Printed from https://www.damninteresting.com/curated-links/?after=39528

New Giant Salamander Species Is the World’s Largest Amphibian
smithsonianmag.com

Computers and Humans ‘See’ Differently. Does It Matter?
quantamagazine.org

A neutron star almost too massive to exist
cosmosmagazine.com

How circling the globe has evolved in the 500 years since Magellan’s famous trip
sciencenews.org • (see also)

Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair
nytimes.com

Why you should avoid making decisions when you’re hungry
theguardian.com

An envelope, hidden in a wall for 100 years, helps solve a Winchester Mystery House riddle
sfgate.com • (see also)

There might be some problems when we try to make babies in space
massivesci.com

Where Does All the Plastic Go?
newyorker.com

On the Snarky Poem That Got Its Author Murdered
lithub.com

The Air Force Will Let Hackers Try to Hijack an Orbiting Satellite
wired.com

Meteor Burst Communication
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

We’re Much, Much Funnier Than We Used to Be
slate.com • (see also)

The major cities being designed without children in mind
bbc.com

Scientists are about to spend a year trapped in Arctic ice
nationalgeographic.com

Image: Juno spacecraft captures the shadow of Io on Jupiter
missionjuno.swri.edu

‘He’s a barbarian’: Māori tribe bans replica of Captain Cook’s ship from port
theguardian.com

Meet The Nuclear-Powered Self-Driving Drone NASA Is Sending To A Moon Of Saturn
npr.org

The Far Side trails ‘new online era’ for Gary Larson’s beloved cartoons
theguardian.com

New Interstellar Comet is ‘Very Red’, Initial Results Show
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Knives made of frozen feces don’t make the cut, disproving well-known legend
arstechnica.com

This Tech Could Completely Change How We Predict Volcanic Eruptions
popularmechanics.com

The huge US oil stash hidden in underground caves
bbc.com

This chicken has black bones, organs, and meat: Here’s why.
nationalgeographic.com

Who Speaks for Crazy Horse?
newyorker.com

Massive Collision Cracked Young Jupiter’s Core
eos.org

Dead Bodies Continue to Move for Over a Year, Forensic Scientists Discover
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

Origin-of-Life Study Points to Chemical Chimeras, Not RNA
quantamagazine.org

On this day in 1920 a deadly terrorist attack struck Wall Street in New York City
damninteresting.com

New observations help explain the dimming of Tabby’s Star
phys.org

What it was like to fly the baddest airplane the world has ever known
arstechnica.com

New Proof Solves 80-Year-Old Irrational Number Problem
scientificamerican.com

2019 ozone hole could be smallest in three decades
bbc.com

Study: The connection between video games and mass shootings isn’t just wrong—it’s racist
technologyreview.com

The oil industry vs. the electric car
politico.com

Not Only Didn’t We Find Water On An Earth-Like Exoplanet, But We Can’t With Current Technology
forbes.com

When Milton met Shakespeare: poet’s notes on Bard appear to have been found
theguardian.com

$1m a minute: the farming subsidies destroying the world – report
theguardian.com

Consider the Butt [note: contains “mature” themes]
theparisreview.org

In the Shadow of Caesar
laphamsquarterly.org

A Self-Solving Rubik’s Cube That Floats In the Air is Completely Hands-Off
gizmodo.com

An electric tank? Army sees multiple advantages in dumping fossil fuels
thedriven.io

Here’s why the internet will always have enough space for all our devices
theconversation.com

India’s Controversial Plan to Bring Back the Cheetah
theatlantic.com • (see also)

The discovery of the ancient Greek city of Tenea
bbc.com

Scientists Have Decoded Baby Talk. Turns Out They’re Bossing Parents Around
fatherly.com

New Proto-Dinosaur Found in Colorado
blogs.scientificamerican.com

In Mexico’s Cartel Country, a Murderer Who Kills Murderers Tells His Story
thedailybeast.com

Getting Away With Murdoch: The Tabloid Baron’s Sordid Kidnap Tale
forbes.com

When Puppet Shows Were Too Violent For Kids
daily.jstor.org

Artist pans claims he orchestrated theft of solid gold toilet
theguardian.com

How a basement hacker transformed Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600
arstechnica.com

Ethiopia’s vintage taxis near the end of the road
theguardian.com

How to Jump from a Moving Train Using Science
popularmechanics.com

‘The Hardest Props I Ever Made’
vulture.com

Why Are Doctors Still Prescribing These Dangerous Antibiotics?
thedailybeast.com

The Jewish Red Army Officer Who Safeguarded Hitler’s Teeth
medium.com

Wasps: If you can’t love them, at least admire them
bbc.com

Weatherwatch: the Prussian polymath who founded modern meteorology
theguardian.com

A Prison Lifer Comes Home
theatlantic.com