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The house that can withstand a cyclone: how traditional dwellings are making a comeback in Vanuatu
theguardian.com • (see also)

Wildfires Continue to Rage Across Greece, Cutting Island in Half and Forcing Thousands to Flee
gizmodo.com

The Maya’s ingenious secret to survival
bbc.com

Starship is Stacked on the Super Heavy Booster. The Tallest Rocket Ever Built
universetoday.com

The California tourist town that’s running out of water: ‘It’s a shock’
theguardian.com

For The First Time, Researchers Just Watched How Plants Slurp Up Water
sciencealert.com

Introducing the non-radiating antenna
physicsworld.com

How to train like an Ancient Greek Olympian
bbc.com

If China and the US Claim the Same Moon-Base Site, Who Wins?
defenseone.com

Rings around a black hole from X-ray echoes off interstellar dust
astronomynow.com

NASA Planning Mission To Asteroid Containing Metals Worth $10,000 Quintillion
ladbible.com

Video: Cucuteni-Trypillia: Eastern Europe’s lost civilisation [06:22]
bbc.com

Postal Censorship and Surveillance: A Timeline
reason.com

Dark matter: one last push to crack the biggest secret in the universe
theguardian.com

Microbes anyone? Study outlines huge potential of solar-powered protein
newatlas.com

Dead celebrities are being digitally resurrected — and the ethics are murky
cbc.ca

The Space Elevator, an old dream of scientists and science fiction fans, could be constructed now
mashable.com

Long-Theorized Neutron-Clustering Effect in Nuclear Reactors Demonstrated for First Time
scitechdaily.com

‘It could feed the world’: amaranth, a health trend 8,000 years old that survived colonization
theguardian.com

Why Are Farmers in Senegal Creating Gardens That Look Like Crop Circles?
atlasobscura.com

Climate contrarians predicted the world would cool—it didn’t
arstechnica.com

Dixie Fire becomes largest in California history
livescience.com

Video: Why Cranes Collapse [15:39]
youtube.com

The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows
hakaimagazine.com

Perseverance rover’s first attempt to collect Martian sample didn’t go as planned
cnn.com

Ever heard a shrew warble? Secret sounds of small mammals revealed
theguardian.com

This week: 🪨 Reburied treasure, 🎸 Elvis’s genetic struggle, 🏳️‍🌈 Rome’s transgender emperor, and more!
damninteresting.com

What Do You Do with a Billion Grams of Surplus Weed?
thewalrus.ca

Perfectly preserved cave lion cub found in Siberian permafrost
cbc.ca

On this day in 1945, residents of Hiroshima bore horrified witness to the first atomic bomb used in war
damninteresting.com

Does This Medieval Fresco Show A Hallucinogenic Mushroom in the Garden of Eden?
atlasobscura.com

World’s Oldest Known Coin Mint Unearthed in China
gizmodo.com

Perseverance rover drills into Mars for 1st time in milestone for sample collection
space.com

How particle detectors capture matter’s hidden, beautiful reality
sciencenews.org

The human ear detects half a millisecond delay in sound
aalto.fi

Many who refuse to get COVID vaccine struggle to cite valid reasons for hesitation
studyfinds.org

India’s town that’s too wet for the British
bbc.com

NASA astronaut reacts to ‘spiders’ on the ISS
cnet.com

The hydrogen economy is about to get weird
arstechnica.com

Video: The method that can “prove” almost anything [5:05]
youtube.com

To Be Popular You Must Already Be Popular: On the Dangers of the Bandwagon Effect
lithub.com

Why Did the Maya Abandon Their Once-Bustling Cities?
discovermagazine.com

Environmental impact of bottled water ‘up to 3,500 times greater than tap water’
theguardian.com

The Mysterious Street Snack That Has Baffled Botanists for Decades
atlasobscura.com

Why Even the Fastest Human Can’t Outrun Your House Cat
wired.com

NASA Curiosity Rover Celebrates Its Ninth Year on Mars Today
autoevolution.com

How giraffes deal with sky-high blood pressure
bbc.com

‘How injury changed my brain’
wellcomecollection.org

Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse
theguardian.com

These Algorithms Look at X-Rays—and Somehow Detect Your Race
wired.com

Detailed look at earliest moments of supernova explosion
phys.org

Astronomers Find Small Rocky Planet – Just Half the Mass of Venus
scitechdaily.com

Video: Why Hitler Was Obsessed With Iceland [13:11]
youtube.com

Long-Lost Fragment of Stonehenge Gives Unprecedented Glimpse Inside Ancient Monument
sciencealert.com

Why do helical seashells resemble spiraling galaxies and the human heart?
publicdomainreview.org

90 years ago today an antiquated submarine set out for the north pole
damninteresting.com

The Doris Duke Cold Case Reopens: The Only Known Eyewitness Speaks for the First Time
vanityfair.com

Neither Star nor Planet: A Strange Brown Dwarf Puzzles Astronomers
quantamagazine.org

Mistaken Identity Sends Wrong Man to Mental Hospital for Two Years
people.com

How Galois Groups Used Polynomial Symmetries to Reshape Math
quantamagazine.org • (see also)