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The ancient stepwells helping to curb India’s water crisis
bbc.com

Beam me up, Bezos: Star Trek’s Shatner becomes world’s oldest space traveler
reuters.com

Gallery: Wildlife photographer of the year 2021 winners
theguardian.com

Blood, Lies, and a Drug Trials Lab Gone Bad
wired.com

The Indigenous rebellion that inspired Peru’s independence
bbc.com

Physicists Capture The Most Precise Measurement Yet of a Neutron’s Lifespan
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Clearing Up Some Myths About Victorian ‘Postmortem’ Photographs
atlasobscura.com

Scientists are using every possible means to improve the systems that allow spacecraft to move about in space
news.cnrs.fr

Ruthie Tompson, an animator with the longest history at Disney, dies at 111
npr.org

Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim’s North Korea
bbc.com

The Benjamin Franklin Effect: The Surprising Psychology of How to Handle Haters
brainpickings.org

Elk with car tyre stuck around its neck for two years is free at last
theguardian.com

Unsolved Murdaugh Murders Expose Years of South Carolina Mysteries
nytimes.com

Dowries, illegal since 1961, still cause 20 deaths a day in India. But Babawayil has had no divorces or violence against women since it banned them
theguardian.com

Hubert Germain, the last of France’s officially designated Heroes of the Resistance, has died aged 101
france24.com • (see also)

Video: How Stars Freeze [6:48]
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What sea level rise will do to famous American sites, visualized
theguardian.com

The Missing Teen Who Fueled ‘Cult Panic’ Over Dungeons
wired.com

Massive Flying Laboratory Uncovers Secrets of How Marine Life Influences Cloud Formation
scitechdaily.com

Strange radio waves emerge from the direction of the galactic center
sciencedaily.com

Video: What Dinosaurs ACTUALLY Looked Like? [11:40]
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James Webb’s 30 Days of Terror
universetoday.com

Husband and Wife Accused in Espionage Case That Started with a Message: ‘This Is Not a Hoax’
people.com • (see also)

Built on the bodies of slaves: how Africa was erased from the history of the modern world
theguardian.com

2,050-year-old Roman tomb offers insights on ancient concrete resilience
news.mit.edu

Unexpected Radio Signals From Distant Stars Suggest Hidden Planets
scitechdaily.com

What if the universe had no beginning?
livescience.com

In a rocky Israeli crater, scientists simulate life on Mars
reuters.com

The unearthing of Ireland’s mysterious naked sweathouses
bbc.com

Giant ‘mystery creature’ filmed by scientists exploring Red Sea shipwreck
cnet.com

X-59 QueSST: The quiet supersonic aeroplane that could revolutionise air travel
sciencefocus.com

A History of the Data-Tracked User
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Video: How NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Will Visit More Asteroids Than Any Other Spacecraft. [14:56]
youtube.com

‘Solved’: the mystery of the ‘slut’ scrawled on The Grapes of Wrath manuscript
theguardian.com

Why Some People Think 2+2=5
popularmechanics.com

Buried Secrets of Montauk’s Menacing Military Camp that Inspired “Stranger Things”
messynessychic.com • (see also)

Purifying hydrogel tablet makes river water drinkable within an hour
newatlas.com

Remains of Nazi V2, the first supersonic rocket, unearthed in South East England
livescience.com • (see also)

This Asteroid May Be the Shard of a Dead Protoplanet—and Have More Metal Than All the Reserves on Earth
singularityhub.com

Video: Star Trek’s William Shatner on his plan to boldly go into space [01:51]
bbc.com

Inside Rikers: Dysfunction, Lawlessness and Detainees in Control
nytimes.com

Space Debris Crashes Through Roof, Onto Woman’s Pillow
newser.com

‘Waiting for a ghost’: the search for dark matter 1km under an Australian town
theguardian.com

A Visual Introduction to the Dwarf Planets in our Solar System
visualcapitalist.com

What The Heck Was This Blue ‘Luminous Event’ Photographed From The Space Station?
sciencealert.com

Hubble snaps image of two galaxies that are merging to become one
digitaltrends.com

BepiColombo’s first close-up pictures of Mercury’s surface hint at answers to the planet’s secrets
theconversation.com

Epigenetics, the misunderstood science that could shed new light on ageing
theguardian.com

Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.
propublica.org

The Math of the Amazing Sandpile
nautil.us

Can migraines be untangled by new medical thinking?
theguardian.com

Scientists Finally Know Why Wisdom Teeth Only Emerge When We’re Basically Adults
sciencealert.com

On this day in 1446 the king of Korea unveiled a new alphabet
damninteresting.com

Bali without tourists: once-bustling hotspots now eerie and overgrown
theguardian.com

In 1992, thousands of drunken cops raged against the mayor of New York
nymag.com

Citizen of Nowhere: The Complicated Limbo of Deepan Budlakoti
thewalrus.ca

How Historians of Modern Tattooing Explore a Long-Hidden Past
atlasobscura.com

America Is Running Out of Everything
theatlantic.com

Order Flocking Out of Chaos
nautil.us

WHO approved a malaria vaccine for children – a global health expert explains why that is a big deal
theconversation.com