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How a spider jumps on its prey – science has the answer
bbc.com

Image: The observable universe
apod.nasa.gov

People think she’s a Parkland ‘crisis actor.’ It’s terrifying.
washingtonpost.com

Sun ‘will flare into massive planetary nebula when it dies’
theguardian.com

Hail the matriarch: the world’s only colony-building beetle
cosmosmagazine.com

The Birds that Live with Lava
hakaimagazine.com

Japan has a form of capitalism that works
japantimes.co.jp

Bill Gates in Search of Nuclear Nirvana
blogs.scientificamerican.com

How the Kent State massacre helped give birth to punk rock
washingtonpost.com

Your Body Acquires Trillions of New Mutations Every Day
theatlantic.com

96-Year-Old Secretary Quietly Amasses Fortune, Then Donates $8.2 Million
nytimes.com

What Happens When You Kill a Bicyclist?
bostonmagazine.com

On this day in 1931, Harland Sanders engaged in a shootout over an advertising dispute
damninteresting.com

Psychedelic drugs appear to fundamentally reorganize the brain — and they’re starting to turn into approved treatments
businessinsider.com

New survey confirms no hidden Nefertiti chamber in Tutankhamun’s tomb
english.ahram.org.eg

Thousand years of Tibetan masterpieces revealed for first time
theguardian.com

People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result
newscientist.com

When cops can’t convict a ‘top Mafia boss,’ they turn to desperate measures
nationalpost.com

Fasting boosts stem cells’ regenerative capacity
news.mit.edu

On this day in 1937 the Hindenburg burned
damninteresting.com

Study explains one reason hair can turn gray
uab.edu

Censored images of 1930s America to go on show in London
theguardian.com

One space between each sentence, they said. Science just proved them wrong.
washingtonpost.com

Why Hawaii’s Kilauea Eruption Makes Volcanologists Nervous
theatlantic.com

My name is Wil Wheaton. I live with chronic Depression, and I am not ashamed.
wilwheaton.net

Yale physicists find signs of a time crystal
news.yale.edu

Alan Turing’s chemistry hypothesis turned into a desalination filter
arstechnica.com

Murder at the Alcatraz of the Rockies
magazine.atavist.com

May 1968: A Month of Revolution Pushed France Into the Modern World
nytimes.com

California burning: life among the wildfires
theguardian.com

How scientists are engineering silk to save our bodies
theverge.com

Nearly Half The Kentucky Derby Field Is Racing Against A Half-Brother
fivethirtyeight.com

60-year-old maths problem partly solved by amateur
theguardian.com

All-American Nazis: Inside the Rise of Fascist Youth in the U.S.
rollingstone.com

The innovation turning desert sand into farmland
bbc.com

Editing brain activity with holography
news.berkeley.edu

The White-Collar-Crime Cheat Sheet
nytimes.com

30 years ago today a fire started at a large chemical factory outside Henderson, Nevada
damninteresting.com

Hawaii’s famed Kilauea volcano erupts, spewing lava and forcing evacuations
latimes.com

Gassy Earthquakes Near Istanbul May Pose New Risks to Region
nytimes.com

How scientists and engineers handle a spacecraft’s months-long journey to Mars
theatlantic.com

Can You Overdose on Happiness?
nautil.us

The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code
bloomberg.com

Plants ‘talk to’ each other through their roots
theguardian.com

Lightning Struck Her Home. Then Her Brain Implant Stopped Working.
nytimes.com

‘My whole life has been a lie’: Sweden admits meatballs are Turkish
theguardian.com

The Man Who Cracked the Lottery
nytimes.com

The toxic legacy of Canada’s CIA brainwashing experiments: ‘They strip you of your soul’
theguardian.com

These Owl Chicks Have Two Moms and a Dad—a First
news.nationalgeographic.com

A Nuclear Reactor for Space Missions Passes Final Major Ground Tests
space.com

The Opioid that Made a Fortune for Its Maker — and for Its Prescribers
nytimes.com

The Bering Sea’s ice has never melted this early before
grist.org

Newly Digitized Collection of Early 20th-Century Lakota Drawings Tells a Curious History
hyperallergic.com

Stanley Kubrick: Before He Wrote Scripts, He Took Photos
nytimes.com

In Egypt, dating apps are a refuge for the LGBTQ community, but they can also be a trap
theverge.com

Notes from a Flat Earth conference
theguardian.com

Framed for Murder by His Own DNA
themarshallproject.org

How Did Birds Lose Their Teeth And Get Their Beaks? Study Offers Clues
npr.org

The Mystery of the Killer Vacation
gq.com

‘There Were Really No Other Women at All’
nytimes.com