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Losing It in the Anti-Dieting Age
nytimes.com

They were partners in fighting crime. The only problem: Neither was a cop
magazine.atavist.com

The Arsonist Was Like a Ghost
longreads.com

Spending six days in a cave without any light means hallucinations, hypothermia, and the potential for fatal falls
esquire.com

Why Corrupt Bankers Avoid Jail: Prosecution of white-collar crime is at a twenty-year low
newyorker.com

Three visual illusions that reveal the hidden workings of the brain
theconversation.com

She Was Convicted of Killing Her Mother. Prosecutors Withheld the Evidence That Would Have Freed Her.
nytimes.com

The Secret Economic Lives of Animals
bloomberg.com

Mother of all blooms: is this what the last common ancestor of flowers looked like?
theguardian.com

Inmates use peanut butter to escape Alabama jail
virginianews.co

Scientist may have solved the century-old mystery of why a legendary Civil War submarine sank
hakaimagazine.com

Proxima b Probably Isn’t Habitable After All, NASA Says
inverse.com

A New Explanation for One of the Strangest Occurrences in Nature—Ball Lightning
nautil.us

What Exactly is Bubble Gum Flavor?
spoonuniversity.com

A race is on to discover Planet Nine using classical astronomy and new computational techniques
spectrum.ieee.org

“Ghost forests”: What they are and why they’re becoming more common
cbsnews.com

This teen stalker stole Queen Victoria’s panties and lived in Buckingham Palace chimneys for a year
timeline.com

The Violent, Lonely World of Myanmar’s Child Boxers
narrative.ly

China’s supercomputer simulated the Universe with 10 trillion digital particles
wired.co.uk

The Space Launch System—the most powerful rocket ever built
phys.org

The Drug Runners
features.texasmonthly.com

Busted: How police brought down a tech-savvy prostitution network in Bellevue
projects.seattletimes.com

NASA scientists will chase solar eclipse in jets
cbc.ca

New computer models back theory that life is an inevitable outcome of thermodynamics
wired.com

Inside the Insane History of the World’s Greatest White House Replica
thedailybeast.com

Video: Extraordinary Octopus Takes To Land (BBC Earth)
youtube.com

Why astronomers reluctantly announced a possible exomoon discovery
nature.com

Meet the Other Legendary Female Aviator (who Could Drink Any Sailor Under the Table)
messynessychic.com

Blue light from digital devices could contribute to sleep dysfunction by suppressing melatonin
uh.edu

Gold lunar module stolen from Neil Armstrong museum in Ohio
sfgate.com

Sea-level rise could destroy Tampa Bay if a major hurricane hits
washingtonpost.com

Blowing Out Birthday Candles Increases Cake Bacteria by 1,400 Percent
theatlantic.com

Is the world really better than ever?
theguardian.com

She thought she was Irish — until a DNA test opened a 100-year-old mystery – Washington Post
washingtonpost.com

A plane-size asteroid buzzes by Earth undetected
cnet.com

These highly social birds can make ‘sentences,’ just like humans
sciencemag.org

30 Years Ago, Billy Joel Had a Meltdown in Moscow
noisey.vice.com

To Get to An Alien Star, Scientists Launched the Tiniest Spacecraft Ever
motherboard.vice.com

Scientists set sail to unlock secrets of ‘lost continent’ Zealandia
phys.org

Why Are Human Teeth So Messed Up
sapiens.org

The polygamous town facing genetic disaster
bbc.com

Perfectionism as a risk factor for suicide – the most comprehensive test to date
digest.bps.org.uk

Fish can’t recognise faces if they’re upside down – just like us
newscientist.com

Slugs Inspire Super-Strong Glue to Seal Wounds
smithsonianmag.com

The Hijacking of a $100 Million Supertanker
bloomberg.com

The Forgotten Religions That Worshipped Electricity
ozy.com

DNA evidence is rewriting domestication origin stories
sciencenews.org

The father of information theory built a machine to game roulette, then abandoned it
nautil.us

First Human Embryos Edited in U.S. [using CRISPR]
technologyreview.com

An hour-by-hour look back at the 1967 Detroit riot, which happened 50 years ago this month (refresh for updates)
freep.com

Up to half of the matter in our Milky Way galaxy may come from distant galaxies
phys.org

Saturn’s moon Titan may harbour simple life forms – and reveal how organisms first formed on Earth
theconversation.com

After A Year In Space, The Air Hasn’t Gone Out Of NASA’s Inflated Module
npr.org

Why there’s no such thing as a gifted child
theguardian.com

Hunting for Antibiotics in the World’s Dirtiest Places
theatlantic.com

On this day in 1959, a fighter pilot took a harrowing skydive through a thunderstorm
damninteresting.com

Catnip and dried pig testicles: study reveals medieval infertility advice
theguardian.com

Planes can fly in a blizzard because they are tested in this indoor one first
popsci.com

How the Dragonfly’s Surprisingly Complex Brain Makes it a Deadly Hunter
gizmodo.com

Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Notebooks Now Online: Browse 570 Digitized Pages
openculture.com