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The $68,000 Fish: The future of salmon in the Pacific Northwest
harpers.org

Dark Matter’s Biggest Problem Might Simply Be A Numerical Error
forbes.com

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians
lithub.com

Why Neanderthals Could Outsprint Humans
realclearscience.com

‘Miracle of the dancing sun’ may be a meteorological event
theguardian.com

Why Harriet Tubman risked it all for enslaved Americans
nationalgeographic.com

Canadian breakthrough that became the world’s most expensive drug, then vanished, gets second chance
cbc.ca

The Untold Story of the 2018 Olympics Cyberattack, the Most Deceptive Hack in History
wired.com

‘As the ancient Egyptians left them’: Archaeologists uncover more than 20 sealed coffins
cnn.com

All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic
chalmers.se

Hubble reveals that galaxies without dark matter really exist
astronomy.com

The True Story of the Genetically Modified Superfood That Almost Saved Millions
foreignpolicy.com

New stable form of plutonium discovered
phys.org

The World’s Largest Geode Formed When the Mediterranean Sea Disappeared, New Study Reveals
livescience.com

Molecules in Blood Spike Hours before Seizures
scientificamerican.com

FAA says Boeing withheld worrying messages on 737 MAX jet
dw.com

Building China’s Comac C919 airplane involved a lot of hacking, report says
zdnet.com • (see also)

How Arson Became A Capital Crime
crimereads.com • (see also)

The internet threatened to speed up the death of endangered languages. Could it save them instead?
cnn.com

San Francisco’s Busiest Street Is Going Car-Free
citylab.com

Technology exposed Syrian war crimes over and over. Was it for nothing?
technologyreview.com

From 440 to 25,000: One Humpback Whale Population’s Amazing Recovery
blogs.discovermagazine.com

A major California fault has begun moving for the first time on record
stripes.com

Why Does the U.S. Still Have So Many Lead Water Pipes?
realclearscience.com

Roman emperor Domitian’s feast of death
daily.jstor.org

First all-woman space walk puts spotlight on spacesuit design
nationalgeographic.com

60 years ago today Earthlings saw the first-ever photos of the far side of the moon
damninteresting.com

A Strange New Culprit Behind Eating Disorders
theatlantic.com • (see also)

The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks
c4isrnet.com • (see also)

Do we possess our possessions or do they possess us?
aeon.co

Eat, Drink And Be Wary: Ex-CIA Officer Reveals How Eateries Are Key To Spycraft
npr.org

Visitors from deep space are buzzing our solar system. The race is on to explore them.
nbcnews.com

New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics
sciencemag.org

How a Band of Surfer Dudes Pulled Off the Biggest Jewel Heist in N.Y. History
nytimes.com

Former Nazi concentration camp guard on trial in Hamburg
dw.com • (see also)

Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors
washingtonpost.com

Skeleton unearthed beneath California peak
sfgate.com

A Very Reflective Look at Doppelgängers
melmagazine.com

Bitcoin surveillance helped feds take down a massive child abuse site
technologyreview.com

How the Little Ice Age ushered in the modern world
laphamsquarterly.org • (see also)

Plant ‘takes’ botanical world’s first selfie in London Zoo experiment
bbc.com

Ancient Assyrian Tablets Seem to Contain References to a Massive Solar Storm
gizmodo.com

A Natural Land Bridge on The Moon
amusingplanet.com

205 years ago today a deadly wave of beer swept through a London parish
damninteresting.com

House adjacent to meat-packing plant finds basement flooded with blood
gizmodo.com

In fire-prone California, many residents can’t afford wildfire insurance
theconversation.com • (see also)

Gallery: The Quest to Get Photos of the USSR’s First Space Shuttle
wired.com

The Little-Known ‘Slow Fire’ That’s Destroying All Our Books
lithub.com

Don’t Ever Travel Down A Wormhole. You’ll Die
forbes.com

The problem of the punctured heart
wellcomecollection.org

Happier Babies Have an Edge
blogs.scientificamerican.com

What it’s like to bring up a baby in a war zone
1843magazine.com

Ottoman cosmopolitanism and the myth of the sectarian Middle East
aeon.co

Inherited Learning? It Happens, but How Is Uncertain
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The China Connection: How One D.E.A. Agent Cracked a Global Fentanyl Ring
nytimes.com

‘A body drifted past the window’: surviving the Ladbroke Grove train crash
theguardian.com

Silver ants can run their body length in less than a hundredth of a second—the equivalent of a human running 400mph
nationalgeographic.com

Study: Why humans have a perennial tendency to denigrate kids
advances.sciencemag.org • (see also)

The ‘blob’: zoo showcases slime mold with 720 sexes that can heal itself in minutes
theguardian.com

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
propublica.org