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‘It’s had 1.1 billion years to accumulate’: Helium reservoir in Minnesota has ‘mind-bogglingly large’ concentrations
livescience.com

Mariner 10, a mission of firsts, used gravity to bend its way from Venus to Mercury
astronomy.com • (see also)

Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor
theguardian.com

How Kids Cornered the Market on Lemonade
smithsonianmag.com

‘In 1994, I was the last person sent to prison in the UK for being gay – and I’m still being punished today’
theguardian.com • (see also)

Some people may see more images per second than others, study finds
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Are Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Fake? Here’s How to Check
scientificamerican.com

Saffron: The Story of the World’s Most Expensive Spice
daily.jstor.org

The Notorious Pirate King Who Vanished With the Riches of a Mughal Treasure Ship
smithsonianmag.com

Video: What is earwax — and should you get rid of it? [5:53]
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Video: Supersonic drone flies with revolutionary detonation engine
newatlas.com

Trash from the International Space Station may have hit a house in Florida
arstechnica.com

Overexposure Distorted the Science of Mirror Neurons
quantamagazine.org

From Songbirds to Dung Beetles, These Animals Can Navigate by Starlight
discovermagazine.com

Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle
nytimes.com

Why there’s a revolution on the way in glass making
bbc.com

The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’
theguardian.com

Where Are All These Rogue Planets Coming From?
universetoday.com

We were very wrong about birds
popsci.com

Milk on ice: Antarctic time capsule of whole milk powder sheds light on the enduring qualities of dairy products
phys.org

20 years of Gmail
theverge.com

One Satellite Signal Rules Modern Life. What if Someone Knocks It Out?
nytimes.com • (see also)

Why is there so much lead in American food?
vox.com • (see also)

Researchers find WWI and WWII bombs in the ground are becoming more volatile
phys.org

She Might Have Inspired One of Netflix’s Biggest Shows. She Died Last Month. No One Wrote About It.
slate.com

Rare Eyewitness Sketch of American Revolutionaries Found Hanging in a Collector’s Bedroom
smithsonianmag.com

Old Newspaper Stories Offer Clues to 19th-Century Shipwreck in Lake Michigan
nytimes.com

Sheffield: ‘Incredibly lucky’ man survives parachute failure
bbc.com • (see also)

If brain transplants like the one in Poor Things were possible, this is how they might work
theconversation.com

James Webb Space Telescope joins the hunt for newborn exoplanets
space.com

Seizures, Strokes, and… Spurts of Creativity? On the Symptoms of a Brain Tumor
lithub.com

Here’s why some pigeons do backflips
sciencenews.org

‘Britain’s Schindler’: The man who saved 669 children from the Nazis
bbc.com

When Your Kid Is the Classroom Problem Child
thecut.com

The New Climate Tech
nytimes.com

Video: Why the ‘wettest place on Earth’ is facing a water crisis [03:53]
bbc.com • (see also)

Ancient Marine Tapeworm Found Encased in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber
sci.news

A Supercollider on the Moon Could Unlock the Secrets of Our Universe—And We Just Found the Secret to Building One
popularmechanics.com

Everest climbers will have to take their poop away with them, as Nepal tries to address growing waste problem
cnn.com

Video: Is English just badly pronounced French? [18:08]
youtube.com

Barbara Newhall Follett: The Child Novelist Who Later Vanished Into Thin Air
mentalfloss.com • (see also)

Physicists Found the Ghost Haunting the World’s Most Famous Particle Accelerator
popularmechanics.com

Video: The Complicated History of Who Framed Roger Rabbit [1:18:32]
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Hubble sees new star proclaiming its presence with cosmic light show
esahubble.org

The Devil Went Down to Georgia
magazine.atavist.com

Fighting Every Wildfire Ensures The Big Fires Are More Extreme And May Harm Forests’ Ability To Adapt To Climate Change
discovermagazine.com

Quantum computing just got hotter: One degree above absolute zero
phys.org • (see also)

Human Brains Have Gotten Astonishingly Bigger Over the Last 75 Years
popularmechanics.com

When Bacteria Are Beautiful
nautil.us

Video: Hitler’s Insane Train [9:45]
youtube.com

A Forensic Biologist Reveals Why Solving Crimes in Space Will Be Harder Than You Think
inverse.com

Mapping the best route for a spacecraft traveling beyond the sun’s sphere of influence
phys.org

AI photos show people with secondary breast cancer their lost future
bbc.com

How bad was the world’s first pandemic?
press.princeton.edu

Explorers unlock the mystery of ‘pirate king’ Henry Avery who vanished after huge heist at sea
theguardian.com

Video: The Deadly Race to Supersonic Flight [29:51]
youtube.com

Brain-cell transplants are the newest experimental epilepsy treatment
technologyreview.com

What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane
prospect.org

Chatbot letdown: Hype hits rocky reality
axios.com

See the Winners of the 21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
smithsonianmag.com