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Before Helen Keller, There Was Laura Bridgman
daily.jstor.org

Residents of an Arctic village find thousands of large, spherical snowballs covering a beach after heavy storm
motherboard.vice.com

Scientists snare their first ever observations of a solar wave erupting upward from a sunspot
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Venezuela, a Failing State
newyorker.com

You Can Have Emotions You Don’t Feel
nautil.us

Inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA’s Crazy, Kooky, Legendary Research Facility
popularmechanics.com

Two-Headed Sharks Keep Popping Up—No One Knows Why
news.nationalgeographic.com

The Story of ‘Ella and Louis,’ 60 Years Later
blog.longreads.com

1986 video showing Carnegie Mellon’s NavLab 1, one of the first experimental self-driving cars
youtube.com

A Guy Walks Into a Bar — and Is Never Seen Again
melmagazine.com

Forget self-driving car anxiety: In the early days human drivers were the fear
timeline.com

What Happens When Crowds Try To Flee For Their Lives
atlasobscura.com

Time to Dump Time Zones
nytimes.com

“Space without space,” a visualization of all of our solar system’s solid surfaces (from xkcd)
xkcd.com

For the first time, scientists have produced solid metallic hydrogen in a laboratory
arxiv.org

ISU physicists help demonstrate existence of new subatomic structure
las.iastate.edu

The James Webb Space Telescope is finally completed after 20 years
astronomy.com

Human brain is predisposed to negative stereotypes, new study suggests
theguardian.com

Astronomers Discover a “Nearly Naked” Supermassive Black Hole
scitechdaily.com

The Legend of the Slap-Boxing Wife-Swappers of Panama
melmagazine.com

Canadian army interested in old nuke that may have been found off Haida Gwaii (autoplay video)
vancouversun.com

Two well-preserved mummified cave lion cubs found in northern Russia’s 30,000-year-old permafrost
earthtouchnews.com

Are Whales the Source of the Mysterious Noise In Canada’s Arctic?
motherboard.vice.com

Bellagio Bandit: How One Man Robbed Vegas’ Biggest Casino and Almost Got Away
rollingstone.com

Inside the brain of the man who would be ‘Blindfold King’ of chess
theguardian.com

The first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel was a 63-year-old teacher
mashable.com

The secret world of microwave networks
arstechnica.co.uk

Video: Is This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like?
youtube.com

First discovery of 50,000-year-old human settlements in Australian interior
arstechnica.com

The Dairy Industry Lost $420 Million From a Flaw in a Single Bull
theatlantic.com

The audacious plan to bring back supersonic flight
vox.com

The Simpsons by the Data
toddwschneider.com

The Simple Logical Puzzle That Shows How Illogical We Are
nautil.us

‘Post-Fire London was a magnificent, beautiful compromise’
apollo-magazine.com

How liars create the ‘illusion of truth’
bbc.com

Insects Are Scary Because Your Brain Confuses Disgust With Fear
nymag.com

The pyramid at the end of the world
fusion.net

The Tragedy That Boston Forgot
bostonglobe.com

The secret of how life on Earth began
bbc.com

The FBI’s years-long investigation into a fictional anti-goth cult
muckrock.com

The Legend of What Actually Lived in the “No Man’s Land” Between World War I’s Trenches
smithsonianmag.com

Beautiful photo from today’s Expedition 49 Soyuz MS-01 Landing
m.flickr.com

NASA’s new Scout ‘intruder alert’ system scans for small nearby asteroids that could strike the Earth
npr.org

‘They’re not human’: How 19th-century Inuit coped with a real-life invasion of the ‘walking dead’
news.nationalpost.com

Starfish are dying out in the Pacific – and no-one is quite sure why
independent.co.uk

How the Brown Rat Conquered New York City (and Every Other One, Too)
nytimes.com

Iron-munching microbe discovered
mpg.de

Video: Ultra HD fisheye fly-through of the International Space Station
youtube.com

Inside the ‘Frozen Zoo’ That Could Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life
gq.com

Video: Beautiful Chemical Reactions
youtube.com

Plano surgeon Christopher Duntsch left a trail of bodies. The shocking story of a madman with a scalpel.
dmagazine.com

A $100m initiative to listen for alien signals from a star with an unusual dimming pattern
bbc.com

Into the Storm: The True Story of a Harrowing Ocean Rescue
gq.com

Worms seen farming plants to be eaten later for the first time
newscientist.com

Scientists identify 1st fossilized dinosaur brain tissue
cbc.ca

Scientists “Switch Off” Self-Control Using Brain Stimulation
scientificamerican.com

Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? (aka panspermia)
astronomy.com

The Big League Prospect Who Became a Mob Hit Man
nytimes.com

Scientists think the common cold may at last be beatable
statnews.com

The spy who couldn’t spell: how the biggest heist in the history of US espionage was foiled
theguardian.com