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Scientists grow ‘mini-brain on the move’ that can contract muscle
theguardian.com

A “halo drive” could accelerate interstellar spacecraft to close to the speed of light
technologyreview.com

New evidence for a human magnetic sense that lets your brain detect the Earth’s magnetic field
theconversation.com

Ultima Thule is Weirder than we Thought
gereshes.com

What Makes Music Special to Us?
nautil.us

The Saga of a Stranded Space Station Supercomputer
popularmechanics.com

‘Impossible’ Rocks Found on Remote Volcanic Island
livescience.com

This medieval astrolabe is officially world’s oldest known such instrument
arstechnica.com

Space Is Very Big. Some of Its New Explorers Will Be Tiny.
nytimes.com

Meteor blast over Bering Sea was 10 times size of Hiroshima
theguardian.com

The power of our hidden senses
bbc.com

The Fertility Doctor’s Secret
theatlantic.com

The Pentagon’s Bottomless Money Pit
rollingstone.com

Romancing the stones: the race to save Bangalore’s historic markers
theguardian.com

They’re Small. They’re Spore-y. They’re Yeast. And They Will Change Our World.
thewalrus.ca

World’s shortest motorway built to shame a nation
bbc.com

How 1960s Film Pirates Sold Movies Before the FBI Came Knocking
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

Did Mars and Earth swap microbes?
cosmosmagazine.com

Ram sperm frozen for 50 years successfully used to impregnate 34 ewes
phys.org

Cooking up Alien Atmospheres on Earth
jpl.nasa.gov

How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood
nytimes.com

Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes at the edge of the universe
cnet.com

Video: How do Lithium-ion Smartphone Batteries Work?
youtube.com

Does a new genetic analysis finally reveal the identity of Jack the Ripper?
sciencemag.org

How Did We Figure Out Atoms Exist?
space.com

Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 years
theguardian.com

On the Hunt for Japan’s Elaborate, Colorful Manhole Covers
atlasobscura.com

Drug which makes human blood ‘lethal’ to mosquitoes can reduce malaria spread, study shows
independent.co.uk

DNA from 200-year-old pipe sheds light on life of enslaved African woman
theguardian.com

The Wheel of Urine
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

Keep your distance, bro: tropical plants avoid close relatives
cosmosmagazine.com • (see also)

Did Cooking Really Give Us The F-Word?
npr.org

Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight
phys.org

A historic oil platform off Santa Barbara turns into a rusty ghost ship
latimes.com

How Hackers Pulled Off a $20 Million Mexican Bank Heist
wired.com

Video: Behind the scenes at the iconic Sesame Street set [13:56]
youtube.com

This Octopus’s Dreams (Maybe) Were Written All Over Its Body
livescience.com

The case against lawns
curbed.com

A Three-Day Expedition To Walk Across Paris Entirely Underground
longreads.com

Breaking Heart Syndrome Linked with Brain’s Control of Emotions
genengnews.com

The human cost of insulin in America
bbc.com

Hubble witnesses an asteroid mysteriously disintegrating
spacetelescope.org

Pigeons With Tiny Backpacks Are Gathering Climate Data Now
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Why You Want to Eat This Baby Up: It’s Science
nytimes.com

Good enough to eat? The toxic truth about modern food
theguardian.com

This Is Why The Multiverse Must Exist
forbes.com

Falling in Love With the Dark
nautil.us

Americans Are Going Bankrupt From Getting Sick
theatlantic.com

A ‘Hairy Blue Spider’ on Mars Is One of the Cool New Scenes Captured by European Orbiter
gizmodo.com

How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger
npr.org

From casinos to cannabis: the Native Americans embracing the pot revolution
theguardian.com

An Irish pub born in the Dark Ages
bbc.com

How a Canadian coast guard hovercraft breaks up ice without touching it
cbc.ca

A NASA Spacecraft May Have Explored the Edges of an Early Mars Sea in 1997
psi.edu

A New Discovery Upends What We Know About Viruses
theatlantic.com

Astronomers Have A New Theory On Interstellar Rock ‘Oumuamua
scitechdaily.com

When Very Bad Words Are the Sh*t (Linguistically Speaking)
daily.jstor.org

The World’s Most Inland Lighthouse
amusingplanet.com

How rats became an inescapable part of city living
nationalgeographic.com

The Asteroid Bennu Keeps Spinning Faster. And Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
livescience.com