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Your sense of smell controls what you spend and who you love
qz.com

Beetle Trapped in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was an Early Pollinator
gizmodo.com

This Scientist Is Unlocking the Mysteries of Cheese
nationalgeographic.com

The Great Chinese Art Heist
gq.com

Gallery: A Visit to Tuvalu, Surrounded by the Rising Pacific
theatlantic.com

Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents
foreignpolicy.com

What are rare earths, crucial elements in modern technology? 4 questions answered
theconversation.com

Robot cars start delivering groceries in Arizona
theverge.com

The Book of Kings: The book that defines Iranians
bbc.com

What Brought Down the Bridge in Italy?
theatlantic.com

Research: To Get People to Embrace Change, Emphasize What Will Stay the Same
hbr.org

China says it will launch 2 robots to the far side of the moon in December on an unprecedented lunar exploration mission
businessinsider.com

Ancient Egyptian mummification ‘recipe’ revealed
bbc.co.uk

Image: What some of our neighboring planets look like in full daylight
spaceweathergallery.com

How a Transplanted Face Transformed a Young Woman’s Life
nationalgeographic.com

Scientists discover completely new form of carbon after decades of searching
independent.co.uk

Effects of psychedelic DMT ‘similar to near-death experiences’
bbc.com

Iron and Titanium Found on ‘Ultrahot Jupiter,’ an Exoplanet First
space.com

How Crete changed the course of World War Two
bbc.com

The Deadly Waterfall in the Instagram Age
nytimes.com

California v nutria: state seeks to eradicate scourge of giant rodents
theguardian.com

The Super Bowl of Beekeeping
nytimes.com

From Death Traps to Disneyland: The 600-Year History of the Roller Coaster
popularmechanics.com

Duke Team Finds Missing Immune Cells That Could Fight Lethal Brain Tumors
corporate.dukehealth.org

On this day in 1977 SETI received the still-unexplained “Wow!” signal
damninteresting.com

Florida’s Gulf Coast Battles Deadly And Smelly Red Tide
npr.org

America’s hottest export? Sperm
theguardian.com

Reddit sleuth identifies car part leading to hit-and-run arrest
bbc.com

In Science, And In Life, ‘Once A Failure’ Does Not Mean ‘Always A Failure’
medium.com

Video playlist: Hundreds of recently digitized/declassified films of U.S. atomic tests
youtube.com

A French Theme Park Taught Crows To Pick Up Trash
smithsonianmag.com

These 3D X-rays are spectacular and really gross
theverge.com

‘Dormant’ California Supervolcano Packed With 240 Cubic Miles of Magma
gizmodo.com

Cancer Rarely Strikes Elephants. New Clues Suggest Why.
nationalgeographic.com

An inversion of nature: how air conditioning created the modern city
theguardian.com

Tiny Worms Survive Forces 400,000 Times Stronger Than Gravity on Earth
scientificamerican.com

What’s It Like to Have a New Face? Transplant Recipients Tell Us.
nationalgeographic.com

Wake Up, Opportunity! Engineers Have an Awesome Playlist for NASA’s Sleeping Mars Rover
space.com

Scientists uncover secret behind beautiful glowing Bermuda fireworms
cbc.ca

Electric flight is coming, but the batteries aren’t ready
theverge.com

Is Gravity Quantum?
scientificamerican.com

What would it take to become a trillionaire?
bbc.com

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