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‘I wrote a story that became a legend. Then I discovered it wasn’t true.’
cjr.org

Image: Jupiter Marble
nasa.gov

Villain or Visionary? Wernher Von Braun: The Father of Rocket Science
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

A More Humane Livestock Industry, Brought to You by Crispr
wired.com

Psychology may help explain why male and female serial killers differ
news.psu.edu

These x-rays of seeds turn biology into art
nationalgeographic.com

Science Says: Tiny ‘water bears’ can teach us about survival
apnews.com

Mongolia’s epic celebration at -40C
bbc.com

USAF Plans For Its “Skyborg” AI Computer Brain To Be Flying Drones In The Next Two Years
thedrive.com

The Mortician and the Murderer
topic.com

Those Midwestern Floods Are Expected to Get Much, Much Worse
wired.com

Scientists rise up against statistical significance
nature.com

An Impossible Scenario: Scientists Watch as Heat Moves at the Speed of Sound
scientificamerican.com

The Old Daytime-Drinking, Sexual-Harassing Ways Are Thriving at Lloyd’s
bloomberg.com

Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions
theguardian.com

Navy Ready to ‘Burn the Boats’ with 2021 Laser Installation on a Destroyer
news.usni.org

The Mola Is a Giant Bag of Secrets
theatlantic.com

‘Mindblowing’ haul of fossils over 500m years old unearthed in China
theguardian.com

The Fight to Tame a Swelling River With Dams That May Be Outmatched by Climate Change
nytimes.com

A Twin Inside a Twin: In Colombia, an Extraordinary Birth
nytimes.com

Video: The Truth About Wasabi [6:41]
youtube.com

The Biology of Death-Feigning
daily.jstor.org

Chop Up a Worm. It Will Regenerate. Scientists Figured Out Why.
nytimes.com

‘Super-smeller’ helps develop swab test for Parkinson’s disease
theguardian.com

On Pluto, It’s Been Spring Since 1990
theatlantic.com

An exclusive tour of the restoration of Apollo mission control
bbc.com

LHCb discovers matter-antimatter asymmetry in charm quarks
symmetrymagazine.org • More info

Edvard Munch’s Scream isn’t screaming, says British Museum
telegraph.co.uk

‘There Is No Reason to Cross the U.S. by Train. But I Did It Anyway.’
nytimes.com

Stats Experts Plead: Just Say No to P-Hacking
undark.org

HK G11: The Space-Age Rifle That Never Was
popularmechanics.com

Aging Is a Communication Breakdown
nautil.us

What are the values that drive decision making by AI?
aeon.co

Quantum Machine Appears to Defy Universe’s Push for Disorder
quantamagazine.org

How to move a masterpiece: the secret business of shipping priceless artworks
theguardian.com

Clever math enables MRI to map molecules implicated in multiple sclerosis, other diseases
sciencemag.org

From Pong to Red Dead: Can video game music change the way you play?
bbc.co.uk

Artificial meat: UK scientists growing ‘bacon’ in labs
bbc.com

Once sacred, the Oracle at Delphi was lost for a millennium. See how it was found.
nationalgeographic.com

How a Viral Comet Crash Into Jupiter Helped Popularize the Internet
space.com

Fermi Discovers ‘Cannonball’ Pulsar Speeding Through Space
scitechdaily.com

Here’s how airplane crash investigations work, according to an aviation safety expert
theconversation.com

Neptune’s Moon Triton Is Destination of Proposed NASA Mission
nytimes.com

How one quiet lorry sparked a toxic waste crisis
bbc.com

In a first, fossil bird found with unlaid egg
nationalgeographic.com

The Surprisingly Little-Known History of White Rice in Korea
food52.com

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019 [USA]
prisonpolicy.org

Researchers find Americans set their thermostat to match African environmental temperatures
phys.org

Exploding Whales, Poisoned Porpoises: The Gruesome World of Cetacean Autopsies
earther.gizmodo.com

How a psychiatry professor accidentally discovered he was a psychopath
cbc.ca • (see also)

A pilot who hitched a ride on a Lion Air 737 saved that plane. The next day, the same Boeing jet crashed
latimes.com • More info

Giant sunfish washes up on Australian beach: ‘I thought it was a shipwreck’
theguardian.com

After Two Decades, a Fishy Genetic Mystery Has Been Solved
theatlantic.com

Cyclone Idai devastation in pictures
bbc.com

The Mysterious, Exploding Asteroid
theatlantic.com

A journey to the Disappointment Islands
bbc.com

The short reign of Elagabalus, Rome’s hard-partying emperor
nationalgeographic.com

The Hayabusa2 Mission to Asteroid Ryugu Just Dropped Its First Scientific Results
gizmodo.com

Preparing to Unleash Crispr on an Unprepared World
wired.com

Newly Discovered Papers Found in Vincent van Gogh’s London Lodging
smithsonianmag.com