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2,000-year-old graffiti just rewrote the history on Pompeii
qz.com

Užupis: A tiny republic of free spirits
bbc.com

A Bose-Einstein condensate has been produced in space for the first time
phys.org • (see also)

Astronomers Find a Cosmic Titan in the Early Universe
ucdavis.edu

On this day in 1959 humanity got its first grainy glimpse of the far side of the moon
damninteresting.com

The Bosnians who speak medieval Spanish
bbc.com

Dandelion seeds fly using a method that researchers thought couldn’t work in the real world
nature.com

Seven Square Miles, as Captured on Google Earth
theatlantic.com

How did Easter Islanders survive without wells or streams?
arstechnica.com

Chinese city ‘plans to launch artificial moon to replace streetlights’
theguardian.com

On this day in 1814 a deadly wave of beer crashed through a London parish
damninteresting.com

Pando, the Most Massive Organism on Earth, Is Shrinking
nytimes.com

We Could Solve the Mysteries of Time and Space—If We Had a Particle Accelerator the Size of the Solar System
gizmodo.com

Search for Alien Life Should Be a Fundamental Part of NASA, New Report Urges
scientificamerican.com

Image: Radio waves from the Milky Way reflecting off the surface of the Moon
astro3d.org.au

The Extreme Discomfort of Sharing Salary Information
theatlantic.com

Here’s What a Drone Collision Would Do to an Airplane Wing
popularmechanics.com

A Visit to One of the Most Powerful Lasers on Earth
gizmodo.com

Meet the Endoterrestrials
theatlantic.com

The culprit’s name remains unknown. But he licked a stamp, and now his DNA stands indicted.
washingtonpost.com

Gallery: Some of this year’s best microscopy images
arstechnica.com

The Butterflies That Hear With Their Wings
theatlantic.com

Finland: ‘Silence is gold, talking is silver’
bbc.com

Physicist describes the shape of a wormhole
phys.org

Scientists Discover a Weird Noise Coming From Antarctic Ice Shelf
earther.gizmodo.com

Man Dies from Extremely Rare Disease After Eating Squirrel Brains
livescience.com

Why George Aldrich’s nose is so important to Nasa’s success
chemistryworld.com

A short history of spacetime from Euclid to LIGO
cosmosmagazine.com

NASA Wants to Send Humans to Venus, to Live in Airships Floating on Clouds
livescience.com

How scientists are fighting infection-causing biofilms
theconversation.com

The FBI of the National Park Service
outsideonline.com

‘Broadband’ Networks of Viruses May Help Bacteria Evolve Faster
quantamagazine.org

On this day in 1964 China detonated its first atomic bomb
damninteresting.com

A Century Ago, Wood-Eating Worms Devastated San Francisco Bay
atlasobscura.com

Sears’s ‘radical’ past: How mail-order catalogues subverted the racial hierarchy of Jim Crow
washingtonpost.com

Our Solar System Is Even Stranger Than We Thought
blogs.scientificamerican.com

The Japanese Man Who Saved 6,000 Jews With His Handwriting
nytimes.com

Can Trauma Be Inherited Between Generations?
theatlantic.com

Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property?
newyorker.com

Why Diving Tectonic Plates Get Stuck 400 Miles beneath Earth’s Surface
scientificamerican.com

The Night Watch: Rembrandt painting to be restored under world’s gaze
theguardian.com

The Dawn of Television Promised Diversity. Here’s Why We Got “Leave It to Beaver”

How Exercise Might “Clean” the Alzheimer’s Brain
scientificamerican.com

What Happens When Humans Fall In Love With An Invasive Species
fivethirtyeight.com

Coffee Rust Threatens Latin American Crop; 150 Years Ago, It Wiped Out An Empire
npr.org

Giant planets around young star raise questions about how planets form
phys.org

NASA’s Flagship X-Ray Telescope Back Online After Last Week’s Safe Mode
gizmodo.com

The Employer Surveillance State
theatlantic.com

Neanderthals Suffered a Lot of Traumatic Injuries. So How Did They Live So Long?
theatlantic.com

‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss
washingtonpost.com

On mana: why we bestow certain objects with unearthly powers
aeon.co

Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars?
nautil.us

A Naturalist With a Checkered Past Rediscovered a Long-lost Parrot…Then Things Got Interesting
audubon.org

Trees and plants reached ‘peak carbon’ 10 years ago
cosmosmagazine.com

How an Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations
nytimes.com

Male Gorillas Love Hanging Around With Infants
theatlantic.com

10 stomachs, 32 brains and 18 testicles – a day inside the UK’s only leech farm
theguardian.com

The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
theguardian.com

Sensational find of Viking ships and Viking village in Halden, Norway (machine translated)
navva.org

Sears, the Original Everything Store, Nears a Bankruptcy Filing
nytimes.com