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Did ‘dark stars’ help form the Universe?
bbc.com

The borderline fraudulent world of cruise ship art auctions
bloomberg.com

To Fight Malaria, Scientists Try Genetic Engineering To Wipe Out Mosquitoes
npr.org

Arctic Is Warming At ‘Astonishing’ Rates, Researchers Say
npr.org

Finding North America’s lost medieval city
arstechnica.com

Behind the Scenes With the World’s Top Feather Detective
audubon.org

What Really Happens After You Die? Death in L.A. can be an odd undertaking
lamag.com

Viruses may have evolved to hit men hard but go easy on women
newscientist.com

LIGO black hole echoes hint at general-relativity breakdown
nature.com

Winds of rubies and sapphires strike the sky of giant planet
www2.warwick.ac.uk

This man’s skull was ritualistically transformed 9,000 years ago in Jericho
arstechnica.com

Million-Year-Old ‘Hero Bug’ Emerges From Cave
npr.org

An Enemy of the Kremlin Dies in London: Who killed Alexander Perepilichny?
theatlantic.com

The Untold Story of Napoleon Hill, the Greatest Self-Help Scammer of All Time
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

How Sugar Helped Hook America on Cigarettes
bloomberg.com

Study: Monkey Mouths And Throats Are Equipped For Speech
npr.org

You look familiar: on patrol with the Met’s super-recognisers
theguardian.com

Japan Sends Long Electric Whip Into Orbit, To Tame Space Junk
npr.org

Chimpanzees recognize each other’s butts the way we recognize faces
theverge.com

The world’s magicians fought a hidden war over an ultra-secret website dedicated to stealing magic tricks
businessinsider.com

Video: Lunch Atop A Skyscraper: The Story Behind The 1932 Photo
youtube.com

A virus, fished out of a lake, may have saved a man’s life — and advanced science
statnews.com

The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur, including bones, soft tissue, and feathers, found preserved in amber
news.nationalgeographic.com

John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95
npr.org

The Clam That Sank a Thousand Ships
hakaimagazine.com

Inside Quebec’s great, multi-million-dollar maple-syrup heist
vanityfair.com

Self-Control Is Just Empathy With Your Future Self
theatlantic.com

Here’s What Happens in Your Brain When You Hear a Pun
nymag.com

The story of ‘discovery’ of the number zero, and how it changed the world
bbc.com

Research Identifies Genetic Links Between Personality Traits and Psychological Disorders
blog.23andme.com

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