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The quack behind the MSG scare is still stoking fear for profit
theoutline.com

The Slave Who Outwitted George Washington
longreads.com

The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
brainpickings.org

A new sponge can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spilled oil, can also be wrung out and reused
newscientist.com

The Tragedy of Newcomb Mott, Who Thought He Could Walk Into Soviet Russia
atlasobscura.com

Longform: Can the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Be Found in Cuba? [more interesting than it sounds]
audubon.org

Banksy’s boutique art hotel opens its doors in Bethlehem
cnn.com

ASU study finds that high population density correlates with a ‘slow life strategy’
asunow.asu.edu

Photo: Cassini images Saturn’s rings from closer than ever before
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov • (more info)

Ancient skulls may belong to elusive humans called Denisovans
sciencemag.org

On the eve of the Civil War, a nightmare at sea turned into one of the greatest rescues in maritime history
magazine.atavist.com

Submerged in the Cosmic Kingdom
nybooks.com

Video: The Uncomfortable Effort of Thinking
youtube.com

The Long Tail of the Attica Prison Riot
themorningnews.org

Your Teeth Are Helping Scientists Build Better Airplanes
gizmodo.com

The 1956 Magic Trick That Sent BBC Viewers Into a Panic
mentalfloss.com

Remembering a City Where the Smog Could Kill
nytimes.com

Last of ‘too silky’ woolly mammoths blighted by bad mutations
theguardian.com

The Discovery of Radioactivity – That Time the Sun Didn’t Shine In Paris
ua-magazine.com

Oldest traces of life on Earth found in Quebec, dating back roughly 3.8 billion years
cbc.ca

Previously untouched 600BC palace discovered under shrine demolished by Isil in Mosul
telegraph.co.uk

The Coming Amnesia: One day in the far future, galaxies will be unable to detect one another
bldgblog.com

In search of Forrest Fenn’s treasure: Our 5-day quest for $2 million hidden in the Rockies (pardon video header)
vox.com

Why All Airliners Look the Same
popularmechanics.com

This Picture Has No Red Pixels—So Why Do the Strawberries Still Look Red?
motherboard.vice.com

My Mother’s Murder: She disappeared when I was four. It was years before I understood why.
nymag.com

How Should Society Judge a Defendant with a Brain Tumor?
nautil.us

A Medicine That Blunts The Buzz Of Alcohol Can Help Drinkers Cut Back
npr.org

Why Pheasant Island Is Sometimes in France, Sometimes in Spain
cntraveler.com

The Iconic Thompson submachine gun and how it got so famous
popularmechanics.com

What’s most likely to kill you? Measuring how deadly our daily activities are
theconversation.com

These Fake Trees Were Used as Spy Posts on the Front Lines of World War I
smithsonianmag.com

A giant neuron found wrapped around entire mouse brain
nature.com

What One Photo Tells Us About North Korea’s Nuclear Program
nytimes.com

Physicists using a decades-old method called the “bootstrap” to make new discoveries about quantum theories
quantamagazine.org

Lucille Horn, Who Was Nursed To Health In A Coney Island Sideshow, Dies At 96
npr.org

In Siberia there is a huge crater and it is getting bigger
bbc.com

The Future of Not Working
nytimes.com

Study: A certain form of psychopathy can lead to top professional performance without harming others
uni-bonn.de

Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
newyorker.com

Playing Favorites: Brain Cells Prefer One Parent’s Gene Over the Other’s
healthcare.utah.edu

To Board a Cruise Ship — and Never Get Off
howwegettonext.com

New species of gigantic, toothy worm identified in Canadian fossil collection
cbc.ca

Explained at length: Why are so few foods blue?
biology.stackexchange.com

Linguist’s ‘big data’ research supports waves of migration into the Americas
phys.org

In tests, bees learned to use tools they would never find in nature
arstechnica.com

Light travels at ~300,000 km per second. Why not faster or slower? A new theory inches us closer to an answer
aeon.co

Gone but not forgotten: how ancient Neanderthal genes still affect modern people
theverge.com

Video: Houshi, the Japanese inn that remains in operation after 1,300 years
vimeo.com

Harvey Friedman is about to bring incompleteness and infinity out of quarantine
nautil.us

How Rorschach’s inkblots turned personality testing into an art
newrepublic.com

The pancreas can be triggered to regenerate itself through a type of fasting diet, say US researchers
bbc.com

Scientist David Nutt believes a chemical called “alcosynth” is the secret to drinking without regret
melmagazine.com

When Evidence Says No, but Doctors Say Yes: an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatments
theatlantic.com

Who Was Detective X? The story of the inventive but unknown-until-recently pioneer of forensic science
nist.gov

New hair-sized fibers allow genetic, chemical, optical, and electrical inputs and outputs to the brain
news.mit.edu

NASA’s audacious Europa missions are getting closer to reality
planetary.org

Most scientists ‘can’t replicate studies by their peers’
bbc.com

One in four females of this tree-dwelling lemur has a superpower: seeing in full color
nautil.us

NASA’s official TRAPPIST-1 site, with artwork, renderings, and information about the system
trappist.one