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Genetically Modified People Are Walking Among Us
nytimes.com

The Bootleg Video Vans of the Soviet Union
theatlantic.com

More than 40 percent of world coal plants are unprofitable: report
reuters.com

How one man’s quest to spread Christmas cheer led to a miserable four-year war with his neighborhood
inlander.com

A whole nother story
morph.surrey.ac.uk

If you’re single with cancer, you may get less aggressive treatment than a married person
washingtonpost.com

Monarch butterfly populations in the west are down an order of magnitude from last year
qz.com

Tiny kicks and punches in the womb help babies understand their new bodies
newatlas.com

Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs?
sapiens.org

The Fallacy of the ‘I Turned Out Fine’ Argument
nytimes.com

Spinning Grains of Cosmic Dust Could Explain Weird Signals at the North Pole
space.com

Yes, the Octopus Is Smart as Heck. But Why?
nytimes.com

Project Troy: How Scientists Helped Refine Cold War Psychological Warfare
theatlantic.com

Study witnesses first moments of star dying in finest detail
phys.org

A Missouri murder that tore families and a community apart
magazine.atavist.com

The Terrible Occult Detectives of the Victorian Era
tor.com

Curiosity Rover Just Spotted This Super-Shiny Object on Mars
gizmodo.com

Mathematical Simplicity May Drive Evolution’s Speed
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Space Junk Could Provide a Perfect Hiding Spot for Tiny Spy Satellites
popularmechanics.com

Scientists Improve Mood By Stimulating A Brain Area Above The Eyes
npr.org • (see also)

Tarpeian Rock: The Cliff Romans Threw Their Traitors From
amusingplanet.com

Haunting, 9,000-Year-Old Stone Mask Discovered in a Field in the West Bank
livescience.com

Why space weather is being made in the lab
nationalgeographic.com

Archaeologists map centuries of history beneath world’s oldest cathedral
arstechnica.com

Astronomers measure total starlight emitted over 13.7bn years
theguardian.com

Earliest evidence for humans on the ‘roof of the world’ found
nationalgeographic.com

Clever Hans 2.0
onmedica.com • (see also)

The underground cathedral protecting Tokyo from floods
bbc.com

Gallery: The Pontoon Bridges That Carry Millions at Kumbh Mela
theatlantic.com

The Widely-Spoken Languages We Still Can’t Translate Online
wired.com

Scientists Just Rescued One of the Last Sumatran Rhinos to Save the Entire Species
earther.gizmodo.com

Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo
theguardian.com

What Happened When A White Cop Decided Not to Shoot a Black Man
features.propublica.org

Antarctic Island Exploded 4,000 Years Ago
livescience.com

NASA’s Return to the Moon to Start With Private Companies’ Spacecraft
nytimes.com

One of only two known photos of Vincent van Gogh is actually his brother
rte.ie

There’s a Spider That Makes Milk
theatlantic.com

Chaos Makes the Multiverse Unnecessary
nautil.us

MSG is not bad for you, no matter what you’ve heard
qz.com

Scientists in the U.S. and Japan Get Serious About Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions
spectrum.ieee.org

Can Venus Teach Us to Take Climate Change Seriously?
space.com

Early humans hooked up with other species a whole bunch
popsci.com

What happens to your life after you accidentally kill someone?
theguardian.com

How Tear Gas Works: A Rundown of the Chemicals Used on Crowds
scientificamerican.com

Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? – in pictures
theguardian.com

Bose Einstein condensate may reveal supersolid’s secrets
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Beavers are engineering a new Alaskan tundra
sciencenews.org

A billionaire’s plan to search for life on Enceladus
earthsky.org

The $100 Million Bot Heist
nautil.us

Photosynthesis Makes a Sound
hakaimagazine.com

Video: The Deadly Logistics of Climbing Everest
youtube.com

A glimpse into the heart of a quasar
nature.com

Scientists Build Atomic Clocks Accurate Enough to Measure Changes in Spacetime Itself
gizmodo.com

Revealed: why humans don’t have hairy palms
cosmosmagazine.com

Murder on a Mountain Bike
outsideonline.com

Old Lunar Data Gets New Life, With Help From Seismologists
spectrum.ieee.org

Awesome ears: The weird world of insect hearing
knowablemagazine.org

Can a physics of panic explain the motions of the crowd?
aeon.co

Knickers the cow: why Australia’s giant steer is so fascinating
theguardian.com

Why Is NASA Looking for ‘Marsquakes’?
space.com