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“Mona Lisa effect” is real but doesn’t apply to Leonardo’s painting
arstechnica.com

Jayme Closs, Kidnapped by a Stranger, Endured Horror, Police Say
nytimes.com

Watching Venezuela’s Last Glacier Disappear
theatlantic.com

Our pets: the key to the obesity crisis?
bbc.com

A Leaky Memory May Be a Good Thing
theatlantic.com

This Quadruple Star System Is Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen Before
gizmodo.com

Massive Harvard-led genetic twin study homes in on the nature versus nurture debate
newatlas.com

No boss? No thanks. Why managers are more important than ever
aeon.co

Screens Might Be as Bad for Mental Health as … Potatoes
wired.com

Rwanda’s Khashoggi: who killed the exiled spy chief?
theguardian.com

Giant leaf for mankind? China germinates first seed on moon
theguardian.com

100 years ago today a massive amount of molasses made a monumental morass in Massachusetts
damninteresting.com

Memories of eating influence your next meal – new research pinpoints brain cells involved
theconversation.com

What It Was Like To Carry the U.S. Military’s Cold War Backpack Nuke
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

The Joy of Being a Woman in Her 70s
nytimes.com

Modeling the Climates of Worlds Beyond Earth
eos.org

DARPA Wants to Turn Insect Brains into Robot Brains
popularmechanics.com

The Art of Decision-Making
newyorker.com

Why Do We Blame Women For Prohibition?
politico.com

The Shady Link Between Sunscreen and Your Health
outsideonline.com

How one German city developed – and then lost – generations of math geniuses
theconversation.com

Russia and Japan negotiate World War II peace plan
dw.com

Stunning 17th-Century Drawings of Comets, Planets, and Moon Phases by a Self-Taught Artist and Astronomer
brainpickings.org

Should Hyping Edible Bugs Focus On The Experience Instead Of The Environment?
npr.org

How Wrong Should You Be?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Imaging ever closer to the event horizon
arstechnica.com

The world’s first celebrity photographer
bbc.com

DNA scientist James Watson stripped of honors over views on race
theguardian.com

Dark Matter Behaves Differently in Dying Galaxies
livescience.com

Mutiny on the Sex Raft: how a 70s science project descended into violent chaos
theguardian.com

Can China grow a flower on the moon? The countdown begins
scmp.com

Russia’s Only Space Telescope Has Stopped Responding to Commands
futurism.com

“I Was Conned by a Real-Life Dirty John”
marieclaire.com

The inside story of how three unlikely allies won World War II
nationalgeographic.com

‘Raining spiders’: airborne arachnids appear over south-east Brazil
theguardian.com

A Third of All Galaxy Clusters Have Gone Unnoticed Until Now
blogs.discovermagazine.com

His Doughnuts Were Getting Really Popular. Then He Was Shot in the Face.
nytimes.com

Read the Scientific American article the government deemed too dangerous to publish
muckrock.com

Image: Tycho’s Supernova Remnant in X-ray
apod.nasa.gov

Overlooked No More: Karen Sparck Jones, Who Established the Basis for Search Engines
nytimes.com

‘I met the man who murdered my identical twin’
theguardian.com

Wonky Star Systems May Be Born That Way
astroengine.com

Why Physicists Are Hunting the Strangest of the Ghost Particles
livescience.com

How a Career Criminal Broke the Convict Code and Saved Himself
westword.com

Erupting Black Hole Shows Intriguing “Light Echoes”
scientificamerican.com

Physicists are on the hunt for a “theory of life” that explains why life can exist
physics.aps.org

Big Rachel: the shipyard worker called in to stop the Partick Riots
scotsman.com

Steam-propelled spacecraft prototype can theoretically explore celestial objects “forever”
phys.org

How China could dominate science
economist.com

German WW1 submarine emerges off French coast
bbc.com

‘Ku Klux Kiddies’: The KKK’s Little-Known Youth Movement
history.com

The bacteria in your gut may reveal your true age
sciencemag.org

Debussy’s Radical Search for Simplicity
theatlantic.com

Here’s the amazing footage of the Chang’e-4 landing on the far side of the Moon
gbtimes.com

Barnard’s Star Planet May Not Be Too Cold for Life After All
space.com

The plan to make artificial meteor showers
bbc.com

When Death was Women’s Business
daily.jstor.org

Nerve cells from people with autism grow unusually big and fast
sciencenews.org

Why we should be watching the sun, not the clock
theguardian.com

Giant pattern discovered in the clouds of planet Venus
global.jaxa.jp