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Chinese pillow history
wellcomecollection.org

Beware the Hollywood Con Queen
vanityfair.com

Soil’s Microbial Market Shows the Ruthless Side of Forests
quantamagazine.org

Most of California’s Big Earthquakes Are Preceded by Ghostly ‘Foreshocks’ Weeks in Advance
livescience.com

A Successful Artificial Memory Has Been Created
scientificamerican.com

Despair as Turkey prepares to flood one of the world’s oldest cities
cbsnews.com

Meet Pandia, Eirene and More! 5 Jupiter Moons Get New Names
space.com

This Is Why Time Has To Be A Dimension
forbes.com

Surgeons save man’s hand by attaching it to his groin for two weeks
news.sky.com

Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table?
nytimes.com • (see also)

Curious Kids: What is the smallest animal ever?
theconversation.com

It’s Not Just Hurricanes: America Wanted to Nuke Mines, the Moon and the Panama Canal
vice.com

Optimistic People Live Longer, a New Study Finds
blogs.discovermagazine.com • (see also)

A bewildering upbringing: Why Margo Perin was made to have a nose job at 13
bbc.com

The U.S. Air Force’s Secretive X-37B Spaceplane Breaks Another Record
popularmechanics.com

On this day in 1896, war broke out in Zanzibar. Later that day the war ended.
damninteresting.com

Isotopes composition proves a reactor was involved in Nenoksa accident, expert says
thebarentsobserver.com • (see also)

Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea
cnn.com

The history of Hong Kong, visualized
nationalgeographic.com

Photos: The Burning Amazon Rainforest
theatlantic.com

Mysterious cloud ‘absorbers’ seen to drive Venusian albedo, climate
news.wisc.edu

The Existential Consequences of Lab Errors
slate.com

When Bomb Blasts Are a Job Hazard, This Test Could Help Measure Their Effects
nytimes.com

‘Tantalizing clue’ marks end of Amelia Earhart expedition
nationalgeographic.com

The Woman With 200 Kids
torontolife.com

Wow! What if 1 in 4 sunlike stars has an Earth?
earthsky.org

Mexico’s mysterious uncharted caves
bbc.com

Jack The Baboon Signalman
amusingplanet.com

The United Kingdom’s divorce from the European Union is causing psychological distress across the country
apa.org

When Murder Comes Home
crimereads.com

The Tattooed Venus and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
flashbak.com

The Post Reports on Vaccines
saturdayeveningpost.com

Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth?
newyorker.com

A Particle Accelerator Has Just Simulated Colliding Neutron Stars
interestingengineering.com

Woman Gives Birth to Twins — 11 Weeks Apart
livescience.com

The $6 Million Drug Claim
nytimes.com

The Cherokee Nation wants a representative in Congress, taking the US government up on a promise it made nearly 200 years ago
cnn.com

NASA Administrator Says Pluto Is Still a Planet, And Things Are Getting Heated
sciencealert.com • (Previously)

Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help
nytimes.com

The spy in your wallet: Credit cards have a privacy problem
washingtonpost.com

On luck, love, and lust in Las Vegas
theparisreview.org

NotPetya Ushered In a New Era of Malware
vice.com

The Robot Ship Set to Cross the Atlantic and Change the World
thedailybeast.com

Locals Warned That ‘Malfunction’ During Test at SpaceX Facility Could Shatter Windows
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Why People Keep Falling for Viral Hoaxes
wired.com

Boeing’s Crashes Expose Systemic Failings
spiegel.de

The Message of Measles
newyorker.com

The Complex Economics of Medieval Convents
daily.jstor.org

A Blinding History of the Laser Pointer
melmagazine.com

Why nuking hurricanes is a bad idea
bbc.com

Klinefelter syndrome: many men have an extra X chromosome – but it is rarely diagnosed
theguardian.com

The Vandals sacked Rome, but do they deserve their reputation?
nationalgeographic.com

Disappearing act: Device vanishes on command after military missions
phys.org

On this day in 1980 a mysterious device and a threatening letter appeared in Harvey’s casino in Lake Tahoe
damninteresting.com

Emojis are increasingly coming up in court cases. Judges are struggling with how to interpret them
edition.cnn.com

A colossal new planet was discovered by astronomers. It’s roughly 10 times Jupiter’s mass and orbits a very young star
businessinsider.com

Chinese Firm Wants to Give Cloned Pets the Original’s “Memories”
futurism.com

440 Years Old And Filled With Footprints, These Aren’t Your Everyday Maps
npr.org

For months, he lingered in a purgatory between wakefulness and nothingness
latimes.com

Author Josh Levin is the latest to detail plagiarism of his work by The Dollop podcast
twitter.com • Context