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Human microbiome churns out thousands of tiny novel proteins
med.stanford.edu

Lake Titicaca’s 150-year Old Steamship That Runs on Dung
amusingplanet.com

Unexpected fractal behavior gives us clues about the early universe and the arrow of time
quantamagazine.org

Get to Know Maxwell’s Equations—You’re Using Them Right Now
wired.com

The Swaying Power Of Scented Spaces Isn’t Always Right Under Our Nose
npr.org • (see also)

Video: The World War of the Ants
youtube.com

Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out
nytimes.com

Acres of saltwater pools in the desert are growing an algae food revolution
massivesci.com

The Dispute at the Heart of Cosmology
theatlantic.com

New SETI Project Will Practice Looking for Alien Life Near Deep-Sea Vents on Earth
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Chinese karaoke lover suffers collapsed lung after straining to reach the high notes
scmp.com

Why These Praying Mantises Are Wearing Itty-Bitty 3D Glasses
wired.com

Road to the Future: A Century of Weird, Wonderful Concept Cars
bloomberg.com • (see also)

How One Mathematician Solved a 2,000-Year-Old Camera Lens Problem
popularmechanics.com

From ball pits to water slides: the designer who changed children’s playgrounds for ever
theguardian.com

Remote Triggering of Earthquakes
williamrchase.com

Hubble Telescope’s Gorgeous New Jupiter Views Could Help Demystify Shrinking Great Red Spot
space.com

Catastrophe by Mail – reflecting upon rare and curious tektites
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Pine trees send chemical warning to each other when pine beetles attack
folio.ca

Why Speed Kills Cities
citylab.com

A schemer with an English degree used his literary know-how—and a cocktail of drugs—to fool his victims into re-writing their wills
thedailybeast.com

What is geoengineering—and why should you care?
technologyreview.com

How Safecrackers Can Unlock an ATM in Minutes—Without Leaving a Trace
wired.com

World’s Largest Frogs Are So Big, They Build Their Own Ponds
gizmodo.com

‘Welsh Wikipedia Gives Me Hope’
slate.com

Legless, Leaping Larvae
nytimes.com

One is Chinese. One is American. How a journalist discovered and reunited identical twins
latimes.com

On this day in 1945, 29-year-old Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived an atomic bomb for the second time
damninteresting.com

Zombie debt: How collectors trick consumers into reviving dead debts
washingtonpost.com

The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of brain cells
theconversation.com

The baffling origin of London Stone
bbc.com

Bizarre fossils reveal Asia’s oldest known forest
nationalgeographic.com

Chase Bank cancels all credit card debt for Canadian customers
theguardian.com

Volcano forecasts could soon be a reality, thanks to AI
nationalgeographic.com

‘Popular’ Kids Aren’t That Special
theatlantic.com

Study: many of the “oldest” people in the world may not be as old as we think
vox.com

Mystery solved? Why cats eat grass
sciencemag.org

Chernobyl’s ‘Sarcophagus’ Is Being Taken down Due to Fear of Collapse
interestingengineering.com

Two planets orbiting Teegarden’s star described as most earthlike found yet
phys.org

Did dark matter arise before the Big Bang?
newatlas.com

In the Ethiopian Mountains, Ancient Humans Were Living the High Life
nytimes.com

A protein in your brain behaves like a virus, infecting your cells with memories
massivesci.com

We’ve finally gotten a look at the microbe that might have been our ancestor
arstechnica.com

The life of a white-hat hacker
vox.com

Has this scientist finally found the fountain of youth?
technologyreview.com

The Non-Weirdness of Negative Interest Rates
bloomberg.com

Can we trust our own eyes? Motivated perception, explained.
vox.com

$13,000 NES cartridge found at the bottom of a Safeway sack
arstechnica.com

Claws out on Japan’s ‘cat island’ as foul play feared in spate of deaths
theguardian.com

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Stumbles Upon a Strangely Complicated Martian Rock
gizmodo.com

The U.S. Army Plans To Field the Most Powerful Laser Weapon Yet
popularmechanics.com

Jakarta’s Rooftop Villages
amusingplanet.com

In 1845 explorers sought the Northwest Passage—then vanished
nationalgeographic.com

Honoring Stalin: The Comeback of a Soviet Dictator
spiegel.de

How many more did Manson family kill? LAPD investigating 12 unsolved murders
latimes.com

For those who were there, Woodstock was a weekend like no other
nationalgeographic.com

The Schoolteacher and the Genocide
nytimes.com

Economic bubbles are irrational, but we can understand them
aeon.co

A Meteor Just Exploded On Jupiter, And A Photographer Actually Caught It On Video
sciencealert.com

The Oil Giants Might Finally Pay for Pulling the Biggest Hoax of All
esquire.com