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How New York City Found Clean Water
smithsonianmag.com

9-year-old finishes college in just nine months
washingtonpost.com • (see also)

How a 30-Year Experiment Has Fundamentally Changed Our View of How Evolution Works
discovermagazine.com

Prepping for Parole
newyorker.com

Star Jelly: The Mysterious Phenomenon That Inspired ‘The Blob’
amusingplanet.com

Long-Hidden 3D Scan of Ancient Egyptian Nefertiti Bust Finally Revealed
livescience.com

Black Friday is bad for business
qz.com

Bacteria farms produce natural sugar safe for diabetics and teeth
newatlas.com

82-year-old female bodybuilder beats down home intruder
cbsnews.com

Once again, a Chinese rocket has doused a village with toxic fuel
arstechnica.com

Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts
theguardian.com

Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math Class
gen.medium.com

How we could sleep better – in less time
bbc.com

Priceless 18th-century jewellery taken in Dresden Green Vault heist
theguardian.com

82 Days Underwater: The Tide Is High, but They’re Holding On
nytimes.com

Using Bacteria to Build a Base on Mars
universetoday.com

Switzerland’s Nation of Hoteliers
historytoday.com

The Real-Life Hollywood Hoax That Turned a Fake Bradley Cooper Epic Into a $14 Million Scam
melmagazine.com

This Is Why Dark Energy Is The Biggest Unsolved Problem In The Universe
forbes.com

Lethal Volcanic Gases at an Italian Country Club
eos.org • (see also)

Definitely a compliment to be recommended by the fine folks at BoingBoing
boingboing.net

‘I Was Teaching a Lot of Misconceptions.’ The Way American Kids Are Learning About the ‘First Thanksgiving’ Is Changing
time.com

Ufology: From Fringe Field to Serious Science
popularmechanics.com

‘Nine Secrets I Never Knew About Airports Until I Worked at LAX’
bloomberg.com

Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished
bbc.com

‘I learned to play the piano without a piano’
theguardian.com

We’re in danger of missing our November goal. Would you consider making a small donation to keep us going?
damninteresting.com

What ISIS Will Become
theatlantic.com

Machine learning has revealed exactly how much of a Shakespeare play was written by someone else
technologyreview.com

A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster
lithub.com

The Endless Memories Preserved in Siberia’s Ice
lithub.com

The Jungle Prince of Delhi
nytimes.com

There’s a Violent Battle Between Solar Wind and Cosmic Rays, and Voyager 2 Just Passed Through it
livescience.com

Of the Two Stars in Alpha Centauri, One is Probably More Habitable than the Other
universetoday.com

Historians Find Another Spy in the U.S. Atomic Bomb Project
nytimes.com

Very rare lion mummies discovered in Egypt
nationalgeographic.com

A Woman Missing in the Mountains
theatlantic.com

What a Memory Looks Like
directorsblog.nih.gov

Why Sleepwalking Still Mystifies Scientists
discovermagazine.com

Everyone Loves Crispy and Crunchy, But What About Chewy?
bonappetit.com

Tragic coda: Years after a triple murder gutted a family, one last death is mourned
washingtonpost.com

Secret bunkers and mountain hideouts: hunting Italy’s mafia bosses
theguardian.com

‘What I have learned from my suicidal patients’
theguardian.com

How the Collapse of Local News Is Causing a ‘National Crisis’
nytimes.com

The dark side of Eureka: Artificially induced Aha moments make facts feel true
sciencedirect.com

No, Thermodynamics Does Not Explain Our Perceived Arrow Of Time
forbes.com

Physicists Have Finally Seen Traces of a Long-Sought Particle. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.
livescience.com

An in-depth look at the Devil Worm
cosmosmagazine.com

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