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A Daughter’s Quest to Free Her Father’s Killer
newyorker.com

Is a universal coronavirus vaccine on the horizon?
nationalgeographic.com

The Moon’s Far Side Is Covered in Sticky Soil and Fresh Craters
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Remembering a Little-Known Chapter in the Famed Endurance Expedition to Antarctica
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

What is in an Ice Core?
daily.jstor.org

A New Study Calculates The Number of Black Holes in The Universe. It’s a Lot
sciencealert.com

Tonga Volcano: A volcanologist explains what we know about this once-in-a-lifetime eruption
sciencefocus.com

A huge project is underway to sequence the genome of every complex species on Earth
theconversation.com

Neural Noise Shows the Uncertainty of Our Memories
quantamagazine.org

Astronomers propose building a neutrino telescope — out of the Pacific Ocean
space.com

Geographically, Spain’s Val d’Aran should be part of France, but it’s neither French, Spanish nor Catalan in culture, history or even language
bbc.com

Ancient metal tubes unearthed in 1897 could be oldest surviving drinking straws
theguardian.com

How to kill a god: the myth of Captain Cook shows how the heroes of empire will fall
theguardian.com

How Campbell Soup Turned New Jersey Into a Tomato-Growing State
smithsonianmag.com

What really makes a planet habitable? Our assumptions may be wrong
space.com

Predjama: The world’s largest cave castle
cnn.com

Dun, Dun Duuun! Where did pop culture’s most dramatic sound come from?
theguardian.com • (see also)

Possible Achilles’ Heel Discovered for Respiratory Viruses – Like COVID-19 – That Hijack Immune Mechanisms
scitechdaily.com

A Return to Robo-Signing: JPMorgan Chase Has Unleashed a Lawsuit Blitz on Credit Card Customers
propublica.org

In a First, an ‘Atomic Fountain’ Has Measured the Curvature of Spacetime
scientificamerican.com

Full production of Russia’s Tu-160 bomber restarted after 30 years
newatlas.com

Neighborhoods with MLK streets are poorer than national average and highly segregated, study reveals
theconversation.com

How Physicians Became Scientists
daily.jstor.org

Rare octopus video shows ‘once-in-a-lifetime encounter’
livescience.com

The surprising ways that Victorians flirted
bbc.com

A NASA Probe Went and Booped the Sun
theatlantic.com

Anne Frank betrayal suspect identified after 77 years
bbc.com

Trail of African bling reveals 50,000-year-old social network
theguardian.com

New insight into the internal structure of the proton
phys.org

Proof of concept verifies physics that could enable quantum batteries
newatlas.com

A Newly Discovered Fossil Could Be The Answer to Darwin’s ‘Abominable’ Mystery
sciencealert.com

Panic as Kosovo pulls the plug on its energy-guzzling bitcoin miners
theguardian.com

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath
lithub.com

Earth’s Interior Is Cooling “Much Faster Than Expected”
scitechdaily.com

Huge Tonga underwater volcano eruption captured in stunning satellite video
space.com

Standard Model of Particle Physics: The Absolutely Amazing Theory of Almost Everything
scitechdaily.com

A Library the Internet Can’t Get Enough Of
nytimes.com

Video: How Hard Candy Is Made [13:21]
youtube.com

We don’t know why, but being in space causes us to destroy our blood
arstechnica.com

‘I grew up in a crematorium – we learned not to look too alive in front of the mourners’
theguardian.com

Have we spotted the birth of a black hole?
cosmosmagazine.com

Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next
theconversation.com

‘I’d keep it on the down low’: the secret life of a super-recogniser
theguardian.com

Video: How to Smuggle Million Dollar Goods [7:02]
youtube.com

The Champion: In 1981 three women competed to be world champion of the arcade game Centipede
medium.com

An iceberg in B.C.? Lingering mirage leaves photographer stumped
cbc.ca

The Attack of Zombie Science
nautil.us

What We Don’t Want to Know
vice.com

On this day in 1919 a massive molasses storage tank burst, flooding the streets of Boston with sticky goo
damninteresting.com

How learning happens in the brains of sleeping babes
knowablemagazine.org

Parents of Kids Under 5 Stuck in Grueling Covid Limbo
nytimes.com • Related

Oldest Known Human-Bred Hybrid Animal Was a ‘Kunga’ #WildAss
gizmodo.com

Shakespeare’s First Folio acquired by UBC in ‘once-in-eternity’ purchase
theglobeandmail.com

Evolution study suggests DNA mutations are less random than we thought
newatlas.com

How Volcanologists Tracked a Violent, Months-Long Eruption
atlasobscura.com

Dwarka: India’s submerged ancient city
bbc.com

How rich countries skew the fossil record
nature.com

This week: 🧬 Postcard DNA, 💩 Bespoke stool samples, 🐋 Dead whale waystation, and more!
damninteresting.com

The Best Stories from 120 Years of ‘Popular Mechanics’
popularmechanics.com

Largest dark energy map could reveal the fate of the universe
livescience.com