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The smart diaper is coming. Who actually wants it? (aptly, by correspondent Michael Waters)
vox.com

NASA video demonstrates the tiny scale of the section of sky where the famous “Hubble Legacy Field” image was captured
youtube.com • More info

Space Rock Hits the Moon at 61,000 Kilometers an Hour
scitechdaily.com

Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden
harpersbazaar.com

Army Soldier Falls Into Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano After Straining For Better View
npr.org

‘The haunted houses’: Legacy of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion lingers, but reminders are disappearing
washingtonpost.com

Flushed with success: solid-gold toilet to be installed at Blenheim (aptly, by correspondent Mark Brown)
theguardian.com

Gallery: 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

Why the ‘post-natural’ age could be strange and beautiful
bbc.com

Boys with a rare muscle disease are breathing on their own, thanks to gene therapy
sciencemag.org

End to Aids in sight as huge study finds drugs stop HIV transmission
theguardian.com

Ashley’s foster home seemed perfect. It held a dark secret.
indystar.com

The Saga Of ‘Star Citizen,’ A Video Game That Raised $300 Million—But May Never Be Ready To Play
forbes.com

Researchers attach fake wings to an ostrich to learn about the early evolution of flight
sciencenews.org

Billionaire founder of opioid firm guilty of bribing doctors to prescribe drug
theguardian.com

Mapping America’s wicked weather and deadly disasters
washingtonpost.com

In a neglected cemetery lie black jockeys who helped create the Kentucky Derby
latimes.com

For the first time ever there are now more people in the world older than 65 than younger than 5
reason.com

The Ruthless, Secretive, and Sometimes Seedy World of Hedge Fund Private Investigators
institutionalinvestor.com

The murderous history of Bible translations
historyextra.com

Ancient millipede found, trapped in amber
cosmosmagazine.com • (see also)

These trippy images were designed by AI to super-stimulate monkey neurons
medicalxpress.com

Gigantic Ice Formation Found on Saturn’s Moon Titan
scientificamerican.com

The Mystery of Human Uniqueness
nautil.us

3-Eyed Snake Found in Australia Surprises Rangers
livescience.com

How to Move a Masterpiece? If It’s This Big, Very Carefully
nytimes.com

Demolishing the City of the Future
tribunemag.co.uk

Girls And Gardens : The English Lady’s Autochromes (c.1908)
flashbak.com • (see also)

A Conspiracy To Kill IE6
blog.chriszacharias.com

China’s furtive underwater nukes test the Pentagon
reuters.com

Why Water Is Weird
nautil.us

France’s fascinating ‘wine treatment’
bbc.com

The many human errors that brought down the Boeing 737 Max
theverge.com

What Happens to a Factory Town When the Factory Shuts Down?
nytimes.com

How the world’s largest lion relocation was pulled off
nationalgeographic.com

Against cheerfulness
aeon.co

How America’s Oldest Gun Maker Went Bankrupt: A Financial Engineering Mystery
nytimes.com • (see also)

Your Cosmetics May Be Killing You
thewalrus.ca

Leonardo da Vinci’s lost masterpieces
bbc.com

Are the hyper-specialist shops of Berlin the future of retail?
theguardian.com

The Race to Develop the Moon
newyorker.com

The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined
quantamagazine.org

Machine, Learning, 1951
the-scientist.com

Gas That Makes a Mountain Breathe Fire Is Turning Up Around the World
nytimes.com

Blaming Women for Infertility in the 1940s
daily.jstor.org

The Short-Lived Airline That Shuttled Sightseers to America’s National Parks
atlasobscura.com

Mysterious ancient human found on the ‘roof of the world’
nationalgeographic.com

Star unlike any found in the Milky Way appears to be an intergalactic intruder
newatlas.com

The tricks of airport design
bbc.com

How scientists traced a uranium cube to Nazi Germany’s nuclear reactor program
sciencenews.org • (see also)

The Spycraft Revolution
foreignpolicy.com • (see also)

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Author
crimereads.com

Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers
nytimes.com • (see also)

Scientists find cocaine in shrimps in Suffolk rivers
bbc.com

A ‘miracle’ healing gel, a cult-like following, and a fiercely protected empire
theguardian.com

When Your Amazon Purchase Explodes
theatlantic.com

NASA Says Metals Fraud Caused $700 Million Satellite Failure
bloomberg.com

Sex and the Cosmic City
discovermagazine.com

Box jellyfish: Australian researchers find antidote for world’s most venomous creature
theguardian.com

The Case of the Stolen Ruby Slippers
washingtonpost.com