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The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists
vox.com

A Fish So Coveted People Have Smuggled, Kidnapped, and Killed For It
blog.longreads.com

Video: Upside down animal sunbakes to get food
youtube.com

Massive 3D map of the universe tracks dark energy like never before
gizmag.com

Suburban birds angrier, more aggressive than their rural peers
upi.com

The Surprising Musical Preferences of an Amazon Tribe
theatlantic.com

Bronze Age inferno preserved an extraordinary view of life in the UK 3,000 years ago
sciencemag.org

Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers
theguardian.com

Shocking new role found for the immune system: Controlling social interaction
sciencedaily.com

Electricity generated with water, salt and a three-atoms-thick membrane
phys.org

Surreal doodles in 14th-century manuscript evidently added by 2 children centuries later
theguardian.com

Astronomers discover distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune
theguardian.com

After 45 years the FBI have given up its active search for infamous hijacker “D.B. Cooper”
thestar.com

A collection of postcards/posters ca. 1900-1914 warning men of the dangers of suffragists.
dangerousminds.net

In time warping study, people unconsciously controlled blood sugar levels
arstechnica.co.uk

Microscopic hairs act like conveyor belts in the brain
gizmag.com

‘Slam-dunk’ find puts hunter-gatherers in Florida 14,500 years ago
sciencenews.org

Space dashboard: An array of real-time videos and visualizations from/about outer space.
spacedashboard.com

Odd pupils could be key to camouflage trick of colorblind octopi and squid
gizmag.com

How a Pinch of Dirt Can Tell You Everything About a Nuclear Test
popularmechanics.com

An obscure virus spread through kissing has been linked to infertility, study finds
sciencealert.com

Virtual weapons are turning teen gamers into serious gamblers
bloomberg.com

London’s Great Smog ’caused an increase in childhood and adult asthma’
express.co.uk

A NASCAR Team Is Building The First Internal Combustion Engine To Go Into Outer Space
jalopnik.com

Robotic stingray powered by light-activated muscle cells
sciencemag.org

Should the United States Save Tangier Island From Oblivion?
nytimes.com

HD 131399Ab: Scientists discover strange planet with three suns
abc.net.au

Personal letters of luminaries offer insight into their work as much as their lives
theatlantic.com

The fatal hike that became a Nazi propaganda coup
theguardian.com

Extreme Fossil Hunters Dig the Dirt in Antarctica
blogs.discovermagazine.com

12,000-year-old human grave includes a leopard’s bone, an eagle’s wing, and an extra foot
independent.co.uk

Researchers find first living specimen of strange, deep-ocean-dwelling “ghost fish”
mysteriousuniverse.org

Mars may have once had lots of moons, but soon it will be down to just one
arstechnica.co.uk

Pea plants demonstrate ability to ‘gamble’—a first in plants
phys.org

New stem cell transplantation method may halt multiple sclerosis symptoms, but therapy comes with high risk
eurekalert.org

Ozone hole showing ‘first fingerprints of healing’
theweathernetwork.com

Tonight at 10:30 pm US Eastern time: Live Coverage of the Juno orbital insertion at Jupiter
nasa.gov

Hundreds of genes seen sparking to life two days after death
newscientist.com

Sun’s galactic journey linked to mass extinctions
abc.net.au • Paper

New life form discovered in saliva is linked to human disease
newscientist.com

End is nigh for Rosetta: Spacecraft will meet its end by crashing into a comet
arstechnica.com

Video: Scientists Capture First-Ever Tiger Shark Sonogram
youtube.com

Short film from the U.S. War Department, 1947: Don’t Be a Sucker
youtube.com

Escape Tunnel, Dug by Hand, Is Found at Holocaust Massacre Site
nytimes.com

Memphis Meats has successfully grown real, authentic tasting meat from animal stem cells.
theinertia.com

New report from Harvard: Five U.S. prosecutors are responsible for 440 death sentences (PDF)
fairpunishment.org

Why bad ideas refuse to die
theguardian.com

The Fugitive, His Dead Wife, and the 9/11 Conspiracy Theory That Explains Everything
gq.com

The Curse of the Loyal Sports Fan
theatlantic.com

What Happened When A Plane Loaded with 6,000 Pounds of Pot Crashed in Yosemite
mensjournal.com

Rare Dinosaur-Era Bird Wings Found Trapped in Amber
news.nationalgeographic.com

Cooperation emerges when groups are small and memories are long, study finds
phys.org

Oddly ominous video from NASA regarding Juno’s upcoming Jupiter Orbit Insertion
youtube.com

Spectacular VLT images of Jupiter presented just days before the arrival of Juno spacecraft
eso.org

Studying coral’s moonlight sex offers hope for dying reefs
thestar.com

Study: Hairs, feathers, and scales share a common evolutionary ancestry
scimplified.com

Experiments confirm that the barium-144 nucleus is pear shaped
physics.aps.org

Why hot climate fuels aggression, violence
economictimes.indiatimes.com

Archaeologists Are Spotting Ancient Ruins in Cold War Spy Photos
theatlantic.com

Pretty pink snow actually a terrible sign for glaciers
theweathernetwork.com