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‘They have you in a cultish grip’: the women losing thousands to online beauty schemes
theguardian.com

How the Treaty of Versailles ended WWI and started WWII
nationalgeographic.com

When authorities wouldn’t listen, a rape victim made sure her voice was heard.
story.californiasunday.com

The surgeon had a dilemma only a Nazi medical text could resolve. Was it ethical to use it?
statnews.com

Too Many Medicines Simply Don’t Work
bloomberg.com

Mexico’s Little-Known Attempt to Save Freud From the Nazis
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Oversharing: how Napster nearly killed the music industry
theguardian.com

Video: A full rotation of Earth’s moon as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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The Body’s Clock Offers a Rhythmic Target to Viruses
quantamagazine.org

Klamath County, Oregon, is the perfect place to go if you don’t want to be found—and the worst place to be if someone threatens your life
magazine.atavist.com

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docs.google.com

A small electrical zap to the brain could help you retrieve a forgotten memory
medicalxpress.com

Hawaii warns tourists of parasitic worm that can burrow into human brains
arstechnica.com

Autism symptoms replicated in mice after faecal transplants
theguardian.com

On Tilt: a story of love, hate and poker in the neon West
newstatesman.com

How a City in Fear Brutalized the Central Park Five
nytimes.com

Being Refreshed Is Not The Same As Being Hydrated
caltech.edu

3 Ways Fundamental Particles Travel at (Nearly) the Speed of Light
space.com

The Rough Riders’ Guide to World Domination
nytimes.com

Thieves Keep Stealing Entire Fields’ Worth of Strawberries
vice.com

Exploding stars didn’t cause human bipedalism
archeothoughts.wordpress.com

Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness
nytimes.com

The Alaska town where money grows on trees
bbc.com

The Collapsing Crime Rates of the ’90s Might Have Been Driven by Cellphones
theatlantic.com

Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders
neurosciencenews.com

The Thrill of Defeat
nautil.us

Scientists tackle a burning question: When will our quiet sun turn violent?
sciencemag.org • (see also)

AI learns multi-player video game – and smashes it
cosmosmagazine.com

In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive
nytimes.com • (see also)

Video: Restored footage of the first solar eclipse captured by a motion picture camera (ca. 1900)
ras.ac.uk

On Icy Pluto, Volcanoes May Spout Liquid Water
space.com

These Mole Rats Felt No Pain, Even From Wasabi’s Burn
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‘My Grandfather’s Secret D-Day Journal’
washingtonpost.com

How the Plague Reshaped the World
daily.jstor.org

New electrochemical process could significantly improve the economics of capturing CO2 directly from the air
news.engineering.utoronto.ca

The Warship That Couldn’t Stay Afloat
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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.
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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

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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