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‘I woke up unable to speak English’
bbc.com

The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve?
theguardian.com

Italy’s Oldest Instrument Hints at Sounds of Prehistoric Rome
nytimes.com

The Life and Death of a Mexican Hitman
crisisgroup.org

The Sordid Truth behind Degas’s Ballet Dancers
artsy.net

The CIA Gave U-2 Pilots a Special Diet So They Wouldn’t Have To Poop
popularmechanics.com

How Madame Tussaud built her house of wax
nationalgeographic.com

The Oldest True Stories in the World
sapiens.org

The Trillion Planet Survey is looking for alien laser beams
astronomy.com

Jurassic-era piranha is world’s earliest flesh-eating fish
bbc.com

How Manhattan Became a Rich Ghost Town
theatlantic.com

When Will We Find Planet Nine?
space.com

Before nerves, there were peptides
cosmosmagazine.com

Why India wants to turn its beaches into nuclear fuel
bbc.com

Researchers Explore a Cancer Paradox
nytimes.com

Da Vinci’s possible vision disorder may have influenced his art
arstechnica.com

Enzyme to help smokers quit by eliminating nicotine in the blood before it reaches the brain
newatlas.com

Cuttlefish wear their thoughts on their skin
nature.com

Pete Forde was a good landlord and a great friend, or so his tenants thought
torontolife.com

All Systems Go for Second-ever Mission to Enter Mercury’s Orbit
scientificamerican.com

On this matriarchal European island, ancient customs thrive
nationalgeographic.com

MOFs could be as important to the 21st century as plastics were to the 20th
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Birds engage in all types of sleep in flight, but in remarkably small amounts
maxplanck.nautil.us

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