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Researchers find that water does have a taste, detected by sour receptors
sciencealert.com

Inside the quietest place on Earth
bbc.com

World-First Trials Have Been Launched to Treat Parkinson’s And Blindness With Embryonic Stem Cells
sciencealert.com

How to rob a bank, according to economics
qz.com

A 360 degree panorama from Curiosity rover showing nighttime on Mars
360cities.net

What Happens Between Before and After: A rarely seen side of plastic surgery
thecut.com

39 years ago this month, a skyscraper architect realized his builders had made a huge mistake
damninteresting.com

NASA Orbiter Finds New Evidence of Frost on Moon’s Surface
solarsystem.nasa.gov

Anxiety makes reading facial expressions harder, study suggests
unipaper.co.uk

Gravitational Waves Felt From Black-Hole Merger 3 Billion Light-Years Away
nytimes.com

Hidden Away for 28 Years, Tiananmen Protest Pictures See Light of Day
nytimes.com

The Key to Saving Somalia is Gathering Dust in the British Countryside
foreignpolicy.com

Paul Allen showed off his new rocket-launching plane today, and it’s BIG
arstechnica.com

Why does deception weigh so heavily on our minds? Psychologists may have an answer
newyorker.com

Touching the Sun: NASA Mission Renamed ‘Parker Solar Probe’
space.com

Inside the Plot to Steal Soviet Planetary Data
astronomy.com

The Spider Web That Gets Stronger When It Touches Insects
theatlantic.com

Mummy DNA shows that the ancients don’t have much in common with modern Egyptians
theverge.com

Our obsession with calories can be traced back 100 years — and it hides a bigger problem
businessinsider.com

Birth of a black hole witnessed as star vanishes without a bang
newatlas.com

NASA Plans To “Listen” to the Ice of Europa to Find out What’s Beneath It
futurism.com

Get Ready for Skyscrapers Made of Wood
wired.com

Study: Mars had water for longer than previously thought
researchgate.net

The Rise and Fall of Toronto’s Classiest Con Man
thewalrus.ca

Did humans evolve from pigs? Interesting insights about hybridization and human bias
theoutline.com

Anaesthesia: what we still don’t know about the ‘gift of oblivion’
smh.com.au

Video: Images from Juno spacecraft processed into flyby animation
youtube.com • Another

‘My déjà vu is so extreme I can’t tell what’s real any more’
mosaicscience.com

Fast radio bursts: stirrings from a galaxy far, far away
theguardian.com

Designer Viruses Stimulate the Immune System to Fight Cancer
unige.ch

Cosmic Muons Reveal the Land Hidden Under Ice
eos.org

So much water pulsed through a melting glacier that it warped the Earth’s crust
washingtonpost.com

Australian convict pirates in Japan: evidence of 1830 voyage unearthed
theguardian.com

Study: A 1-Hour Walk, 3 Times a Week, Has Benefits for Dementia
nytimes.com

The World Is Wasting Our Irreplaceable Helium, And Nobody Cares
forbes.com

The Smithsonian is supposed to be the people’s museum, but it tells corporate America’s version of history
currentaffairs.org

Kafka in Vegas: A Murdered Circus Star, a Dubious Confession, and America’s Prosecutorial Misconduct Epidemic
vanityfair.com

Western Australia police puzzled by SOS mystery in remote area
abc.net.au

55 years ago today, workers accidentally lit an underground fire–it still burns
damninteresting.com

Astronauts may wear eight-legged ‘spider’ spacesuits to crawl across the moons of Mars
businessinsider.com

Eddie Maher: How I took my family on the run for 19 years
bbc.com

The Tragic Story of a Texas Teen and the Marines Who Killed Him for No Reason
fusion.kinja.com

2 Missing WWII B-25 Bombers Found in the Pacific Ocean
livescience.com

Bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia is “exceptionally well-preserved and highly unusual”
phys.org

The World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Is Now Up and Running
space.com

Juno mission first results: Jupiter isn’t like what researchers expected
cnn.com

NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid
jpl.nasa.gov

Fire on the Mountain: A night of terror in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
gardenandgun.com

For 4,500 years, Stone Age humans returned to this mysterious cave
arstechnica.com

The Curious Case of the Disappearing Nuts
outsideonline.com

On this day in 1940, The “Crypt of Civilization” was sealed, planned to remain unopened for another 6,177 years
damninteresting.com

Ancient Slingshot Was as Deadly as a .44 Magnum
news.nationalgeographic.com

Why Flamingos Are More Stable on One Leg Than Two
theatlantic.com

How The Biggest Animal On Earth Got So Big
npr.org

Image: Latest view of Jupiter from the Juno spacecraft (highly detailed, original is 4000 x 4000)
imgur.com

VLA Reveals New Object Near Supermassive Black Hole in Famous Galaxy
public.nrao.edu

Extra layer of tectonic plates discovered within Earth’s mantle, scientists say
theguardian.com

At The Dawn Of Recorded Sound, No One Cared
npr.org

Study: Beautiful scientists not taken as seriously as less attractive colleagues
itv.com

This is what it’s like to be struck by lightning
mosaicscience.com