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Scientists document remarkable sperm whale ‘phonetic alphabet’
reuters.com

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
historytoday.com

Housing in Los Angeles: One man’s creative solution for finding a place to live
latimes.com

A Roman cupid figurine and other artefacts dating back 12,000 years have been found during major roadworks
bbc.com

Physicists might have just discovered ‘glueballs’: the particles made entirely of force
zmescience.com

Video: The Barabar Hill Caves [2:02:00]
youtube.com

Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field
theguardian.com

The deep ocean photographer that captured a ‘living fossil’
bbc.com

What Can We Learn From the Ruins of Gary, Indiana?
atlasobscura.com

‘Warp drives’ may actually be possible someday, new study suggests
space.com

How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth
hakaimagazine.com

A Rosetta Stone for Mathematics
quantamagazine.org

How quantum physics could ‘revolutionise everything’
bbc.com

Video: The Chrysler Turbine Car: Engineering a Revolution [1:10:09]
youtube.com • (see also)

Chicago Museum Unveils the ‘Most Important Fossil Ever Discovered’: the Feathered Dinosaur Archaeopteryx
smithsonianmag.com

The Curious Life of a Singing Fish
nautil.us

Video: Why Some Designs Are Impossible to Improve: Quintessence [33:02]
youtube.com • (see also)

The Peculiar Delights of the Enormous Cicada Emergence
newyorker.com

How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false
theconversation.com

Locks of Beethoven’s Hair Offer New Clues to the Mystery of His Deafness
nytimes.com • (see also)

Finding Black Holes Around Black Holes
aasnova.org

Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean for the early planet’s habitability
theconversation.com

Two giant blobs lurk deep within the Earth, but why?
popsci.com

Video: How to resurface a road without stopping traffic [5:05]
youtube.com

Do we need our wisdom teeth removed? Experts say this common procedure may be unnecessary
salon.com

On this day in 1931 Harland Sanders was involved in a shootout in the “asshole of creation”
damninteresting.com

World’s Biggest Construction Project Gets a Reality Check
wsj.com • Without paywall

Lost Faces Found: New Tech Reveals Hidden Images in Early Photographs
sciencealert.com

Video: The most important country you’ve never heard about [28:12]
youtube.com

Teens who discovered new way to prove Pythagoras’s theorem uncover even more proofs
theguardian.com

Video: World’s First Screw-Bike [23:04]
youtube.com

Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game
arstechnica.com

She helped the fight against Alzheimer’s, then got it herself
thetimes.co.uk

Video: Can a Bullet Go Through Another Bullet? 875,000FPS [18:55]
youtube.com

They Bought Tablets in Prison—and Found a Broken Promise
wired.com

Video: The Most Powerful Fire Truck Ever Created [17:16]
youtube.com

Video: 360 Video: NASA Simulation Shows a Flight Around a Black Hole [1:17]
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Salvador Dalí talks about his iconic, ‘very aggressive’ moustache
bbc.com

Which came first, galaxies or black holes? This is the plan to find out
astronomy.com

Plants can communicate and respond to touch. Does that mean they’re intelligent?
npr.org

What cities everywhere can learn from the Houston area’s severe flooding as they try to adapt to climate change
theconversation.com

Why Venus May Be Our Best Bet For Finding Life In the Solar System
inverse.com

Doing Some (Catfish) Noodling?
daily.jstor.org

A New Video Captures Mossy Corona in the Sun’s Atmosphere in Extraordinary Detail
thisiscolossal.com

Lego-pushing bumblebees reveal insect collaboration dynamics
phys.org

The 19th-Century ‘Strawberry Parties’ That Raised Money and Spirits Each Spring
atlasobscura.com

This Ship Mysteriously Vanished 115 Years Ago. Now, It’s Been Found at the Bottom of Lake Superior
smithsonianmag.com

Record-breaking exoplanet found by citizen scientists
cosmosmagazine.com

LSD Shows Promising Results For Treating Anxiety
inverse.com

Why did our ancestors make startling art in dark, firelit caves?
aeon.co

Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses
theguardian.com

Small reactors don’t add up as a viable energy source
cosmosmagazine.com

Google Is Staring Down Its First Serious Threats in Years
nymag.com • (see also)

The Computers Of Voyager
hackaday.com • (see also)

Mama Cass ‘didn’t choke to death on a ham sandwich’, daughter says
bbc.com

The One Thing That’s Holding Back the Heat Pump
wired.com

Advanced ‘high-density waterless hydro’ energy plant gets green light
newatlas.com

Nonmonogamy by the Numbers
slate.com

From teenage cyber-thug to Europe’s most wanted
bbc.com

Discover the Hallaton Helmet, a Newly Restored Piece of Ancient Roman Armor
mymodernmet.com