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Notre-Dame fire: Paris surveys aftermath of cathedral blaze
bbc.com • More info/images

Abundance of information narrows our collective attention span
eurekalert.org

How Scotland erased Guyana from its past
theguardian.com

Photos: The Devastation of Notre Dame Cathedral
theatlantic.com

‘We’re back together’: Honouring his dying wishes, wife preserves husband’s tattoos
cbc.ca

The End Of Empathy
npr.org

Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people
mcdreeamiemusings.com

The moon releases surprising amounts of water during meteor showers
nationalgeographic.com

Several years ago a historian used laser scanners to measure every detail of Notre Dame…at least we still have that
news.nationalgeographic.com • (Context)

How Whiskey and Taxes Helped Create the United States
saturdayeveningpost.com

How a $1,000 Art-Auction Bet Turned Into a $450 Million ‘Da Vinci’
vulture.com

In defence of disorder
aeon.co

Viruses Have a Secret, Altruistic Social Life
quantamagazine.org

One side of your brain might be giving you nightmares
cosmosmagazine.com

TESS finds its first Earth-sized planet
phys.org

Leonardo Da Vinci Was Ambidextrous, Handwriting Analysis Shows
livescience.com

NASA’s Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan’s Lakes
jpl.nasa.gov

A Harvard physicist has shown that wormholes can exist, and that travel through them is possible, but slow
sciencedaily.com

I’m a scientist studying laughter – and it’s funnier than you might think
theguardian.com • (see also)

New Orleans Apologizes for 1891 Lynching of Italian-Americans
smithsonianmag.com

“Snowball chamber” would detect dark matter using supercooled water
newatlas.com

When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in
nationalgeographic.com

Unraveling why some people get not one, not two, but many cancers
washingtonpost.com

A frenemy fungus provides clues about a new deadly one
theconversation.com

Team finds tiny fragment of a comet inside a meteorite
asunow.asu.edu

This softshell turtle was one of the last of her kind. Her species might die with her.
washingtonpost.com

Israeli scientists ‘print’ world’s first 3D heart with human tissue
jpost.com

The cities that need a warning label?
bbc.com

Fukushima: removal of nuclear fuel rods from damaged reactor building begins
theguardian.com

Why Europeans Don’t Get Huge Medical Bills
theatlantic.com

The unsuccessful history of product placement in books, from Bulgari to Sweet’N Low
vox.com

Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret
newyorker.com

The discrete-time physics hiding inside our continuous-time world
phys.org

Neolithic dog reveals tales behind Orkney’s monuments
theguardian.com

Does Empathy Have A Dark Side?
npr.org

Physicists Have Found an Entirely New Type of Superconductivity
sciencealert.com

Video: How the 60-Year-Old IRS Computer System Failed on Tax Day
youtube.com

Documents: CIA knew of secret Latin assassin unit
columbian.com

A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future
nytimes.com

Dissecting brains to find the biological answers to the mysteries of mental disorders
washingtonpost.com

Stunning pictures show inside of 4,000-year-old ancient Egyptian tomb
scmp.com

Murder on the allotment: ‘She was everything that he wanted to be’
theguardian.com

Somalia’s Hand Painted Storefronts
amusingplanet.com

He Stole the Gutenberg Bible, Then Became Porn’s Weirdest Star
thedailybeast.com

It’s Warm and Stealthy, and It Killed Yellowstone Trees and Turned Soil Pale
nytimes.com

The way we taste food changes as we age
qz.com

This animal has the biggest ears on Earth (relative to size)
nationalgeographic.com

Behind the Scenes of the First Black Hole Photo
popularmechanics.com

How anchoring a ship to an ice floe will help fight climate change
theguardian.com

Doctors Use Electrical Implant to Aid Brain-Damaged Woman
nytimes.com

Possible 2nd Planet Spotted Around Proxima Centauri
space.com

Scott Kelly Spent a Year Taking Photos in Space. They’re Beautiful.
nytimes.com

NASA Invites You to ‘Picture Earth’ for Earth Day
jpl.nasa.gov

This British Orchid Is Under Guard in a Secret Location
atlasobscura.com

My Dad and the Cold War
codex99.com

How Big Business Is Hedging Against the Apocalypse
nytimes.com

Stratolaunch Flies World’s Largest Plane for the First Time
space.com

Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patient’s Brain
scientificamerican.com

A new graphene foam stays squishy at the coldest temperatures
sciencenews.org • (see also)

Reassessing California’s Overdue Earthquake Tab
eos.org