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A world without retirement
theguardian.com

Collecting metal: the inner and outer worlds of jewelry, coins, bullion bits, and odd shiny things
unenumerated.blogspot.com

Photo: Nebula with Laser Beams
apod.nasa.gov

Paralysed man feeds himself with help of implants
bbc.com

What Really Turned the Sahara Desert From a Green Oasis Into a Wasteland?
smithsonianmag.com

Planet-sized ‘waves’ spotted in the Sun’s atmosphere
nature.com

221-pound Canadian “coin” known as the Big Maple Leaf stolen from the Bode Museum in Berlin
nytimes.com

SpaceX is about to make history by relaunching a used Falcon 9 rocket
theverge.com

3,800+ year old tomb found undisturbed in Aswan, Egypt
english.ahram.org.eg

ESA discovers supersonic plasma jets high in the atmosphere at temperatures up to almost 10,000°C.
esa.int

There’s Mysteriously Large Amounts of Methane on Mars
nautil.us

On the inexplicable surge of enormous, poisonous cane toads in South Florida
outsideonline.com

The Strange History of Ransomware: Floppy disks, AIDS research, and a Panama P.O. Box
medium.com

New insights into mitochondria reveal how life expends energy
aging.nautil.us

Pores Inside Bacteria Are Eerily Familiar
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Who Killed the Iceman? Clues Emerge in a Very Cold Case
nytimes.com

Inside the open-source investigations into North Korea’s missile tests
theverge.com

In Search Of Humanity’s Oldest Words
vocativ.com

Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out of Galactic Core
nasa.gov

The strange case of the phantom Pokemon
bbc.com

The World Meteorological Organization has formally accepted “asperitas” as a distinct cloud type
theverge.com

In the Land of Giants: Communing with some of the biggest trees on Earth
nytimes.com

Welcome to Houston, the Armored Car Robbery Capital of the World
houstoniamag.com

Spinach Leaf Transformed Into Beating Human Heart Tissue
news.nationalgeographic.com

Bacteria are thriving in the sky — and they influence the weather
pri.org

[Extra]Solar Planet 8000 Times The Mass Of Earth Discovered By Indian Scientists
scientifist.com

Why The Internet Thinks This Sports Car Mogul Might Have Been The Zodiac Killer
jalopnik.com

Les Misérables was born of one of the riskiest—and shrewdest—deals in publishing history
theparisreview.org

The Trouble with Innocence
features.texasmonthly.com

Hubble Spots Two Interacting Galaxies Defying Cosmic Convention
nasa.gov

Why Apollo astronaut Alan Bean is confident that aliens exist, but haven’t visited Earth
news.com.au

The Wall Street Informant Who Double-Crossed the FBI
bloomberg.com

NASA: Sea Ice Extent Sinks to Record Lows at Both Poles
nasa.gov

Scientists closely monitor the last member of a species
longreads.com

Drug ‘reverses’ ageing in animal tests
bbc.com

Russian Scientists Map 7,000 Underground Methane Bubbles
inverse.com

Why Does Mount Rushmore Exist?
nytimes.com

Streaks on Martian slopes might not be caused by water
arstechnica.com

Large Hadron Collider discovers five hidden subatomic particles
wired.co.uk

On the Origin of High-Sodium Species
sierraclub.org

What It’s Like to Watch Your Life’s Work Blow Up on a Rocket
theatlantic.com

A San Francisco startup just created the world’s first lab-grown chicken
businessinsider.com

Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
bbc.co.uk

Ornithoscelida Rises: A New Family Tree for Dinosaurs
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Let there be light: Germans switch on ‘largest artificial sun’
theguardian.com

The Mafia is all but dead in Western New York. So what killed it?
buffalonews.com

During the Cold War, the U.S. Army replaced anti-aircraft artillery with nuclear missiles
warisboring.com

Breaks Observed in [Curiosity] Rover Wheel Treads
jpl.nasa.gov

The Hollywood Exec and the Hand Transplant That Changed His Life
lamag.com

These Parrots Can Make Other Parrots ‘Laugh’—a First
news.nationalgeographic.com

How one performance-enhancing sandwich has spread through the NBA
espn.com

Inside the Hunt for Russia’s Most Notorious Hacker
wired.com

How Aristotle Created the Computer
theatlantic.com

There and back again: SpaceX to make history by re-flying orbital rocket
arstechnica.com

Terror, shipwreck, guns – 24 hours in a Karachi ambulance
mosaicscience.com

This ‘Ghost Plane’ Crash Is One Of The Weirdest Mysteries Of 2017
jalopnik.com

Daily consumption of tea may protect the elderly from cognitive decline, study suggests
sciencedaily.com

Archaeologists find evidence that humans cooked and ate humans in an ancient cave
arstechnica.com

Mars Volcano, Earth’s Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time
jpl.nasa.gov

We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the Cost?
nytimes.com