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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
flashbak.com

Exoplanet WASP-69b has a cometlike tail – this unique feature is helping scientists learn more about how planets evolve
theconversation.com

The real science behind the billionaire pursuit of immortality
vox.com

Video: Science Doesn’t Understand How Ice Forms [10:31]
youtube.com

‘Underwater bicycle’ propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed
newatlas.com

The Titan Submersible’s Carbon Fiber Was Supposed to Make History. Tragically, It Did.
popularmechanics.com

Salt Played a Pivotal Role in Ancient Human History
discovermagazine.com

The Package King of Miami
nymag.com

Stunning Aerial Photos Taken from a Small Plane Over Iceland and Greenland
mymodernmet.com

The fusion of two sisters into a single woman suggests that human identity is not in our DNA
english.elpais.com

Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese business
technologyreview.com

What happens if we detect alien life?
astronomy.com • (see also)

What America’s first board game can teach us about the aspirations of a young nation
theconversation.com

Drilling into magma: Risky plan takes geothermal to supercritical extremes
newatlas.com • (see also)

Researchers develop a nanoparticle that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier
phys.org

Could alien life be hiding in the rings of Saturn or Jupiter?
space.com

Video: What if all the lightning on Earth struck the same place at once? [3:46]
youtube.com

Scientists document remarkable sperm whale ‘phonetic alphabet’
reuters.com

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
historytoday.com

Housing in Los Angeles: One man’s creative solution for finding a place to live
latimes.com

A Roman cupid figurine and other artefacts dating back 12,000 years have been found during major roadworks
bbc.com

Physicists might have just discovered ‘glueballs’: the particles made entirely of force
zmescience.com

Video: The Barabar Hill Caves [2:02:00]
youtube.com

Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field
theguardian.com

The deep ocean photographer that captured a ‘living fossil’
bbc.com

What Can We Learn From the Ruins of Gary, Indiana?
atlasobscura.com

‘Warp drives’ may actually be possible someday, new study suggests
space.com

How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth
hakaimagazine.com

A Rosetta Stone for Mathematics
quantamagazine.org

How quantum physics could ‘revolutionise everything’
bbc.com

Video: The Chrysler Turbine Car: Engineering a Revolution [1:10:09]
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Chicago Museum Unveils the ‘Most Important Fossil Ever Discovered’: the Feathered Dinosaur Archaeopteryx
smithsonianmag.com

The Curious Life of a Singing Fish
nautil.us

Video: Why Some Designs Are Impossible to Improve: Quintessence [33:02]
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The Peculiar Delights of the Enormous Cicada Emergence
newyorker.com

How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false
theconversation.com

Locks of Beethoven’s Hair Offer New Clues to the Mystery of His Deafness
nytimes.com • (see also)

Finding Black Holes Around Black Holes
aasnova.org

Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean for the early planet’s habitability
theconversation.com

Two giant blobs lurk deep within the Earth, but why?
popsci.com

Video: How to resurface a road without stopping traffic [5:05]
youtube.com

Do we need our wisdom teeth removed? Experts say this common procedure may be unnecessary
salon.com

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

World’s Biggest Construction Project Gets a Reality Check
wsj.com • Without paywall

Lost Faces Found: New Tech Reveals Hidden Images in Early Photographs
sciencealert.com

Video: The most important country you’ve never heard about [28:12]
youtube.com

Teens who discovered new way to prove Pythagoras’s theorem uncover even more proofs
theguardian.com

Video: World’s First Screw-Bike [23:04]
youtube.com

Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game
arstechnica.com

She helped the fight against Alzheimer’s, then got it herself
thetimes.co.uk

Video: Can a Bullet Go Through Another Bullet? 875,000FPS [18:55]
youtube.com

They Bought Tablets in Prison—and Found a Broken Promise
wired.com

Video: The Most Powerful Fire Truck Ever Created [17:16]
youtube.com

Video: 360 Video: NASA Simulation Shows a Flight Around a Black Hole [1:17]
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Salvador Dalí talks about his iconic, ‘very aggressive’ moustache
bbc.com

Which came first, galaxies or black holes? This is the plan to find out
astronomy.com

Plants can communicate and respond to touch. Does that mean they’re intelligent?
npr.org

What cities everywhere can learn from the Houston area’s severe flooding as they try to adapt to climate change
theconversation.com

Why Venus May Be Our Best Bet For Finding Life In the Solar System
inverse.com

Doing Some (Catfish) Noodling?
daily.jstor.org