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Video: The Truth About Pumped Hydro [16:52]
youtube.com

US deports 95-year-old former concentration camp guard to Germany
theguardian.com

A New Way of Forming Planets – A Decades Old Puzzle Solved?
scitechdaily.com

Future particle accelerators may be close to the size of a large room rather than a large city
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A New Era of Black Holes Is Here
theatlantic.com

Even when an octopus can’t see light with its eyes, its arms seem to know it is there
nytimes.com

Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn
quantamagazine.org

‘She’s just perfect,’ says scientist who helped clone an endangered ferret
cbc.ca

Unearthed figurine suggests ancient Britons favoured mullets
theguardian.com

That Time a Canadian Town Derailed a Diesel Train and Drove It Down the Street to Provide Emergency Power
gizmodo.com

Scientists solve the crystal structure of an exotic new form of ice
newatlas.com

Do Viruses Cheat to Win at Evolution?
daily.jstor.org

‘Exhilarating’ Photo Shows Perseverance Rover Being Lowered to the Martian Surface
gizmodo.com

Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing
projects.propublica.org

The scars of solitary: Albert Woodfox on freedom after 44 years in a concrete cell
theguardian.com

The moments that could have accidentally ended humanity
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Video: The invention that fixed lighthouses [8:11]
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Photos: Texas Is a Mess
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What’s next for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing success?
space.com

Thunderstorms spew out gamma rays — these scientists want to know why
nature.com

The Mystery of the Missing North Korean Social Media Star
marieclaire.com

Video: Why The U.S. Government Decides The Color Of Our Food [10:49]
youtube.com

Banking on Bird Shit
hakaimagazine.com

‘99% of the world has no idea’: inside the shocking legal guardianship industry
theguardian.com

End of Neanderthals linked to flip of Earth’s magnetic poles, study suggests
theguardian.com

Deep in the heart of Texas’ collapsing power grid
arstechnica.com

Livestream: Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars
youtube.com

Video: Why Robots That Bend Are Better [10:41]
youtube.com

Winners of the 2020 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

Scientists Find a Way to Communicate With Dreaming People
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How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars
spectrum.ieee.org

A biography of the penis in the animal kingdom
aeon.co

Million-year-old mammoth DNA smashes record for world’s oldest
newatlas.com

How to Escape the Confines of Time and Space According to the CIA
vice.com

On this day in 1944 a squadron of plywood airplanes attacked a Nazi prison
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The Secret Recordings That Rocked a Community—and Its Police Force
esquire.com

The abuses of Popper
aeon.co

Meet the Newest Member of the Fluorescent Mammal Club
nytimes.com

Growing Inventory of Black Holes Offers a Radical Probe of the Cosmos
quantamagazine.org

The Extraordinary Trial of the Child Soldier Who Became a Brutal Rebel Commander
narratively.com

Pharaoh killed in ‘execution ceremony’, hi-tech study concludes
theguardian.com

The Great Kenyan Giraffe Rescue
atlasobscura.com

When Border Security Crosses a Line
thewalrus.ca

Highest-Resolution Images of DNA Reveal It’s Surprisingly Jiggly
gizmodo.com

The islands that protect Germany from the North Sea
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Mount Etna erupts in spectacular fashion
theguardian.com

The $65 Million Art Heist That Put ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ to Shame
melmagazine.com

Here’s how to watch NASA’s Perseverance rover land on Mars
livescience.com

The Himalayan peak off limits to climbers
bbc.com

Mini Neanderthal Brains Could Reveal the Origins of Psychiatric Disorders
futurehuman.medium.com

Supercomputer turns back cosmic clock
phys.org

Researchers Are Studying These Worm Blobs to Build Robots
wired.com

Whale songs provide new way to survey the Earth’s crust
newatlas.com

Anissa Jordan Took Part in a Robbery. She Went to Prison for Murder.
theatlantic.com

North Korea accused of hacking Pfizer for Covid-19 vaccine data
bbc.com

11,601 Swabs, 2,543 Wipes: How NASA Spent the Last 7 Years Protecting Mars from Humans
popularmechanics.com

How Our Brutal Science System Almost Cost Us A Pioneer Of mRNA Vaccines
wbur.org

North Korean defectors: What happens when they get to the South?
bbc.com

How to have better arguments online
theguardian.com

One of the World’s Most Prolific Cybercriminals Has Retired – And May Well Be a Bitcoin Billionaire
elliptic.co