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Surgeon on Separating Siamese Twins: ‘The First Time I Cried in the Operating Room’
spiegel.de

Mosquitoes learn to avoid people who’ve swatted at them
researchgate.net

Ultrathin needle can deliver drugs directly to the brain
news.mit.edu

The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem
nytimes.com

How to Understand Extreme Numbers
nautil.us

‘Never get high on your own supply’ – why social media bosses don’t use social media
theguardian.com

There’s a New Brightest Object in the Sky
popularmechanics.com

Scientists believe a concoction of gases could hold the key to finding life beyond our solar system
alphr.com

Is There A Ticking Time Bomb Under The Arctic?
npr.org

Opportunity will celebrate its 14th year on Mars
astronomy.com

These baby monkeys are first cloned primates created using the Dolly method
arstechnica.com

Physicists are planning to build lasers so powerful they could rip apart empty space
sciencemag.org

Nobody Knows Why These Bees Built a Spiral Nest
livescience.com

Blockbuster films ignore the real harbinger of the apocalypse: ignorance of science
theverge.com

Two planets in unusual star system are very likely habitable, scientists say
theguardian.com

Climate change melting pre-Viking artifacts out of Norway’s glaciers
arstechnica.com

Google’s Space Race To The Moon Ends, And Nobody Wins Lunar X Prize
npr.org

New French Telescope Trio Will Scan the Sky for Earth-Like Planets
space.com

Alcatraz inmates survived infamous 1962 escape, letter suggests
cbsnews.com

Fossil Discoveries Challenge Ideas About Earth’s Start
quantamagazine.org

The world’s most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans
phys.org

Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size thanks to this powerful toxin, study finds
washingtonpost.com

Nathan Carman Took His Mother Fishing. She Never Came Back.
nymag.com

Image: When an ageing star shed its outer layers, this blue bubble was left behind
cosmosmagazine.com

The first Chinese astronaut thought he was going to die
arstechnica.com

Watching a Ridge Slide in Slow Motion, a Town Braces for Disaster
nytimes.com

On this day in 1960, two adventurers set off for the deepest point in all of Earth’s oceans
damninteresting.com

Where Did Animals With Tail Weapons Go? Here’s a Back Story
nytimes.com

How a new technology is changing the lives of people who cannot speak
theguardian.com

Controversial femur could belong to ancient human relative
nature.com

The Lost Giant of American Literature
newyorker.com

If we start deliberately cooling the Earth, we may not be able to stop
theverge.com

50 years ago today North Korea seized the Pueblo
damninteresting.com

German astrophysicists use LIGO data to reveal the maximum size a neutron star can grow
cosmosmagazine.com

Apollo 5: The First Flight of the Lunar Module
drewexmachina.com

This NASA spacecraft will get closer to the sun than anything ever before
washingtonpost.com

How roosters protect themselves from their own deafening crows
sciencemag.org

Fresh air for sale
theguardian.com

Yacob and Amo: Africa’s precursors to Locke, Hume and Kant
aeon.co

The Plan to Save an Iconic Natural Monument By Covering It in Plastic
motherboard.vice.com

After the rescue: what does the future hold for California’s Turpin children?
theguardian.com

Researchers learn the social function of babies’ babbling
news.cornell.edu

Biofilms: the ultimate survival mechanism
thebiochemistblog.com

Pentagon Document Confirms Existence of Russian Doomsday Torpedo
popularmechanics.com

Fermented shark, anyone?
1843magazine.com

The Automotive Liberation of Paris
citylab.com

The U.S. Fertility Rate Is Down, Yet More Women Are Mothers
nytimes.com

Putting Ancient Recipes on the Plate
atlasobscura.com

Space mining is going to seriously disrupt Earth’s economy. And we’re nowhere near ready for the shock
wired.co.uk

What Happens to Astronauts During a Government Shutdown?
theatlantic.com

‘They ensure each twin baby dies’: the secret killings in central Nigeria
theguardian.com

U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars
reuters.com

The Man Trying to Fix Mount Everest’s Towering Poop Problem
motherboard.vice.com

Scientists Edge Closer To A Blood Test To Detect Cancers
npr.org

Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek ‘pyramid’
theguardian.com

Why Walkable Streets are More Economically Productive
strongtowns.org

Why Did Two-Thirds of These Weird Antelope Suddenly Drop Dead?
theatlantic.com

The Women Who Took on the Mafia
newyorker.com

CIA rendition flights from rustic North Carolina called to account by citizens
theguardian.com

Gallery: The Beauty of Webb Telescope’s Mirrors
nasa.tumblr.com