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Video: These 70 writers are actually all the same person [4:51]
youtube.com

Risotto crisis: the fight to save Italy’s beloved dish from extinction
theguardian.com • (see also)

Video: Could This Be The Next Air Force One? [46:51]
youtube.com

Thousands Defy Kremlin to Attend Alexei Navalny’s Funeral
wsj.com

A baby star’s planet-forming disk has 3 times more water than all of Earth’s oceans
space.com

Mathematicians Have Discovered the Secret Geometry of Life
popularmechanics.com

A promising leap towards computers with light-speed capabilities
phys.org

Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek (NSFW)
flashbak.com

Video: Is it possible to design a shape to roll along any fixed path? [04:16]
aeon.co

Cat’s Meows Are So Misunderstood
nytimes.com

Earth’s Crust Flipped Upside Down After ‘Nosediving’ Beneath The Mediterranean
sciencealert.com

‘Axion stars’ that went boom after the Big Bang could shed light on dark matter
space.com

‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat
theguardian.com • (see also)

Why Julius Caesar’s Year of Confusion was the longest year in history
bbc.com

Scientists May Have Tamed Fusion’s #1 Nemesis
popularmechanics.com

The First Black Woman to Write, Produce, and Act in Her Own Film
saturdayeveningpost.com

Video: Space trash lasers, explained [9:30]
youtube.com

“Dune” and the Delicate Art of Making Fictional Languages
newyorker.com

Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day
arstechnica.com

Sensory Stimulation Detoxifies the Alzheimer’s Brain – 40-Hz sound and light oscillations activate the brain’s waste-disposal function
spectrum.ieee.org

High-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces craving for cocaine
psypost.org

Damn.
damninteresting.com

Here to Save the Day! Asteroid defense gets serious.
nautil.us

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem
harpers.org

Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change
thehill.com

Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe
vanityfair.com

The Tragedy of Jane King: How a Murder Spree Collided With Hollywood’s Punk Revolution
vanityfair.com

“The Substantiality of Spirit”: Georgiana Houghton’s Pictures from the Other Side
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Inside North Korea’s Forced-Labor Program in China
newyorker.com

The Power of Regret
nautil.us

Two scammers, a web of betrayal, and Europe’s fraud of the century
magazine.atavist.com

Scientists create new idea on how to hack a warming planet: drying the upper atmosphere
apnews.com

Titan sub: Bangs that led to hope of crew’s survival heard for first time
bbc.com

Why UFO Footage Plays Tricks on Your Mind, According to the Guy Who Investigates It
popularmechanics.com

On hot summer days, this thistle is somehow cool to the touch
sciencenews.org • (see also)

David Eagleman, investigator of the secrets of our minds
english.elpais.com

Physicists Observe the Decay Of A Single Radioactive Nuclei
discovermagazine.com

Possibly habitable Trappist-1 exoplanet caught destroying its own atmosphere
space.com

Amazon’s Big Secret
theatlantic.com

Tripping on LSD at the Dolphin Research Lab
chronicle.com • Without paywall

Intuitive Machines: Moon lander pictured on its side with snapped leg
bbc.com

Video: Sistine Chapel: Cleaning the frescos after closing time [01:00]
bbc.com

Video: British country names explained [17:40]
youtube.com

We finally know why humans don’t have tails
livescience.com

While one brother was building bridges and battling Germans, his younger brother was in Los Alamos, working on the bomb
technologyreview.com

‘The Murder on My Running Trail’
nymag.com

Dramatic Image Reveals How Much The Sun Has Changed in Two Years
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On this day in 1943 a team of Norwegian commandos sabotaged the Nazi effort to build an A-bomb
damninteresting.com

Video: Varda Capsule Reentry – Five Minutes from LEO to Earth [5:44]
youtube.com

How dwarf galaxies lit up the Universe after the Big Bang
nature.com

A blow to the heart can kill you – or bring you back to life
theconversation.com

The leap year is February 29, not December 32 due to a Roman calendar quirk – and fastidious medieval monks
theconversation.com

The mathematically perfect exoplanet system — a great place to search for alien tech
space.com

The Hot New Luxury Good for the Rich: Air
newrepublic.com

1 million books and 4 months later, Toronto’s library recovers from a cyberattack
cbc.ca

Gone in 20 seconds: how ‘smart keys’ have fuelled a new wave of car crime
theguardian.com

Video: The Paradox of an Infinite Universe [13:39]
youtube.com

‘Living fossil’ tree frozen in time for 66 million years being planted in secret locations
livescience.com • (see also)

Some Intelligent Civilizations Will Be Trapped on their Worlds
universetoday.com • (see also)

Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study
theguardian.com