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The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture
newyorker.com

A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U.S. history
washingtonpost.com

Sons born to US Civil War POWs were more likely to die young
arstechnica.com

Most of ‘Luzia,’ a 12,000-Year-Old Fossil, Is Recovered After Brazil Museum Fire
nytimes.com

The bones that could shape Antarctica’s fate
bbc.com

Joachim Ronneberg: Norwegian who thwarted Nazi nuclear plan dies
bbc.com • (see also)

Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair, thesis for sale
phys.org

California’s Underwater Forests Are Being Eaten by the ‘Cockroaches of the Ocean’
nytimes.com

Report: Hurricane Michael’s Storm Surge Dredged Up 119-Year-Old Vessels Wrecked By Carrabelle Hurricane
earther.gizmodo.com

The billionaires fuelling a space race
bbc.com

How an abduction by the mysterious Freemasons led to a third political party in the U.S.
thestar.com

Historic water crisis threatens 600 million people in India
nationalgeographic.com

Earth Science in Our Lives: photography competition winners 2018 – in pictures
theguardian.com

23 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better
vox.com

Allergies: the scourge of modern life?
theguardian.com

Cities Are Turning Snails Yellow
theatlantic.com

The City That Had Too Much Money
bloomberg.com

Why isn’t This Man a Hero?
zeit.de

‘Headless chicken monster’: deep-sea cucumber seen in Southern Ocean for first time
theguardian.com

A new way to measure nearly nothing: Ultracold trapped atoms to measure pressure
phys.org

How Agatha Christie’s wartime nursing role gave her a lifelong taste for poison
theguardian.com

The dating game: When food goes bad
knowablemagazine.org

A NASA photograph revealed an extremely weird-looking iceberg. A NASA scientist explained why.
livescience.com

The Secret to Dinosaur Hip Shape
blogs.scientificamerican.com

The Universe Is Always Looking
theatlantic.com

A neuroscientist who lost her mind says it can happen to anyone
qz.com

Yes, Flat-Earthers Really Do Exist
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Collapse of ancient city’s water system may have led to its demise
arstechnica.com

Inside the windowless bunker where Disney stores its ‘secret weapon’
theguardian.com

Top 10 finalists of the 2018 Illusion of the Year contest
illusionoftheyear.com

Quantum computers will break the encryption that protects the internet
economist.com

If Printed Dictionaries Are History, What Will Children Sit on to Reach the Table?
neh.gov

BepiColombo’s Path: Why Does It Take So Long to Get to Mercury?
space.com

20 years ago today the last major manufacturer of lotus shoes discontinued their production
damninteresting.com

Newly Detected Vibrations Show Earth’s Inner Core Is Solid
gizmodo.com

Chinese Mountain Cat
birdingbeijing.com

Exotic Matter Made in Space Could Boost the Hunt for Gravitational Waves
scientificamerican.com

‘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