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They said I’d go blind. Now gene therapy has changed that
theguardian.com

These “church forests” protect Ethiopia’s fragile landscapes
nationalgeographic.com

How Scientific Chance and a Little Luck Helped Usher in the Nuclear Age
smithsonianmag.com

Physicists stimulate Hawking radiation from optical analogue of a black hole
physicsworld.com

Damning court docs show just how far Sacklers went to push OxyContin
arstechnica.com

A group of amateur treasure hunters are searching for Jose Gaspar’s treasure. Does it matter that the legendary pirate didn’t exist?
tampabay.com

Virtual cities: Designing the metropolises of the future
bbc.com

Are Psychopaths Attractive to Other Psychopaths?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Honey Bees’ Oddly Hypnotizing ‘Shimmering’ Is Actually a Clever Defense
gizmodo.com

Illicit images of secretive rituals
bbc.com

Online experiment finds that less than 1 in 10 people can tell sponsored content from an article
bu.edu

Two hundred years ago, it was hard for Americans to miss the message that they had a serious drinking problem
medium.com

Elephants are evolving to be tuskless after decades of poaching pressure
cbc.ca

To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet
nytimes.com

Check Out These Amazing Super-Detailed Images of Fruit Fly Brains
livescience.com

Biologists discover deep-sea fish living where there is virtually no oxygen
phys.org

773M Password ‘Megabreach’ is Years Old
krebsonsecurity.com

The Great Chlorophyll Fad of 1952
tedium.co

How Two Murderers Were Spotted on an Old Mark Jackson Trading Card
slamonline.com

Reflections on Antarctica
nytimes.com

Extreme Microbes Found in Crystals Buried 200 Feet Beneath the Sea of Japan
livescience.com

Waves in Saturn’s rings give precise measurement of planet’s rotation rate
phys.org

Is winter miserable for wildlife?
theconversation.com

The Fat Men’s Clubs That Revelled in Excess
atlasobscura.com

The Day Edwin Hubble Realized Our Universe Was Expanding
space.com

Scientists Find Brain Cells That Make Pain Hurt
npr.org

Mini-Monsters with Multiple Heads Created in the Lab
livescience.com

The Cerebellum Is Your “Little Brain”—and It Does Some Pretty Big Things
scientificamerican.com

Twins get some ‘mystifying’ results when they put 5 ancestry DNA kits to the test
cbc.ca

What Life Is Like When Corn Is Off the Table
theatlantic.com

What made this ancient society sacrifice its own children?
nationalgeographic.com

What Happened to Earth’s Ancient Craters? Scientists Seek Clues on the Moon’s Pocked Surface
nytimes.com

Pamela Smart got four boys to kill her husband nearly 29 years ago. Now, they’re free. She isn’t.
washingtonpost.com

Largest collection ever of breached data found
theguardian.com

Saturn’s Rings Could Have Formed During the Dinosaur Age, New Analysis Suggests
gizmodo.com

Scientists Are Working on a Pill for Loneliness
medium.com

Devastating quakes are priming the Himalaya for a mega-disaster
nationalgeographic.com

Walt Disney Used Nuclear Weapons Technology to Bring the Tiki Room to Life
la.eater.com

Science history: the man who defined drunk driving
cosmosmagazine.com

How Jesse James became a criminal
nationalgeographic.com

A Floating Glass Bead Could Help Physicists Probe the Unknown
wired.com

Native American routes: the ancient trails hidden in Chicago’s grid system
theguardian.com

It’s the drag that helps the humble hagfish slime predators so quickly
arstechnica.com

St Andrews find may be oldest surviving wall chart of periodic table
theguardian.com

How Lichens Explain (And Re-Explain) The World
theatlantic.com

New quantum structures in super-chilled helium may mirror early days of universe
phys.org

The Rise and Fall of the Living Fossil
nautil.us

Gene therapies could cure a number of illnesses, but often our immune systems get in the way
mosaicscience.com

The devotion of the human dad separates us from other apes
aeon.co

Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps?
nytimes.com

Stunning Animation of a Solar Flare Captures Its Life from Birth to Death
livescience.com

Watch These Stink Bugs Hatch in Unison
nytimes.com

The secret travel club that’s been everywhere
bbc.com

‘Wet Sidewalk Effect’ Solves Mystery of Rain on Saturn’s Moon Titan
gizmodo.com

Video: Where is the edge of space?
youtube.com

Our Language Affects What We See
scientificamerican.com

How black women were whitewashed by art
bbc.com

For Geoengineers, a Scientific Existential Crisis
undark.org

The Pirate Radio Broadcaster Who Occupied Alcatraz and Terrified the FBI
narratively.com

What’s Causing the Rise of Hoarding Disorder?
daily.jstor.org