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Minitremors detected on Mars for first time
sciencemag.org

A new Einstein cross is discovered
phys.org

The True, Complicated Story of the Ayahuasca Murders
mensjournal.com

The Cost of Not Knowing a Huntington’s Diagnosis
theatlantic.com

The emperor who shot himself rather than be taken prisoner by invading British forces
theconversation.com

Extreme flooding has submerged the home of the Pentagon’s “nuclear strategic deterrence and global strike capabilities”
motherboard.vice.com

The Pyrex Glass Controversy That Just Won’t Die
gizmodo.com

Why you shouldn’t bury your pet in the backyard
theconversation.com

Misophonia: When Life’s Noises Drive You Mad
npr.org

Death of the calorie
1843magazine.com

Mysterious Planetwide Rumble May Have Come From the Largest Underwater Eruption Ever Recorded
gizmodo.com

A Huge Collection of Apollo 11 Press Kits
kottke.org

Awesome interpolated video of New Horizons’ approach and flyby of Ultima Thule (Dec. 7, 2018 to Jan. 1, 2019)
pluto.jhuapl.edu • More info

Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Win Abel Prize for Mathematics
nytimes.com

Data visualization: Bar chart race — the most populous cities in the world
observablehq.com

Biologists Discover Unknown Powers in Mighty Mitochondria
quantamagazine.org

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