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‘A Stranger Looked Like My Twin. That Was Just the Beginning.’
nytimes.com

Could Gravity’s Quantum Origins Explain Dark Energy?
scientificamerican.com

Ancient Maya canoe found in Mexico could be more than 1,000 years old
theguardian.com

What would happen if the speed of light was much lower?
livescience.com

Sikh men created a lifeline using turbans and jackets to rescue hikers at a park
npr.org

60 years ago today the Soviets exploded the largest bomb ever built: 50 megatons
damninteresting.com

Hubble Space Telescope celebrates Halloween with a glowering, dying star
phys.org

One of the World’s Most Iconic Salt Lakes Has Dried Up
gizmodo.com

Video: Fractal Ink Jets That Power Spiral Motion [10:39]
youtube.com

This fierce fish grows 20 new teeth each day
nationalgeographic.com

Architect Says Billionaire’s Dystopian Dorm Design Is a Dangerous Social and Psychological Experiment
gizmodo.com

Award-Winning Ecology Photos Remind Us That Nature Is Awesome—and Complicated
gizmodo.com

How Tainted Treats Led to a Halloween Tragedy in 1858
atlasobscura.com

Ultrahot, ultrafast explosion called ‘the Camel’ has astronomers puzzled
livescience.com

Spiders are much smarter than you think
knowablemagazine.org

This week: 🪦 Graveyard picnicking, 🦛 sterilizing cocaine hippos, 🐨 koala chlamydia, and more!
damninteresting.com

‘Astounding’ Roman statues unearthed at Norman church ruins
theguardian.com

What would happen if an asteroid were going to hit Earth? A NASA scientist explains.
space.com

Physicists Finally Made The Weird ‘Superionic Ice’ That Could Exist on Alien Worlds
sciencealert.com

Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment and made a new discovery
arstechnica.com

The Long, Hidden History of the Viking Obsession With Werewolves
atlasobscura.com

‘New hidden world’ discovered in Earth’s inner core
livescience.com

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
theconversation.com

The Telescope That Will Change Astronomy
airspacemag.com

Two California Condors Had Virgin Births, Researchers Say
gizmodo.com

Virtual particles may be real particles out of phase with our reality
medium.com

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is even deeper than scientists had thought
space.com

Scientists Just Need to Follow These 7 Steps to Prove Aliens Exist
gizmodo.com

Photographer Uncovers the Soviet Underworld Below Tbilisi, Georgia
petapixel.com

DNA reveals unexpected origins of enigmatic mummies buried in a Chinese desert
cnn.com

Strange Black Hole Discovered in Milky Way With a Huge Warp in Its Accretion Disc
scitechdaily.com

China’s New Quantum Computer Has 1 Million Times the Power of Google’s
interestingengineering.com

NASA Says We Need to Talk About What Happens When We Find Life Beyond Earth
sciencealert.com

Scientists measure the atmosphere of a planet 340 light-years away
phys.org

Why do placebos work? Scientists identify key brain pathway
science.org

Is the Great Neutrino Puzzle Pointing to Multiple Missing Particles?
quantamagazine.org

Why the U.S. once bombed an erupting volcano
nationalgeographic.com

The Secret Excavation of Jerusalem
smithsonianmag.com

Looking up answers online can leave us overconfident about what we know
phys.org

The persistent myth of drugged Halloween candy
readthepresentage.com

Are We on the Verge of Chatting with Whales?
hakaimagazine.com

Neutrino result heralds new chapter in physics
bbc.com

Perseverance rover snaps first Mars photos after communications blackout. They’re stunning.
space.com

Are huge black holes from dead galaxies roaming around the Milky Way?
syfy.com

Culinary Detectives Try to Recover the Formula for a Deliciously Fishy Roman Condiment
smithsonianmag.com

If NASA greenlights this interstellar mission, it could last 100 years
npr.org

Video: Buying Organs on the Black Market [8:36]
youtube.com

The Forgotten Story of a Polish Spy Whose Los Angeles Trial Was a Cold War Flashpoint
crimereads.com

Why Dragons Dominated the Landscape of Medieval Monsters
smithsonianmag.com

What would photosynthesis look like around other stars?
massivesci.com

Where Transcendental Numbers Hide in Everyday Math
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The secret lives of cells — as never seen before
nature.com • Explainer video

Authorities Seize Whale Poop Worth $1 Million in Sting Operation
vice.com

What Happens to Caves When Wildfires Scorch the Surface?
atlasobscura.com

Sharpest ever images of live bacteria unravel the secrets of superbugs
newatlas.com

The Bizarre Cultural History of Saliva
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Video: Why Rust Batteries May Be the Future of Energy [12:01]
youtube.com

Quantum Cyberattacks Are Coming. This Math Can Stop Them
popularmechanics.com

Type of ultraviolet light most effective at killing coronavirus is also the safest to use around people
theconversation.com

Pupil size found to vary based on number of objects you’re looking at
newatlas.com