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If alien civilizations exist, could we spot their industrial footprints in space?
theatlantic.com

French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin, 71, sets off on voyage across the Atlantic in a barrel
abc.net.au

PSA: How to watch coverage of mission activities if the US government is still shut down during the New Horizons’ Ultima Thule flyby
pluto.jhuapl.edu

Video: Aliens under the Ice – Life on Rogue Planets
youtube.com

What Defines a Stem Cell?
nautil.us

Shocking Stories of Survival
outsideonline.com

Explorer completes historic Antarctic trek
nationalgeographic.com

How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually.
nymag.com

As Light Pollution Spreads, National Parks Become Stargazing Sanctuaries
undark.org

How many dimensions are there, and what do they do to reality?
aeon.co

The Complete History of the Autopsy
popularmechanics.com

Go behind the scenes of NASA’s farthest-ever flyby mission
nationalgeographic.com

The Way American Parents Think About Chores Is Bizarre
theatlantic.com

One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine
nytimes.com

At 14, She Hunts Wolves and Takes Selfies With Cherished Eagle in Mongolia
nytimes.com

Artificial Intelligence Creates Realistic Photos of People, None of Whom Actually Exist
openculture.com

How a Reclusive Lizard Became a Prize Find for Wildlife Smugglers
wired.com

The Serial Killer and the ‘Less Dead’
thecut.com

Altering Memories to Treat Drug Addiction
undark.org

“People have complained about the excessive commercialization of Christmas ever since its incarnation in the mid-19th century”
news.ucsb.edu

Chestnut-killing wasp threatens major harvest
bbc.com

How the creative team behind Anthony Bourdain’s TV show came together to finish his story after his death
theringer.com

Interactive: Life and Death of a Planetary System
exoplanets.nasa.gov

Mind-Bending Study Suggests Time Did Actually Exist Before The Big Bang
sciencealert.com

On This Day in Space! Dec. 25, 2004: Cassini Spacecraft Deploys Huygens Probe Above Titan
space.com

Lost at sea, their food was running low. Then a cruise ship appeared.
washingtonpost.com

Study brings us one step closer to solving 1994 thallium poisoning case
arstechnica.com

16 Decades of Atlantic Christmases
theatlantic.com

First developed by Canada’s indigenous peoples, spruce beer was commonly used to prevent scurvy
bbc.com

Human blood cells can be directly reprogrammed into neural stem cells
dkfz.de

Incessant repetition of holiday music can have a psychological impact
businessinsider.com

Earthrise: how the iconic image changed the world
theguardian.com

The mysterious government organization that pops up at moments of financial crisis
qz.com

Why We Will Not Have Been Able to Attend Stephen Hawking’s Time Traveler Party
atlasobscura.com

Inside NASA’s Wildly Complex Plan to Navigate Jupiter’s Asteroid Fields
popularmechanics.com

The Sicilian banker who left the City to fight the mafia
theguardian.com

Sydney’s new 36-storey Opal Tower evacuated after cracks appear
dw.com • (see also)

Large molecules show Enceladus “clearly is habitable for life”
cosmosmagazine.com

Indonesia tsunami caused by collapse of volcano, experts confirm
theguardian.com

USA: How Your State Makes Electricity
nytimes.com

The salvagers who raise World War Two tanks from the dead
bbc.com

James Ellroy: Cracking the Case of Murdered Actor Sal Mineo
hollywoodreporter.com

Archaeologists find remains of horses in ancient Pompeii stable
theguardian.com

Photos: Deadly Tsunami Strikes Indonesia’s Sunda Strait
theatlantic.com

A Brief History of the Snow Globe
artsy.net

What Happens When a World Order Ends
foreignaffairs.com

Tibet Is Going Crazy for Hoops
theatlantic.com

A desert explosion helps scientists plan earthquake-detecting balloons on Venus
sciencemag.org

Why American cities are so weirdly shaped
economist.com

A New Class of ‘Light’ Super-Earth May Be Heavy in Rubies and Sapphires
space.com

The mathematics of malaria
cosmosmagazine.com

The science stories that shook 2018
theguardian.com

The Lunar Farside and the Cosmic Dark Age
blogs.scientificamerican.com • (see also)

Why Exaggeration Jokes Work
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Indonesia tsunami: How a volcano can be the trigger
bbc.com

Chinese scientists turn copper into ‘gold’
scmp.com

Emperor Akihito: Huge crowds as Japan monarch gives emotional farewell
bbc.com

How Hitler Nearly Destroyed the Great American Novel
medium.com

When the Christmas Plant Was a Pepper, Not a Poinsettia
atlasobscura.com

Christmas ‘Hippo’ Asteroid Is Buzzing Earth, Its Closest Flyby in 400 Years
livescience.com