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How Elizabeth Wettlaufer became one of Canada’s worst serial killers
cbc.ca

Why We Miss Objects That Are Right in Front of Us
nytimes.com

60 years ago today a disaster began to unfold at the Windscale Nuclear plant in Cumberland, England
damninteresting.com

Astronaut Scott Kelly on the devastating effects of a year in space
theage.com.au

The most powerful magnets in the Universe — Magnetars
medium.com

What’s the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise
theguardian.com

Proton-size puzzle deepens
nature.com

Interactive video: Russian cosmonauts on ISS film spacewalk in 360º video
youtube.com

Study: ​Perpetrators of genocide say they’re ‘good people’
news.osu.edu

New NASA study shows Moon once had an atmosphere
newsroom.usra.edu

Loaded with lead: Lead poisoning is a major threat at America’s shooting ranges (2014)
projects.seattletimes.com

How A Pair Of Orange Scissors Made Design History
fastcodesign.com

Did Teddy Evans fatally undermine Scott of the Antarctic?
eurekalert.org • more info

Volcanic Eruptions Gave the Ancient Moon a Temporary Atmosphere
space.com

The world’s oldest scientific satellite is still in orbit
bbc.com

Special Investigation: How America’s Biggest Bank Paid Its Fine for the 2008 Mortgage Crisis—With Phony Mortgages!
thenation.com

The Last Invention of Man
nautil.us

What Happens When We Give up Control of Our Cars?
caranddriver.com

Why We’ll Have Evidence of Aliens—If They Exist—By 2035
nautil.us

Humans Today Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realized
gizmodo.com

Santa Claus’s tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church
theguardian.com

The Egalitarian Community New York Pushed Out For Central Park
citylab.com

Researchers observe unexpected behavior from rare element berkelium
sciencealert.com

Why does divorce run in families? The answer may be genetics
news.vcu.edu

Death at a Penn State Fraternity
theatlantic.com

Ancient Viruses Are Buried in Your DNA
nytimes.com

What America Taught the Nazis
theatlantic.com

They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants
revealnews.org

Ice in space might flow like honey and bubble like champagne
sciencenews.org

Tabby’s Star, famous for strange dimming, likely circled by a cloud of dust with ~700-day orbital period
arstechnica.com

The Touch of Madness: How culture profoundly shapes our ideas about mental illness
psmag.com

What time capsules for the future say about our present selves.
slate.com

Two strangers bond over country music and beer. Then the gunshots started.
washingtonpost.com

NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains
nih.gov

What Would Flying From New York to Shanghai in 39 Minutes Feel Like?
theatlantic.com

When you split the brain, do you split the person?
aeon.co

Canadian pilot’s family finds closure after Hurricane Irma washes up debris 59 years later
cbc.ca

The Plan to Clone an Extinct Horse
hakaimagazine.com

How the Elderly Lose Their Rights
newyorker.com

The Prison Guards Who Stole a Salvador Dalí Painting
thedailybeast.com

Diary of a concussion: what I learned about head injuries by having one
theverge.com

Can ice structures solve a Himalayan water crisis?
bbc.com

Read TIME’s Original Report on the Sputnik 1 Launch
time.com

Image: Ice Ring around Nearby Star Fomalhaut
apod.nasa.gov

Mysterious Neptune and why we need to put an orbiter around it
medium.com

The World’s 1st Molecular Robot Has Just Been Created by UK Scientists
bigthink.com

The Curious Life of an Extra
theatlantic.com

Hemingway’s First Short Story Found in Key West
nytimes.com

I wanted to understand why racists hated me. So I befriended Klansmen.
washingtonpost.com

How Science Saved Me from Pretending to Love Wine
newyorker.com

How a 3-Ton Mess of Dead Pigs Transformed This Landscape
news.nationalgeographic.com

Thunderstorm Turns Into a Nuclear Reactor and Blasts Radiation Everywhere
gizmodo.com

The curious case of the alien in the photo – and a mystery that took years to solve
theguardian.com

Photos, Video: 3D crosswalk in Ísafjörður helps slow down speeding motorists
icelandmag.visir.is

The Inside Story of Equifax’s Massive Data Breach
bloomberg.com

How Fast Is Hypersonic Speed, Really?
popularmechanics.com

Video: TRANS-SIBERIAN · TRANS-MONGOLIAN (via The Browser)
vimeo.com

I Can’t Believe There Was Almost A Mail Truck-Based Sports Car
jalopnik.com

Some Mother’s Boy
magazine.atavist.com

60 years ago today there was an explosion in a cooling tank at Chelyabinsk-40
damninteresting.com