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The DNA database used to find the Golden State Killer is a national security leak waiting to happen
technologyreview.com

What lies beneath
vox.com • (see also)

DC-X: The NASA Rocket That Inspired SpaceX and Blue Origin
blogs.discovermagazine.com

The Cirrus Vision Is the Private Jet That Lands Itself
popularmechanics.com • (From 2005)

Satellites Track the World’s Longest Lightning Bolt
earther.gizmodo.com • (see also)

The Weird Weather Fanning the Flames in California
thedailybeast.com • (see also)

On this day in 1961 the Soviet Union detonated the most powerful bomb ever constructed
damninteresting.com

Image: Jupiter’s Cloud Tops: From High to Low
nasa.gov

The Super-Optimized Dirt That Helps Keep Racehorses Safe
wired.com • (see also)

The Mischievous ‘Ghost Hoaxers’ of 19th-Century Australia
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

This Is Why Einstein’s Greatest Blunder Really Was A Tremendous Mistake
forbes.com

The Debatable Land of Fungi
laphamsquarterly.org

King Tutankhamun: How a tomb cast a spell on the world
bbc.com • (see also)

The SpaceX Starship is a very big deal
caseyhandmer.wordpress.com

This deep-sea fish’s expandable stomach can hold huge meals
nationalgeographic.com

Nokia’s collapse turned a sleepy town in Finland into an internet wonderland
qz.com

Just thinking about bright objects changes the size of your pupils
newscientist.com • (see also)

Video: A 108-Year-Old Woman Recalls What It Was Like to Be a Woman in Victorian England [3:38]
openculture.com

Students in Hong Kong used fax machines to fight Chinese censorship of Tiananmen Square
qz.com • (see also)

NASA’s Latest Exoplanet Posters Are a Halloween Treat
jpl.nasa.gov • (see also)

Why we love big, blood-curdling screams
theconversation.com

A Painting Hanging Outside a French Woman’s Kitchen For Decades Just Sold at Auction for $26.8 Million
gizmodo.com

Some spots on Earth are too hostile for life
sciencemag.org

Zombie flu: How the 1919 influenza pandemic fueled the rise of the living dead
theconversation.com

Bees, Please: Stop Dying in Your Martian Simulator
wired.com

The Abandoned Mansions of Bishops Avenue
amusingplanet.com

The Royal Image Goes Pear-Shaped
laphamsquarterly.org

Homemade ‘pipe bomb’ caused accidental death at gender-reveal party
theguardian.com • (see also)

Is it OK if someone wants to live for years on a bench?
bbc.com

Curiosity Rover Finds a Clay Cache on Mars
apod.nasa.gov

An 18th-century guide to hunting vampires inspired the first works of vampire fiction
nationalgeographic.com

It Was Supposed to Be the Safest Building in the World. Then It Cracked.
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Deadly Algae Are Creeping Northward
theatlantic.com

50 years ago today, the internet was born in Room 3420
fastcompany.com

Chicks born with ability to distinguish and avoid different dangers
phys.org

Tense Debates Before Challenger Shuttle Disaster Revealed in PBS ‘Retro Report’
space.com

This Newly Discovered Virus Replicates in a Completely Unknown Way
livescience.com

Scientists crack mystery of bird eggs’ colour variation
theguardian.com

The Ransomware Superhero of Normal, Illinois
propublica.org

Candy Crush: Junk food companies use internet nostalgia as unpaid research and development
reallifemag.com • (see also)

Can you really “deradicalize” a terrorist?
technologyreview.com

The Apology Letter
washingtonpost.com

These Worm-Like Robots Could One Day Build Spaceships
popularmechanics.com

Mysterious Asteroid May Actually Be the Smallest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
gizmodo.com

Photographer Richard Parry shows the innovation of consumer tech from the inside out
theverge.com

‘I’m Part of the 0.1 Percent and I Want a Wealth Tax’
thewalrus.ca

Here’s Why People Tend To Eat More When With Friends And Family
digest.bps.org.uk • (see also)

Al-Baghdadi’s death: the rise and fall of the leader of Islamic State
theconversation.com

If There’s a Wormhole Hiding in Our Galaxy, Could We Really Find It?
livescience.com

A dishonest scrivener covertly changed the US Constitution’s impeachment clause
qz.com • (see also)

CERN precisely measures the mass of the Higgs boson
newatlas.com • (see also)

Are We Ready For a ‘Quantum Surprise’ From China?
newsweek.com

These Weirdo Stellar Corpses Have Creamy Centers Filled with Exotic Quantum Liquids
livescience.com

The devastating environmental impact of technological progress
wired.co.uk

U.S. Air Force experimental test spaceship lands after a record 780 days in orbit
techcrunch.com

The fight to keep the internet free and open for everyone
bbc.com

A Cybersecurity Firm’s Sharp Rise and Stunning Collapse
newyorker.com

TWA85: ‘The world’s longest and most spectacular hijacking’
bbc.com • (see also)

Student in Peru makes history by writing thesis in the Incas’ language
theguardian.com

New drug forces flu virus into ‘error catastrophe,’ overwhelming it with mutations
sciencemag.org