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Most powerful electrical storm on record detected
nationalgeographic.com

China Challenge: Xi’s army is replacing the U.S. as Asia’s mightiest
reuters.com

At Last, Scientists Have Found The Galaxy’s Missing Exoplanets: Cold Gas Giants
forbes.com

Understanding the periodic table through the lens of the volatile Group I metals
theconversation.com • (see also)

On a sinking Louisiana island, many aren’t ready to leave
latimes.com

On this day in 1985 “New Coke” hit the market with a thud
damninteresting.com

The Swiss language that few know
bbc.com

A Year in Jail for the Death of a Fish
theatlantic.com

UAE woman wakes up after 27 years in a coma
bbc.com

Mental health patients detained in hospital wards for up to 21 years
theguardian.com

The yodeler who sued Yahoo
thehustle.co

The reason so many unprofitable companies are going public
theweek.com

Fossilized Human Poop Shows Ancient Forager Ate an Entire Rattlesnake—Fang Included
gizmodo.com

The princess who transformed war medicine
bbc.com

Icefish Study Adds Another Color to the Story of Blood
quantamagazine.org

Turbulent Blobs in Earth’s Core May Explain Sudden Jerks in the Magnetic Field
livescience.com

‘My Search for a Boyhood Friend Led to a Dark Discovery’
wired.com

Life in Pripyat Before, and the Morning After, the Chernobyl Disaster
atlasobscura.com

The Jewish Trumpeter Who Entertained Nazis to Survive the Holocaust
newyorker.com • (see also)

Why The Concorde Is Such a Badass Plane
popularmechanics.com

‘Lost’ book of exquisite scientific drawings rediscovered after 190 years
nationalgeographic.com

How living on the wrong side of a time zone can be hazardous to your health
washingtonpost.com

Spine implant restores movement to patients with chronic Parkinson’s
bbc.com

This Was Supposed to Be a Story About a Bizarre Anti-Vaccine Rally and a Sedated Bear. Then It Got Weird.
gizmodo.com

How Scientists Discovered What Dirty Air Does to Kids’ Health
citylab.com

Blind People Really Do Have More Sensitive Hearing, MRI Study Finds
gizmodo.com

How Amazon’s Mechanical Turkers Got Squeezed Inside the Machine
spectrum.ieee.org

How Can A Black Hole’s Singularity Spin?
forbes.com

How ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ inspired the cathedral’s 19th-century revival
theconversation.com

If it actually works, the Volk One smartphone would enable unlimited secure data on a mesh network with no carrier
volkfi.com

Big tick energy: how a tiny flea created a revolution in British art
theguardian.com

USA: Here’s How TurboTax Just Tricked You Into Paying to File Your Taxes
propublica.org

Who was Leonardo da Vinci and what can we learn from him?
theguardian.com

Opioid Epidemic: One West Virginia Doctor’s Redemption
theatlantic.com

Photo: Gorillas pose for selfie with rescuers
bbc.com

The Radical Dissent of Helen Keller
yesmagazine.org

NASA is working on a camera that could save humanity from extinction
qz.com

Mercenaries, Spies, and Double Agents Gather En Masse in Bogotá
bloomberg.com

This scientist thinks she has the key to curb climate change: super plants
theguardian.com

Should prostitution be a normal profession?
bbc.com

Inside The Shadow War Fought By Russian Mercenaries
buzzfeednews.com

Japan’s ‘vanishing’ Ainu will finally be recognized as indigenous people
cnn.com

Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.
nytimes.com

General anesthesia hijacks sleep circuitry to knock you out
medicalxpress.com

The profoundly deaf girl who found her voice after brain surgery
bbc.com

Watch a Flower That Seems to Remember When Pollinators Will Come Calling
nytimes.com

The world’s second-biggest Ebola outbreak is still raging. Here’s why.
nationalgeographic.com

Luna 15: The Soviet Probe That Tried to Gatecrash America’s First Moon Landing
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

26 Real Animals That Shouldn’t Exist, But Do Anyway
atlasobscura.com

Twenty Years After Columbine
newyorker.com

Experiment discovered a man who can’t cooperate due to brain damage
qz.com

Expeditions to the North Pole Are on Ice
slate.com

When Futurism Led to Fascism—and Why It Could Happen Again
wired.com

Linguists found the world’s “weirdest” languages—and English is one of them
qz.com

Looking for Shakespeare’s Library
laphamsquarterly.org

How Luxury Developers Use a Loophole to Build Soaring Towers for the Ultrarich in N.Y.
nytimes.com

Jerrie Cobb dies at 88; denied a trip to space, she was first female astronaut candidate
latimes.com

California couple sentenced to life in prison for torturing 12 children
theguardian.com

A Soda Company’s Long Obsession With Outer Space
theatlantic.com • (see also)

The Data All Guilt-Ridden Parents Need
nytimes.com