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50 years ago today, workers removed the remains of an extraordinary tree
damninteresting.com

Rocks From Mars Are Hitting Earth, And Something Is Odd About Their Age
sciencealert.com

It’s Official: Oxygen Has Been Directly Detected in Venus’ Dayside Atmosphere
sciencealert.com

Humanity Just Witnessed Its First Space Battle
gizmodo.com

‘At 17, I was jailed for a murder I didn’t commit – and spent seven life-changing years in prison’
theguardian.com

In the ‘Wild West’ of Geometry, Mathematicians Redefine the Sphere
quantamagazine.org

Looking for the Perfect Onion
atlasobscura.com

How a German Spy Chief Built a Smuggling Network out of a Mission to Install a Nazi King in Britain
crimereads.com

Video: When NYC Put a Celebrity in Every Taxi [23:35]
youtube.com

How to Make Asteroid Landings Safer
universetoday.com

The Lindbergh Baby Mystery Has Lasted 91 Years. Tantalizing Evidence May Solve It.
popularmechanics.com

Orcas Sink Another Boat in the Strait of Gibraltar
smithsonianmag.com

A violent murder, a child on death row
theguardian.com

Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis’ destructive winds
theconversation.com

The CIA Rectal Tool Kit for Cold War Spies
flashbak.com

How Life Really Works
nautil.us

Sold for $239,000, This Map Is Actually a Rare 14th-Century Nautical Chart—and Worth $7.5 Million
smithsonianmag.com

What Skulls Told Us
daily.jstor.org

The Theory of General Relativity Says White Holes Should Exist. So Where Are They?
popularmechanics.com

New evidence strongly suggests Indonesia’s Gunung Padang is oldest known pyramid
phys.org

After decades lost, Star Trek’s original Enterprise model may have been found
arstechnica.com

Facial reconstructions help the past come alive. But are they accurate?
livescience.com

How Chris Strachwitz Captured American Music Where It Was Made
smithsonianmag.com

Euclid telescope sends back first images from ‘dark universe’ mission
theguardian.com

A ‘Ghost River’ Is Unearthed in Baltimore
bloomberg.com

French love letters confiscated by Britain finally read after 265 years
phys.org

This is a First. An Exoplanet in a Polar Circumbinary Disc Surrounding Two Stars.
universetoday.com

Doctors Call for Eliminating Daylight Savings Time
futurism.com

NASA’s Curiosity rover clocks 4,000 days on Mars
phys.org

Video: World’s Best Night Vision vs World’s Darkest Room [27:15]
youtube.com

A Guide to the James Webb Telescope’s View of the Universe
nytimes.com

These Photos From Over 100 Years Ago Show Us Paris in Colour
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Experimental spinal cord implant helps Parkinson’s patient walk in new study
cnn.com

Video: A cast saw on human skin [8:31]
youtube.com

Why ‘Following the Money’ Isn’t Enough to Stop Organised Crime Anymore
vice.com

NASA telescopes discover record-breaking black hole
phys.org

The Largest Gravity Hole in the World Has a Mysterious Origin
atlasobscura.com

Millions of US homes are so overheated they open their windows in the winter. Why?
theguardian.com

Electric Planes, Once a Fantasy, Start to Take to the Skies
nytimes.com

After Being Resuscitated, Cardiac Arrest Patients Tell What Dying Was Like
discovermagazine.com

Befouling the Final Frontier
nytimes.com

The Most Powerful Ion Engine Ever Built Passes the Test
universetoday.com

Video: Does the language you speak change how you think? [5:24]
youtube.com

AI companies have all kinds of arguments against paying for copyrighted content
theverge.com

The floating desalination machines powered by the waves
bbc.com

Mummified baboons found in Egypt have puzzled scientists for 118 years. Now we finally might know how they got there and why.
businessinsider.com

How maths can help you win at everything
theguardian.com

Neanderthals Killed a Cave Lion 48,000 Years Ago, and Scientists Know How
discovermagazine.com

Dengue rates plunged after release of lab-altered mosquitoes
dw.com

How “blue” and “green” appeared in a language that didn’t have words for them
news.mit.edu

Scientists Say We Bred With an Extinct Human Species and It Left a Grim Change in Our Brains
futurism.com

Why do we get wrinkles?
mcgill.ca

Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts
nytimes.com

Magnetic Gel Can Help Wounds Heal Faster
spectrum.ieee.org

China’s internet feminist movement thrives despite censorship
restofworld.org

The Rise (And Fall) Of The Woolly Rhinoceros
discovermagazine.com

Are these moths blinding children? Nepalese researchers seek answers
nature.com

Astronomers may have found a galaxy that’s all dark matter, with no stars
skyatnightmagazine.com

A Secret War, Strange New Wounds and Silence From the Pentagon
nytimes.com

‘A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time. Here’s what it’s like in a world without it’
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