com

CRISPR therapy for rare blood disease delivers “life-changing” results
newatlas.com

In a world first, South Africa grants patent to an artificial intelligence system
theafricareport.com

UFOs and the Boundaries of Science
bostonreview.net

The Ancient Persian way to keep cool
bbc.com

The Fatal Engineering Flaw Behind the Deadliest [Spontaneous] Building Collapse in U.S. History
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Barnacle-inspired bioglue stops bleeding in as little as 15 seconds
newatlas.com

Robots are coming for the lawyers – which may be bad for tomorrow’s attorneys but great for anyone in need of cheap legal assistance
theconversation.com

Chameleon-inspired robot skin changes colors instantly
technologyreview.com

New technology can create treatment against drug-resistant bacteria in under a week and adapt to antibiotic resistance
theconversation.com

‘A dog’s inner life: what a robot pet taught me about consciousness’
theguardian.com

Ohio Court Sentences Black Woman to 18 Months in Prison the Day After Giving White Woman Probation for Same Crime
theroot.com

Video: The Future of Clean Meat [13:24]
youtube.com

World’s strongest glass can scratch the surface of a diamond
newatlas.com

The 18th-Century Quaker Farmboy Who Laid the Groundwork for Atomic Theory
lithub.com

Video: How Your Phone REALLY Spies On You [8:41]
youtube.com

Video: How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works [10:47]
youtube.com

Animals Can Count and Use Zero. How Far Does Their Number Sense Go?
quantamagazine.org

Video playlist: Spying on the Scammers
youtu.be • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4

Mysterious letter linking 1,000 people to $1B Algonquin treaty likely fake, CBC investigation finds
cbc.ca

The Squishy, Far-Out New Experiments Headed to the ISS
wired.com

Scientists Found a Massive Structure Extending Around the Milky Way’s Edge
interestingengineering.com

1,000-year-old remains in Finland may be non-binary iron age leader
theguardian.com

Exploring Antarctica’s Upside-Down World
atlasobscura.com

How your phone battery creates striking alien landscapes
bbc.com

Photos: Devastating Wildfires Rage Across the Greek Island of Evia
theatlantic.com

The Unlikely Story of a Sex Trafficking Survivor and the Instagram Account That Saved Her Life
elle.com

NASA is training human-like robots to explore caves on Mars
cbsnews.com

The Lost Canyon Under Lake Powell
newyorker.com

Could we turn poisonous plants into edible crops?
sciencefocus.com

Scientists Found a New and ‘Unique’ Flesh-Eating Plant on the West Coast
vice.com

Meet Melba Roy Mouton, the Space Race mathematician and keeper of orbiting satellites
massivesci.com • (see also)

NASA’s New Telescope Will Show Us the Infancy of the Universe
newyorker.com

How NIST Learns from Horrific Disaster
spectrum.ieee.org

Charles Loeb: The Black Reporter Who Exposed an Atomic Bomb Lie
nytimes.com

On this day in 1945, 29-year-old Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived his second atomic bomb
damninteresting.com

Origin of dinosaur-ending asteroid possibly found. And it’s dark.
livescience.com

The ‘fearsome dragon’ that terrorized Australia’s skies
cnet.com

Why some of the smartest people can be so very stupid
psyche.co

Young guns: the women and children of WW1 munitions factories
historyextra.com

The Water From Your Tap Is an Engineering Marvel Millennia in the Making
popularmechanics.com

Metals merged into amalgam nanocrystals in new manufacturing method
newatlas.com