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Recyclable wonder-fuel promises twice the range and zero emissions at half the price
newatlas.com

The Thai Cave Rescue: Miracle At Tham Luang
gq.com

The Placenta, an Afterthought No Longer
nytimes.com

They thought they’d die trapped in a parking lot. How 150 survivors of California’s deadliest fire made it out alive
latimes.com

Giant tortoise DNA gives hints to cancer resistance and ageing
cosmosmagazine.com

An ATF agent led a ‘double life.’ Then his girlfriend turned up dead.
washingtonpost.com

Why a powerful Alaska earthquake cracked roads but should cause few fatalities
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

Two months after mishap, Russian Soyuz rockets back into space with crew
arstechnica.com

NASA’s Osiris-Rex Arriving at Asteroid Bennu After a Two-Year Journey
nytimes.com

How to Build a Museum in Outer Space
theatlantic.com

‘It’s the real me’: Nigerian president denies dying and being replaced by clone
theguardian.com

Can We Stop Suicides?
nytimes.com

‘Divine punishment’: Ancient ninja oath unveiled in Japan
japantoday.com

Rare dinosaur fossil discovered on internet after disappearing for decades
abc.net.au

Old coal mines can be ‘perfect’ underground food farms
bbc.com

Drilling in the Arctic: Questions for a Polar Bear Expert
nytimes.com

‘Will I have existed?’ The unprecedented plan to move an Arctic city
theguardian.com

10 years ago today a very memorable fellow passed away
damninteresting.com

Photos of the Paris “Yellow Vest” Riots
theatlantic.com

Toothbrush holder in bathroom turns out to be 4,000 year old jar from Indus Valley civilisation
hindustantimes.com

A Lunar Base is Better than the Lunar Gateway
nextbigfuture.com

The Water Carriers
cbc.ca

US agents lured a teen near the White House to sell drugs so George H.W. Bush could make a point
qz.com

The debut of a new ISS AI robot ‘crew member’ went exactly how you’d think
theverge.com

Women Were Banned From Motorsport After Joan Newton Cuneo Demolished the Best Racers of Her Era
jalopnik.com

Ben Franklin’s Other Great Electrical Discovery: Turkey Tenderization
spectrum.ieee.org

Video: A bird’s-eye view of the patch of Mars that NASA’s InSight lander now calls home
livescience.com

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