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Are men really hard-wired to desire younger women?
theoutline.com

What It Took to Find and Photograph the Helmeted Hornbill
nationalgeographic.com

Why Your Brain Can’t Let Go of a Grudge
gizmodo.com

Growth Cocktail Helps Restore Spinal Connections in the Most Severe Injuries
scientificamerican.com

A new generation of sea star-murdering robots is set to deploy
hakaimagazine.com

In Paligenosis, Adult Cells Turn Fetal to Heal Wounds
quantamagazine.org

My Mom, the Missile Computress
nautil.us

Black Holes Reignite Dead Stars and Turn Them Into Zombies
popularmechanics.com

Lost in the Storm
nytimes.com

Small Air Leak Detected on International Space Station
space.com

Ancient ‘Monster Galaxy’ Is Forming Stars a Thousand Times Faster Than the Milky Way
gizmodo.com

10 Still-Unsolved Mysteries From Unsolved Mysteries
mentalfloss.com

What Will Happen When Earth’s Plate Tectonics Stop
nationalgeographic.com

What it’s really like to hear for the first time after growing up totally deaf
medium.com

Occupation board game found in Jersey attic pokes fun at Nazis
theguardian.com

She Helped Crack the Golden State Killer Case. Here’s What She’s Going to Do Next.
nytimes.com

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has spotted its next target from 100 million miles away
space.com

The Humor Effect: How Laughing Helps You Remember
effectiviology.com

How a nuclear stalemate left radioactive waste stranded on a California beach
theverge.com

Viking History: Facts & Myths
livescience.com

September 1888: George Eastman Patents His Kodak Camera
spectrum.ieee.org

Tiny Tunnels Previously Unknown to Scientists Found Between the Skull and Brain
gizmodo.com

The Secret London Exhibition for Spies’ Eyes Only
atlasobscura.com

New Tarantula Species Found at Record-Breaking Heights
nationalgeographic.com

The village where men and women speak different languages
bbc.co.uk

Why Was Jupiter’s Rapid Growth Spurt Delayed for Millions of Years?
scientificamerican.com

Why Are Puffins Vanishing? The Hunt for Clues Goes Deep (Into Their Burrows)
nytimes.com

The Patients Who Don’t Want to Be Cured
theatlantic.com

How Isotope Hunters Are Using Isotope Fingerprints to Solve Criminal Forensic Cases
analyteguru.com

United States woefully unprepared for nuclear strike, say scientists
nature.com

The ‘Poison Squad’ That Shook America’s Faith in Preservatives
theatlantic.com

Why write original scripts, when adapted ones earn more?
economist.com

The Atlantic’s just-released list of ~100 “fantastic” nonfiction articles from 2017 that will stand the test of time (including one of ours!)
theatlantic.com

To Understand Volcanoes on Other Worlds, Stand On Our Own
quantamagazine.org

The Gulf of Mexico is Full of Unexploded Bombs and Mustard Gas
popularmechanics.com

In the Hate of Dixie
bittersoutherner.com

Longevity is now our reality. Are we ready for it?
thewalrus.ca

The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages
newyorker.com

How Google Earth led a team of scientists to discover an untouched mountaintop rainforest
theverge.com

The Story of the American Inventor Denied a Patent Because He Was a Slave
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

Rare Fossils-Inside-Fossils Show Prehistoric Parasites [autoplay video]
nationalgeographic.com • More

We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage
buzzfeednews.com

How to be human: the man who was raised by wolves
theguardian.com

These Cultural Treasures Are Made of Plastic. Now They’re Falling Apart.
nytimes.com

Long-sought decay of Higgs boson observed
phys.org

A growing body of evidence suggests animals are aware of death and sometimes mourn for or ritualize their dead
smithsonianmag.com

85 Miles of Atlantic Coral Reef Stayed Hidden Until Now
livescience.com

Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals
theguardian.com

Naked Mole Rat Queens Control Their Subjects By Having Them Eat Poop
theatlantic.com

Scientists Find a Strange New Cell in Human Brains: The ‘Rosehip Neuron’
livescience.com

The Nuclear Power Plant of the Future May Be Floating Near Russia
nytimes.com

They Were America’s First Female Soldiers. Now They’re Getting The Recognition They Deserve
taskandpurpose.com

Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
nytimes.com

China Built the World’s Largest Telescope. Then Came the Tourists
wired.com

A New Trick to Keep Barnacles From Sticking to Ships
nytimes.com

On this day in 1896, war broke out in Zanzibar. The war did not last long.
damninteresting.com

The A to Z of paper authorship
natureindex.com

How Neutron-Star Crashes Could Help Aliens Call Us
livescience.com

Why the Mediterranean will eventually disappear
economist.com

In Psychology And Other Social Sciences, Many Studies Fail The Reproducibility Test
npr.org