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The World Hasn’t Seen Cicadas Like This Since 1803
nytimes.com

The little-known truth about vanilla
bbc.com

Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems–Simple Cells Can Do It
scientificamerican.com • (see also)

Is it a black hole or a neutron star? Mystery object found in our galaxy
techexplorist.com

Why Holes at the Bottom of the Ocean Disappear and Reappear
atlasobscura.com

A transforming robot is about to land on the moon, where it will die
npr.org

Astronomers Puzzled by Galaxy With No Stars
futurism.com

What Hallucinations Can Sometimes Be Like
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • (see also)

Exciting new cancer drug kinder than chemotherapy
bbc.com

Why Do Dogs Wag Their Tails? Scientists Examine the Endearing Behavior
smithsonianmag.com

Theater of the Mind: How Radio Brought the World Into American Homes
lithub.com • (see also)

A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person—and Worked for 3 Days
wired.com

Gory simulation reconstructs the violent clash between a monster black hole and a doomed star
livescience.com

Each Facebook User Is Monitored by Thousands of Companies
consumerreports.org • (see also)

Is Kim Jong Un Preparing for War?
38north.org

Flying Kites Deliver Container-Sized Power Generation
spectrum.ieee.org

Water ice buried at Mars’ equator is over 2 miles thick
space.com

One man’s wild journey from prison and gangs to high finance
finance.yahoo.com

The Actual Louisiana Purchase Price
daily.jstor.org

Skylab 4: 50 years since the first ‘mutiny’ aboard a spacecraft
english.elpais.com

Most Supplements Don’t Work. But That’s Not the Worst Part.
outsideonline.com

Meteorite Reveals The Young Moon’s Crust Held Far More Water Than We Ever Realized
sciencealert.com

Creative AIs Depend on Creative Humans
nautil.us

Cary Grant and Randolph Scott’s Hollywood Story: “Our Souls Did Touch”
vanityfair.com

Seabed trawling found to be a major source of global CO2 emissions
newscientist.com

Punchline science: What we accidentally learned from a study on humor
salon.com • (see also)

Reviving the Classic American Burger
newyorker.com

Video: Spinning a Laserdisc to Shrapnel at 80,000fps [12:42]
youtube.com

The Whale Who Went AWOL
nytimes.com

Ada Blackjack’s Secret Weapon
daily.jstor.org

Video: Inside One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Final-Ever Designs [14:03]
youtube.com

A Hot Air Balloon Gave Us the First Aerial Map
atlasobscura.com

Iceland battles a lava flow: Countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it’s hard to stop molten rock
theconversation.com

Betavolt says its diamond nuclear battery can power devices for 50 years
newatlas.com

The Immune System Helps with Digestion
the-scientist.com

He hit three monster bets — and then the sportsbook wouldn’t pay
washingtonpost.com • Without paywall

Most STEM grads don’t work in STEM jobs
tampabay.com

Search engine results are getting worse, research confirms
theregister.com

Meet Helios, a new class of space tug with some real muscle
arstechnica.com

Ground-fired lasers to be tested in fight against space junk
digitaltrends.com

Engineers Finally Open OSIRIS-REx’s Sample Container
universetoday.com

Cloned rhesus monkey lives to adulthood for first time
nature.com

James Webb Telescope detects earliest known black hole — it’s really big for its age
npr.org

Was the Big Bang a white hole?
iai.tv

Massive tectonic collision causing Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet apart
livescience.com

Radio signal detected in an ancient star cluster
studyfinds.org

“Dirt-powered fuel cell” draws near-limitless energy from soil
newatlas.com

Murder, drought and peyote: the deadly struggle for Mexico’s water
theguardian.com

Actor paid to pose as crypto CEO “deeply sorry” about $1.3 billion scam
arstechnica.com

A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant
grist.org

The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
theguardian.com

The Life and Times of William J. Flynn, the “Bulldog Detective”
crimereads.com

4,000-year-old wall found around oasis in Saudi Arabia likely defended ‘against raids from nomads’
livescience.com

Do Astronauts Need Sunscreen in Space?
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Video: Why The World’s Biggest Aquarium Broke [12:22]
youtube.com • (see also)

After a trust fall left him paralyzed, climber scales 3,000-foot El Capitan using only his arms
latimes.com

‘World’s oldest dog’ has title suspended as claim is investigated
theguardian.com

The Economists Who Found the Richest People of All Time
newrepublic.com

Ancient reptile’s fossilised skin is the oldest ever discovered
cosmosmagazine.com

The ‘quiet’ jet from NASA that could usher in a new era of supersonic air travel
euronews.com