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How would an Earth-like planet look in Alpha Centauri?
arstechnica.com

The ‘Tylenol Murders’ Changed the Way We Take Medicine
discovermagazine.com

Guns, not roses – here’s the true story of penicillin’s first patient
theconversation.com

World’s longest car is found, restored, and made even longer
newatlas.com

Endurance captain Frank Worsley, Shackleton’s gifted navigator, knew how to stay the course
theconversation.com

Cancer-sniffing ants prove as accurate as dogs in detecting disease
newatlas.com

Astrolab Tests Its Flexible Moon Buggy Concept in California Desert
gizmodo.com

Sandy Hook and the Troubling Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
wired.com • (see also)

No, Russia has not threatened to leave an American astronaut behind in space
arstechnica.com

How Economic Warfare Backfired in Rome
zocalopublicsquare.org

On this day in 1944, police in occupied Paris were alerted to a foul-smelling smoke emerging from a fine arrondissement
damninteresting.com

Florence tomb by Michelangelo restored with aid of bacteria
theguardian.com

Josef Koudelka: The Soviet Invasion Of Prague In Photos, August 1968
flashbak.com

Japan’s little-known seafaring past
bbc.com • (sea also)

What Google Search Isn’t Showing You
newyorker.com

The Dramatic Life and Mysterious Death of Theodosia Burr
atlasobscura.com

Why daylight saving time is unhealthy
theconversation.com

Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrunk IQ Scores of Half of Americans
neurosciencenews.com • (see also)

Elizabeth Keckley’s Memoir ‘Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four in the White House’
daily.jstor.org

2 Billion Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Cleared for Release in California and Florida
gizmodo.com

A Socialite’s Plot to Assassinate a Corrupt Official in Occupied Shanghai
atlasobscura.com

Chinese Spies Hacked a Livestock App to Breach US State Networks
wired.com

Artworks may not have genomes, but they do contain information
inference-review.com

Video: The movement that inspired the Holocaust [4:56]
youtube.com • (see also)

‘I was a nuclear missile operator. There have been more near-misses than the world knows’
theguardian.com • (see also)

Spiders Use Electric Fields to Fly, And We May Finally Know How
sciencealert.com

The First Photos of Chernobyl After The Nuclear Disaster
flashbak.com

Video: Walk like a Roman in this digital reconstruction of the ancient city [09:16]
aeon.co

Video: Putin’s Road to War: Julia Ioffe (interview) [46:47]
youtube.com

Lungs have their own microbiome – and these microbes affect the success of bone marrow transplants in kids
theconversation.com

Math’s ‘Oldest Problem Ever’ Gets a New Answer
quantamagazine.org

Lake Powell Is in Big Trouble
gizmodo.com

The Sad but Expected Death of InSight
supercluster.com

The ancient guide for uncertain times
bbc.com

To Test Cancer Drugs, These Scientists Grew ‘Avatars’ of Tumors
wired.com

Video: Endurance: Underwater robots find Shackleton’s lost ship [01:39]
bbc.com

Winners of the 2021 World Nature Photography Awards
theatlantic.com

Ukraine warns Chernobyl nuclear plant is without power
axios.com • (see also)

Patient Who Received Groundbreaking Pig Heart Transplant Dies
nytimes.com

Biologists Just Totally Proved Wrong a Long-Standing Rumor About Sharks
sciencealert.com

NASA is just now opening a vacuum-sealed sample it took from the moon 50 years ago
npr.org

Antarctica’s Most Famous Shipwreck, the Endurance, Found After 106 Years
cnet.com

How The Inca Used Knots To Tell Stories
lithub.com

Cellular ‘Rejuvenation’ Experiment in Mice Reverses Signs of Aging, Scientists Say
sciencealert.com

China’s Yutu 2 rover beams back stunning image after 3 years on moon’s far side
space.com

Video: Bouncing balls arrange into fleeting, satisfying patterns [3:17]
youtube.com

These spiders hunt in packs. Watch how they do it
science.org

The Story Of The Bricklin SV-1, One Of The Worst-Selling Sports Cars Ever
slashgear.com

How Much Medieval Literature Has Been Lost Over the Centuries?
smithsonianmag.com

Humans Aren’t the Only Animals That Kiss
discovermagazine.com

Video: What Did Europeans Actually Discover? (Not Much) [15:44]
youtube.com • (see also)

Exploring the Enduring Mystery of Crete’s Phaistos Disc
atlasobscura.com

Peptides on Stardust May Have Provided a Shortcut to Life
quantamagazine.org

Half of Americans Exposed to IQ-Lowering Levels of Lead Growing Up, Study Finds
gizmodo.com • (see also)

The Invisible, Afflicted Spy Who Led the U.S. Army Into Occupied Manila
atlasobscura.com

Reasons to be cheerful: optimists live longer, says study
theguardian.com

U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds
reuters.com

Humans Evolved to Play Music
wired.com

Paper Airplane Study Finds New Aerodynamic Effects
thedebrief.org

Photos: Ukrainian Refugees Say Goodbye to Home and Family Members
theatlantic.com