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What Color Is a Tennis Ball?: An investigation into a surprisingly divisive question
theatlantic.com

Is Humanity Ready for the Discovery of Alien Life?
scientificamerican.com

The Tyranny of Convenience
nytimes.com

Did Spitfires Really Ram V1 Bombs Out Of The Sky?
forces.net

You Don’t Want To Know What Was In Abby Beckley’s Eye
npr.org

Clay tablets from the cradle of civilisation provide new insight to the history of medicine
sciencenordic.com

The playboy who got away with $242m – using ‘black magic’
bbc.com

A Giant Storm on Neptune Is Disappearing as Hubble Telescope Watches
space.com

A prisoner in Peru drugged his twin brother and escaped from jail — to see his mom
washingtonpost.com

Image: The plucky NASA Opportunity rover landed on Mars in 2004 with a nominal 90-day mission, and it is still exploring. Inconceivable!
damninteresting.com

The Cuttlefish, a Master of Camouflage, Reveals a New Trick
nytimes.com

Borneo Has Lost 100,000 Orangutans Since 1999
npr.org

The Final, Terrible Voyage of the ‘Nautilus’
wired.com

Hot stuff: the thermal cameras giving us a new way of seeing our bodies
theguardian.com

Psychologists clash over how easy it is to implant false memories of committing a crime
digest.bps.org.uk

Not the end of The World: the return of Dubai’s ultimate folly
theguardian.com

The insect that painted Europe red
bbc.com

‘Paramedic ants’ observed treating injured comrades
theguardian.com

Mark Twain’s adventures in love: How a rough-edged aspiring author courted a beautiful heiress
theconversation.com

Kepler Astronomers Discover Treasure Trove of New Exoplanets
gizmodo.com

Image: Enceladus in Silhouette
apod.nasa.gov

Neutron Lifetime Puzzle Deepens, but No Dark Matter Seen
quantamagazine.org

The Sound and the Fury: Inside the Mystery of the Havana Embassy
propublica.org

The laserwort seed: One possible origin for the Valentine’s Day heart symbol
damninteresting.com

Rural America’s Drinking-Water Crisis
newrepublic.com

Huntington’s disease provides new cancer weapon
news.northwestern.edu

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