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This is why children’s TV is so weird – and so mesmerising
mosaicscience.com

Black Hole Singularities Are as Inescapable as Expected
quantamagazine.org

The Accidental Experiment That Changed Men’s Lives
theatlantic.com

‘It appeared that we had time’: How the FAA missed a chance to save Jennifer Riordan
washingtonpost.com

Why is an ocean current critical to world weather losing steam? Scientists search the Arctic for answers.
nationalgeographic.com

Video: 1958 FACOM 128B Japanese Relay Computer, still working! [24:04]
youtube.com • (see also)

Video: Relative rotations of the planets, in 2D! [0:20]
youtube.com

A narwhal tusk was used against the London Bridge attacker – but what is it?
theguardian.com

Why the World Needs Bloodsucking Creatures
smithsonianmag.com

Cracks in the Greenland ice sheet are producing massive waterfalls, raising scientists’ concerns for sea level rise
washingtonpost.com

War and pissoirs: how the urinals of Paris helped beat the Nazis
theguardian.com

Cats communicate with the help of bacteria living in their butts
massivesci.com

We’ll Call her Story a Real-Life “Handmaid’s Tale”
messynessychic.com

He Confessed to Murdering 600 Women. It Was All a Lie.
thedailybeast.com

A Newly Digitized Menu Collection Shows Off America’s Lost Railroad Cuisine
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

On (and In) The Sewers (and Sewage) That Transformed Paris
lithub.com

How suspicions of spying threaten cross-border science
technologyreview.com

MIT researchers are building an instrument to study genetics on Mars
qz.com

Facial deformity in royal dynasty was linked to inbreeding, scientists confirm
eurekalert.org

U.S. Special Forces Develop Bullets That Can Work Underwater
interestingengineering.com

Student solves a 100-year-old physics enigma
phys.org

There’s Now an Operational Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
universetoday.com • (see also)

11 years ago today an unforgettable fellow passed away
damninteresting.com

One man’s 10-year experiment to record every moment
bbc.com

A murder, a trial that lasted less than a day, and the lives they entangled for the next three decades
magazine.atavist.com

A cutting-edge brain surgery for tremor, without the cutting
bostonglobe.com

Cancer Seems to Have Trouble Spreading in Microgravity
universetoday.com

Clear backpacks, monitored emails: life for US students under constant surveillance
theguardian.com

The road to vaping
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

He Was A Horse That Never Won A Race. So Why Would Someone Steal Him?
npr.org

World’s Oldest Surviving Chess Piece Unearthed in Jordan
haaretz.com

In a Wisconsin village, the doctor makes house calls – and sees the rarest diseases on Earth
usatoday.com

Top Dark Matter Candidate Loses Ground to Tiniest Competitor
quantamagazine.org

Meat-eating dinosaur replaced its teeth like a shark
newatlas.com

Scientists used loudspeakers to make dead coral reefs sound healthy. Fish flocked to them.
washingtonpost.com

China launches compulsory face scans for new phone users
dw.com

‘People are caught up in magical thinking’: was the oldest woman in the world a fraud?
theguardian.com

A Better Social Media World Is Waiting for Us
nytimes.com

Video: The relative sizes of astronomical objects [5:07]
youtube.com

Leonardo da Vinci’s Unexamined Life as a Painter
theatlantic.com

The bonkers, bristly story of how big toothbrush took over the world
wired.co.uk

Scientists Recreated Volcanic Lightning by Blasting Ash Out of a Cannon
gizmodo.com

Streamlined design: speed becomes style
vam.ac.uk

How unique Michigan schoolhouse with 6 students has survived 113 years
freep.com

Longevity Linked to Proteins That Calm Overexcited Neurons
quantamagazine.org

Gallery: National Geographic’s 100 best photos of 2019
nationalgeographic.com

Reptiles known as ‘living rocks’ show surprising cognitive powers
nature.com

A storied bank helped Eastern European bankers loot their own institutions.
occrp.org

The fall and rise of a spyware empire
technologyreview.com

Canada town of Asbestos, Quebec, looks for new name
bbc.com • (see also)

‘Extraordinary’ black hole weighs in at 70 solar masses
physicsworld.com • Or not

In photo of a 9-year-old girl, a Houston man found his daughter – and a new life
houstonchronicle.com

Mysterious tectonic fault zone found off California
nationalgeographic.com

Life Recovers in a Geological Blink of an Eye after an Armageddon Event
airspacemag.com

Does Who You Are at 7 Determine Who You Are at 63?
nytimes.com

How Peru’s potato museum could stave off world food crisis
theguardian.com • (see also)

Siberia: 18,000-year-old frozen ‘dog’ stumps scientists
bbc.com

Why ageing should be classified as a disease
theconversation.com

There Might Be Cracks in the Universe — But We Can’t See Them from Earth
livescience.com

Archive of blood: how photographer Letizia Battaglia shot the mafia and lived
theguardian.com