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Metal Foam Stops .50 Caliber Rounds as Well as Steel – At Less Than Half the Weight
news.ncsu.edu

Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft grabs epic close-up just 30 feet above asteroid
cnet.com

A $4 Million Apartment With No Doorknobs: Inside the Plaza’s Lawsuit-Plagued Luxury Renovation
vanityfair.com

Why It Pays to Play Around
nautil.us • (see also)

‘Socialism for the rich’: the evils of bad economics
theguardian.com

Hershey, Nestle and Mars broke their pledges to end child labor in chocolate production
washingtonpost.com

Martian sands move in unearthly ways
earthsky.org

How is That Diamond Moving? This Optical Illusion Is Important for Science
interestingengineering.com

Exposure to influential bacteria begins before we are born, new evidence confirms
medicalxpress.com

Who Were the Ancestors of Native Americans? A Lost People in Siberia, Scientists Say
nytimes.com

Chandra Detects a Coronal Mass Ejection From Another Star
nasa.gov

The Not So Dead Sea: Traces of Ancient Bacteria Found in the Lake’s Sediments
scientificamerican.com

Meet the Deep-Sea Dragonfish. Its Transparent Teeth Are Stronger Than a Piranha’s.
nytimes.com

Physicists Search for Monstrous Higgs Particle. It Could Seal the Fate of the Universe.
livescience.com

How to survive in the world’s largest refugee camp
mosaicscience.com

On the hunt for the Universe’s biggest galaxies far, far away
aeon.co

How Dr. Seuss Changed Education in America
newyorker.com • (see also)

Wildfire Smoke Is Here to Stay
outsideonline.com

Quantum Leaps, Long Assumed to Be Instantaneous, Take Time
quantamagazine.org

On June 6, 1944, a lone C-47 led the Normandy invasion. Seventy-five years later, the plane will do it again.
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US
theconversation.com

50 years ago this month, the US Army Corps of Engineers switched off a sizable portion of Niagara Falls
damninteresting.com

Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer’s. Why didn’t it tell the world?
washingtonpost.com

Everest Is Over
theatlantic.com

Bees can link symbols to numbers, study finds
phys.org

The Gambling Nuns of Torrance, California
gq.com

Is it time to treat sugar like smoking?
bbc.com • (see also)

When One Protected Species Kills Another, What Are Conservationists to Do?
scientificamerican.com

Gut check: Yale researchers describe role of bacteria in drug response
news.yale.edu

Is the future of car insurance at risk from fewer accidents?
ft.com

Winston Churchill’s Closest Confidant
laphamsquarterly.org

“Flying-V” airplane design promises fuel savings, but there’s a catch
arstechnica.com

The Soccer War: Honduras, El Salvador and the truth about 1969
si.com

‘We were sworn to secrecy’: Canadian women share stories of their efforts to help win WWII
cbc.ca

The $500m smiley face business
thehustle.co

The Best Way for a Mouse to Escape a Cat, According to Math
wired.com

Brush your teeth — postpone Alzheimer’s
eurekalert.org

One and a half decades ago today the Killdozer emerged
damninteresting.com

The Opioid Crisis Is Killing Trees Too
theatlantic.com

The Pressure to Be Beautiful in South Korea
spiegel.de

The Attacker’s Other Victims in the Central Park Five Case
thecut.com

Researchers solve mystery of the galaxy with no dark matter
phys.org

The Murderous History of Qatar’s Most Common Dessert
vice.com

Family haunted by avalanche of bills after son’s death: ‘It’s continuous’
theguardian.com

Buildings Can Be Designed to Withstand Earthquakes. Why Doesn’t the U.S. Build More of Them?
nytimes.com

The ‘Undesirable Militants’ Behind the Nineteenth Amendment
theatlantic.com • (see also)

For ‘Banking Deserts,’ There Might Be Hope at the Post Office
citylab.com

The Newest Lab Rat Has Eight Arms
hakaimagazine.com

Everyone Knows Money Influences Politics … Except Scientists
fivethirtyeight.com

The Very Good Adventure Dogs of History
outsideonline.com

Long-lost Lewis Chessman found in Edinburgh family’s drawer
bbc.com

Video: [The history of the] World’s Lightest Solid
youtube.com

Newly Discovered Immune Cell Linked to Type 1 Diabetes
hopkinsmedicine.org

To Evade Pre-Prohibition Drinking Laws, New Yorkers Created the World’s Worst Sandwich
atlasobscura.com

Photos From the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster
theatlantic.com

The Universe’s First Stars Exploded in Strange Ways
scientificamerican.com

Why Does the Moon Keep Flashing Us?
livescience.com

Why Crocodiles Are Not Just Living Fossils
nytimes.com

D-Day succeeded thanks to an ingenious design called the Mulberry Harbours
theconversation.com

‘Fettuccine’ may be most obvious sign of life on Mars, researchers report
news.illinois.edu