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Video: The Insane Transportation of a 17-ton Magnet [6:42]
youtube.com

Beverly Cleary Was a Troublemaker Who Wrote Books for Kids Like Herself
nytimes.com

Stunning Close-Up Reveals Secrets of Milky Way’s Neighbor in “Unprecedented” Clarity
scitechdaily.com

The Coronavirus Can Persist for Months in Brain, Heart, and Intestines, Major Study Finds
gizmodo.com

3,600-year-old tsunami ‘time capsule’ sheds light on one of humanity’s greatest disasters
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

China Says This Strange Light Was a Record-Breaking Cosmic Explosion. Others Say It’s Space Garbage
thedailybeast.com

How Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail
nytimes.com

Why do we stick out our tongues when we’re concentrating?
livescience.com

The Invisible Organ Shaping Our Lives: Milestones in Human Microbiota Research
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Where is the James Webb Telescope now? Nasa tracker shows latest progress of space telescope after its launch
inews.co.uk

Pacific navigator Tupaia’s island-filled chart has puzzled scholars for more than 250 years
knowablemagazine.org

Why are some people compelled to cheat at games?
bbc.com

Brigitte Gerney Was Crushed by a 35-Ton Crane, and Lived
nytimes.com

Image: Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard (the full image is outstanding)
spaceweathergallery.com

The Quest to Trap Carbon in Stone—and Beat Climate Change
wired.com

Photos: 2021—The Year in Volcanic Activity
theatlantic.com

Scientists Discover Largest Animal That Ever Lived on Earth
sputniknews.com

Egyptian pharaoh’s mummified body gives up its secrets after 3,500 years
theguardian.com

How Disgust Explains Everything
nytimes.com

In the early 20th century, labor unrest and strike breaking were done not by the government, by private agencies and self-appointed vigilantes
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Human Chimerism: A Guide to Becoming Two People at Once
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

NASA Webb Space Telescope Antenna Released and Tested
scitechdaily.com

Interstellar probe: A mission for the generations
bbc.com

Video: Creepy Crawly Close-Ups [9:03]
youtube.com

The History of Predicting the Future
wired.com

The red sky paradox, and our place in the universe
sciencealert.com

Wisdom from the Life of Mary Somerville, for Whom the Word “Scientist” Was Coined
themarginalian.org

Bambi: cute, lovable, vulnerable … or a dark parable of antisemitic terror?
theguardian.com

A New Idea for How Dark Matter Came to Dominate the Universe
insidescience.org

The Webb Telescope’s long journey to L2
earthsky.org

Michigan animal shelter inundated with parakeets in breeding plan gone wrong
theguardian.com

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Get a Hamster Drunk
theatlantic.com

NASA will let the ISS disintegrate into the atmosphere. Here’s why
vox.com

Intimate portraits of a COVID unit from a photojournalist turned nurse
npr.org • (see also)

He Paid $30 for a Drawing. It Could Be a Renaissance Work Worth Millions.
nytimes.com

Scientists Identify a Previously Unknown Type of Storm, Called an ‘Atmospheric Lake’
sciencealert.com

Video: How City Streets Are Transformed To Look Old In Movies [6:44]
youtube.com

“At 9 a.m. the next morning — the most terrifying day of my life — the ship crashed into the cliffs of the island. No matter the cost, we were determined to come ashore.”
cbc.ca

James Webb Space Telescope has successfully launched
cnn.com

On this day in 1914 British and German soldiers in WW1 called off the war for a day
damninteresting.com

How to watch one of the most nail-biting launches in NASA history
mashable.com

Video: Why does the occasional solar eclipse go backwards? [16:44]
youtube.com

Could an Overlooked Quantum Theory Help The Universe Make Sense Again?
sciencealert.com

USS Thresher Was Doomed From the Start—Here’s Every Event That Led Up to Its Sinking
popularmechanics.com

Do Your Fingers Reveal If You’re Lucky? Why a Scientist Thinks His Own Study Is BS.
realclearscience.com • (see also)

‘My grandmother hid Jewish children’: Poland’s underground refugee network
theguardian.com

Video: Why 3D Printing Batteries Matters [11:58]
youtube.com

Taste the TV: Japan invents lickable screen to imitate food flavours
theguardian.com

The Tragic Story of the Flying Ford Pinto Ended Exactly How You’d Expect
thedrive.com

Why Scientists Waited 50 Years to Study This Moon Dust
smithsonianmag.com

The Lock-Picker, the Lockmaker, and the Odyssey to Expose a Major Security Flaw
bloomberg.com

Video: When Antibiotics Don’t Work [53:15]
youtube.com

The Disappearance of Japan’s “Third Gender”
daily.jstor.org

Flecks of silver in poop of ancient Cambrian creature baffle scientists
livescience.com

Antibodies Are Being Created to Fight Disease in New Ways
wired.co.uk

The Surrealist Magical Mystery of Leonora Carrington
messynessychic.com

He wore a wire, risked his life to expose who was in the KKK
apnews.com

Video: The Real Reason American Colleges Look (Way) Older Than They Are [8:06]
youtube.com

Madagascar: Minister ‘swims for 12 hours’ after helicopter crashes at sea
bbc.com

These fish work together by the hundreds of thousands to make waves
phys.org