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Giant Viruses Grew Out of Small Ones: Study
the-scientist.com

Residents Near Train Disaster Report Dying Animals, Sicknesses, Despite Officials Saying It’s Safe
futurism.com

What happened next to the Thai cave rescue boys?
bbc.com

The Food Expiration Dates You Should Actually Follow
nytimes.com

This Bird-Flu Outbreak Is Unprecedented
theatlantic.com

Scientists Reveal How Humans First Populated The Ancient Megacontinent of Sahul
sciencealert.com

The ancient diseases that plagued the dinosaurs
bbc.com

NASA’s James Webb telescope discovers new galaxy that “mirrors the early Milky Way”
salon.com

Why the human genome was never completed
bbc.com

Ultrafast photoacoustic imaging provides new insights into brain function
newatlas.com

Video: Why Some Roadways Are Made of Styrofoam [15:52]
youtube.com

Promising male contraceptive pill works in 30 minutes, wears off in a day
newatlas.com

How to see without eyes or a protein that senses light
arstechnica.com • (see also)

What was it like to grow up in the last Ice Age?
aeon.co

Audiobook Narrators Fear Apple Used Their Voices to Train AI
wired.com

Turkey’s Erdogan boasted of letting builders evade earthquake codes in 2019
npr.org

NASA prepares for asteroid 99942 Apophis’ Earth approach
latimes.com • (see also)

Laserwort: The possible origin of the Valentine’s Day heart
damninteresting.com

Quantum Entanglement Isn’t All That Spooky After All
scientificamerican.com

The Booby Traps of Qin Shi Huang’s Tomb: Fact, Fiction or Something Even Better?
discovermagazine.com

“Exceptional” new catalyst cheaply splits hydrogen from seawater
newatlas.com

Wrath and awe: a short history of balloons and their power to fire up mob fury
theguardian.com

After a train derailment, Ohio residents are living the plot of a movie they helped make
cnn.com

How an All-Black Female WWII Unit Saved Morale on the Battlefield
smithsonianmag.com

The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”
crimereads.com

Australian researchers find protein in lung that blocks COVID infection
axios.com

Creatures That Don’t Conform
emergencemagazine.org

How These Animals Can Regenerate and Why Humans Can’t
discovermagazine.com

What a second-century Roman citizen, Lucian, can teach us about diversity and acceptance
theconversation.com

Voice Actors Are Having Their Voices Stolen by AI
gizmodo.com

How Does Electricity Work? The Answer Has Changed Over the Ages
popularmechanics.com

A Second Russian Spacecraft Has Sprung a Leak at the ISS
gizmodo.com

Oyster Pirates in the San Francisco Bay
daily.jstor.org

Image: Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska
apod.nasa.gov

White House holds briefing after flying objects shot down
bbc.com

How one virus can block another
bbc.com

Could California Experience A Disastrous Earthquake Like Turkey And Syria?
forbes.com

A city under the sand: The Lost City of Cecil B DeMille
bbc.com

The Secret Lives of Neutron Stars
wired.com

World’s deadliest mushroom may be adapting to spread faster
theweathernetwork.com

Video: Adam Savage vs The “Perpetual Motion” Machine! [15:12]
youtube.com

Mars Wrigley fined after two workers tumbled into chocolate tank last year
theguardian.com

‘Queen of the skies’: How the Boeing 747 shaped an era of air travel
theguardian.com

Universe’s largest known spiral galaxy shines in new image
space.com

But Wait: What if The Hypothetical Planet Nine Has Moons?
sciencealert.com

Mirror Fever
laphamsquarterly.org

Mystery surrounds objects shot down by US military
bbc.com

Mathematicians Complete Quest to Build ‘Spherical Cubes’
quantamagazine.org

This week: 🖼️Happy little art auctions, 📸Einstein’s paparazzi, 🎸Beatle evolution, and more!
damninteresting.com

Librarians Are Finding Thousands Of Books No Longer Protected By Copyright Law
vice.com

The time a wayward Canadian balloon caused an international stir
cbc.ca

Pentagon Shot Down Object Over Alaska, U.S. Officials Say
nytimes.com

How fingerprints form was a mystery — until now
sciencenews.org

What it takes to build a balloon for 100,000ft
bbc.com

Controlled experiments show MDs dismissing evidence due to ideology
arstechnica.com

Video: The Solution to a Critical Problem NASA Couldn’t See [14:57]
youtube.com

Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?
theconversation.com

Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant
npr.org • (see also)

What the Earthquake Destroyed in the Heart of One Turkish City
nytimes.com

It’s impossible to know what you’re buying online
theatlantic.com