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The Wild Conspiracy Theory That the Titanic Never Sank
popularmechanics.com

AI Copilot: Air Force achieves first military flight with artificial intelligence
af.mil

Her Majesty’s Kidnappers
daily.jstor.org

Are Self-Destruct Systems Real?
jalopnik.com

Ivory: Elephant decline revealed by shipwreck cargo
bbc.com

Gallery: Winter in the coldest city on Earth
theguardian.com

Scientists looking for aliens investigate radio beam ‘from nearby star’
theguardian.com • (see also)

A Riveting ISIS Story, Told in a Times Podcast, Falls Apart
nytimes.com

Why do we have Christmas trees? The surprising history behind this holiday tradition.
nationalgeographic.com

Visual illusion that may help explain consciousness
theconversation.com • (see also)

A New Field Guide for Earth’s Wild Microbes
wired.com

This week: Zodiac code cracking, Chinese blue tigers, hacking the lottery, and more
damninteresting.com

Researchers Have Achieved Sustained Long-Distance Quantum Teleportation
vice.com

Hibernating lemurs may be the key to cryogenic sleep for human space travel
theconversation.com

Not a wonderful world: why Louis Armstrong was hated by so many
theguardian.com

Astronomers Locate the Oldest and Most Distant Galaxy in the Universe
scitechdaily.com

Emails Show Navy’s ‘UFO’ Patents Went Through Significant Internal Review, Resulted In A Demo
thedrive.com

The father of handwashing
wellcomecollection.org

When a Virus Is the Cure
newyorker.com

This French archaeologist broke the law—by wearing pants
nationalgeographic.com

Gallery: 2020: The Year in Volcanic Activity
theatlantic.com

‘Ugliest orchid in the world’ among 2020’s new plant discoveries
theguardian.com

On this day in 1944 Hiroo Onoda arrived on the island of Lubang, where he would continue fighting WW2 for 29 years
damninteresting.com

Don’t try this at home: George’s Marvelous Medicine is quite toxic
arstechnica.com

Lost artefact from Great Pyramid of Giza found in cigar box in Aberdeen
theguardian.com

He Sold a Meteorite That Hit His Home in Indonesia. Then Things Got Weird.
vice.com

Why being kind to others is good for your health
bbc.com • (see also)

Astronomers Detect Possible [naturally occurring] Radio Emission From Exoplanet for the First Time
scitechdaily.com

How do geese know how to fly south for the winter?
massivesci.com

Living the Martian Life, in Hawaii
airspacemag.com

How the Kingston coal ash spill unearthed a nuclear nightmare
grist.org • (see also)

China Moon Mission’s Lunar Rocks Land on Earth
nytimes.com

How PEZ Evolved From an Anti-Smoking Tool to a Beloved Collector’s Item
smithsonianmag.com

Humoural Theory: Inside the Strange Pseudoscience That Dominated Western Medicine for 2,000 Years
discovermagazine.com

FDA approves first genetically modified pig for food and medical use
newatlas.com

How Russian hackers infiltrated the US government for months without being spotted
technologyreview.com

The Hidden History of the First Black Women to Serve in the U.S. Navy
atlasobscura.com

A newfound feathered dinosaur sported fuzz and weird rods on its shoulders
sciencenews.org

The New History of the Milky Way
quantamagazine.org

New curio by Alan Bellows: A Day on Venus
dam.mn

What the Dippin’ Dots ‘cold chain’ can teach us about COVID-19 vaccines
popsci.com

Scientists find two new species of fungi that turn flies into ‘zombies’
theguardian.com

St. Edward’s University Study Finds a Manly Beard May Help Drive Sales
stedwards.edu

New NASA website lets you look inside Apollo lunar samples and meteorites
ares.jsc.nasa.gov

What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like
smithsonianmag.com

Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
theatlantic.com

We may have seen a huge explosion in the oldest galaxy in the universe
newscientist.com

The AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s Lonely Men
sixthtone.com

Japanese scientists get first peek inside Hayabusa2 asteroid sample-return capsule
space.com

When Italian Futurists Tried to Ban Pasta
mentalfloss.com

Humans have dogs, fish have shrimp
cosmosmagazine.com

Death Dust: The Little-Known Story of U.S. and Soviet Pursuit of Radiological Weapons
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

When Usually Solitary Octopuses Get Together, Odd Things Happen
atlasobscura.com

Murder in Malta
newyorker.com

He may have found the key to the origins of life. So why have so few heard of him?
nationalgeographic.com

Is There a way to Detect Strange Quark Stars, Even Though They Look Almost Exactly Like White Dwarfs?
universetoday.com

Tome raiders: solving the great book heist
theguardian.com

If We Used the Sun as a Gravitational Lens Telescope, This is What a Planet at Proxima Centauri Would Look Like
universetoday.com

Physicists Prove Anyons Exist, a Third Type of Particle in the Universe
discovermagazine.com

She Stalked Her Daughter’s Killers Across Mexico, One by One
nytimes.com