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Slow, steady waves keep brain humming
medicine.wustl.edu

X-Rays could sterilise alien planets that would be otherwise habitable
zmescience.com

“Nightmare” superbugs continue to lurk in US, but control efforts working
arstechnica.com

New research sheds light on Neanderthals’ distinctive features
theguardian.com

Water may have killed Mars’ magnetic field
sciencenews.org

Madagascar’s vanilla wars: prized spice drives death and deforestation
theguardian.com

Why good people turn bad online
mosaicscience.com

A sudden loss of wealth may be hazardous to your health
latimes.com

This star is the farthest ever seen. It’s 9 billion light-years away.
washingtonpost.com

Birds get their internal compass from this newly ID’d eye protein
sciencenews.org

The increasingly realistic prospect of ‘extinct animal’ zoos
bbc.com

NASA looking into robo-bees to explore Mars from the air
newatlas.com

Swiss researchers try to get ancient Roman fridge working (again)
thelocal.ch

When cops become robbers
bbc.co.uk

The Story of a Voice: HAL in ‘2001’ Wasn’t Always So Eerily Calm
nytimes.com

The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13. In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.
features.propublica.org

Nifty satellite images from highly oblique angles
arstechnica.com

Freaky Ancient Lizard Had Four ‘Eyes’
gizmodo.com

Good-looking people are more likely to believe that life is fair
psypost.org

When nature says ‘Enough!’: the river that appeared overnight in Argentina
theguardian.com

Harvard scientists uncover an exploitable Achilles’ heel common to most bacteria
newatlas.com

Free audiobook from always-excellent Bill Hammack: Fatal Flight: The True Story of Britain’s Last Great Airship
engineerguy.com

Chinese Space Lab Crashes To Earth
npr.org

Divided by DNA: The uneasy relationship between archaeology and ancient genomics
nature.com

Africa Is Splitting in Two, and Here’s the Proof
livescience.com

“CUORE” experiment seeks to the heart of the matter – and antimatter
newatlas.com

Thousands gather in Cambridge for Stephen Hawking’s funeral
upi.com

Porambo: The journalist that history forgot
magazine.atavist.com

Astronomers ponder possible life adrift in Venus’ clouds
earthsky.org

When the Heavens Stopped Being Perfect
nautil.us

What If A Drug Could Make Your Blood Deadly To Mosquitoes?
npr.org

A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water
nytimes.com

The Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries
atlasobscura.com

Poor grades tied to class times that don’t match our biological clocks
news.berkeley.edu

This Elementary-School-Age T. Rex Is a ‘1 in 100 Million’ Discovery
livescience.com

The horrors of St. Anne’s Residential School revealed by police files
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

This spacecraft will get closer to the Sun than any before it—without melting
arstechnica.com

Why Did a Venomous Fish Evolve a Glowing Eye Spike?
smithsonianmag.com

On this day in 1951 a pipe bomb exploded in Grand Central Terminal in NYC
damninteresting.com

The People Who Can Control Their Goose Bumps
theatlantic.com

Study: Our facial expressions stem primarily from intentions—not from feelings
news.ucsb.edu

What causes knuckles to crack? Scientists now think they know
theguardian.com

Income Mobility Charts for Girls, Asian-Americans and Other Groups. Or Make Your Own.
nytimes.com

When Melancholia Adds To Breathlessness: Is There A Link Between Asthma And Depression?
sciencetrends.com

Video: The Preciousness of Time: A Stephen Hawking Tribute
youtube.com

Earliest Known Human Footprints in North America Found on Canadian Island
nytimes.com

The shape of your brain influences your political opinions
qz.com

TRAPPIST-1 system may have too much water to support life
astronomy.com

Rare galaxy found without any dark matter
theverge.com

Why People Don’t Take Lifesaving Medications
theatlantic.com

The FBI Agent Who Can’t Stop Thinking About Waco
texasmonthly.com

Cool-Season Tornadoes are Becoming More Common, Especially in “Dixie Alley”
wunderground.com

Self-storage: How warehouses for personal junk became a $38 billion industry
curbed.com

A runaway star in the Small Magellanic Cloud
phys.org

Kepler solves star explosion mystery
earthsky.org

Brain activity study links social anxiety to a preoccupation with making errors
psypost.org

The remarkable story of terrorism and trauma that inspired a new opera
theguardian.com

How to Think about “Implicit Bias”
scientificamerican.com

Parts of the Amazon thought uninhabited were actually home to up to a million people
phys.org

NASA Delays Launch of James Webb Space Telescope Until 2020
space.com