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Scientists finally know how big earthquakes start: With many smaller ones
latimes.com

When a $2.1 Million Drug Could Cure Your Child’s Fatal Disease
bloomberg.com

Huge hoard of dinosaur bones found in Wyoming
bbc.co.uk

The Planet Needs a New Internet
earther.gizmodo.com

Colossal crabs may hold clue to Amelia Earhart fate
nationalgeographic.com

Beware the Epiphany-Industrial Complex
wired.com

When a Volcano in El Salvador Cooled Down the Entire World
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

In the Straits: The Story of the Inmate Turned Millionaire Turned Lone Survivor
seattlemet.com

In 897, the corpse of a pope was exhumed—to be put on trial.
nationalgeographic.com

A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires
newyorker.com

The Philippines has spent three decades restoring the biggest clams in the world
hakaimagazine.com

Can New Species Evolve From Cancers? Maybe. Here’s How.
quantamagazine.org

A Brief History of Slavery That You Didn’t Learn in School
nytimes.com

The cult of Columbine: how an obsession with school shooters led to a murder plot
theguardian.com

What the voice inside your head says about you
bbc.com

Earth’s inner core is doing something weird
nationalgeographic.com

Speedgate, the sport invented by artificial intelligence
expmag.com

Cave Diver Risks All To Explore Places ‘Where Nobody Has Ever Been’
npr.org

New model agrees with old: Nuclear war between US and Russia would result in nuclear winter
phys.org

NASA Gets a Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface
jpl.nasa.gov

N.Y.P.D. Detectives Gave a Boy, 12, a Soda. He Landed in a DNA Database.
nytimes.com

Surprising talents of the Neanderthals
theguardian.com

Saturn, Not Earth Or Jupiter, Has The Largest Storms In Our Solar System
forbes.com

Scientists detect a black hole swallowing a neutron star
phys.org

Video: The World’s Tallest Water Slide Was a Terrible, Tragic Idea
youtube.com

‘Evil-Genius’ Neutrino Gun Could Finally Unmask the Tiniest Particles in the Universe
livescience.com

Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations
washingtonpost.com

Wildfires in Canada are burning down forests of mushrooms
massivesci.com

What if aging weren’t inevitable, but a curable disease?
technologyreview.com

The Chrysler Air Raid Siren Was So Powerful it Could Induce Rain
amusingplanet.com

Alt-Meat Trounces Animal Meat’s Massive Inefficiencies
wired.com

He went to jail as a fake doctor. Now he’s a real one
latimes.com

The Nazi book of anatomy still used by surgeons
bbc.com

The Uncounted Dead of Duterte’s Drug War
theatlantic.com

Left-Handed People Are Being Unnecessarily Excluded From Neuroimaging Research, Study Finds
digest.bps.org.uk

The Uneasy Alliance Between Aluminum and Warfare
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Cold War sailor’s 50-year-old message in a bottle found in Alaska
theguardian.com • More info

Photos taken by the EPA reveal what American cities looked like before pollution was regulated
insider.com

The Manson Family’s Youngest Member Tells All: ‘If He Could Kill Strangers, He Could Kill Me’
thedailybeast.com

Aeroplankton: The Life in the Air We Breathe
daily.jstor.org

Is crying truly cathartic?
bbc.com

Looks Like We Have a New State of Matter
popularmechanics.com

Trauma Counselors Were Pressured to Divulge Confidential Information About Facebook Moderators, Internal Letter Claims
theintercept.com

The Barbaric History of Sugar in America
nytimes.com

How a new alphabet is helping the Fulani people write its own future
news.microsoft.com

A Woman Lived with a ‘Twin’ Inside Her for 17 Years Without Knowing
gizmodo.com

The Completely Reasonable Reason People Are Flying With Mini Horses
nytimes.com • (see also)

Take an epic road trip to Tennessee’s coolest caverns
nationalgeographic.com

Video: A smart phone from 1984 – The STC Executel
youtube.com

How Mediaeval Husbands Chastised Wives Who Talked Too Much
amusingplanet.com

On the Hunt for National Treasures With America’s Archive Detective
atlasobscura.com

Lincoln’s spies: Elizabeth Van Lew, southern sexism and the winning of a secret war
theguardian.com

The Young Man and the Sea Sponge
longreads.com

Actually, Gender-Neutral Pronouns Can Change a Culture
wired.com

‘Plastic recycling is a myth’: what really happens to your rubbish?
theguardian.com

In the Santa Barbara Channel, an underwater sound system tries to keep whales and ships apart
latimes.com

Humans Migrated to Mongolia Much Earlier Than Previously Believed
ucdavis.edu

Astronomers probably just saw a black hole swallow a dead star
nationalgeographic.com

What Fossils Alone Can’t Explain About Dinosaurs
theatlantic.com

Astronomy photo taken in 1901: The Orion Nebula
apod.nasa.gov