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Strange waves rippled around the world, and nobody knows why
nationalgeographic.com

New interactive death map breathes life into medieval London
theguardian.com

Inside the death zone with the nuclear clean-up robots
bbc.com

Where does this strange empire start or stop?
nytimes.com

The Search for Alien Life Begins in Earth’s Oldest Desert
theatlantic.com

Editing Babies? We Need to Learn a Lot More First
nytimes.com

These ants decorate their homes with the heads of their enemies
nationalgeographic.com

In Lion Air Crash, Black Box Data Reveals Pilots’ Struggle to Regain Control
nytimes.com

Video: What Number Comes Next?
youtube.com

‘My Mother Taught Me To Kill’
narratively.com

The Small Island Where 500 People Speak Nine Different Languages
theatlantic.com

Houston, We Have a Resurrection: How Mission Control Came Back From the Brink
popularmechanics.com

Halifax Gibbet: The Infamous Forerunner to The Guillotine
amusingplanet.com

The Dawn of Interplanetary Geology
theatlantic.com

The Massachusetts city that sold time to the world
bbc.com

Could Neanderthals Speak? The Ongoing Debate Over Neanderthal Language
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Gallery: People Getting Stabbed In Medieval Art Who Just Don’t Give a Damn
sadanduseless.com

Facial Recognition Software Is Helping Identify Unknown Figures in Civil War Photographs
smithsonianmag.com

Video: First-time hang glider hangs on for dear life after realizing his harness is not attached
gizmodo.com

The Insect Apocalypse Is Here
nytimes.com

‘Siberian unicorn’ walked Earth with humans
bbc.com

First image from NASA’s Mars InSight after the lens dust cover has been removed
twitter.com

Streaming now: Mission Control Live: NASA InSight Mars Landing
youtube.com

Natural gas firms have a proposal to convert home heating to hydrogen
arstechnica.com

Can Police Retaliate Against Loudmouths?
theatlantic.com

What War of the Worlds did
aeon.co

Brain implant lets paralyzed people turn thoughts into text
engadget.com

Scientists Wrote an Equation to Find the Funniest Word in English. The Results Will Make You Fart.
livescience.com • (see also)

This Is the Way the Paper Crumples
nytimes.com

Sick ants stay away from the kids
arstechnica.com

We have food safety laws thanks to 19th century “poison squad”
arstechnica.com

NASA’s Mars InSight Landing: Back to the Red Planet Once Again
nytimes.com

The Three Most Chilling Conclusions From the Climate Report
theatlantic.com

As deadly flames approached, a mother called her daughters to say goodbye
latimes.com

‘Alexa, who did it?’ What happens when a judge in a murder trial wants data from a smart home speaker
cbc.ca

Genome-edited baby claim provokes international outcry
nature.com

Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
apod.nasa.gov

Video: End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity
youtube.com

Woman who inherited fatal illness to sue doctors in groundbreaking case
theguardian.com

The Lies George Washington Told
theatlantic.com

The Bacteria Lurking in American Showerheads
theatlantic.com

Gallery: How an eerie abandoned US base near North Korea turned into an art haven
bbc.com

Every 7.8μs your computer’s memory has a hiccup
blog.cloudflare.com

On this day in 1703 “The Great Storm” threatened an important piece of experimental architecture
damninteresting.com

Researchers Created Fake ‘Master’ Fingerprints to Unlock Smartphones
motherboard.vice.com

Here’s How to Watch the Insight Landing on Mars on Monday
livescience.com

Mummified woman dating back 3,000 years unveiled in Egypt
theguardian.com

Meet Denny, the ancient mixed-heritage mystery girl
theguardian.com

An Ingenious Data Hack Is More Dangerous Than Anyone Feared
wired.com

Why Hotel Rooms Can Trigger Your Existential Dread
thedailybeast.com

What an unprecedented study found about 3D printing’s dangers
fastcompany.com

Scientists Build Underwater Jumping Robot
popularmechanics.com

The Doctor Who theme and beyond: female pioneers of electronic music
nature.com

‘I thought – who will remember me?’: the man who fathered 200 children
theguardian.com

A Man’s Last Letter Before Being Killed on a Forbidden Island
nytimes.com

How the World Learned About the Pentagon’s Sky-High Nuclear Testing
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Sweden’s Push to Get Rid of Cash Has Some Saying, ‘Not So Fast’
nytimes.com

Russia space agency chief: We’ll verify US moon landings
abcnews.go.com

Reconstructed 1,300-year-old gold-and-silver Anglo-Saxon helmets now on display
staffordshirehoard.org.uk

Climate change is “an immediate threat, not a far-off possibility,” according to official US federal report
npr.org