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The U.S. Is One Step Closer to Establishing a Research Program to Block the Sun
earther.gizmodo.com

Video: This is why we can’t have nice things [17:29]
youtube.com

The truth about lying
knowablemagazine.org

Video: Metric Paper & Everything in the Universe [8:43]
youtube.com

This week: Rainbow science, Einstein’s paparazzi, new layers of the Earth, and more!
damninteresting.com

How humans became the best throwers on the planet
theconversation.com

The Rise and Fall of the Jet Pack
daily.jstor.org

It looks like a saxophone but plays 512 notes — many you’ve never heard before
expmag.com

World War II in Color
airspacemag.com • (see also)

The forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name
bbc.com

What Killed These Bald Eagles? After 25 Years, We Finally Know.
theatlantic.com

NASA planet hunter spied 2,200 candidate worlds in its first 2 years
space.com

The scientists releasing cats in Australia
bbc.com

GCHQ releases ‘most difficult puzzle ever’ in honour of Alan Turing
theguardian.com

The Deepest Diver in the History of Free Diving Goes Below the Ice
nytimes.com

The Ancient Method That Keeps Afghanistan’s Grapes Fresh All Winter
atlasobscura.com

Lava, floating rocks and the Blob: the mystery behind the deaths of millions of seabirds
theguardian.com

A brief history of the Suez Canal
independent.co.uk

‘My father, the killer’
bbc.com

Video: How Humans Became (Mostly) Right-Handed [9:59]
youtube.com

The Solution of the Zodiac Killer’s 340-Character Cipher
blog.wolfram.com • (see also)

Octopus sleep includes a frenzied, colorful, ‘active’ stage
sciencenews.org

Lunar cave explorer
phys.org

The ‘sheep’ that can photosynthesise
bbc.com

A Man Demanded His Final Paycheck. The Auto Shop Delivered 91,500 Greasy Pennies.
nytimes.com

How to Land on an Alien World
airspacemag.com

Scratching the surface: the use of sheepskin parchment to deter textual erasure in early modern legal deeds
heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com

A missing part of the universe has been found
academictimes.com

Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space
bbc.com

It’s hard to imagine how truly full of dentists Los Algodones is. They are everywhere.
hazlitt.net

Cracking the Case of London’s Elusive, Acrobatic Rare-Book Thieves
vanityfair.com

The Lost Prince of Yacht Rock
narratively.com

The Near-Magical Mystery of Quasiparticles
quantamagazine.org

NASA Reveals Its Plan for First Helicopter Flight on Mars
gizmodo.com

Dr Kathy Sullivan: it’s important the first Mars crew contains a woman
sciencefocus.com

A Hong Kong journalist is on trial for using a public database
restofworld.org

The Nazi in the family
bbc.com

‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green
theguardian.com

Why America’s Great Crime Decline Is Over
theatlantic.com

Scientists discover how humans develop larger brains than other apes
phys.org

Event Horizon Telescope Images Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87’s Supermassive Black Hole
scitechdaily.com

The languages that defy auto-translate
bbc.com

Chivalry is not about opening doors, but protecting society’s most vulnerable from attack
theconversation.com

Astronomers find supermassive black hole on the move
news.harvard.edu

Video: The Suez Canal Experience: Ship Transit Southbound (2020) [10:45]
youtube.com

Scientists reveal the secret that makes red wine pair so well with cheese, meats, and other fatty foods
zmescience.com

The Nazi-Fighting Women of the Jewish Resistance
nytimes.com

Video: America’s lost stealth helicopter – RAH 66 Comanche [12:57]
youtube.com

Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship
theguardian.com

Video: How The International Space Station Was Constructed (2006) [45:18]
youtube.com

Video: How Does Titan Still Have an Atmosphere? [6:12]
youtube.com

People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price
theconversation.com

He Had an R.V., a Camera and a Plan to Document America. Was That Enough?
nytimes.com

Geologists discover new “Limited Edition” rock deep beneath the sea
newatlas.com

Inside the high-stakes world of designing for 911 operators
fastcompany.com

More unexplained UFO sightings will soon be declassified
livescience.com

Plague of mice infesting crops in Australia’s rural east
telegraph.co.uk

You Recovered From COVID-19. Now Your Coffee Smells Like Sewage.
theatlantic.com

‘We monitor its every breath’: inside Mount Etna’s war room
theguardian.com

You don’t know the half of it: The family that gave us Anderson .Paak
theundefeated.com