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17 August 2016

Mystery of Cahokia – why did North America’s largest city vanish?

theguardian.com

16 August 2016

The Forgotten Tale of How America Converted Its 1980 Olympic Village Into a Prison

atlasobscura.com

Roach milk inspires food supplement

scidev.net

The Man Who Created Bigfoot

outsideonline.com

The CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual, published 1944 (PDF)

cia.gov

15 August 2016

How the Hunt Brothers Cornered the Silver Market and Then Lost it All

priceonomics.com

Solar storms, a cause of northern lights, nearly led to nuclear war in 1967

cbc.ca

“Earth-like” planet possibly discovered orbiting our nearest solar neighbor Proxima Centauri

universetoday.com

14 August 2016

The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber

nautil.us

12 August 2016

Five years after the tsunami, a husband still searches the sea for his wife

nytimes.com

The race to save a dying language

theguardian.com

11 August 2016

Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan

saturn.jpl.nasa.gov

A mysterious object has been discovered with an inexplicable orbit

engadget.com

The fight over the brain of “H.M.” – the patient who revolutionized the science of memory.

nytimes.com

400-year-old Greenland shark is the oldest [known] vertebrate animal

theguardian.com

10 August 2016

Earliest Americans could not have arrived by dry land, study indicates

theguardian.com

Looks Can Kill: The Deadly Results of Flawed Design

propublica.org

‘Bed-of-nails’ surface rips bacteria apart, leaves animal cells unharmed

acsh.org

09 August 2016

The Mystery Of Why Sunflowers Turn To Follow The Sun — Solved

npr.org

Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace

theguardian.com

New form of light promises boost for photonic computing

newatlas.com

Dirty Stone Age tools show what was on the menu 250,000 years ago

cbc.ca

08 August 2016

How government officials mistakenly sold artifacts from Apollo 11

csmonitor.com

Mice with genes from three parents live longer

economist.com

Poisonous Birds in Papua New Guinea – a Baffling Story of Evolution

vice.com

07 August 2016

Why being bilingual works wonders for your brain

theguardian.com

A molecule called ‘Sandman’ could help solve the ‘mystery of sleep’

washingtonpost.com

06 August 2016

Maya ‘snake dynasty’ tomb uncovered holding body, treasure and hieroglyphs

theguardian.com

The logistics of flying two small Beechcraft 76 aircraft from Sweden to San Diego

imgur.com

Surprises of the Faraday Cage

sinews.siam.org

05 August 2016

Climate change could expose Cold War-era Arctic military base

cbc.ca

China’s great flood: tests on children’s bones support 4,000-year-old legend

theguardian.com

04 August 2016

How Astronomers Plan to Solve the Mystery of the “Alien Megastructure Star”

blogs.discovermagazine.com

Smithsonian scientist’s mysterious death solved 150 years after the fact

washingtonpost.com

03 August 2016

The atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Io is in a constant state of collapse and repair

gizmodo.com

Last mammoths on Alaska island likely died of thirst

cbc.ca

Discoveries in DNA: What’s New Since You Went to High School?

slu.edu

Researchers hope to find and test Joan of Arc DNA for evidence of epilepsy

livescience.com

02 August 2016

Medical benefits of dental floss unproven

hosted.ap.org

An unsolved killing has brought an isolated tribe into contact with the outside world

newyorker.com

Anthrax sickens 13 in western Siberia, and a thawed-out reindeer corpse may be to blame

washingtonpost.com

Despite their still-mysterious purpose, researchers are putting vaults to work in medicine.

the-scientist.com

01 August 2016

The otherworldly polka dots of Spotted Lake

thestar.com

Mysterious shackled skeletons found in ancient Greek mass grave

cbc.ca

How to Convict a Fourteen-Year-Old of a Murder He Didn’t Commit

westword.com

31 July 2016

How the lack of oversight in dietary supplements puts consumers’ health at risk

consumerreports.org

30 July 2016

Scientists find only one true wolf species in North America

latimes.com

The story of why at-home pregnancy tests weren’t available until the late 1970s

nytimes.com

29 July 2016

Scribbles reveal Leonardo da Vinci ahead of his time, again

gizmag.com

28 July 2016

Photographer sues Getty Images for selling photos she donated to public

arstechnica.com

Billion-year-old air reveals surprise about oxygen on ancient Earth

cbc.ca

27 July 2016

Mysterious New Whale Species Discovered in Alaska

news.nationalgeographic.com

This Is Your Brain on Silence

nautil.us

What the dog smelled: The science and mystery of cadaver dogs

cbc.ca

26 July 2016

Solar Impulse: sun-powered plane completes round-the-world adventure

bbc.co.uk

What if a large amount of breast milk isn’t food for babies, but rather for microbes?

newyorker.com

Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things

nytimes.com

Dolly the sheep clones age healthily

researchgate.net

Why are we still waiting for the male pill?

mosaicscience.com

25 July 2016

The BBC’s detailed plans for nuclear war

bbc.com

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