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On this day in 1959 Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin rode the thunder
damninteresting.com

The Greatest Scam Ever Written
thewalrus.ca

Evidence the universe might not be expanding
iai.tv • (see also)

Where Is the Sunniest Spot on Earth? – Scientists Discovered It
popularmechanics.com

World’s 1st ‘boomerang meteorite’ — a rock that left Earth, spent millennia in space, then returned — possibly discovered in the Sahara Desert
livescience.com

Nasa briefly loses contact with ISS after power outage and relies on backup systems for first time
theguardian.com

How Absolute Space and Sense of Direction Affect Different Languages
discovermagazine.com

Ancient interloper star may have helped kickstart life on Earth
newatlas.com

The Master Camouflage of the Dead Leaf Butterfly
mossandfog.com

How baby planets are made: Planetary precursors revealed in stunning new space image
salon.com

Video: Why Americans love big cars [10:41]
youtube.com

A Squishy Sea Creature Regenerates a Body from a Severed Head
dnascience.plos.org

Video: How Diamond Heists Actually Work [18:27]
youtube.com

How (Nearly) Nothing Might Solve Cosmology’s Biggest Questions
quantamagazine.org

New study shows how extreme fish survive with antifreeze in their blood
zmescience.com

Video: Science vs. Pseudoscience [5:47]
youtube.com

A bookkeeper stole $7.6 million from her employer. How did no one notice?
macleans.ca

A Transformative Moment in the History of Fishing: On Catching the Largest Tuna Ever Recorded
lithub.com

Barbie’s surprising role in Moon exploration
bbc.com

A Hidden Line Deep in The Ocean Divides Animals Into Two Camps
sciencealert.com

There Could be Trillions of Rogue Planets Wandering the Milky Way
universetoday.com

Ancient Human Burials Featured in Netflix Doc Spark a Scientific Controversy
inverse.com

Light pollution is the easiest pollution to fix — so why aren’t we doing it?
salon.com

Mystery of Crusader’s Sword Found at Bottom of Sea Finally Solved
newsweek.com

This Mess of Boulders Was Deposited by an Ancient River on Mars
universetoday.com

After bopping an asteroid 3 years ago, NASA will finally see the results
arstechnica.com

How does light slow down?
space.com

The Shiniest Planet Has Clouds of Metal and Glass
nautil.us

These ultra-detailed images show exactly what’s living in your gut – and it’s surprisingly beautiful
sciencefocus.com

Why are some people so competitive? The psychology of competitiveness
zmescience.com

40 years ago, the US started sending more and more kids to prison without hope of release, but today, it’s far more rare – what happened?
theconversation.com

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder—but Memorability May Be Universal
wired.com

Push-button flying car now authorized by both FAA and DMV
newatlas.com

Weary Soldiers, Unreliable Munitions: Ukraine’s Many Challenges
nytimes.com

Researchers Find ‘Backdoor’ in Encrypted Police and Military Radios
vice.com

Elephants that once threatened Rome could help save their descendants
english.elpais.com

The Catfished Terrorist
nymag.com

A Small-Town Paper Lands a Very Big Story
newyorker.com

The ‘Immortal Jellyfish’ Can Age in Reverse And Possibly Live Forever
sciencealert.com

Boomerang meteorite may be the 1st space rock to leave Earth and return
space.com

When Greenland was green: Ancient soil from beneath a mile of ice offers warnings for the future
theconversation.com

No-kill chicken tastes like chicken. Because it is.
vox.com

Mammalian Anomaly: The Secret Armor of African Spiny Mice
scitechdaily.com

The big idea: Why the laws of physics will never explain the universe
theguardian.com

How an eccentric English tech guru helped guide Allende’s socialist Chile
theguardian.com • (see also)

NASA Unveils an X-Plane They Hope Will Save Earth
goodnewsnetwork.org

Play The Nimatron, The World’s First Video Game Invented in 1930s New York
flashbak.com

What’s in a hot dog? Beef, pork, and a complicated history of class dynamics
cbc.ca

Remember the ‘Gimli Glider’? This couple does — he was the pilot and she was a passenger
cbc.ca • (see also)

Why do spiders have 8 legs?
livescience.com

What would happen if we stopped fishing?
bbc.com

‘No more cover-up’: Nazi concentration camps on Channel Island finally to be officially investigated
theguardian.com

Dogs in this French town will have their DNA tested to crack down on poo problem
euronews.com

We Just Discovered What Actually Changes The Size of Your Pupils
sciencealert.com

40 years ago today a passenger liner ran out of fuel mid-flight
damninteresting.com

Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits
space.com

How can contemporary biographers contend with the explosion of materials at their disposal?
daily.jstor.org

Centuries on, Newton’s gravitational constant still can’t be pinned down
sciencenews.org • (see also)

This week: Anti-bird nests, yeast overlords, Coriolis lies, and more!
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GPS satellites may be able to detect earthquakes before they happen
space.com