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Light pollution is key ‘bringer of insect apocalypse’
theguardian.com

Are Saturn’s Rings Really as Young as the Dinosaurs?
quantamagazine.org

Announcing our new podcast: Damn Interesting Week
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1987 a Max Headroom doppelgänger invaded Chicago airwaves
damninteresting.com

On the Great Secret-Keepers of History
lithub.com

Why you might be counting in the wrong language
bbc.com

President Nixon Never Actually Gave This Apollo 11 Disaster Speech. MIT Brought It To Life To Illustrate Power Of Deepfakes
wbur.org

The ultra-rich Sackler family that flooded America with OxyContin is now using the same playbook in China
apnews.com

A Comet We’ve Never Seen Has Been Lighting Up the Sky for 100 Years
vice.com

The Eight-Hour Workday Is a Counterproductive Lie
wired.com

Genetics of Left-Handedness: New Breakthrough
psychologytoday.com

Was Same-Sex Behavior Hardwired in Animals from the Beginning?
livescience.com

The Fifth Force of Nature Could Be Real and Fantastic
popularmechanics.com

Two gamma-ray bursts emit highest energy photons ever seen from GRBs
syfy.com

Detectorists stole Viking hoard that ‘rewrites history’
bbc.com

Experimental HIV vaccine successfully elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies to the virus
scripps.edu

Also on this day in 1980, a devastating fire broke out at Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Hotel
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1980 drillers accidentally drained an entire lake into a salt mine
damninteresting.com

How two intruders from interstellar space are upending astronomy
nature.com

An Alarming Discovery in an Astronaut’s Bloodstream
theatlantic.com

It’s Still Not Aliens: ‘Mars Bug’ Claim Could Damage the Search for Life
space.com

The ancient doctors who refused payment
wellcomecollection.org

How our home delivery habit reshaped the world
theguardian.com

How to Predict Extreme Weather
nautil.us

Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand Mysterious DNA Circles Common in Cancer Cells
nytimes.com

Dirt-Road America
newyorker.com

This gorgeous art was made with a surprising substance: live bacteria
nationalgeographic.com

The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course
theatlantic.com

Deadly Collision Blows an Asteroid Apart
eos.org

Humans put into suspended animation for first time
theguardian.com

The Hidden City of Myanmar
smithsonianmag.com

Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat
theconversation.com

Found: Pollen on a 99-Million-Year-Old Beetle, in Amber
atlasobscura.com

A history of using daughters as currency, from ancient Greece to the Stuart monarchy
laphamsquarterly.org

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War
lithub.com

Ever heard of Blade Runner: A Movie? No, not that one
theguardian.com

How heat from the sun could help clean up steel and cement
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Why are humans so bad at predicting the future?
qz.com

‘No one will know the difference’: studio wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman
theguardian.com

A Hint About the Affliction That Kept Marat in the Bathtub
theatlantic.com

Havana on its 500th birthday – then and now
theguardian.com

Women who have given birth have younger brains
sciencenorway.no

Hologram Within a Hologram Hints at Fate of Black Holes
quantamagazine.org

A galaxy cluster where stars are forming at a furious rate
nasa.gov

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses
lithub.com

Supernova 1987A: ‘Blob’ hides long-sought remnant from star blast
bbc.com

An Alabama shipwreck reveals the untold story of the international slave trade
nationalgeographic.com

How the Brain Can Rewire Itself After Half of It Is Removed
nytimes.com

1,200 Stolen Paintings Were Discovered in a Los Angeles Storage Locker
hyperallergic.com

Where to hunt for life on Mars
axios.com

The Evolutionary Power of Cities and Light
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

One of the most perilous positions on a German Zeppelin during WWI was that of the aerial lookout
amusingplanet.com

Blue Babies, Big Egos, and the Wild World of Early Open Heart Surgery
lithub.com

Physicists Just Created the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe in History
livescience.com

When a homeless camp rises outside your window
latimes.com • (see also)

The Mister Rogers No One Saw
nytimes.com

Highway to hell: the rise and fall of the car
theguardian.com

‘I was the detective on call when Tevan Tobler took his life’
missingkids.org

What America Lost When It Lost the Bison
theatlantic.com • (see also)

How Large Can A Planet Be?
universetoday.com