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Image: Stephan’s Quintet from Hubble
apod.nasa.gov

How California’s biggest wildfires ignited: power lines, cars, arsonists, fireworks
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Gem-like fossils reveal stunning new dinosaur species
nationalgeographic.com

Pilots sleeping in the cockpit could improve airline safety
theconversation.com

A couple was brutally killed on a hiking trail. Decades later, a sealed envelope led to an arrest.
washingtonpost.com

Remembering Tiananmen Square Is Dangerous, Even in Hong Kong
theatlantic.com

Cops Across The US Have Been Exposed Posting Racist And Violent Things On Facebook
buzzfeednews.com

‘Top Secret’ maps reveal the massive Allied effort behind D-Day
nationalgeographic.com

D-day remembered: a series of interviews on the 75th anniversary
theguardian.com

Our Sun’s Mysterious 11-Year Cycle Appears to Be Driven by Alignment of The Planets
sciencealert.com

Tiananmen Square: China minister defends 1989 crackdown
bbc.com

How Kazakhstan Became The Entire Soviet Union For 4 Days
amusingplanet.com

‘The Nation’s T. rex’: How a Montana mom’s hike led to an incredible discovery
washingtonpost.com

South Korea mulls ending arcane age system to match rest of world
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New Data Shows Police Use More Force Against Black Citizens Even Though Whites Resist More
slate.com

The Surprising Complexity of Animal Memories
theatlantic.com

Chase bank is quietly adding a forced arbitration clause to some credit cards
fastcompany.com

Subaru Telescope captures 1800 exploding stars
ipmu.jp

Complex life may only exist because of millions of years of groundwork by ancient fungi
theconversation.com

Most Tech Today Would be Frivolous to Ancient Scientists
nautil.us

Researchers strapped video cameras on 16 cats and let them do their thing. Here’s what they found
sciencemag.org

The last Soviet citizen: The cosmonaut who was left behind in space
rbth.com

Nut of note: 70% of world’s macadamia can be traced back to single Australian tree
theguardian.com

Household Radar Can See Through Walls and Knows How You’re Feeling
spectrum.ieee.org

The Complex Ethics of Saving a Dead Person’s Sperm
vice.com

‘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

If you haven’t already, would you consider spending a few moments to respond to our anonymous Curated Links survey? Last chance!
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?
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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