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How the right lighting could save the Mona Lisa
theconversation.com

Alien theories understandable after mysterious signals, say scientists
theguardian.com

Plants Can Hear Animals Using Their Flowers
theatlantic.com

Earth’s magnetic field is acting up and geologists don’t know why
nature.com

Good News From Mars: The InSight Lander Is on Track to Start Collecting Data Next Month
gizmodo.com

Jayme Closs Found Alive in Wisconsin Months After Parents’ Deaths
nytimes.com

Just When Space Feels Warm and Friendly, Politics Intervenes
theatlantic.com

Motown: The music that changed America
bbc.com

Maggots could be sent to Syria by UK to help clean wounds
theguardian.com

China’s spacecraft just took a panoramic shot of the Moon’s far side
qz.com • More info

Easter Island statues: mystery behind their location revealed
theguardian.com

Astronomers may have finally seen a star become a black hole
nationalgeographic.com

How an ancient cataclysm may have jump-started life on Earth
sciencemag.org

What Can One Nazi’s Act of Decency Teach Us about Good and Evil?
thewalrus.ca

Signals from space: Five theories on what they are
bbc.com

I Grew Up Believing My Grandfather Was a War Hero. Army Records Said Otherwise.
nytimes.com

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