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In the news: The United States also expressed interest in buying Greenland in 1946
damninteresting.com

NASA Made a Rare Flight Right Through a Thundercloud Formed by a Wildfire
vice.com

A cyberattack could wreak destruction comparable to a nuclear weapon
theconversation.com

The world before vaccines is a world we can’t afford to forget
nationalgeographic.com

Origins Of Aztec And Inca Obsidian Mirrors Revealed Through Scientific Analyses
forbes.com

How will we travel the world in 2050?
theconversation.com

If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978: Typical worker compensation has risen only 12% during that time
epi.org

How an Online Mob Created a Playbook for a Culture War
nytimes.com

Newly discovered organ may be lurking under your skin
nationalgeographic.com

The Aging Spacecraft of Deep Space
theatlantic.com • (see also)

The Whistle-blower Who Got It Wrong
thewalrus.ca

On this day in 1977 astronomers detected the still-unsolved “Wow!” signal
damninteresting.com

Scientists Observe the Explosion of a Monster Star Requiring New Supernova Mechanism
cfa.harvard.edu • (see also)

These 54-Million-Year-Old Fly Eyes Are Preserved in Astounding Detail
vice.com

Could Restoring Soil Help Halt Climate Change?
thedailybeast.com

When the Soviet Union Freed the Arctic from Capitalist Slavery
newyorker.com

How the Invention of Spreadsheet Software Unleashed Wall Street on the World
gizmodo.com

Where would you eat if you didn’t have long to live?
theguardian.com

Secrets and Lies in the School Cafeteria
theatlantic.com

CRISPR enters its first human clinical trials
sciencenews.org

Where America Flirted With Its Own Chernobyl
bloomberg.com

Will we ever control the world with our minds?
bbc.com

35 years ago today 37 people died when a lake exploded
damninteresting.com

Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo—here’s what went wrong
nationalgeographic.com

Photos of Woodstock 1969, on Its 50th Anniversary
theatlantic.com

Dosing time matters
science.sciencemag.org

‘I Shared My Phone Number. I Learned I Shouldn’t Have.’
nytimes.com

Why it’s time to stop worrying about the decline of the English language
theguardian.com

Sperm separation method may allow gender selection in IVF
theguardian.com

Scientists Discover a Cure for the Deadliest Strain of Tuberculosis
nytimes.com

Astronomers just quintupled the number of known repeating fast radio bursts
sciencenews.org

Does Birth Order Affect Personality?
scientificamerican.com

Study: Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet
phys.org

NASA Robots Compete Underground in DARPA Challenge
jpl.nasa.gov

The cartoonist behind the strip XKCD explains how the skies blush and why sailors care
nytimes.com

Human-sized penguin fossil discovered in New Zealand
theguardian.com

Neuroscientists make major breakthrough in 200-year-old puzzle
magazine.ar.fchampalimaud.org

Long-missing, potentially dangerous asteroid finally rediscovered – and it won’t hit Earth
newatlas.com

For the Love of Orange
theparisreview.org

The French Village That Saved Hundreds Fleeing Nazi Persecution
lithub.com

America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One
nytimes.com

How many Earth-like planets are around sun-like stars?
phys.org • (see also)

Pompeii’s Latest Find? Tiny Penises and Seduction Charms
thedailybeast.com

The Theranos Effect: When Cutting-Edge Scientists Are Frauds
lithub.com

When the Lights Went Out: On Blackouts and Terrorism
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • (see also)

1961: What Germany was like when the Berlin Wall was built
dw.com • (see also)

Our Cells Are Filled With ‘Junk DNA’ — Here’s Why We Need It
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Botticelli’s Venus Was Real, and the Original Blonde Bombshell
messynessychic.com

How a ‘NULL’ License Plate Landed One Hacker in Ticket Hell
wired.com

The San Quentin prison doctor who performed over 10,000 human experiments
sfgate.com

‘Like something out of a horror movie’: Camper saves family of four from savage wolf attack
washingtonpost.com

A brief astronomical history of Saturn’s amazing rings
theconversation.com

Don’t lick sexy pavement lichen – here’s why
newsroom.co.nz • (see also)

The fashion line designed to trick surveillance cameras
theguardian.com

Used for millennia as a perfume and panacea, frankincense was once prized more than gold
bbc.com

Groundbreaking earthquake catalog may have just solved a seismic mystery
nationalgeographic.com

An Italian Volcano Turned Out to Be a Fraud
theatlantic.com

How personal letters built the possibility of a modern public
aeon.co

A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.
hakaimagazine.com