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The Warship That Couldn’t Stay Afloat
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

When Is Dead Actually Dead?
thewalrus.ca

Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
wellcomecollection.org

The ticket to 100% renewable power is underneath our feet
grist.org

The Hybrid System That Spots Tornadoes
theatlantic.com

Ask a geneticist: How can I figure out if I am a secretor or non-secretor? What does this mean in everyday life?
genetics.thetech.org

‘World’s smallest’ surviving premature baby released from US hospital
bbc.com

The unlikely origins of USB, the port that changed everything
fastcompany.com

The psychology of Ouija
wellcomecollection.org

The North Face apologizes for “hack” that hijacked Wikipedia images for a covert ad campaign
adage.com

Doctors Were Alarmed: ‘Would I Have My Children Have Surgery Here?’
nytimes.com

Ancient DNA Yields Snapshots of Vanished Ecosystems
quantamagazine.org

Why astronomers are worried that SpaceX’s satellite network will pollute the night sky
theverge.com

Nobody taught Betty Bloomerz how to swallow a sword. She just figured it out — one inch at a time.
nytimes.com • (see also)

The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history?
theguardian.com

The Moon That Got Away
theatlantic.com

Scientists Are Stuck on the Mystery of Tape
gizmodo.com

Tornado Damage: 13 Days of Devastation in Photos
theatlantic.com

Would you consider spending a few moments to respond to our Curated Links survey?
docs.google.com

159 murdered birds: Here’s how wildlife crime sleuths solved one of California’s most baffling poaching cases
mercurynews.com

Stars expelled two-by-two
cosmosmagazine.com

In a first, scientists took the temperature of a sonic black hole
sciencenews.org

Two Female Monkeys Went to Space 60 Years Ago. One Became the Poster Child for Astronaut Masculinity
space.com

Why Does the Letter ‘S’ Look Like an ‘F’ in Old Manuscripts?
livescience.com

Close encounter with alien star could explain ’Oumuamua, debunk Planet Nine
newatlas.com

Advertising as a major source of human dissatisfaction: Cross-national evidence on one million Europeans
voxeu.org

Chaos, hope, change: stories from 70 years of the People’s Republic of China
theguardian.com

‘I wash all my food like crazy’: scientists voice concern about nanoparticles
theguardian.com

The curious origins of the dollar symbol
bbc.com

The ‘Forbidden’ planet has been found in the ‘Neptunian Desert’
phys.org

What’s the Magic Behind Graphene’s ‘Magic’ Angle?
quantamagazine.org

The Secret to This Brazilian Coffee? Ants Harvest the Beans
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

The Secret to Soap Bubbles’ Iridescent Rainbows
wired.com

18 Earth-size planets found in our galaxy—all hiding in plain sight
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

30 Years After Tiananmen, a Chinese Military Insider Warns: Never Forget
nytimes.com

Curiosity Gazes Upon Noctilucent Clouds Over Gale Crater
planetary.org

Large cities may create their own clouds
sciencemag.org

Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusion
phys.org

Photos: The Incredible Ice Formations of Lake Baikal
theatlantic.com

New Studies Increase Confidence in NASA’s Measure of Earth’s Temperature
climate.nasa.gov

Comet Inspires Chemistry for Making Breathable Oxygen on Mars
caltech.edu

Scientists Discover The Loneliest, Most Isolated Galaxy In The Entire Universe
forbes.com

These scientists are setting a forest on fire — and studying it with drones
nature.com

Instead of Money, This Portuguese ‘Bank’ Safeguards 27,000 Handpainted Tiles
atlasobscura.com

Exploding stars led to humans walking on two legs, radical study suggests
theguardian.com • (or not)

The Mystery of the Disappearing Elephant-Seal Dialects
theatlantic.com

Opinion: ‘UFOs exist and everyone needs to adjust to that fact’
washingtonpost.com • Related

Robocrop: world’s first raspberry-picking robot set to work
theguardian.com

The Philosophy Behind the First American Dictionary
theatlantic.com

The Rise of Junk Science
thewalrus.ca

Productivity and the Joy of Doing Things the Hard Way
wired.com

20 Years After Kosovo: How a War in the Balkans Changed the U.S. Air Force Forever
popularmechanics.com

Parenting by the Numbers
newyorker.com

Gut worms were once a cause of disease, now they are a cure
aeon.co

A sweet tale: the son who reinvented sugar to help diabetic dad
theguardian.com

Atom patterning breaks new number record
physicsworld.com

Eating Way Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan’s Imperial Navy
nationalinterest.org

A Harrowing Journey Up the World’s Fifth Highest Mountain
wired.com

How a ‘forgotten’ 600-year-old tsunami changed history
nationalgeographic.com

Russian data theft: Shady world where all is for sale
bbc.com