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A Mutation Turned Ants Into Parasites in One Generation
quantamagazine.org

The Enduring Panic About Cow Mutilations
newyorker.com

On the trail of the Dark Avenger: the most dangerous virus writer in the world
theguardian.com

Quarantine Hospital and Cemetery Found Underwater Off the Coast of Florida
smithsonianmag.com

How We’ll Die on Mars
popularmechanics.com

The Lion Sleeps Tonight: one song’s journey from 1930s South Africa to Disney money-spinner
theguardian.com

‘Statistically Impossible’ Heat Extremes Are Here
realclearscience.com

Reality Check: There’s Almost Certainly No Serial Killer in Austin
texasmonthly.com

Debunking the Dunning-Kruger effect
theconversation.com • (see also)

James Webb Space Telescope snaps photo of alien asteroid belt
space.com

We might think the sky is blue and trees are green, but the truth is rather stranger
theguardian.com • (see also)

Researchers reactivate dormant cells in the retina of mice, offering new hope for patients suffering from degenerative retinal disease
nouvelles.umontreal.ca • (see also)

Her illness fooled celebs. The truth may be even darker
bbc.com

Before Dylan, There Was Connie Converse. Then She Vanished.
nytimes.com

Video: The world’s cleanest railway [6:05]
youtube.com

Everyone Was Wrong About Reverse Osmosis—Until Now
wired.com

Galaxy’s Hottest Exoplanet: Alien Atmosphere Holds Rare Terbium Surprise
scitechdaily.com

The Space “Pothole” That’s Causing Quite A Bit of Concern Among Scientists
twistedsifter.com

Video: The Insane Engineering of MRI Machines [17:52]
youtube.com • (see also)

The crazy plan to explode a nuclear bomb on the Moon
bbc.com • (see also)

Elizabeth Holmes Opens Up About Her Theranos Trial and What Comes Next
nytimes.com

Video: Mutated neuroreceptor lets octopuses taste with their arms [8:16]
youtube.com

Revealed: modern humans needed three tries – and 12,000 years – to colonise Europe
theguardian.com

Why teaching robots to blink is hard but important
bbc.com • (see also)

Yes, loneliness really is as deadly as smoking — here’s why
salon.com

Link Between Long Telomeres and Long Life Is a Tall Tale, Study Finds
nytimes.com

There’s a mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge
sfgate.com

On this day in 1931 young Colonel Sanders was involved in a shootout in the “asshole of creation”
damninteresting.com

Their plane went down – how this WW2 Canada crew survived
bbc.com

The Trees That Survived Hiroshima
nytimes.com • (see also)

“This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?”
gotheborg.se

Evidently the Ku Klux Klan started as a social club for Tennessean fiddlers
laphamsquarterly.org

AI Singers Are Unnervingly Good and Already Ubiquitous
vulture.com

Memorable Flops Makeup the Museum of Failure
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The Long Forgotten Love Story of the Titanic’s Interracial Couple
messynessychic.com

The Untold Story of Motorola’s Secret 1990s Corvette EV Project: Who Killed the Electric Corvette?
thedrive.com

Georgina Schuyler, the Woman Who Saved the Statue of Liberty
smithsonianmag.com

Wig Holes and Other Mysteries of Powdered Hair History Explained
messynessychic.com

The Mysterious, Naked Night Runners of Western Kenya
atlasobscura.com

This week: 🛥️Steamboat silly, ⛪priestly scams, 🦠microbiome mass, and more!
damninteresting.com

Scientists Say They’ve Finally Solved Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox
popularmechanics.com

World’s smallest LED could turn your phone camera into a high-res microscope
newatlas.com

‘TikTok spied on me. Why?’
arstechnica.com

What Were Stone Age Bacteria Like? We Now Have the First Clues
discovermagazine.com

WHO declares an end to covid global health emergency
theverge.com

Doing Shrooms Might Have Improved a Man’s Color Blindness, Doctors Say
gizmodo.com

Riot! At the Theater
daily.jstor.org

Giving exhausted T cells a second wind boosts cancer treatment
newatlas.com

Scientists Discover a Rare Example of Insects Using Tools to Capture Prey
sciencealert.com

Did Neandertals Eat Raw Flesh and Brains?
psychologytoday.com

The Long Covid Mystery Has a New Suspect
wired.com

A Strange 1950s Technology Could Finally Bring Fusion Energy to the Grid
inverse.com

New Study of Uranus’ Large Moons Shows 4 May Hold Water
nasa.gov

Scientists Are Breathlessly Waiting For Betelgeuse to Explode
news.yahoo.com

A New Theory for the Assembly of Life in the Universe
quantamagazine.org

Peanut butter is a liquid – the physics of this and other unexpected fluids
theconversation.com

The Moon Has a Solid, Earth-Like Core, Study Finds
gizmodo.com

The most mysterious forests on Earth are underwater
vox.com

Doctors have performed brain surgery on a fetus in one of the first operations of its kind
technologyreview.com

Alan Turing’s Most Important Machine Was Never Built
quantamagazine.org