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Newly declassified documents show why the Americans and the Soviets came so close to war in 1973
nytimes.com

“My-side bias” makes it difficult for us to see the logic in arguments we disagree with
digest.bps.org.uk

Something Eerie Happens to The Bees During a Total Solar Eclipse
sciencealert.com

US scientists have laid out a plan to search for life in the universe
qz.com

Why We’re Stuck With An Inadequate Hurricane Rating System
fivethirtyeight.com

Russian Whistleblower Assassinated After Uncovering $200 Billion Dirty-Money Scandal
thedailybeast.com

Proof of life: how would we recognise an alien if we saw one?
aeon.co

1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion
smithsonianmag.com

Plants Can’t Talk. But Some Fruits Say ‘Eat Me’ to Animals.
nytimes.com

How to Understand the UN’s Dire New Climate Report
theatlantic.com

Dutch museums discover 170 artworks stolen by Nazis
theguardian.com

This new food museum expects to upset your stomach — and then make you think about why
washingtonpost.com

To Heil, or Not To Heil, When Traveling in the Third Reich
longreads.com

Lost Chain of Underwater Volcanoes Is a Massive Whale Superhighway
livescience.com

Calvin Klein fragrance could be used to lure killer tiger
theguardian.com

Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome
theconversation.com

Extreme heat of Vesuvius eruption vaporized body fluids, exploded skulls
arstechnica.com

How Americans Described Evil Before Hitler
theatlantic.com

Salmon Farmers Are Scanning Fish Faces to Fight Killer Lice
bloomberg.com

New study looks at the factors behind the extremely high mortality of the 1918 flu pandemic and how to prepare for future pandemics
eurekalert.org

Scientists present new clues to cut through the mystery of Titan’s atmospheric haze
phys.org

French police officer caught selling confidential police data on the dark web
zdnet.com

A Warning From Europe: The Worst Is Yet to Come
theatlantic.com

Secret Life of a Psych Ward Security Guard
narratively.com

Should You Stop Exercising During Wildfire Season?
outsideonline.com

Future spacecraft landing on Jupiter’s moon Europa may have to navigate jagged blades of ice
theverge.com

Sleep: how much do we really need?
theguardian.com

Protesters battle police in a fight for an ancient forest
nationalgeographic.com

Gene editing in human embryos takes step closer to reality
theguardian.com

When Is a Nova Not a ‘Nova’? When a White Dwarf and a Brown Dwarf Collide
public.nrao.edu

How Do You Find an Alien Ocean? Margaret Kivelson Figured It Out.
nytimes.com

One of the deadliest fires in human history occurred on this day in 1871
damninteresting.com

French doctors fail to solve mystery of babies with missing limbs
theguardian.com

Hubble Space Telescope Is In Safe Mode After Gyro Failure
nasawatch.com

Andy Warhol Said He Came From ‘Nowhere.’ This Is It.
nytimes.com

Astronomers Are Getting Excited Over Ghostly Traces of a Massive Cosmic Explosion
sciencealert.com

Wind-powered ships are making a comeback
amp.economist.com

On this day in 1957, workers at Windscale accidentally set their nuclear reactor on fire
damninteresting.com

Fitbit data used to charge 90-year-old man in gruesome hacking murder case
arstechnica.com

The woman who fought for the right to be a prostitute
bbc.com

300-year-old bridge in northwestern Turkey stolen, locals suspect
dailysabah.com

Chernobyl begins new life as solar power park
phys.org

Caledonia’s lost forest to be restored to glory in £23m rewilding
theguardian.com

Mushrooms could help save the world’s bees
tuscaloosanews.com

On this day in 1959, a secret Canadian flying saucer was sent to NASA for testing
damninteresting.com

There’s a Sociological Explanation for Why People Rush in to Help Communities Struck By Disaster
psmag.com

In the dilapidated cemeteries of Paris, a grave is only for the rich
theguardian.com

‘The worst kind of pain you can imagine’ – what it’s like to be stung by a stinging tree
theconversation.com

An Ancient Ant-Bacteria Partnership to Protect Fungus
nytimes.com

The Great French Mustache Strike of 1907
atlasobscura.com

A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal
propublica.org

Will Pluto Be the Last Habitable World?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Amputations and Lacerations: Your Front Lawn Is a Jungle
nytimes.com

Time-lapse shows how 337 dead whales can reshape a landscape
nationalgeographic.com

Want to live forever? Flush out your zombie cells
theguardian.com

The Nazi Downstairs: A Jewish Woman’s Tale of Hiding in Her Home
nytimes.com

Cameroon on Brink of Civil War as English Speakers Recount ‘Unbearable’ Horrors
nytimes.com

NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space
jpl.nasa.gov

Banksy artwork shreds itself after £1m sale at Sotheby’s
bbc.com

Secret identity of 150-year-old body found in NYC revealed
nypost.com