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Here’s Our First Look at the Sun’s North Pole
popularmechanics.com

Why Eric Larsen Is Skiing to the South Pole Alone
outsideonline.com

Rare World War II maps reveal Japan’s Pearl Harbor strategy
nationalgeographic.com

Polonium: A Rare and Highly Volatile Radioactive Element
livescience.com

On this day in 1941 a Japanese fighter pilot was shot down over the Hawaiian island of Niihau, sparking an incident
damninteresting.com

The World’s First Space Telescope
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Chinese spacecraft to attempt first landing on far side of the moon
theguardian.com

Humans Made Drones by Copying Birds. Birds Are Fighting Back.
theatlantic.com

The rocket tower being built in tropical jungle
bbc.com

Too Much UV Light Could Turn Gas Planets Into Sad Rocky Cores
gizmodo.com

Spooky Apollo: Apollo 8 and the CIA
thespacereview.com

The boy left behind in Nazi Vienna
bbc.co.uk

Two images of the miners’ strike, an instant apart: so which is the classic?
theguardian.com

How a Huge Blood Clot Took the Shape of a Lung Passage
theatlantic.com

Why Black Hole Interiors Grow Forever
quantamagazine.org

How the Islamic State group destroyed a mosque but revealed a 3,000-year old palace
bbc.co.uk

Why Hospitals Should Let You Sleep
nytimes.com

This Salamander Breathes Through ‘Christmas Trees’ Growing from Its Head
livescience.com

‘A crunch. A rip. Pain spread like a stain’: my lifetime of back trouble
theguardian.com

Ancient Humans May Have Practiced Ritual Finger Amputation
popularmechanics.com

Why language might be the optimal self-regulating system
aeon.co

Is the U.S. Lagging in the Quest for Quantum Computing?
scientificamerican.com

Welcome to the trip of your life: the rise of underground LSD guides
theguardian.com

An Ancient Case of the Plague Could Rewrite History
theatlantic.com

Retiring Retirement
nautil.us

Video: Uncovering the hidden colour of history [4:45]
bbc.com

The story behind an incredible sky scene in New Hampshire
washingtonpost.com

Incredible ‘sea monster’ fossil still has skin and blubber
nationalgeographic.com

101 years ago today a massive accidental explosion destroyed much of Halifax, Nova Scotia
damninteresting.com

Friendship before Facebook: how ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ date back 400 years
telegraph.co.uk

Bacteria engage in chemical warfare against viruses
arstechnica.com

World’s Oldest Wild Bird Just Laid Another Dang Egg
gizmodo.com

How I Infiltrated One of L.A.’s Most Vicious Motorcycle Gangs – and Lived to Talk About It
lamag.com

Researchers find neural basis for “cute aggression”, the urge to squeeze (or even bite) a cute puppy, or pinch a baby’s cheeks
news.ucr.edu

Researchers use a virus to speed up modern computers
phys.org

The Dog Who Took the Witness Stand
narratively.com

This Plant Is Driving Its Own Robot
spectrum.ieee.org

The Long, Strange History of the Electric Wind
popularmechanics.com

A New Connection between the Gut and the Brain
scientificamerican.com

What a Hungry Snail Reveals About Your Grocery Store Breakdowns
nytimes.com

Gun No 6: The untold story of Britain’s deadliest illegal firearm
bbc.com

Researchers Just Overcame a Key Barrier to Fusion Power
futurism.com

Getty museum must return 2,000-year-old statue, Italian court rules
theguardian.com

On this day in 1916, the women in a small Oregon town took matters into their own hands
damninteresting.com

Three Ways Quantum Physics Affects Your Daily Life
forbes.com

A woman in Brazil gives birth after surgeons implant a womb in her body from a dead donor
bbc.com

What Human Beings Can Teach Aliens About Probing the Solar System
popularmechanics.com

Bringing balance to the universe: New [hypothesis] could explain missing 95 percent of the cosmos
phys.org

900-year-old gold coins found in Israeli well, presumably hidden from invading crusaders
bbc.com

What Defines a Stem Cell? Scientists Rethink the Answer
quantamagazine.org

The Neurons That Tell Time
newyorker.com

Cancer DNA Binds to Gold. That Could Lead to New Cancer Blood Test.
livescience.com

The new Arctic frontier
washingtonpost.com

Inside a 26-Year-Old Man’s History-Making Face Transplant
popularmechanics.com

Sculptor Unknowingly Poisons Herself with Her Own Art
livescience.com

The unbelievable tale of a fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante… and a murder
wired.co.uk

Strange sperm signal species separation
cosmosmagazine.com

Scientists Just Discovered What May Be Canada’s Largest Cave. And It Looks Like Sarlacc’s Pit.
livescience.com • Better image

Rules in Space: An argument for the development of a legal framework for space colonization
aeon.co

The [U.S.] Air Force Will Test Laser Weapons by 2021
popularmechanics.com