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This Huge Black Hole Is Spinning at Half the Speed of Light
space.com

Decapitated Skeletons, with Heads Between Their Legs, Unearthed in Roman Cemetery
livescience.com

How Silicon Valley is finally growing up (sort of)
nationalgeographic.com

Atmospheric Mystery on Saturn’s Largest Moon
blogs.scientificamerican.com

All aboard the Flat Earth cruise – just don’t tell them about nautical navigation
theguardian.com

How Cartographers for the U.S. Military Inadvertently Created a House of Horrors in South Africa
gizmodo.com

Research Details How Junk Food Companies Influence China’s Nutrition Policy
nytimes.com

The perils of short-termism: Civilisation’s greatest threat
bbc.com

Hallucinations and $100,000: the poker player who shut himself in a pitch-black room for weeks
theguardian.com

New study suggests ancient stars form crystal cores
newatlas.com

Ultrabright Quasar Lit Up the Early Universe
livescience.com

How a Phone Glitch Sparked a Teenage Riot
medium.com

California man arrested for stealing roommate’s $10m lottery ticket
theguardian.com

Dragonflies Embark on an Epic, Multi-Generational Migration Each Year
smithsonianmag.com

Less than a year after launch, TESS is already finding bizarre worlds
sciencenews.org

At San Diego’s Frozen Zoo, a chance for animal immortality
knowablemagazine.org

How radio astronomers will tune into the cosmic dawn from the far side of the Moon
newatlas.com

How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution
nytimes.com

A Wild ‘Interstellar Probe’ Mission Idea Is Gaining Momentum
space.com

Viruses have belly buttons
cosmosmagazine.com

“Leave No Soldier Behind”: The Unsolved Mystery of the Soldier Who Died in the Watchtower
vanityfair.com

Secrets of ancient ‘mystery couple’ revealed
bbc.com

By changing its posture on its web, the arachnid can tune vibration in its legs to different frequencies
theatlantic.com

The cyber-attack that sent an Alaskan community back in time
bbc.com

Rotating black holes may serve as gentle portals for hyperspace travel
theconversation.com

Scientists Find a New Way To Create the Plutonium That Powers Deep Space Missions
popularmechanics.com

On the Trail of the World’s Most Daring Egg Smuggler
outsideonline.com

Long before tech bros, Silicon Valley had a highly developed society
theguardian.com

Gallery: Scenes From Underground
theatlantic.com

Footprints in the snow lead to an emotional rescue
unionleader.com

Bevy of Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Spotted by Canadian Telescope
scientificamerican.com

The Milky Way will collide with another galaxy and it’s going to look awesome
qz.com

On this day in 1965 Randy Gardner set the world record for the longest human waking period
damninteresting.com

The History of Blood
newyorker.com

NASA’s Apollo Moon Rocks Still Thrill Scientists 50 Years Later
space.com

The sharpest view ever of the Triangulum Galaxy [34,372 x 19,345]
spacetelescope.org

How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor
nytimes.com

Why meeting another’s gaze is so powerful
bbc.com

Dire Straits: Bering’s deadly exploration of the Pacific
nationalgeographic.com

Pluto Probe Encounters a Pristine World in the Solar System’s Suburbs
scientificamerican.com

Mites that feed on llama poop may track the rise and fall of the Incan Empire
sciencemag.org

A woman’s murder in Peking and a literary feud
bbc.com

Meet The Granary Weevil, The Pantry Monster Of Our Own Creation
npr.org

When the ice melts: the catastrophe of vanishing glaciers
theguardian.com

New Habitable Kepler World –“Human Eyes Found It Hidden in the Data”
dailygalaxy.com

Take a train through North Korea’s rarely seen countryside
nationalgeographic.com

‘I was happier before Banksy came’
bbc.com

Why the Best Place to Find Dark Matter May Be in a Rock
quantamagazine.org

Base paired up: study suggests genetic formula to monogamy
theguardian.com

Why do whales sing? Scientists still aren’t certain, and maybe the whales aren’t, either.
nytimes.com

Learning China’s Forbidden History, So They Can Censor It
nytimes.com

Our universe has antimatter partner on the other side of the Big Bang, say physicists
physicsworld.com

A weird type of zirconium soaks up neutrons like a sponge
sciencenews.org

Cascata delle Marmore: A Man-Made Waterfalls Created by Ancient Romans
amusingplanet.com

Scientists Find the ‘Missing’ Dark Matter from the Early Universe
space.com

A cigarette butt and an old scrap of paper led to an arrest in a 26-year-old unsolved killing
washingtonpost.com

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Triggered Mile-High Tsunami That Spread Through Earth’s Oceans
livescience.com

The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist
newyorker.com

Entire Country’s Internet Reportedly Shut Down During Armed Coup Attempt in Gabon
gizmodo.com

The unlikely, eccentric inventor turning inedible plant life into fuel [autoplay video]
cbsnews.com