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A Lightsail Powered By Millions of Lasers Could Reach Alpha Centauri in 20 Years
interestingengineering.com

NASA Returns Hubble to Full Science Operations
nasa.gov

Photos of Indonesia’s Apocalyptic Volcanic Eruption
gizmodo.com

“Functional cure” for type 1 diabetes passes first human trials
newatlas.com

Evidence emerges for dark-matter free galaxies
phys.org

Awe-inspiring photo shows the enormous Webb telescope taking a major step towards launch
inverse.com

New Brain Maps Can Predict Behaviors
quantamagazine.org

Physicists have coaxed ultracold atoms into an elusive form of quantum matter
sciencenews.org • (see also)

California officials determine cause of city’s ‘stench of death’
theguardian.com

Need to Test a Space Suit? Head to Iceland
wired.com

How SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket might unlock the solar system—and beyond
technologyreview.com

US billionaire surrenders $70m of stolen art
theguardian.com

How Do You Kill a God? On Captain Cook’s Ill-Fated Arrival in Hawaii
lithub.com

This New Photo Of The Sun Is One Of The Best You’ll Ever See
screenrant.com

Gambling ‘America’s Amazon’
cnn.com

The Ponzi of Paris: The Greatest, Wildest Confidence Artist in French History
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Groundbreaking use of CRISPR selects sex of mice with 100% efficiency
newatlas.com

The Largest Comet We’ve Ever Seen Just Delivered a Curious Surprise
sciencealert.com

Antarctica was once a rainforest. Could it be again?
vox.com

Creating a Better Leaf
newyorker.com

Viagra Shows Surprising Promise In Reducing Alzheimer’s Risk
thedailybeast.com

Consumers value a product viewed online more if they see it being virtually touched
theconversation.com • (see also)

“Earth’s Black Box” to chronicle humanity’s descent into climate chaos
newatlas.com

Pando, the World’s Largest Organism, Is Being Eaten by Deer
atlasobscura.com

Why Germans celebrate school with a cardboard cone
bbc.com

Groundbreaking chewing gum potentially mitigates Covid transmission
healtheuropa.eu

Remembering the ‘unsung heroes’ of the Halifax Explosion recovery effort
cbc.ca

On this day in 1917, one of the largest non-nuclear man-made explosions occurred in Halifax, Nova Scotia
damninteresting.com

Mountaineer given jewels he found on French glacier 50 years after plane crash
theguardian.com

Is SpinLaunch Viable?
theness.com

Thomas Gavin might be America’s most prolific artifact thief — but the jig is up
npr.org

This stunning, real video of the SpaceX Inspiration4 launch is made of multiple telescope tracking shots. Created by Mars Scientific
reddit.com

AI Is Discovering Patterns in Pure Mathematics That Have Never Been Seen Before
sciencealert.com

The escalating costs of being single in America
vox.com

How Can the Ocean Have This Many Types of Plankton?
theatlantic.com

Sigiriya: Sri Lanka’s ancient water gardens
bbc.com

A Tiny Galaxy Has an Unusually Large Black Hole And Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
sciencealert.com

On the Little-Known Archives Keeping Civil Rights Activists’ Stories Alive
lithub.com

Researchers Defeat Randomness to Create Ideal Code
quantamagazine.org

NASA is about to launch a laser demo that could revolutionize space communication
cnn.com

Hot news from two billion years ago: plankton actually moved mountains
theguardian.com

The Webb Space Telescope Will Rewrite Cosmic History. If It Works.
quantamagazine.org

Scientists Say Mercury Could Be a ‘Relic’ of the Early Earth
interestingengineering.com

Why Are Duolingo’s Sentences So Weird?
slate.com

‘I woke up in ICU… and didn’t know what was real’
bbc.co.uk

The Japanese Fishing Village That Vanished From Los Angeles
messynessychic.com

The lower 48 states are lacking in snow but Hawaii has a blizzard warning with 100 mph winds
cnn.com

The weirdest book in the world just turned 40. We talked to its creator.
insider.com • (see also)

On this day in 1958, a heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
damninteresting.com

China moon rover to investigate cube-shaped ‘mystery house’ object
cnet.com

Strange Things Happening in Earth’s Atmosphere: NASA Launches Rocket To Investigate Mysterious Area Above the North Pole
scitechdaily.com

3 privately owned, commercial space stations get NASA funding
cbc.ca

‘A mysterious sickness has control of my body. And I’m unsure if it will ever leave’
latimes.com

Damn Interesting Week BONUS Episode #1: Criminals Who Are Bad at Their Job
damninteresting.com

This week: 🌐 Fake crime websites, 🦠 stowaway cell structures, 🌠 secret meteorites, and more. Episode 100!
damninteresting.com

How we came to depend on the week despite its artificiality
aeon.co

Websites that charge fees to take down public mugshots are a multi-million dollar industry
melmagazine.com

Giant ‘phantom jellyfish’ that eats with mouth-arms spotted off California coast
livescience.com

International Space Station swerves to dodge space junk
reuters.com

Astronomers have found a new planet that’s mostly made of iron
npr.org