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How Do Deep-Sea Gravity Currents Transport Sediment So Far?
eos.org

A journey on a caravan of misery
reuters.com

How close are we to a hamburger grown in a lab?
cnn.com

The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized
blogs.scientificamerican.com

How Prehistoric Humans Spiced Up Their Dinner: Mustard has been popular for 6,000 years
theatlantic.com

Previously Unknown “Supercolony” of Adelie Penguins Discovered in Antarctica
whoi.edu

Why Self-Taught Artificial Intelligence Has Trouble With the Real World
quantamagazine.org

How Modern Art Serves the Rich
newrepublic.com

The man who bottled evolution
msutoday.msu.edu

45 years ago today Pioneer 10 was launched carrying a graphic message for any civilization that might find it
damninteresting.com

Winning millions of dollars seemed as good a retirement plan as any
highline.huffingtonpost.com

13 million people tracked over 300 years to build massive human family tree
arstechnica.com

Left to Louisiana’s Tides, a Village Fights for Time
nytimes.com

The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew Existed
theintercept.com

The unwelcome revival of ‘race science’
theguardian.com

7,000-year-old Native American burial site found off Florida
bbc.com

Scientists have found the genes that make magic mushrooms magic
qz.com

Lost music of Nazis’ prisoners to be heard at concert in Jerusalem
theguardian.com

Computer Teacher With No Computers Chalks Up Clever Classroom Plan
npr.org

Russia’s Putin unveils ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons
bbc.com

World’s earliest figural tattoos discovered on Gebelein mummies
theguardian.com

Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside a Crematorium
popularmechanics.com

Total ban on bee-harming pesticides likely after major new EU analysis
theguardian.com

Image: Planets forming in young protoplanetary disc AS 209
eso.org

Yes, bacon really is killing us
theguardian.com

A feat of elegant design wowed elite architects and promised to bring education to poor children in Nigeria. Then it collapsed.
magazine.atavist.com

Novel study is first to demonstrate brain mechanisms that give “The Iceman” unusual resistance to cold
research.wayne.edu

Star S0-2 will test Einstein’s Theory of General Relatively when it swings by our galaxy’s supermassive black hole later this year
astronomy.com

Did Dark Matter Make The Early Universe Chill Out?
npr.org

Astronomers detect signals from earliest stars in the universe
thestar.com

One of the World’s Most Irreplaceable Books Was Used as a Cutting Board
atlasobscura.com

Making the moon: Study details new story for how the moon formed
phys.org

Image: Pluto in Colorized Infrared
planetary.org

Chimps and bonobos speak the same ‘language’, and we might too
abc.net.au

The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’
atlasobscura.com

African elephants are migrating to safety—and telling each other how to get there
qz.com

The ‘exorcism’ that turned into murder
bbc.co.uk

Malta: an island of secrets and lies
newstatesman.com

75 years ago today a team of Norwegian commandos sabotaged the Nazi effort to build an A-bomb
damninteresting.com

Scientists take an atomic clock on the road and use it to measure the height of a mountain
latimes.com

The dangerous downsides of perfectionism
bbc.com

A Murder, a Conviction and a Never-Ending Case
nytimes.com

How the sex habits of mammoths and mastodons could help save modern elephants
cbc.ca

A staggering number of golf balls wind up in the ocean. What happens to them?
hakaimagazine.com

‘Frankenstein’ Manuscript Shows the Evolution of Mary Shelley’s Monster
smithsonianmag.com

North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists
washingtonpost.com

International team publishes roadmap to enhance radioresistance for space colonization
astronomy.com

New, ‘Exotic State of Matter’ Found Far Below Freezing (autoplay video)
news.nationalgeographic.com

Food for Thought: Was Cooking a Pivotal Step in Human Evolution?
scientificamerican.com

The Afterlife of Pablo Escobar
newyorker.com

Life Can Survive in the Most Mars-Like Place on Earth
theatlantic.com

A 3-D Look Inside the Tasmanian Tiger’s Pouch, Long After Extinction
nytimes.com

The Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridges
quantamagazine.org

There’s bad news for this nearby exoplanet we hoped was habitable
slashgear.com

Icelandic language battles threat of ‘digital extinction’
theguardian.com

Gallery: Rare photographs that changed lives
bbc.com

The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction
theguardian.com

Las Vegas Isn’t Clearing its Homeless Encampment — It’s Making it Permanent
nextcity.org

Debussy: the musical genius who erupted out of nowhere
spectator.co.uk

Night Vision: The forgotten theory of dreams that inspired Vladimir Nabokov
newrepublic.com