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The surprising benefits of talking to strangers
bbc.com

Mary Hallock Greenewalt received 11 patents for her “color organ,” an early form of synthesizer
topic.com

Telescope designed to study mysterious dark energy keeps Russia’s space science hopes alive
sciencemag.org

Scots running amok
aeon.co

In Search of Life’s Beginnings
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Female nurse who played crucial role in IVF ignored on plaque
theguardian.com

The Amazing Eyes of the Archerfish
daily.jstor.org

The Ancient Mesopotamian Tablet as Cookbook
laphamsquarterly.org

The French Town on the Edge of a Giant Hole
messynessychic.com

Why do bats have such bizarrely long lifespans?
arstechnica.com

New Space Telescopes Could Look Like Giant Beach Balls
wired.com

America’s ISIS Members Are Coming Home
newyorker.com

Want to See My Genes? Get a Warrant
nytimes.com

How to build something that lasts 10,000 years
bbc.com

Money was not enough for Crassus, the richest man in Rome
nationalgeographic.com

It looked like a simple domestic murder. Then police learned about the alien reptile cult.
washingtonpost.com

The Golden State Killer suspect became part of their family – and slowly revealed his violent side
latimes.com

When the World’s Most Famous Mystery Writer Vanished
nytimes.com

People Who Pay People to Kill People
theatlantic.com

Plant extinction ‘bad news for all species’
bbc.com

Africa’s Lost Kingdoms
nybooks.com

Kim Jong Un’s Half Brother Kim Jong Nam, Killed With VX Nerve Agent, Was Reportedly CIA Informant
gizmodo.com

Can You Unwrinkle A Raisin?
fivethirtyeight.com

Snoopy lunar module from 1969 Apollo 10 mission may have been found
news.sky.com

Research group finds way to turn plastic waste products into jet fuel
phys.org

They Introduced the World to Songs of Slavery. It Almost Broke Them.
topic.com

The Hot Mess of Hawai‘i’s Renewable Power Push
hakaimagazine.com

How Grenfell survivors came together – and how Britain failed them
theguardian.com

The Day the Music Burned
nytimes.com

900-year-old grape pips reveal unbroken history of French wine variety
theguardian.com

On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship
lithub.com

The Artists Using Artificial Intelligence to Dream Up the Future of Music
spin.com

Couple wins millions using lottery loophole
msn.com • (see also)

Apollo’s brain: The computer that guided man to the Moon
newatlas.com

Burn, bacteria, burn: A fiery ghost town holds promising microbial secrets
medium.com • (see also)

He always hated women. Then he decided to kill them.
washingtonpost.com

Mass anomaly detected under the moon’s largest crater
phys.org

A rare tour of the tunnel that is ground zero for a nuclear waste controversy
cbsnews.com • (see also)

Scientists Discover The Loneliest, Most Isolated Galaxy In The Entire Universe
medium.com • (see also)

Camouflage Gets Weird
daily.jstor.org

The Intimacy of Crime Scene Photos in Belle Epoque Paris
atlasobscura.com

The Heady, Thorny Journey to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
wired.com • (see also)

How To Live Off the Grid
popularmechanics.com

Massive 8,000-mile ‘dead zone’ could be one of the gulf’s largest
nationalgeographic.com

The tooth fairy economy, explained
vox.com

His DNA solved a century-old jailhouse rape. The victim: his grandmother.
buzzfeednews.com

Mapped: The Literal Translation of Every Country’s Name
visualcapitalist.com

Ancient asteroid crater located off coast of Scotland
theguardian.com

UMBC’s Sarah Stellwagen first in world to sequence genes for spider glue
news.umbc.edu

25 years after murders, OJ says ‘Life is fine’
apnews.com

Trophies made from human skulls hint at regional conflicts around the time of Maya civilization’s mysterious collapse
theconversation.com

The maths problem that could bring the world to a halt
bbc.com

Bizarre pentaquark turns out to be a new kind of subatomic ‘molecule’
newscientist.com

Manipulating neck temperature can reduce contagious yawning in humans, study finds
psypost.org

The warming Arctic permafrost may be releasing more nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, than previously thought
news.harvard.edu

What Happens in an Internet Minute in 2019?
visualcapitalist.com

The Elderly Are Getting Complex Surgeries. Often It Doesn’t End Well.
nytimes.com

A settler forgot where he buried $100,000 in gold around the Bay Area. It might still be out there.
sfgate.com • (see also)

The race to replace Viagra
theguardian.com

Does reading fiction make us better people?
bbc.com