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Watch Albert Einstein Explain His Theory of Relativity in Historic Footage
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Perseverance rover captures the sounds of driving on Mars
phys.org

Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal
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Facial Recognition: What Happens When We’re Tracked Everywhere We Go?
nytimes.com

José Epita Mbomo, the Spanish electrician who sabotaged the Nazis
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The bizarre link between bird migration and quantum physics
sciencefocus.com

New curio by J. A. Macfarlane: The Comforts of the Throne
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Ghost stars: The radical theory that could solve the mystery of dark matter
sciencefocus.com

Video: Microscopic Alien-Looking Worms [3:24]
youtube.com

Why Don’t Some People Seem to Get Hangovers?
discovermagazine.com

The teenager behind last year’s big celebrity Twitter hack is going to prison
vox.com

The Victims of Agent Orange the U.S. Has Never Acknowledged
nytimes.com

Strange microbe “breathes” nitrates using a mitochondria-like symbiont
arstechnica.com

How Do You Kill an Invasive Species? Bring in a Bigger, Meaner Species to Eat It
thewalrus.ca

Why Did the USS Thresher Sink? New Declassified Documents Reveal the Truth
popularmechanics.com

How a metal with a memory will shape our future on Mars
theverge.com

Skoltech and MIT researchers identify optimal human landing system architectures to land on the Moon
skoltech.ru

Mars’s lost water may be buried beneath the planet’s crust
technologyreview.com

NASA’s Nearly Indestructible Airless Titanium Tires Might Soon Be Available for Your Bike
gizmodo.com

On this day in 1968, thousands of sheep died mysteriously in Skull Valley, Utah
damninteresting.com

Sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack information
theguardian.com

The Stories Behind 15 Pasta Shapes
mentalfloss.com

Conspiracy Theories and the Problem of Disbelief
theatlantic.com

Watch a Shape-Shifting Robot Prowl the Big, Bad World
wired.com

How an endangered Australian songbird is forgetting its love songs
theguardian.com

Photographer Spends 12 Years, 1250 Hours, Exposing Photo of Milky Way
petapixel.com

‘A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16’
vice.com

Journey to the Dragon Palace: Inside Hayabusa2’s history-making asteroid mission
cnet.com

Graphene’s New Twist Reveals Superconductivity’s Secrets
quantamagazine.org

Charles Steinmetz’s Predictions About 2021 From the Year 1921 Were Amazingly Accurate
gizmodo.com

How Ida Holdgreve’s Stitches Helped the Wright Brothers Get Off the Ground
smithsonianmag.com

Lightning Strikes May Have Sparked Life on Earth, New Study Proposes
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Why One Side of Earth Is Rapidly Getting Colder Than the Other
popularmechanics.com

Judgement Day at America’s First Blockbuster Murder Trial
lithub.com

Computer tool spots deepfakes via tiny reflections in the eyes
newatlas.com

Video: The Ridiculous Way We Used To Calculate Pi [18:39]
youtube.com

New Dead Sea scrolls found hidden in desert cave in Israel
cbc.ca

The Mysterious Math of Perfect Numbers
quantamagazine.org

Microbes Unknown to Science Discovered on The International Space Station
sciencealert.com

Scientists unlock secret of why hummingbirds hum
theguardian.com

Scientists stunned to discover plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice
phys.org • (see also)

Every Picture From Venus’ Surface, Ever
planetary.org • (see also)

The merging of Milky Way and Andromeda’s supermassive black holes
zmescience.com

Study sheds light on role of fingerprints in sense of touch
theguardian.com

How Fukushima’s underground ice wall struggles to keep nuclear radiation at bay
cnet.com

Cipher Girls: The Women Who Cracked Hitler’s Codes
crimereads.com

Why would anyone buy crypto art – let alone spend millions on what’s essentially a link to a JPEG file?
theconversation.com

The Science of Surviving an Avalanche
popularmechanics.com

Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale
theguardian.com

The Family That Always Lives on Daylight Saving Time
theatlantic.com

NASA Gets a Quick Peek at a Mysterious Layer of the Sun
wired.com

Discovering WW1 tunnel of death hidden in France for a century
bbc.com

Underwater telescope placed below Siberia’s Lake Baikal as Russian scientists aim to detect particles from billions of years ago
rt.com

Israel’s autonomous ‘robo-snipers’ and suicide drones raise ethical dilemma
trtworld.com

‘Ant-i-social distancing: Ants know isolation prevents the spread of infection’
cbc.ca

Best rainbows on Earth are in Hawaii, scientist says
thehill.com

Unearthing the Stories of Those Who Escaped Auschwitz
lithub.com

The ‘star-fiend’ who unlocked the Universe
bbc.com

Unique CRISPR gene therapy offers opioid-free chronic pain treatment
newatlas.com

‘The ketamine blew my mind’: can psychedelics cure addiction and depression?
theguardian.com