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The world’s oldest shoes? Sandals found in bat cave are thousands of years old, study finds
nbcnews.com

How the Cultural Revolution Played Society Against Itself
lithub.com • (see also)

Laura Kieler: A Life Exploited
daily.jstor.org

Lava Worlds Could Hold the Keys to Habitability, New Study Suggests
inverse.com

The slow and delicate aircraft taking on spy missions
bbc.com

Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef
vox.com • (see also)

Alien life may evolve from radically different elements than human life did
livescience.com

What Did These Two Ticket Holders See on the Night of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination?
smithsonianmag.com

The Rebel Drone Maker of Myanmar
wired.com

The chilling tale of snow flies, self-amputation, survival and certain death
phys.org

On this day in 1957, a radioactive cooling tank in Russia exploded, hurling seventy tons of radioactive fission products into the atmosphere
damninteresting.com

We May Have Just Found Evidence of a Cosmic String: a ‘Crease’ in The Universe
sciencealert.com

An Increasingly Noisy Earth Is Drowning Out the Aliens
supercluster.com • (see also)

They kill their own parents, children and neighbours. Now life is even worse for the vicious alpine marmot
theguardian.com

Scientists achieve the tricky task of compressing liquids
nature.com

Someday, We Could Create Gravitational Waves In A Lab
popularmechanics.com

Thief Steals $1.5 Million Buddha Statue From Los Angeles Gallery
smithsonianmag.com

How Many Microbes Does It Take to Make You Sick?
quantamagazine.org

The Sneaky Force Behind Our Sun’s Violent Outbursts
nautil.us • (see also)

Researchers find high concentrations of microplastics in cave water and sediment
phys.org

These scientists live like astronauts without leaving Earth
technologyreview.com

‘Garumbatitan’, the new species of giant dinosaur identified in Spain
english.elpais.com

What would signal life on another planet?
astronomy.com

Why You’ll Never Achieve Immortality: Inside the Physics of Aging
popularmechanics.com

Juries that don’t understand forensic science can send innocent people to prison − a short training video could help
theconversation.com

Oxford University was a hotbed of medieval murder
cosmosmagazine.com

Day Has Returned, but India’s Lander and Rover have Failed to Wake Up
universetoday.com

Mysterious ‘fairy circles’ may appear on three different continents
popsci.com

Scientists unveil fire-safe fuel
news.ucr.edu

Is There Sunken Treasure Beneath the Treacherous Currents of Hell Gate?
atlasobscura.com

The Worth of Wild Ideas
nautil.us

‘Leon Jacob, My Boarding School Classmate, Tried to Hire a Hitman in a Bizarre Murder Plot: What Happened?’
esquire.com

World famous Sycamore Gap tree believed to have been ‘deliberately felled’
itv.com • (see also)

‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
theguardian.com

It’s Official. No More Astronomy at Arecibo
universetoday.com

Water Worker Stumbles Upon 2,500-Year-Old Gold Necklaces in Spain
smithsonianmag.com

Japanese Company Testing Drug to Regrow Teeth in Humans
futurism.com

Octopus arms can make decisions on their own without a brain
zmescience.com

It’s Time to Engineer the Sky
scientificamerican.com

Video: You’re Living On An Ant Planet [11:16]
youtube.com

Chinese Astronauts May Build a Base Inside a Lunar Lava Tube
universetoday.com

Scientists drop antimatter to see if it falls
cbc.ca

Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water
eurekalert.org

In Defense of the Rat
hakaimagazine.com • (see also)

Uneven Gravity Makes You Weigh More in Illinois Than in Indiana
atlasobscura.com

To Defend the Genome, These Cells Destroy Their Own DNA
quantamagazine.org

The Extremely Enchanting, Totally Perplexing, Possibly Never-Ending Quest for the Golden Owl
atlasobscura.com

Lego abandons effort to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles
theguardian.com

Can’t stop scratching? Here’s what could be behind that itch that won’t go away
npr.org

‘I Never Called Her Momma: My childhood in a crack house’
theatlantic.com

JWST reveals ancient galaxies were more structured than once thought
space.com

It’s Official: For The First Time Neutrinos Have Been Detected in a Collider Experiment
sciencealert.com

Artemis II SLS Rocket Booster Segments Make Their Grand Arrival at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
scitechdaily.com

Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister
arstechnica.com

NASA spacecraft zooms to new asteroid after dropping capsule on Earth
mashable.com

Why Einstein must be wrong: In search of the theory of gravity
phys.org • (see also)

This is the best place to build a moon base
archive.ph

In London, the Long Wait for a Super Sewer Is Almost Over
bloomberg.com

This Tiny Parasitic Wasp Can Drill Through Plastic
nytimes.com

Video: This life-sized pop pop boat actually works [15:35]
youtube.com