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World’s oldest skin preserved in extraordinarily rare fossil find
newatlas.com

Lord Kelvin’s Tide-Predicting Machine
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A Single Lightning Bolt Just Killed 34 Cows in Colorado
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Scientists develop method of making healthier, more sustainable chocolate
theguardian.com

Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings
theconversation.com

These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books
atlasobscura.com

‘No one wants a Nazi in their family’: a German prisoner of war, a secret affair and the mystery of my dad’s parentage
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The Floating Traffic Jam That Freaked Us All Out
nytimes.com

NHS patients in England to be offered trials for world-first cancer vaccine
theguardian.com

Zombie fires in the Arctic smoulder underground and refuse to die
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T Coronae Borealis is going to explode and will be visible to the naked eye very soon
english.elpais.com

Why AI Search Blew Up in Google’s Face
nymag.com

The Brothers Grimm Did Much More Than Tell Fairy Tales
smithsonianmag.com

NASA Warns U.S Public To Ignore ‘Parade Of The Planets’ Hoax
forbes.com

3,500-year-old rock art of wild sheep and double-humped camels revealed in Kazakhstan
livescience.com

Ursula Le Guin: the pioneering author we should thank for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat
physicsworld.com

The Biggest Ponzi Scheme in Hollywood History
newyorker.com • (see also)

Strange Metal From Beyond Our Planet Found in Ancient Treasure Stash
sciencealert.com

An Island Community Displaced by Climate Change
theatlantic.com

Video: The Metal Claw Hiding in Your Food [6:13]
youtube.com

Trial results for new lung cancer drug are ‘off the charts’, say doctors
theguardian.com

Video: The weirdest things about English [21:37]
youtube.com

Before ‘Fans,’ There Were ‘Kranks,’ ‘Longhairs,’ and ‘Lions’
atlasobscura.com

Making or appreciating art can improve your health, regardless of how much you know about it, experts say
cnn.com

Firebird III: General Motors’ 1958 Car That Looks Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie
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Is collapse of the Atlantic Ocean circulation really imminent? Icebergs’ history reveals some clues
theconversation.com

The chicken and egg problem of fighting another flu pandemic
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Video: How the refilling goblet works [10:20]
youtube.com

The mysterious pairs of planets we still can’t explain
bbc.com

Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity’s only active Venus probe
space.com

The Sun Just Unleashed Yet Another Fierce Solar Flare, and It’s Only Getting Started
futurism.com • (see also)

World’s thinnest lens is just three atoms thick
newatlas.com

What to Know About World’s First Wooden Satellite, Set to Launch This Year
gizmodo.com

Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang
quantamagazine.org

James Webb space telescope photographs most distant known galaxy
theguardian.com

Video: How did ancient civilizations make ice cream? [4:54]
youtube.com

This week: Scanner breakthroughs, Gambling math, Cognitive roadblocks, and more!
damninteresting.com

Steam’s Last Stand
technicshistory.com • (see also)

The Textbooks Were Wrong About How Your Tongue Works
nytimes.com

On this day in 1934, a very stubborn man attempted to be the first to summit Mount Everest
damninteresting.com

A beginner’s guide to tungsten
qz.com

Video: The Insane Biology of: The Elephant Seal [26:22]
youtube.com

‘Sleeping on it’ really does help and four other recent sleep research breakthroughs
theconversation.com • (see also)

World’s 1st carved horse: The 35,000-year-old ivory figurine from Vogelherd cave
livescience.com

Revealed: Churchill’s unsent letter that could have changed the course of history
theguardian.com

Did pandemic lockdowns stunt kids’ immune systems long-term?
livescience.com

Sun’s Magnetic Field Forms Close to Surface
learningenglish.voanews.com

Video: What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About Color [32:36]
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Former California water official pleads guilty in heist to steal and sell water with secret pipe
theguardian.com

Mapping the universe with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory
theconversation.com

North Korea drops trash balloons on the South
bbc.com • (see also)

The death of Vulcan: Study reveals planet is actually an astronomical illusion caused by stellar activity
phys.org

Spiral Waves May Explain the Sun’s Baffling Rotation
eos.org

A New Hydrogen Combustion Engine Is Legitimately Heating Up
popularmechanics.com

What’s Under This Hole on the Surface of Mars?
universetoday.com

The real threat with AI is falling prey to the hype
thewalrus.ca

To pee or not to pee? That is a question for the bladder — and the brain
knowablemagazine.org • (see also)

Stuck at sea for years, a sailor’s plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment
apnews.com

Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span
arstechnica.com

Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon
cnn.com • (see also)