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Fierce and Unpredictable: How Wildfires Became Infernos [autoplay video]
nytimes.com

Universal Method to Sort Complex Information Found
quantamagazine.org

After 100 Years, Roald Amundsen’s Polar Ship Returns to Norway
smithsonianmag.com

“Random” noise pours cold water on room-temperature superconductivity
arstechnica.com

Photos: 15 Years Since the 2003 Northeast Blackout
theatlantic.com

Winged reptiles thrived before dinosaurs
bbc.com

Halfway to boiling: the city at 50C
theguardian.com

Hacking The Electric Grid Is Damned Hard
fivethirtyeight.com

Easter Island’s society might not have collapsed
eurekalert.org

How Termites Shape the Natural World
scientificamerican.com

The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS
nytimes.com

How smallpox claimed its final victim
bbc.co.uk

The winged giant that was bigger than T. Rex
bbcearth.com

NASA looks to build a robot that can search other planets for bacteria
engadget.com

Designed to deceive: How gambling distorts reality and hooks your brain
theconversation.com

In a Town of 11 People, Mysterious Disappearance Turns Neighbor Against Neighbor
nytimes.com

Jakarta, the fastest-sinking city in the world
bbc.co.uk

The Universe as We Understand It May Be Impossible
theatlantic.com

Growers Are Beaming Over The Success Of Lasers To Stave Off Thieving Birds
npr.org

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede has powerful chorus waves
earthsky.org

Inside a Sleazy FBI Sting Involving Diet Clinics, Fitness Models, Money Laundering, and a Supposed Plot to Hire a Hitman
theintercept.com

Video: Wormholes Explained – Breaking Spacetime
youtube.com

BBC documentary video: The Hidden Nature of Korea [58:01]
youtube.com

This pill lets you eat as much fat as you want and gain no weight
wired.co.uk

The terrible ‘what if’: how OCD makes every day a matter of life or death
theguardian.com

When Protomammals Ruled Earth
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Before They Were Called Automobiles, Cars Had a Lot of Terrible Names
jalopnik.com

Seattle-Tacoma plane thief ‘had full airport credentials’
bbc.com

“What Have We Done?”: Silicon Valley Engineers Fear They’ve Created a Monster
vanityfair.com

The cautionary tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle
esa.int

Mars and the Waves of Darkening
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Parker Solar Probe Launches on NASA Voyage to ‘Touch the Sun’ [autoplay video]
nytimes.com

An L.A. County deputy faked evidence. Here’s how his misconduct was kept secret in court for years
latimes.com

The Nastiest Feud in Science
theatlantic.com

Primate speech: How some species are ‘wired’ for talk
bbc.com

Sunken Warship Said to Have Billions in Gold Looks Like It Was a Cryptocurrency Scam
gizmodo.com

Italy’s Olive Trees Are Dying. Can They Be Saved?
nationalgeographic.com

PETA roasts Impossible Burger for rat tests, suggests patties cause cancer
arstechnica.com

The science behind interrupting: gender, nationality and power, and the roles they play
scmp.com

The Unbelievable Story of North Korea’s Most-Celebrated Propagandist
theatlantic.com

Airline employee steals and crashes plane
bbc.com

An Underwater Irish Canyon Is Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere
livescience.com

The uncensored history of the Internet’s drug revolution
kernelmag.dailydot.com

The Man Who Solved Bitcoin’s Most Notorious Heist
wsj.com

Maria Konnikova Shows Her Cards
nytimes.com

Why Gene Editing Is the Next Food Revolution
nationalgeographic.com

Why This Star-Packed Region of Space Is Likely Devoid of Life
gizmodo.com

It’s Easier to Leave the Solar System Than to Reach the Sun
theatlantic.com

The ‘Steely-Eyed Killer’ Who Became a Star on Fox News – Then Lost It All
politico.com

First coronal mass ejection from a star other than the sun observed
phys.org

7 Fake Journalist Names the U.S. Government Used to Spread Propaganda During the 1950s
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

What does a meteor sound like?
astronomy.com

The World’s Fastest Creature Is Not What You Think
gizmodo.com

Do people with a high IQ age more slowly?
digest.bps.org.uk

To Boldly Go: the Hurried Evolution of Star Trek’s Opening Narration
library.ucla.edu

Is nicotine actually bad for you?
theverge.com

Mini antimatter accelerator to open doors to particle physics mysteries
newatlas.com

Language: ‘untranslatable’ words tell us more about English speakers than other cultures
theconversation.com

Today the Parker Solar Probe Is Named for Him. 60 Years Ago, No One Believed His Ideas About the Sun.
nytimes.com

Dude, She’s (Exactly 25 Percent) Out of Your League
theatlantic.com