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World’s highest plants discovered growing 6km above sea level
newscientist.com

Two cosmologists are trying to prove that the speed of light was much faster in the early universe
motherboard.vice.com

The story of when the L.A. public defender’s office decided it needed a real scientist.
story.californiasunday.com

Portions of the brain fall asleep and wake back up all the time, Stanford researchers find
news.stanford.edu

You’re a Bee. This Is What It Feels Like.
nytimes.com

Mobsters ran a fake U.S. Embassy in Ghana for 10 years, flying the flag and issuing visas for $6,000
washingtonpost.com

Cassini Probe Will Have Busy Final Year at Titan
space.com

It Took 4 Years to Take Down ‘Avalanche,’ a Huge Online Crime Ring
wired.com

The Collatz Conjecture Is a Simple Problem That Mathematicians Can’t Solve
popularmechanics.com

High and Low: Does elevation trigger depression?
story.californiasunday.com

The Woman Who Sees Time as a Hula Hoop
theatlantic.com

African elephants are being born without tusks due to poaching, researchers say
independent.co.uk

We just got the first real evidence of a strange quantum distortion in empty space
sciencealert.com

“I Dialed a Wrong Number and Stumbled Into International Phone Fraud”
theatlantic.com

Researchers find correlation between Parkinson’s disease and gut microbiota
bbc.com

Nestlé claims their new reengineered sugar makes chocolate taste just as good with 40% less sugar
theguardian.com

Basic income trial in Canada (coincidentally, $1,320 is exactly our monthly operating costs)
bigthink.com

When Einstein Tilted at Windmills
nautil.us

Magic mushroom ingredient psilocybin could be key to treating depression
theguardian.com

Artificial Intelligence Generates Christmas Song From Holiday Image
news.developer.nvidia.com

Incredible discovery of 40,000-year-old tools for art and engineering
arstechnica.com

The World’s Least-Popular Four-Digit PIN: 8068
slate.com

Truther Love: Uncovering the dating habits of conspiracy theorists and the challenges they face
blog.longreads.com

“They went to sea in a sieve, they did”
sportsnet.ca

How to Hide $400 Million: The story of an offshore financial system bigger than the U.S. economy
nytimes.com

A cat’s sandpapery tongue is actually a magical detangling hairbrush
washingtonpost.com

“I Was Friends with a Serial Killer”
thewalrus.ca

Giant Arch, a Feat of Engineering, Now Covers Chernobyl Site in Ukraine
nytimes.com

Rare Photos of Brazilian Tribe Spur Pleas to Protect It
news.nationalgeographic.com

ESA’s new ExoMars orbiter sends its first batch of images
esa.int

Researchers create diamonds able to produce an electric current when in close proximity to a radioactive source
bristol.ac.uk

Historians find evidence that the first successful C-section in history took place in Prague in 1337
nytimes.com

NASA wants you to help astronauts deal with their poo in space
news.com.au

University of Toronto study reveals secret to a happy sex life
media.utoronto.ca

Pigeons choose to hear bad news, even if it costs them food
bbc.com

How did a boring Nintendo game from 1987 become the most coveted cartridge ever?
espn.com

Learning to love the secret language of urine
washingtonpost.com

Out Of Memory Error: The story of the mid-1980s RAM shortage
tedium.co

Covering coasts with concrete: Japan looks to Tetrapods to battle elements
arstechnica.com

Your dog is watching you very carefully and remembers what you do
washingtonpost.com

How Cassini Will Begin Its Date With Death on Saturn
nytimes.com

Solving a Mystery Behind the Deadly ‘Tsunami of Molasses’ of 1919
nytimes.com • (previously)

Saturn’s largest moon might be the only place beyond Earth where humans could live
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Thunderstorm asthma: ‘You’re talking an event equivalent to a terrorist attack’
theguardian.com

Giving thanks for the speed of light
preposterousuniverse.com

The gruesome true story if the I-5 killer
si.com

From anatomy museums to consent forms, medicine wants ever more control over your body–and its parts
aeon.co

Video: An animated, contemporary interpretation of Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Garden of Earthly Delights
vimeo.com

The 100 most influential photos in history, according to Time magazine (some are graphic)
100photos.time.com

The Medical Mystery Behind America’s Best-Selling Hair-loss Drug
tonic.vice.com

How (Almost) Everyone Failed to Prepare for Pearl Harbor
smithsonianmag.com

This ancient Chinese bird kept its feathers, and colors, for 130 million years
washingtonpost.com

Ground-penetrating radar has found ‘as much water as the volume of Lake Superior’ frozen under Mars plains
jpl.nasa.gov

Strange Numbers Found in Particle Collisions
quantamagazine.org

“It smelled like death”: An oral history of the Double Dare obstacle course
avclub.com

Study: Birth Year Predicts Bird Flu Risk
directorsblog.nih.gov

A new procedure freezes trauma patients who are bleeding out in order to buy time to operate
newyorker.com

Inside a Moneymaking Machine Like No Other (contains autoplay video)
bloomberg.com

Should humans drink cow’s milk?
theguardian.com

The story of the only person the FBI ever listed as missing even though they knew where he was
newrepublic.com