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Candy Heart messages written by a neural network
aiweirdness.com

A psychologist noticed this cool chair illusion in his office
digest.bps.org.uk

Chemicals in packaging, carpets and non-stick pans ‘may contribute to obesity’
theguardian.com

How Cockroaches Crash Into Walls and Keep Going
nytimes.com

A 500-year-old oak tree outside the town of Eutin, Germany, has been matching singles for more than a century
bbc.com

Saturn’s Contrasting Moons Pair Up in Spectacular Cassini Photo
space.com

Judge awards graffiti artists $6.7M after works destroyed
msn.com

Study of an Amazon fish has challenged ideas about how DNA gathers deadly mutations over time
bbc.com

Video: The Greatest Leap, part 6: After Apollo, NASA still searching for an encore
arstechnica.com

Canada’s first Canadian-born Black doctor got his MD licence in 1861
thestar.com

An effortless way to improve your memory
bbc.com

Scientists Set to Explore Mysterious Seafloor Exposed by Antarctica’s Giant Iceberg
gizmodo.com

The Promise of Indoor, Hurricane-Proof ‘Vertical’ Farms
theatlantic.com

New imaging technique reveals how dragonfly wings tear bacteria apart
newatlas.com

Picture of single atom suspended in electric fields wins top science photography prize
independent.co.uk

‘Oumuamua: ‘space cigar’s’ tumble hints at violent past
bbc.com

How Lobbyists Normalized the Use of Chemical Weapons on American Civilians
longreads.com

Inside North Korea’s Hacker Army
bloomberg.com

How one cargo ship delay sends ripples through Alaska’s food supply chain
adn.com

London City Airport shut as WW2 bomb found in Thames
bbc.com

From the Green Book to Facebook, how black people still need to outwit racists in rural America
theguardian.com

How Physics Keeps Figure Skaters Gracefully Aloft
smithsonianmag.com

Insider trading has been rife on Wall Street, academics conclude
economist.com

Experimental Drug Promises to Kill the Flu Virus in a Day
wsj.com • Summary

Inside the desperate fight to keep old TVs alive
theverge.com

Scientists studying psychoactive drugs accidentally proved the self is an illusion
qz.com

‘All of a sudden my world would flip’: the woman who is permanently lost
theguardian.com

Is social media causing childhood depression?
bbc.com

Discovery of Windsor Neolithic monument excites archaeologists
theguardian.com

Continuous low doses of far ultraviolet C (far-UVC) light can kill airborne flu viruses without harming human tissues
newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu

Five major psychiatric disorders have overlapping patterns of genetic activity, new study shows
washingtonpost.com

Why We Forget Most of the Books We Read
theatlantic.com

The Death of Clothing
bloomberg.com

The Michigan town where only Christians are allowed to buy houses
theguardian.com

Voyager disaster: ‘The coxswain said “Sorry lads, we’re done for” and sang Abide With Me’
theguardian.com

Linguists Discover Previously Unidentified Language In Malaysia
npr.org

The Curiously Elastic Limits of Endurance
outsideonline.com

Clever crows have learnt how to make a meal of cane toads
australiangeographic.com.au

Researchers who made praying mantises wear glasses discover a new type of vision
washingtonpost.com

Are happy lab animals better for science?
sciencemag.org

No one told Babe Ruth he had cancer, but his death changed the way we fight it
popsci.com

On this day in 1912 workers discovered the forgotten remains of a pneumatic subway experiment in Manhattan
damninteresting.com

How Americans preserved British English
bbc.com

The red and green specialists: why human colour vision is so odd
aeon.co

Crushed wood is stronger than steel
nature.com

Billions of Viruses Are Falling to Earth Right Now (But That Isn’t Why You Have the Flu)
livescience.com

Economic collapse: The real message of the fall of Troy
bbc.com

We Should Not Accept Scientific Results That Have Not Been Repeated
nautil.us

Parable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of society
ncase.me

The most badass photograph ever taken in New Zealand
thespinoff.co.nz

CERN May Have Evidence of a Quasiparticle We’ve Been Hunting For Decades
sciencealert.com

The Epic Journeys of Migratory Birds
nationalgeographic.com

How New Zealand made Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Everest
sbnation.com

The surprisingly sophisticated lives of rats
anthropocenemagazine.org

Image: Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams
apod.nasa.gov

Toads Eat Beetles. Sometimes, Beetles Make Them Regret Their Meal Choice. (autoplay video)
nytimes.com

The oddities that paved the way for man to fly in space
news.com.au

The Difference a Meal Makes: On Losing the Ability to Eat Solid Food
catapult.co

We’re Killing Our Lakes and Oceans. The Consequences Are Real.
undark.org

A Brain Implant Improved Memory, Scientists Report
nytimes.com