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Italy: more than 50,000 evacuated in Brindisi after WW2 bomb found
theguardian.com

How Africa will be affected by climate change
bbc.com

Video: 2019 Illusion of the Year winner [1:12]
youtube.com

The Ocean Cleanup device has returned from the Pacific Garbage Patch with its first load of plastic
fastcompany.com

1930s-Era Murals Found Under Painted Hallways at SF Art Institute
nbcbayarea.com

Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World
nytimes.com

Why Are Cops Around the World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool?
propublica.org

Peter Pan’s dark side emerges with release of original manuscript
theguardian.com

The dark world of online murder markets
harpers.org

The Tiny, Simple Nuclear Reactor That Could Change Energy
popularmechanics.com

Video: When a Mantis Shrimp Fights a Disco Clam, It Meets Its Match [10:09]
wired.com

How a White Lie Gave Japan KFC for Christmas
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

He Was One of Mexico’s Deadliest Assassins. Then He Turned on His Cartel.
nytimes.com

WWII veterans remember Hitler’s ‘last gamble’
nationalgeographic.com

A new study shows an animal’s lifespan is written in the DNA. For humans, it’s 38 years
theconversation.com

W.E.B. Du Bois in Paris: The Exhibition That Shattered Myths About Black America
lithub.com

Water From South African Mine May Contain Life That Was Isolated for 2 Billion Years
insidescience.org • (see also)

OSIRIS-REx Team Will Boop This Spot on Asteroid Bennu
gizmodo.com

Antarctic video reveals deepest canyon on Earth
sciencemag.org

How Robotic Blacksmithing Could Change Manufacturing Forever
popularmechanics.com

NASA’s Juno probe just discovered a Texas-sized cyclone on Jupiter
astronomy.com

‘They’ Is the Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster Says, Noting Its Singular Rise
nytimes.com • (see also)

Barnard Student Who Came to NYC Full of Hope Has Unimaginable End
thedailybeast.com

What’s Lost When a Language Disappears
newrepublic.com • Related

Utility Executives Kept Flint’s Tainted Water a Secret
wired.com

Who were the Moors?
nationalgeographic.com

Hosting an Orgy? This 1970s Cookbook Has You Covered
lithub.com

‘It’s pretty staggering’: Returned online purchases often sent to landfill, journalist’s research reveals
cbc.ca

Thousands of ‘penis fish’ appear on California beach
theguardian.com • More info/photos

Big volcanic bump unlike anything seen before found on the moon
nationalgeographic.com

What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code?
theatlantic.com

Space is the place for impossible molecules
knowablemagazine.org

Leaving home benefits male squirrels but not females, study shows
cbc.ca

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of MSG
melmagazine.com

There Might Be Two Black Holes at the Center of the Milky Way
realclearscience.com

A Complete History of Collecting and Imitating Birdsong
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Our Oceans Are Full of Vast Dead Zones Without Oxygen
popularmechanics.com

This Dust-Filled Galaxy Formed Less than a Billion Years After the Big Bang
gizmodo.com

How the Library of Congress Unrolled a 2000-Year-Old Buddhist Scroll
atlasobscura.com

Disneyland Hasn’t Always Been the Happiest Place on Earth
lithub.com

The extraordinary story of the only B Corp in Afghanistan
qz.com

A space probe has mapped the winds above Mars for the first time
technologyreview.com

Video: Phases of Phobos by ESA’s Mars Express [0:44]
youtube.com

U.S. lab chimps were dumped on Liberia’s Monkey Island and left to starve. He saved them.
washingtonpost.com

Hubble Watches Interstellar Comet Borisov Speed Past the Sun
spacetelescope.org

The return to Venus and what it means for Earth
phys.org

The Dark Psychology of Social Networks
theatlantic.com

Report: The FAA was well aware of the fatal hazards with the Boeing 737 MAX before the Ethiopian Airlines crash
gizmodo.com • Related

Patients die as lawyers ransack Pakistan hospital
bbc.com

Life on Mars? Europe commits to groundbreaking mission to bring back rocks to Earth
theconversation.com

Why some economists are calling 401(k) plans a ‘disaster’
cnbc.com

Detectors, jammers and cyber-attackers: the rise of anti-drone tech
theguardian.com

Icebound: The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship’s logs
reuters.com

The Startling Secret of an Invincible Virus
theatlantic.com

Mystery illness that causes fever every few weeks finally identified
newscientist.com

Soupy Study: Minestrone Could Be A Secret Weapon Against Malaria
npr.org

Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates
bbc.com

If We Believe in Dark Matter, Why Not Extraterrestrial Life?
nautil.us

New article/episode by Erika Nesvold: Private Wojtek’s Right to Bear Arms
dam.mn

Thought extinct for 30 years, the starry night toad is rediscovered
nationalgeographic.com