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Europe’s long-delayed flagship rocket is about to launch for the first time
arstechnica.com

The mission to the coldest place on Earth that changed the history of humanity
english.elpais.com

On this day in 1958 the largest recorded megatsunami occurred on the shores of Alaska
damninteresting.com

Breathtaking Images From the BigPicture Photography Competition
smithsonianmag.com

Time Ticks Faster on The Moon. Now We Know Precisely How Much.
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Here’s What We’ve Learned About Saturn Since Cassini Entered Its Orbit 20 Years Ago
smithsonianmag.com

Inside the ‘Nightmare’ Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
time.com

James Webb Spots Habitable, Icy Exoplanet Relatively Close to Earth
futurism.com

Engineered mRNA turns your body into a drug-making biofactory
newatlas.com

This Tiny Particle Could Upend Everything We Know About Gravity—And the Universe—Scientists Say
popularmechanics.com

The baffling case of Karen Read
vox.com

Real Estate and the Revolution
daily.jstor.org

Ammonites Were Doing Fine Until the Asteroid Hit
universetoday.com

His Galaxy Wolf Art Kept Getting Ripped Off. So He Sued—and Bought a Home
wired.com

When Two Famous Physicists Faced Off in Mussolini’s Rome
undark.org

NOAA Flies Through the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Beryl
nytimes.com

The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
flashbak.com

Doctors try a controversial technique to reduce the transplant organ shortage
npr.org

Video: Getting Caught Working Undercover at Amazon [49:08]
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Meet the Narwhal Dentist
hakaimagazine.com

AI-Powered Super Soldiers Are More Than Just a Pipe Dream
wired.com

How a Profane Joke on Twitter Spawned a Legal Army
nytimes.com

Air pollution linked to drop in live births among IVF patients
upi.com

Webb Looks at One of the Best Gravitationally Lensed Quasars Ever Discovered
universetoday.com

Behold the $150,000 Dog
nymag.com • Without paywall

Boeing accepts guilty plea deal over 737 Max crashes
theverge.com

Fearsome Sharks of Today Evolved When Ancient Oceans Got Hot
nytimes.com

This egg-shaped security robot is now roaming hospitals
popsci.com

Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers
theguardian.com

Grand Canyon-size ‘scar’ on Mars revealed like never before in striking new satellite photos
livescience.com

The Stickiness of Teflon
daily.jstor.org

The Man Who Invented Times Square: O.J. Gude and the Birth of the Spectacular
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

At least 24 skeletons found in Malmesbury hotel garden
bbc.com

Welcome to the Era of Extreme-Weather Push Alerts
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

How to watch the maiden flight of the Ariane 6 heavy lift rocket
newatlas.com

Cats love to meow at humans. Now we know why.
livescience.com

A Wife’s Revenge from Beyond the Grave
thefp.com

Lethal Secret of One of The World’s Deadliest Pathogens Finally Revealed
sciencealert.com

Weird black-hole physics could help resolve lingering ‘Hubble trouble’
space.com

The science of baby babbling – and why it can take on accents
theconversation.com

The search for the random numbers that run our lives
bbc.com

Michigan DOT Still Has a Century-Old Ford Model T in Service
thedrive.com

Spider Orchids Lure Wasps with Sexual Deception
nautil.us

The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens
space.com • (see also)

Basketball-Sized Meteorites Strike the Surface of Mars Every Day
universetoday.com

Song melodies have become simpler since 1950, study suggests
phys.org

During World War II, Parachuting Pigeons Carried Messages to French Resistance
mymodernmet.com • (see also)

A Butterfly Traveled an Unbelievable 2,600 Miles Across the Atlantic, Defying All Odds
popularmechanics.com

At 30, She Died in Childbirth. It Shredded Her Brooklyn Family.
nytimes.com

‘It’s easier than life on the ground’: meet the Russian climbers who fell in love scaling the world’s skyscrapers
theguardian.com

The 1960s Soviet Thaw Through The Lens of Vladimir Lagrange
rarehistoricalphotos.com

The Challenger Disaster: Behind The Fatal Flaw And The Engineering That Fixed It
slashgear.com

Seaside city’s secrets hidden in underground tunnels
bbc.com

What the internet looked like in 1994, according to 15 webpages born that year
fastcompany.com

To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask ‘what if?’
theconversation.com

Watch: The morbid, mesmerizing beauty of AI gymnastics
newatlas.com

All the Adventure, a Fraction of the Cost: The D.I.Y. Orient Express
nytimes.com

‘The Chicana butch lesbian who defied the LAPD – and won: ‘I couldn’t be someone else’’
theguardian.com

‘This is what drives the migraine headache’: Scientists uncover ‘missing link’ in why some migraines happen
livescience.com

Why Italy Fell Out of Love With Cilantro
atlasobscura.com