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Why lead is dangerous, and the damage it does
theconversation.com • (see also)

No, the census has never been delayed. Even when it was really hard to conduct.
washingtonpost.com

Where tinned fish is hard currency
bbc.com

You No Longer Own Your Face
theatlantic.com

Why Science Can Be So Indecisive About Nutrition
theatlantic.com

NASA chooses Saturn’s moon Titan as its next destination
theverge.com

What Are These Civil Rights Laws?
laphamsquarterly.org

Some Ancient Crocodiles Went Vegan
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Did the Versailles peace treaty trigger another world war?
historyextra.com

The Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I
amusingplanet.com

The Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio
wired.com

The Century-Long Evolution of the U.S. Army Helmet
popularmechanics.com

Bizarre radio burst traced back to its origin in deep space
nationalgeographic.com

Airplane Contrails Have Surprising Effect on the Atmosphere
earther.gizmodo.com

This World Is a Simmering Hellscape. They’ve Been Watching Its Explosions.
nytimes.com

Video: The story of how a hastily-drawn line divided one people into two.
youtube.com

An Impressive Demonstration of a Fully Restored Two-Wheeled Self-Balancing 1967 Gyro-X Vehicle
laughingsquid.com

The invention of Essex: how a county became a caricature
theguardian.com

A School With No Heat or Computers but Many College-Bound Students. Mostly Girls.
nytimes.com

The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance—by their heartbeat
technologyreview.com

Inside the shadow world of scooter chargers
expmag.com

The Night the Stonewall Inn Became a Proud Shrine
nytimes.com

Fossils of a 12-Foot-Tall, 1000-Pound Bird Found in Crimea
vice.com

On this day in 1945 the FCC moved the FM spectrum, leaving the inventor of FM radio in ruin
damninteresting.com

Fake news ‘vaccine’ works: ‘pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
cam.ac.uk

Video: How Interpreters Do Their Jobs
video.wired.com

An Oral History of Whale Cove
thewalrus.ca

Lost in the mall and other false memories
wellcomecollection.org

Sperm Donors Can’t Stay Secret Anymore. Here’s What That Means.
nytimes.com • Related

Incredible Observation Links Two Different Radioactive Phenomena Inside a Thunderstorm
gizmodo.com

Inside the deadly world of India’s sand mining mafia
nationalgeographic.com

A Gas Heist Gone Wrong, an Explosion, and 137 Deaths in Mexico
bloomberg.com

Greenland Ice Sheet: ‘More than 50 hidden lakes’ detected
bbc.com • (see also)

Growing evidence suggests Parkinson’s disease starts in gut
theguardian.com

The Hero Who Betrayed His Country
theatlantic.com

Was Apollo 11 a Beginning or an End?
texasmonthly.com

The Simple Idea Behind Einstein’s Greatest Discoveries
quantamagazine.org

These fungi drug cicadas with psilocybin or amphetamine to make them mate nonstop
sciencenews.org

Unlocking secrets of the ice worm
phys.org • (see also)

Astronomers Have Decoded a Weird Signal Coming from a Strange, 3-Body Star System
livescience.com

The golden asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire
rt.com

The Rocket Scientist Who Had to Elude the FBI Before He Could Escape Earth
lithub.com

One Type of Sitting May Pose a Greater Risk to Heart Health Than Others
inverse.com

These Monkeys Have An Archaeological Record 3,000 Years Old
blogs.discovermagazine.com

‘This is going to be a bad one’: A new pest is causing quarantines in Va. and Pa.
washingtonpost.com

How Snakes Swallow
daily.jstor.org

A Device to Detect ‘Aggression’ in Schools Often Misfires
wired.com

Meet the shape-shifting baby amphibians that become cannibals
nationalgeographic.com

What Is The Smallest Possible Distance In The Universe?
forbes.com

Researchers Demonstrate How U.S. Emergency Alert System Can Be Hijacked and Weaponized
vice.com

Life could exist in a 2D universe (according to physics, anyway)
technologyreview.com

He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back
wired.com

Can a neural network write riddles?
iforcedabot.com

Monarch butterflies raised in captivity don’t migrate
sciencemag.org

The Six-Year Struggle to Regain Ownership of the ‘This Is Fine’ Dog
vulture.com

Philosophers Debate New ‘Sonic Black Hole’ Discovery
quantamagazine.org

May We Entertain You?
laphamsquarterly.org

80-Year Quest to Create Metallic Hydrogen May Finally Be Complete
gizmodo.com

How biohackers are trying to upgrade their brains, their bodies — and human nature
vox.com

Retaining the royals: why has the British monarchy survived – and thrived?
historyextra.com