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Luminous blue variables erupt in stellar geysers
cosmosmagazine.com

Cost of lifesaving heroin withdrawal drug soars by 700%
theguardian.com

What would it take to build a tower as high as outer space?
aeon.co

More Evidence That Nutrition Studies Don’t Always Add Up
nytimes.com

This NASA rocket plane launched the space age, and got left behind
cnet.com

How the West Was Lost
theatlantic.com

The two Koreas will start clearing mines from the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on October 1
koreatimes.co.kr

Selective breeding has made the fruit we eat so full of sugar, Melbourne Zoo has had to wean its animals off it
theage.com.au

‘I miss him so much’: why did a devoted wife kill the man she loved?
theguardian.com

How BBC journalists harnessed open source data to hunt down the truth behind terrifying video
cbc.ca

The Most Important Least-Noticed Economic Event of the Decade
nytimes.com

The ‘real you’ is a myth – we constantly create false memories to achieve the identity we want
theconversation.com

100 years ago today America’s WW1 “Ace of Aces” died behind enemy lines
damninteresting.com

Redesign dating apps to lessen racial bias, study recommends
news.cornell.edu

On this day in 1957 a little-known nuclear disaster occurred in the southern Ural mountains of Russia
damninteresting.com

Shipping giants look lustily at the warming Arctic
grist.org

When the Singer Sewing Machine Company Built the Best .45 Pistol Ever Made
popularmechanics.com

So is it nature not nurture after all?
theguardian.com

How Wet Clothes Become Translucent
nytimes.com

CERN Scientists Say The LHC Has Confirmed Two New Particles, And Possibly Discovered a Third
sciencealert.com

Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon. To These Boys, He Was Just Dad.
nytimes.com

How Quantum Memory Could Change Computing
gizmodo.com

Gut bacteria’s shocking secret: They produce electricity
news.berkeley.edu

Powerful jets found shooting from incredibly magnetic neutron star
astronomy.com

Mountain Goats Are Being Airlifted Out of a National Park Because They Crave Human Pee
popularmechanics.com

Ancient Comics Line This Roman-Era Tomb in Jordan
smithsonianmag.com

A Letter From Winston Churchill’s Disappointed Mother
theatlantic.com

The Eternal Life of the Instant Noodle
bbc.co.uk

Want to Find Alien Life? Look at Older, Hotter Earths.
nationalgeographic.com

If We Called Ourselves Yellow
npr.org

The True Story of the Russian Kursk Submarine Disaster
popularmechanics.com

Recent Research Sheds New Light on Why Nicotine Is So Addictive
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Beach sand ripples can be fingerprints for ancient weather conditions
news.mit.edu

Bracing for the Vanilla Boom
sapiens.org

Award-Winning Microscopic Video of Growing Zebrafish Embryos Is Mesmerizing
gizmodo.com

Darpa Goes Underground for Its Most Daring Robot Extravaganza Yet
wired.com

Congratulations. Your Study Went Nowhere.
nytimes.com

Photo: Reader Jo Britt’s tattoo based (partially) on our art from ‘Night Takes Rook’. Tattoo artist Melanie Kelley at Melski’s Physical Graffiti in Logansport, IN
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Hidden Pyramid Among Thousands of Ancient Maya Structures Revealed by New Aerial Survey
gizmodo.com

Virophages – are they our friends or our foes?
thebiochemistblog.com

Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)
publicdomainreview.org

Archaeologists Discover ‘Huge’ Ancient Building In Egypt
npr.org

The Militant Miners Who Exposed the Horrors of Black Lung
daily.jstor.org

In the battle of cats vs. rats, the rats are winning
phys.org

Why do so many corpses found in Europe’s peat bogs show signs of violent death?
nautil.us

African Penguins Get a Little Help from Pretend Friends
hakaimagazine.com

My career as an international blood smuggler
theguardian.com

These Moths Drink the Tears of Sleeping Birds
nationalgeographic.com

A cache of letters sheds light on the final days of a Nazi holed up in Italy after World War II
theatlantic.com

Commercial companies are proposing lunar missions at a pace the world hasn’t seen since the Apollo program.
theatlantic.com

There Were 1 Billion Monarch Butterflies. Now There Are 93 Million.
esquire.com

People can die from giving up the fight
medicalxpress.com

Hayabusa 2 rovers send new images from Ryugu surface
bbc.com

This Super-Strong Magnet Literally Blew the Doors Off a Tokyo Laboratory
space.com

Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs
gizmodo.com

After century of removing appendixes, docs find antibiotics can be enough
arstechnica.com

How A Cartel-Linked Murder Rocked A Wealthy Dallas Suburb
texasmonthly.com

The forensic pathologist who got PTSD: ‘Cutting up 23,000 dead bodies is not normal’
theguardian.com

Why Your Vacuum Clogs But a Manta Ray Doesn’t
theatlantic.com

Video: Amazingly high quality footage of New York City from 1993 to demo a short-lived HD VHS format
youtube.com