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Video: Artist John Edmark makes sculptures that appear to writhe when spinning under a strobe light
vimeo.com

They Called Her Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
narrative.ly

A Break in the Search for the Origin of Complex Life
theatlantic.com

This desolate English path has killed more than 100 people
bbc.com

Why open offices are bad for us
bbc.com

A handful of GIFs illustrating how some silent film special effects were accomplished
imgur.com • (via)

50 million year old fossilized tomatillos found in Argentina
blogs.discovermagazine.com

When the Chinese Were Unspeakable
nybooks.com

How ‘Sherlock of the library’ cracked the case of Shakespeare’s identity
theguardian.com

Queen Elizabeth I’s long-lost skirt to go on display after being found on a church altar in Herefordshire
telegraph.co.uk

How Honeybees Helped the Internet
psmag.com

The people who can’t go numb at the dentist’s
bbc.com

The undocumented cryptographic capabilities of the Barbie typewriter
cryptomuseum.com

Pluto Has Towers of Ice 1,600 Feet Tall
motherboard.vice.com

Scientists Find DNA Of Human Ancestors In Cave Floor Dirt
npr.org

The man who tracks down and brings home lost military medals
bbc.co.uk

A vast new tomb for the most dangerous waste in the world
bbc.com

Feed Your Kids Peanuts, Early and Often, New Guidelines Urge
nytimes.com

Afternoon naps could improve thinking and memory skills, says new research
independent.co.uk

Stars may collide in a stunning “red nova” in 2022
vox.com

Sugar: Science can’t prove it and the industry denies it, but Gary Taubes is convinced that the sweet stuff kills.
theatlantic.com

Giant iceberg poised to break off from Antarctic shelf
theguardian.com

Isotope Mapping and DNA Sequencing Give Forensic Science a Boost
the-scientist.com

Cosmic radio bursts tracked to home galaxy for first time
newscientist.com

The Detective of Northern Oddities
outsideonline.com

A newly discovered 3,500-year-old Greek tomb, and what it tells us about Western civilization
smithsonianmag.com

How Russians Imagined the Year 2017 In 1960
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

Video: The Absurdity of Detecting Gravitational Waves
youtube.com

The secret nuclear bunker built as the UK’s last hope
bbc.com

Dementia rates ‘higher near busy roads’
bbc.com

One Man’s Quest to Change the Way We Die
nytimes.com

Study: Pigeons outperform humans at the Monty Hall Problem
journals.sagepub.com • related

At some point—hopefully many years from now—Queen Elizabeth II will pass away. Here’s what will follow.
businessinsider.com

Micro-dosing: The Drug Habit Your Boss Is Gonna Love
gq.com

Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition
theguardian.com

The Mysterious Disappearance of Keith Davis
hakaimagazine.com

Literary Agents: Rethinking the legacy of writers who worked with the CIA
newrepublic.com

Scientists have decided that the mesentery in the human digestive system is a discrete organ
independent.co.uk

The spy with no name
bbc.com

How can humans clean up our space junk?
theverge.com

Ruminations on the future of food
gizmodo.com

Death on the hippie trail: A young man’s mysterious disappearance in the Himalayas
roadsandkingdoms.com

“…on average, the ones who swear the most also have the biggest vocabulary overall” (autoplay video)
losangeles.cbslocal.com

The Electronic Ears That Listen to Secret Nuclear Tests
amusingplanet.com

The Mystery of Seahorse Key’s Missing Bird Colony Veers Into Strange Territory
audubon.org

Unexpected Risks Found In Editing Genes To Prevent Inherited Disorders
npr.org

The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol
minnpost.com

The expedition that uncovered the fabled ‘Monkey God’ civilization buried in the jungles of Honduras
nydailynews.com

2017 is not just another prime number
weijr-note.blogspot.com

A detailed analysis of the recent paper on the “impossible” EmDrive (tldr: the test was flawed)
centauri-dreams.org

Possibly the world’s largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year’s Eve.
atlasobscura.com

The caves that prove Neanderthals were cannibals
phys.org

Creep on the Hayward fault
newyorker.com

85-Year-Old Marathoner Is So Fast That Even Scientists Marvel
nytimes.com

A good problem to have?: Self-Driving Cars Will Make Organ Shortages Even Worse
slate.com

What’s an appropriate punishment when a twelve-year-old boy commits murder?
texasmonthly.com

The Crazy Story of the Professor Who Came to Stay—and Wouldn’t Leave
motherjones.com

Betelgeuse is Spinning Faster than Expected; May Have Swallowed a Companion 100,000 Years Ago
mcdonaldobservatory.org

The Fighter: A US Marine’s journey from the Afghan war to an Illinois prison
nytimes.com

Study: Migrating birds are arriving at their breeding grounds earlier as global temperatures rise
bbc.com