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40 years ago today a Vela satellite detected what appeared to be an atomic explosion
damninteresting.com

The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”
thedrive.com

Image: 81 megapixel shot of the moonrise a few days ago as it broke through the clouds
reddit.com • Direct link to image

Submerged ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ resurfaces following intense drought
theweathernetwork.com

‘We can find you anywhere’: the Chechen death squads stalking Europe
theguardian.com

Explorer, Eco-Warrior, Spy: The Battles of Jacques Cousteau
thedailybeast.com

How Vikings Went Into a Trancelike Rage Before Battle
wired.com • (see also)

How Mumbai’s Masalawaalis Make a Single Spice From 30 Ingredients
atlasobscura.com

A funeral for a spy monkey
bbcearth.com • (see also)

Losing an Inheritance Is Easy, Because Saying No Is Hard
nytimes.com

Why two million people signed up to storm Area 51
nationalgeographic.com

Spain’s Attempt to Atone for a 500-Year-Old Sin
theatlantic.com

The climate crisis explained in 10 charts
theguardian.com

Is It Possible to Cure the Desire for Revenge?
gen.medium.com • (see also)

Today you can wear a straw hat without fear of violence. It wasn’t always this way
thestar.com

Perception of musical pitch varies across cultures
news.mit.edu

Personality Tests Are the Astrology of the Office
nytimes.com

Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language
theconversation.com

‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Not Alone. More Mysteriously Dimming Objects Found.
livescience.com

The solar system is littered with the remains of crushed spacecraft
nytimes.com

Spacewatch: Japan’s Hayabusa 2 targets final asteroid landing
theguardian.com

Thanks to rare case from the past, doctor identifies the reason a patient’s blood was blue
wbaltv.com

Comet gateway discovered to inner solar system, may alter fundamental understanding of comet evolution
phys.org

An Alzheimer’s study used electrostimulation to evoke vivid memories – here’s what it could mean
theconversation.com • (see also)

Inside the Ongoing Search for the the ‘Perfect’ Painkiller
melmagazine.com

This Picasso painting had never been seen before. Until a neural network painted it.
technologyreview.com

Imelda Blanketed the Houston Area In Almost 1 Million Lightning Bolts
vice.com

The Georgian guide to university life
historyextra.com • (see also)

Facebook and Google have ad trackers on your streaming TV, studies find
arstechnica.com

In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness
lithub.com

The Mountains Where Space Junk Litter
amusingplanet.com

Mysterious magnetic pulses discovered on Mars
nationalgeographic.com

How to Survive a Lightning Strike
getpocket.com • (see also)

Parenting’s New Frontier: What Happens When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone?
vogue.com

The simple words that save lives
bbc.com

‘It Gets To You.’ Extremism Researchers Confront The Unseen Toll Of Their Work
npr.org

The Mysterious Death Of The Hacker Who Turned In Chelsea Manning
npr.org

Venus puts on variety show among its cloud-tops
europlanet-society.org

Three young women race to defuse a carbon bomb in the Arctic, the fastest-warming place on the planet
reuters.com

‘My father had a lifelong ticket to fly anywhere. Then they took it away’
theguardian.com

The number of birds in the United States and Canada has declined by 29 percent over the past half-century
nytimes.com • (see also)

Crash Course: How Boeing’s managerial revolution created the 737 MAX disaster
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Magellan was first to sail around the world, right? Think again.
nationalgeographic.com

Microbe that got man drunk could help explain common liver disease
sciencemag.org

Did a common childhood illness take down the Neanderthals?
phys.org

How to Feed a Mars Colony of 1 Million People
space.com • (see also)

The Problem with Failing to Admit We Don’t Know
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Scientists use ancient human DNA to approximate the appearance of Denisovans
theguardian.com

It’s a Dirty Job, but Someone Has to Do It and Not Get Eaten
nytimes.com

Has Banksy Monkeyed Around With His Parliament of Chimps?
nytimes.com

He was ‘perfectly healthy’ before the mosquito bite. Nine days later, he was brain dead.
sfgate.com

Rock-munching sea urchins have self-sharpening teeth
sciencemag.org

Could we intercept interstellar comet C/2019 Q4 Borisov?
phys.org

The Internet Relies on People Working for Free
onezero.medium.com

We’re increasingly bombarded with choices – and it’s stressing us out
theconversation.com

Weather collectors and prognosticators
laphamsquarterly.org

An Exclusive Image of the Interstellar Comet That Stunned Astronomers
popularmechanics.com

When New Yorkers Burned Down a Quarantine Hospital
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Greenland Unicorns and the Magical Alicorn
publicdomainreview.org

Simply Changing The Order Of Fast Food Menus Nudges Customers Towards Healthier Soft Drink Choices
digest.bps.org.uk