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The cave hospitals of Syria’s front line
scidev.net

King Tut’s dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms
cbc.ca

Video: Extracting platinum from roadside dust
youtube.com

‘Oldest hand-written document ever found in Britain’ found at Roman London dig.
bbc.com

The world’s longest (57km) and deepest rail tunnel opened in Switzerland today.
bbc.com

Video: Who profits when disaster strikes? FRONTLINE and NPR investigate.
pbs.org

Getting babies to stop crying and not die may have made humans smarter
arstechnica.co.uk

Videos: Are you your body? And which half of your brain is you?
kottke.org

How John Hinckley–the man who shot President Reagan–now spends his days
washingtonian.com

The Keyhole Seven: The worst disaster in Zion National Park’s 97-year history.
outsideonline.com

The man who seduced the 7th Fleet
washingtonpost.com

Video: New Horizons’ Best Close-Up of Pluto’s Surface
nasa.gov

Silver snake, with distinctive metallic appearance, discovered in Bahamas
theguardian.com

Film from the US War Department, 1944: “Know Your Allies: Britain”
youtube.com

Researchers show that blue-green bird eggs protect the embryo from harmful sunlight.
amnat.org

Video: Lightning strike at 7,000 frames per second.
gizmag.com

What is CRISPR and why is it so great?
genetics.thetech.org

Psychology of strategic deception revealed by online poker
medicalxpress.com

The length of a second could be about to change
independent.co.uk

Archaeologists [probably] discover Aristotle’s 2,400-year-old tomb in Macedonia
rawstory.com

Has a Hungarian physics lab found a fifth force of nature?
nature.com

A Shocking Find In a Neanderthal Cave In France
theatlantic.com

Study: Europa’s Ocean May Have An Earthlike Chemical Balance
nasa.gov

Swarm of bees follow grandmother’s car for over 24 hours attempting to rescue their queen
telegraph.co.uk

Paint-On GMOs Could Create Cattle, Dogs with Custom Fur
technologyreview.com

Super solar flares may have kicked off life on Earth (warning: autoplay video)
theweathernetwork.com

The Bank Robber: The computer technician who exposed a Swiss bank’s darkest secrets.
newyorker.com

Vital Signs: She lost a piece of her brain and will never get it back.
guernicamag.com

Experiment shows that the air chemistry in movie theaters changes during certain scenes.
theatlantic.com

Study: Antibiotics that wipe out gut microbes may play havoc with memory
cosmosmagazine.com

Report: Software used across the USA to predict future criminals is biased against blacks.
propublica.org

Everybody Is Constipated, Nobody Is Constipated
fivethirtyeight.com

For World’s Newest Scrabble Stars, SHORT Tops SHORTER
wsj.com

Tyrannosaurus rex would have had lips, Toronto paleontologist says
cbc.ca

Trees seen resting branches while ‘asleep’ for the first time
newscientist.com

The Man Who Blamed Aging on His Intestines
nautil.us

How cameras in the wild have transformed what we know about animals
washingtonpost.com

Feel Me: What the new science of touch says about ourselves.
newyorker.com

A Secret Tunnel Found in Mexico May Finally Solve the Mysteries of Teotihuacán
smithsonianmag.com

Magic-mushroom drug lifts depression in first human trial
nature.com

Video: Mechanically Stabilized Earth
youtube.com

I went to the hospital to give birth…and tested positive for meth
narrative.ly

The False Promise of DNA Testing
theatlantic.com

The Secret Bones In Benjamin Franklin’s Basement
londonist.com

Video: New short documentary from Errol Morris: Demon in the Freezer
nytimes.com

Astronomers crack the secret of this gorgeous poem by Sappho
clivethompson.net

World-first scanning helium microscope looks at spider fangs and butterfly wings
abc.net.au

Study: Only two kinds of sexual arrangements are possible among social animals
arstechnica.co.uk

Mysterious Mounds in South America Are Likely Worm Poop
news.nationalgeographic.com

Sharks’ electricity-sensing organs are even more powerful than we realized
washingtonpost.com

How Chris McCandless Died An update to ‘Into the Wild’
medium.com

Video: How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity.
youtube.com

Unearthing the Secrets of New York’s Mass Graves
nytimes.com

Recent research reveals false rumours really do travel faster and further than the truth
firstdraftnews.com

Florida find suggests Americas were peopled far earlier than thought
thestar.com

A Huge Unnamed Dwarf Planet, Almost the Size of Pluto, Has Been Hiding in Our Solar System
gizmodo.com

First eukaryote found without mitochondria redefines our limb on tree of life
cbc.ca

Study: Men who can tell a good story are seen as more attractive and higher status
digest.bps.org.uk

Snake strikes move so fast one could hit you four times within the space of one eyeblink.
bbc.com

A fight to protect ‘the most valuable real estate in space’
washingtonpost.com