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As Germans celebrate the absence of the Berlin Wall, a new piece of it is discovered
washingtonpost.com

‘Extraordinary’ fossil sheds light on origins of spiders
bbc.com

An ‘Iceberg’ of Unseen Crimes: Many Cyber Offenses Go Unreported
nytimes.com

AI didn’t decode the cryptic Voynich manuscript — it just added to the mystery
theverge.com

An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness
livescience.com

London’s fatberg on show: ‘We thought of pickling it’
theguardian.com

The Three Meanings Of E=mc², Einstein’s Most Famous Equation
medium.com

Today, the Berlin Wall will have been down as long as it was up
nationalpost.com

Imaging Without Lenses
americanscientist.org

The White Darkness: A Journey Across Antarctica
newyorker.com

Look at me: why attention-seeking is the defining need of our times
theguardian.com

Brains of woodpeckers contain protein found in humans with brain damage
cbc.ca

How Cape Town is running out of water
theguardian.com

Spain cracks King Ferdinand’s 500-year-old secret code
bbc.com

Does Aging Have a Reset Button?
nautil.us

The War in Yemen and the Making of a Chaos State
theatlantic.com

Archaeologists may have found architects’ camp for Stonehenge
theguardian.com

Here’s the Solution to the 3-Year-Old, $50,000 Bitcoin Puzzle
motherboard.vice.com

In the 1920s, a Makeover Saved This Woman From the Death Penalty
racked.com

After 400 years lost, ‘cursed’ novel of Spain’s imperial age is finally published
theguardian.com

4,300-Year-Old Tomb of Royal Female Official Found in Egypt
livescience.com

In pursuit of the tortoise smugglers
theguardian.com

The Middle Ages Were Pretty Interesting, Actually
currentaffairs.org

This Mass Grave May Belong to ‘Great Viking Army’
news.nationalgeographic.com

OU astrophysicists discover planets in extragalactic galaxies using microlensing
eurekalert.org

Forensic Science Put Jimmy Genrich in Prison for 24 Years. What if It Wasn’t Science?
thenation.com

A Kingdom from Dust
story.californiasunday.com

Gallery: Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1
bbc.com

Urban Bird Feeders Are Changing the Course of Evolution
theatlantic.com

Scavenging for Intelligence: The U.S. Government’s Secret Search for Foreign Objects during the Cold War
nsarchive.gwu.edu

What If GPS Stood for “Galactic Positioning System”?
spectrum.ieee.org

Gut Microbes Combine to Cause Colon Cancer, Study Suggests
nytimes.com

Fortresses, farmlands of the Maya emerge from massive LiDAR survey
arstechnica.com

Gallery: 2,000 Days on Mars With the Curiosity Rover
theatlantic.com

A Plate of Jellyfish
nybooks.com

A mutational timer is built into the chemistry of DNA
phys.org

A new look at Venus with Akatsuki
planetary.org

Do ‘Fast and Furious’ Movies Cause a Rise in Speeding?
nytimes.com

Kronos, the Star That Has Devoured 15 Planets
popularmechanics.com

3-D printing of living cells
phys.org

NO NO NO – A Magnetic Pole Flip Will Not Make Parts Of Earth Uninhabitable
science20.com

How A Box Of Magic Crystals Brought Down Australia’s Most Famous Race Car Driver
jalopnik.com

Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice
med.stanford.edu

Gun-smuggling case puts spotlight on library straddling US-Canada border
theguardian.com

Ancient tools found in India undermine the “out of Africa” hypothesis
arstechnica.com

The Evolution of Petface
smithsonianmag.com

How Responsible are Killers with Brain Damage?
scientificamerican.com

65 years ago today the sky and sea began to assault the UK and the Netherlands
damninteresting.com

Spectacular dinosaur stomping grounds discovered just outside D.C.
washingtonpost.com

Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals
theguardian.com

Curiosity’s sweeping Mars panorama shows how far it’s come
engadget.com

Remarkable Image Captures Surface Details of a Dying Star Located 530 Light-Years Away
gizmodo.com

Cosmonaut blood reveals that our immune systems grind to a halt in space
zmescience.com

What’s Hiding Inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid? Tiny Robots May Find Out
livescience.com

Special Report: Can We Copy the Brain?
spectrum.ieee.org

Newborns or survivors? The unexpected matter found in hostile black hole winds
news.northwestern.edu

Truck damages Peru’s ancient Nazca lines
france24.com

Berserk leprosy bacteria are wildly mutating to become extremely drug resistant
arstechnica.com

On this day in 1962 a “laughter epidemic” broke out in Tanganyika (modern Tanzania)
damninteresting.com

Long-lost chunk of Canada found in Australia
cbc.ca