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The sticky problem of plastic wrap
nationalgeographic.com

How sounds, shapes, speech and body movements convey emotion through one shared property
eurekalert.org

Why Siberia Drives on the Wrong Side of the Road
jalopnik.com

The rise of the ‘vanlords’: renting out parked vans as living spaces in California
smdp.com

30 Years Later, a Sunken Soviet Sub Is Still Leaking Radioactivity
popularmechanics.com

Surveillance Cameras Debunk the Bystander Effect
citylab.com

These Photos Reveal the Pollination Secrets of Florida’s Most Elusive Flower
audubon.org

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Mirrors
longreads.com

The College That Became a Prison
theatlantic.com

The 25-billion-dollar gamble
bbc.com

Video: Where Are All the Bob Ross Paintings? We Found Them [10:50]
nytimes.com

Generalise, don’t specialise: why focusing too narrowly is bad for us
theguardian.com

Found: A Seditious Cufflink From the Colonial Resistance Wardrobe
atlasobscura.com

Reckoning With My Mother’s Kidnapping
gay.medium.com

The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway
nytimes.com

Japanese space probe Hayabusa 2: Second touchdown on asteroid Ryugu
dw.com • More images

How a Volunteer Firefighter Became a Serial Arsonist
vice.com

Why Men Thought Women Weren’t Made to Vote
theatlantic.com

The Neural Similarities Between Remembering and Imagining
nautil.us

The Myth of Blubber Town, an Arctic Metropolis
publicdomainreview.org

NASA shuts off systems on Voyager 2, saving power for long haul into interstellar space
astronomy.com

The Torturous History of the Treadmill
thewirecutter.com

On this day in 1897 a trio of explorers set out for the north pole in a balloon
damninteresting.com

When self-deception becomes global hoax
wellcomecollection.org

The Tow Truck Turf War and the Driver Left for Dead
narratively.com

The Computer Maverick Who Modeled the Evolution of Life
nautil.us • (see also)

How Swarming Insects Act Like Fluids
quantamagazine.org

‘State capture’: the corruption investigation that has shaken South Africa
theguardian.com

A Skull Bone Discovered in Greece May Alter the Story of Human Prehistory
nytimes.com

Capturing heat wasted in solar panels for use in distilling clean drinking water
techxplore.com

Earth Has WAY More Gold Than the Moon and Here’s Why
space.com

A Deadly Himalayan Avalanche Hit 8 Climbers. One Was Filming.
nytimes.com

Killed for spying: The story of the first factory
bbc.com

Straight arms or bent? For walking, it’s clear. For running, less so
theguardian.com

Does the North Pole belong to Canada?
qz.com

Inside the head of a killer: Imaging study uncovers unique brain abnormalities in murderers
newatlas.com

Most widespread wildlife crime raid ever sweeps across more than 100 countries
nationalgeographic.com

How a vaccinated woman’s death exposes the threat of anti-vaxxers
theguardian.com

Python Swallows Crocodile Whole. Photographer Captures Every Last, Grisly ‘Bite.’
livescience.com

These Sisters will make your Evil Siblings look like Angels
messynessychic.com

Should the Moon Landing Site Be a National Historic Landmark?
daily.jstor.org

Could our efforts to avoid anxiety only be making it worse?
washingtonpost.com

Video: 4000 Exoplanets
youtube.com

The Rocket That Took Humans to the Moon Will Be Projected on the Washington Monument Next Week
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

DNA-Repairing Sunscreen: Legit or Not?
wired.com

Julius Caesar came. He saw. He conquered. Here’s how Rome celebrated.
nationalgeographic.com

The Messy Reality of Personalized Learning
newyorker.com

Interpreting the Beasts of the Middle Ages
hyperallergic.com

The Curious Case of the Socialite Who Sterilized Her Daughter
narratively.com • (see also)

“I Did Not Die. I Did Not Go to Heaven.”
slate.com

On this day in 1908, scientists first liquefied helium
damninteresting.com

AI Trained on Old Scientific Papers Makes Discoveries Humans Missed
vice.com

At least 2% of US public water systems are like Flint’s – Americans just don’t hear about them
theconversation.com

A man was swept over the largest waterfall at Niagara Falls, police say. He survived.
washingtonpost.com

Siberian lake loved by Instagrammers is toxic, power plant says
bbc.com

One giant … lie? Why so many people still think the moon landings were faked
theguardian.com • (see also)

Light-sensing system could show distant galaxies in unprecedented detail
newsroom.ucla.edu

It Would Take This 50-Year-Old NASA Computer More Than a Quintillion Years to Mine a Single Bitcoin Block
gizmodo.com

The Atlas of Moons
nationalgeographic.com

Cities from scratch: watch new cities rise from the desert, jungle and sea
theguardian.com