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‘Chemophobia’ is irrational, harmful – and hard to break
aeon.co

Blood of world’s oldest woman hints at limits of life
newscientist.com

Astronauts enter world’s first inflatable space habitat
bigstory.ap.org

Petra, Jordan: Huge monument found ‘hiding in plain sight’
bbc.com

The First Woman to Drive Around the World Wore Men’s Breeches and Had a Pet Monkey
atlasobscura.com

Tased in the Chest for 23 Seconds, Dead for 8 Minutes, Now Facing a Lifetime of Recovery
theintercept.com

The Enduring Unpopularity of the Female Condom
theatlantic.com

The sweet, sexy smell of old books is a perfume fad
qz.com

500 year-old shipwreck loaded with gold found in Namibian desert
foxnews.com

Scientists using an ROV to explore the Mariana Trench discover a nifty new jellyfish
livescience.com • GIF

Desert plant seen drinking fog and mist with its leaves
newscientist.com

The Surprising Importance of Stratospheric Life
nautil.us

Video: The Engineer Guy explains Apollo’s alignment optical telescope
youtube.com

A wearable artificial kidney has completed its first clinical trial for dialysis
sciencenewsjournal.com

Blindsided: A Dream Engagement Turned Nightmare
indianapolismonthly.com

Private lunar mission ‘seeks US approval’
phys.org

Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs
bbc.com

Tiny Bird Breaks Migration Record With 60,000-Mile Flight
time.com

Video: New Discovery: Blood-Red Worms That Thrive in a Toxic Cave
youtube.com • More info

Body on the Moor – Why did this man travel 200 miles to die here?
bbc.co.uk

Mysterious Markings May Hold Clues to Origin of Writing
news.nationalgeographic.com

X-rays reveal 1,300-year-old writings inside later bookbindings
theguardian.com

Recent studies support hypothesis that exposures in youth help shape human immune systems.
nytimes.com

First commercial carbon-capture plant set to open in Switzerland
newscientist.com

Taken from life: The unsettling art of death photography
bbc.com

Jupiter’s Mysterious Interior Is Coming Into Focus
gizmodo.com

Egyptian mummy adorned with tattoos
thestar.com

The Crisis in Flint Isn’t Over. It’s Everywhere.
wired.com

Stanford researchers ‘stunned’ by stem cell experiment that helped stroke patient walk
washingtonpost.com

Universe is expanding up to 9% faster than we thought, say scientists
theguardian.com

A Short-Order Murder
sfweekly.com

4 devastating tornadoes hit Moore, Oklahoma, in 16 years. Was it geography or just bad luck?
fivethirtyeight.com

Can primordial black holes fill in the dark matter blank?
gizmag.com

Outwitting ‘Typhoid Mary’
hektoeninternational.org

Video: “Rolling” – Three cameras mounted to wheelchairs show everyday struggles and stigmas.
thirteen.org

Uncovering Big Bias with Big Data
lawyerist.com

Video: Bright “red sprite” lightning caught on video near Amarillo, TX (best at 0:27)
youtube.com

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