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What Is an “Almost Prime” Number?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

An astronaut explains why you can’t burp in space
qz.com

Meet the Serial-Killer Whisperer
medium.com

College Athlete Dies of Rare Bacterial Illness Called ‘Forgotten Disease’
livescience.com

Who was Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?
nationalgeographic.com

The Incredible Shrinking Planet
theatlantic.com

How a Tiny Flightless Bird Ended Up on an Island in the Middle of the Ocean
gizmodo.com

The Man Who Turns Back New York City’s Clocks, Hand by Hand
nytimes.com

1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scientific Fraud
acsh.org

SpaceX’s ‘Starman’ and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars
space.com

A new measurement bolsters the case for a (slightly) smaller proton
sciencenews.org

How to Encode a Secret Message in a Fingerprint
spectrum.ieee.org

Can Science Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life?
thewalrus.ca

30 years ago, the world’s first cyberattack set the stage for modern cybersecurity challenges
theconversation.com

Why do we have daylight saving time? 100 years of history
news.nationalgeographic.com

The Galactic Collision That Reshaped Our Milky Way
scientificamerican.com

Japanese island disappears, without anyone noticing
theguardian.com • (see also)

An Unfinished Orson Welles Film Finally Gets a Debut
theatlantic.com

The CIA’s communications suffered a catastrophic compromise. It started in Iran.
yahoo.com

Slightly heavier than a toothpick, the first wireless insect-size robot takes flight
cnbc.com

How Aladdin’s story was forged in Aleppo and Versailles
theguardian.com

NASA Has a Wild Idea to Send 1 Probe to 7 Different Asteroids and It Could Launch In 2021
space.com

A journey to a Moroccan village frozen in time
bbc.com

Livestream: The naked mole-rat cam from Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
nationalzoo.si.edu • (see also)

Watch a Famous Supernova Change Over 25 Years
gizmodo.com

The Violent Deaths of Giant Blue Stars May Spawn Exotic Matter
space.com

NASA’s Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End
jpl.nasa.gov

How to Turbocharge the Flu Shot
nytimes.com

Father of Web says tech giants may have to be split up
reuters.com

Image sequence: Hayabusa2 Ascends from Asteroid Ryugu
apod.nasa.gov

Jurassic Park for Perfume: Ginkgo Bioworks Reconstructs Scents From Extinct Plants
spectrum.ieee.org

Hubble’s Law no more
cosmosmagazine.com

As Insect Populations Decline, Scientists Are Trying to Understand Why
scientificamerican.com

Dramatic footage of Soyuz accident shows rocket booster collision
arstechnica.com

The Storm. The Mountain. Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare.
outsideonline.com

The Pangolin Poacher
hakaimagazine.com

What 52,000 Percent Inflation Can Do to a Country
nytimes.com

Why 30 Britons joined the Waco cult
bbc.com

Study: LSD changes the communication patterns between regions of the brain
media.uzh.ch

My Grandfather Thought He Solved a Cosmic Mystery
theatlantic.com

NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope Is Done. What Will Happen to It?
space.com

Surprise find: Neanderthals show evidence of lead contamination
cosmosmagazine.com

Man’s Bloody Tears Were Caused by This Rare Condition
livescience.com

Canada’s last witch trials: Women accused of fake witchcraft
bbc.com

The Masterless People: Pirates, Maroons, and the Struggle to Live Free
longreads.com

When #MeToo Came to Ancient Rome
narratively.com

The Time Bandits of Southern California
gq.com

Doctors Retrieve Spoon from Man’s Esophagus — A Year After He Swallowed It
livescience.com

Study: Removal of the appendix is associated with a decreased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease
cosmosmagazine.com

India prompts protests with unveiling of world’s biggest statue
theguardian.com

Video: The Woman in the Iron Coffin [55:11]
pbs.org

How to Not Become a Zombie, Using Martial Arts
theatlantic.com

Most detailed observations of material orbiting close to a black hole
phys.org

Giant flightless birds were nocturnal and possibly blind
phys.org

Just How Fast Is the Parker Solar Probe? Astonishingly Fast
wired.com

Russian official says Soyuz rocket failure caused by an errant sensor
arstechnica.com

Has new ghost particle manifested at Large Hadron Collider?
theguardian.com

A Florida woman disappeared, but she never left home
tampabay.com

A Vault of Glass and the Deepest Volcanic Eruption Ever Detected
nytimes.com

Telescope Drama Could Thwart the Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life
gizmodo.com