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Electric cars and batteries: how will the world produce enough?
nature.com

Second resident of Nebraska’s one-person town just a figment of Census Bureau’s imagination
journalstar.com

Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are 99% of the Way There. The Last 1% Is the Hardest
bloomberg.com

Photos: Deadly Flash Floods Hit Tennessee After a Torrential Storm
theatlantic.com

This Physicist Discovered an Escape From Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox
quantamagazine.org

Ants use soil physics to excavate metre-long tunnels that last decades
newscientist.com

Life After White-Collar Crime
newyorker.com

Novel anti-obesity drug breaks the cycle of appetite and weight gain [in mice]
newatlas.com

A thorough and level-headed assessment of what we know so far about real-world Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness
realclearscience.com

A microscopic video shows the coronavirus on the rampage
nytimes.com

South-west England is the unlikely world capital of crop circles, baffling locals and farmers alike
bbc.com

Are These the Hidden Deepfakes in the Anthony Bourdain Movie?
wired.com

FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
fda.gov • More info

A Huge Number of Rogue Supermassive Black Holes Are Wandering The Universe
sciencealert.com

Pumpers, Dumpers, and Shills: The Skycoin Saga
newyorker.com

Dorothy Butler Gilliam: ‘I am not a maid, I am a reporter’
bbc.com

On the Link Between Great Thinking and Obsessive Walking
lithub.com

Releasing bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Indonesia prevented the spread of dengue
massivesci.com

Video: What if Every Second Lasted an Hour? [8:59]
youtube.com

On this day in 1934 a shadowy cabal asked a highly decorated Marine major general to lead a coup against the US government
damninteresting.com

What color is the universe?
livescience.com

How scientists developed the most popular anesthetic used today, without totally knowing how it works
massivesci.com

The Ignored History of Nurse PTSD
discovermagazine.com

Computer Space and beyond: 50 years of gaming
bbc.com

100 Years Ago, Miners Carried Out the Largest Armed Labor Uprising in U.S. History
inthesetimes.com

Attack of the giant rodents or class war? Argentina’s rich riled by new neighbors
theguardian.com

Hubble Views a Galaxy in a ‘Furnace’
nasa.gov

What would this cyclic model of the universe mean for the Big Bang?
astronomy.com

What can we do with a captured asteroid?
livescience.com

Behold, Carbon-Free Steel Now Exists
gizmodo.com

Video: Classic Movie Tricks That Led To Modern CGI [10:47]
youtube.com

Unsolved mystery of Vancouver coyote bite spree sparks hunt for animals’ secrets
cbc.ca

Astonishingly Large Coral Spotted in the Great Barrier Reef
gizmodo.com

40 years ago today Dr. Julie Cliff received an alarming telex about a mysterious malady in Mozambique
damninteresting.com

The Shadowy Business of International Education
thewalrus.ca

Astronomers see galaxies in ultra-high definition
bbc.com

Who Gets the L.L.C.? Inside a Silicon Valley Billionaire’s Divorce.
nytimes.com

Japan’s Mission to Phobos Will Also Bring a Sample Home by 2029
universetoday.com

There’s a Surprising Similarity Between The Babble of Baby Bats And Human Infants
sciencealert.com

The mutation that helps Delta spread like wildfire
nature.com

Why We Laugh at the Most Inappropriate Times and What It Says About Us
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

The World’s Largest Computer Chip
newyorker.com

This week: 🕒 Time crystal stability, 💦 sweaty evidence, 🐚 barnacle bioglue, and more!
damninteresting.com

Jeff Bezos Instigates Potentially Crushing Delay of NASA Lunar Lander
gizmodo.com

A man is presumed murdered. In this town of 12, everyone is a possible suspect.
medium.com

As psychedelics are integrated into mainstream medicine, experts weigh the benefits and costs of solo versus group therapy.
neo.life • (see also)

Harvard’s 3D-printed eardrum repair patch is ready for market
newatlas.com

Why Do Vaccination Rates Plateau?
daily.jstor.org

Bacteria Refuse to Die Even After 1,000 Days With No Food
gizmodo.com

All Hail Ganymede, King of the Moons
discovery.com

How a Grave Cleaner Uncovers the Past
atlasobscura.com

Elon Musk unveils Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot that uses vehicle AI
cnet.com

What will today’s data tell future historians?
bbc.com

Speaking in whistles
knowablemagazine.org • (see also)

The hand gestures that last longer than spoken languages
bbc.com

Researchers solve 20-year-old paradox in solar physics
phys.org

How can we take pictures of Earth-like exoplanets? Use the sun!
space.com

Rattlesnake Rattles Use Acoustic Trick To Fool Human Ears
scitechdaily.com

The search for the sterile neutrino
symmetrymagazine.org

Is Disneyland the great American artwork?
bbc.com