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How aircraft conquered Antarctica
bbc.com

Can America’s Fastest Supercomputer Defeat Covid for Good?
popularmechanics.com

Your Next Car May Be Built With Ocean Rocks. Scientists Can’t Agree If That’s Good
npr.org

Listen to an Australian duck say ‘you bloody fool’ like a human
newscientist.com

Israeli conjoined twins see each other for first time after surgery
bbc.com

Birds Can Hear Tsunamis Way Before They Hit
theatlantic.com • (see also)

The New Science of Clocks Prompts Questions About the Nature of Time
quantamagazine.org

Why is the color blue so rare in nature?
livescience.com

On this day in 2005, Damn Interesting sprang into existence
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1943 the “Skyhook” surface-to-air recovery system was first tested on a human subject
damninteresting.com

The Puzzling Life and Uncertain Death of Heinrich Feldmann, A Spy in the First World War
crimereads.com

The Parisian Poison Panic and Versailles’ Secret Witch Hunt
messynessychic.com • (see also)

How Did Smallpox Anti-Vaxxers Compare to Those Today?
discovermagazine.com

Humans could develop a new echolocation sense, scientists say
popularmechanics.com

Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?
nytimes.com

Democracy Is Losing Its Race With Disruption
theatlantic.com

The Ugly History of Chicago’s “Ugly Law”
daily.jstor.org

China launches 4 satellites on 2 rockets within hours of each other
space.com

Space Solar Power: An Extraterrestrial Energy Resource for the U.S.
innovationfrontier.org • (see also)

Billionaire Investor Who Predicted the 2008 Housing Crash Says Crypto Is a ‘Worthless’ Bubble
gizmodo.com

How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?
quantamagazine.org

Parasite Black Hole Eats Gigantic Star from Inside Out
futurism.com

The unlikely protector against Bangladesh’s rising seas
bbc.com

Thousands of kilometres from anywhere lies Point Nemo, a watery grave where space stations go to die
theguardian.com

Biologists Unlock the Secrets of ‘Invisible’ Animals
wired.com

Holding stellar nurseries in your hands
phys.org

Is dark matter made of ‘Fermi balls’ forged in the Big Bang?
livescience.com

Experience: ‘I found the largest truffle in the world’
theguardian.com

Engineers Bent the Rules, and May Have Saved New Orleans
time.com

‘It’s exactly like a puzzle’: experts on piecing together Roman fresco find
theguardian.com

Dive Team to Investigate Wreck of Sunken Nazi Steamer
gizmodo.com

This week: 🐙 Octopus-on-octopus crime, 📦 human shipping costs, 🦈 renaissance sharks, and more!
damninteresting.com

New ‘vortex beams’ of atoms and molecules are the first of their kind
sciencenews.org

Video: Why Are Scorpions Fluorescent? [10:29]
youtube.com

Stanford researchers develop an engineered ‘mini’ CRISPR genome editing system
news.stanford.edu

Dead star collision causes stellar explosion like nothing seen before
cnet.com

Study reveals threat of catastrophic supervolcano eruptions ever-present
phys.org

How finger counting gives away your nationality
bbc.com

The mysterious troughs on giant asteroid Vesta keep puzzling scientists
space.com

A Cancer-Quashing Microbe Emerges from the Deep
hakaimagazine.com

The Amazing True Story of How the Microwave Was Invented by Accident
popularmechanics.com

The archaeological treasures that survived 9/11
nationalgeographic.com

Miami’s Surfside Condo Was Flawed and Failing. Here’s a Look Inside.
nytimes.com

Perseverance: Nasa’s Mars rover makes second drill sample bid
bbc.com

An Accidental Discovery Hints at a Hidden Population of Cosmic Objects
jpl.nasa.gov

Atomic-scale imaging reveals ants use zinc to sharpen their teeth
phys.org

Missions to Mars Shouldn’t Exceed Four Years Due to Radiation Risks, Scientists Say
gizmodo.com

In a Word: And & Ampersand
saturdayeveningpost.com

On this day in 1945 General Douglas MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri. WW2 was over, but not for everyone.
dam.mn

Gift Card Gang Extracts Cash From 100k Inboxes Daily
krebsonsecurity.com

A Dishonest Study on Dishonesty Puts a Prominent Researcher on the Hot Seat
archive.is

Video: Why people think this photo of JFK’s killer is fake [10:57]
youtube.com

Outstanding Color Autochromes from Pre-Revolutionary Russia
flashbak.com • (see also)

Storms, floods, other weather disasters quadrupled worldwide since 1970s, UN agency says
cbc.ca

In the Absence of Cruise Ships, Humpbacks Have Different Things to Say
hakaimagazine.com • (see also)

The largest geomagnetic storm in recorded history occurred on this day in 1859
damninteresting.com

The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’
quantamagazine.org

A sketch artist and a grieving mother set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became.
magazine.atavist.com

The Universe Has Already Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make
nautil.us

Photos from ‘beyond the grave’: camera discovery reveals climber’s last images before fatal avalanche
theguardian.com