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Why Renaissance Paintings Aren’t as Green as They Used to Be
atlasobscura.com

Scientists can tell how wealthy you are by examining your sewage
inverse.com

A NASA engineer’s sci-fi idea for a zero-propellant “helical engine”
newscientist.com • (see also)

Gallery: NASA’s Number 1 Space Suits Model
flashbak.com

Pompeii dig unearths fighting fresco in ‘gladiators’ tavern’
theguardian.com

Lessons from scorching hot weirdo-planets
knowablemagazine.org

Stalker ‘found Japanese singer through reflection in her eyes’
bbc.com

Ancient Aztec records reveal hidden earthquake risk
nationalgeographic.com

A Photo Trip to the Bungle Bungles
theatlantic.com

How interchangeable parts revolutionised the way things are made
bbc.com

Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore
theatlantic.com

The Navy’s Patent for a Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is Wild
popularmechanics.com

Honeybees are math stars
phys.org

What If Yellowstone’s Supervolcano Erupted?
realclearscience.com

Berlin Wall anniversary: The ‘worst night of my life’
bbc.com • (see also)

Greenland’s dying ice
vis.sciencemag.org

The Feminist History of ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’
smithsonianmag.com

This girl’s dramatic story shows hyper-personalized medicine is possible—and costly
technologyreview.com

Abandoned SD Card Labeled ‘Homicide’ Provides Road Map to Real Murder
gizmodo.com

Engineers put Leonardo da Vinci’s bridge design to the test
news.mit.edu • (see also)

Games blamed for moral decline and addiction throughout history
theconversation.com

Does Forest Thinning Work?
daily.jstor.org

Planting Tiny Spy Chips in Hardware Can Cost as Little as $200
wired.com

The Spiral Hives of Sugarbag Bees
amusingplanet.com

The Gobi Desert Is a Red Sea of Chili Peppers
atlasobscura.com

An IRS employee stole identities and went on a 2-year spending spree
qz.com

‘Upside-Down Rivers’ of Warm Water Are Carving Antarctica to Pieces
livescience.com • (see also)

Voyager Mission Reveals Unexpected Pressure at The Edge of The Solar System
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Fast food increases exposure to a ‘forever chemical’ called PFAS
nationalgeographic.com

The Lightning Beneath Our Feet
nautil.us

The Tech Helping Dogs Learn to ‘Talk’ With Humans
wired.com

A golden chamber buried under a mountain in Japan is helping scientists detect dying stars
businessinsider.com

The Dueling Weathermen of the 1800s
earth.nautil.us

The Pen Pal Who Changed a President
narratively.com

Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf
theguardian.com

A Second Interstellar Visitor Has Arrived in Our Solar System. This Time, Astronomers Think They Know Where It Came From
livescience.com

The Weird History of Unidentified Submerged Objects
popularmechanics.com

The Science of Getting Over It
theatlantic.com

The British island that’s not in the UK
bbc.com

This One Thought Experiment Shows Why Special Relativity Isn’t The Full Story
medium.com

‘String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Bet’
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Scientists now have evidence a large platinum-dense meteorite hit the earth 12,800 years ago
qz.com

Could a habitable planet orbit a supermassive black hole?
technologyreview.com

Dunbar’s number: Why we can only maintain 150 relationships
bbc.com

How Many People Have Died in Outer Space?
blogs.discovermagazine.com • (see also)

You’ve Heard of Water Bears, but How About These Ancient Mold Pigs?
gizmodo.com

Why Lightning Strikes Twice as Much Over Shipping Lanes
wired.com • (see also)

A Dazzling Quarter Century of Exoplanet Discovery
theatlantic.com

The epic history of the humble goldfish
nationalgeographic.com

On this day in 1446 the king of Korea released a new-and-improved alphabet
damninteresting.com

The Black Cube Chronicles • Part 3
newyorker.com • Part 1 • Part 2

Nine-year-old charged with murder of five people in Illinois trailer park fire
theguardian.com

Shakil Afridi: The doctor who helped the CIA find Bin Laden
bbc.com

The sea is running out of fish, despite nations’ pledges to stop it
nationalgeographic.com

Gallery: Moving an Ancient Town to Higher Ground
theatlantic.com

Oobleck’s Weird Properties Demystified
livescience.com

Online Map Leads Archaeologist to Maya Discovery
nytimes.com

Hacking victim who paid Bitcoin ransom goes on to hack the hackers
thenextweb.com

Botox break-ins: why are thefts of the beauty drug on the rise?
theguardian.com

Misguided attempts to solve impossible mathematical problems
laphamsquarterly.org