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When Russia and America Coöperated to Avert a Y2K Apocalypse
newyorker.com

‘You have utterly no clue’: why ‘climate emergency’ is Australia’s ultimate outrage trigger
theguardian.com

‘A Slow-Motion Chernobyl’: How Lax Laws Turned a River Into a Disaster
nytimes.com • (see also)

A Photographic Tour of Abandoned Cold War Sites
smithsonianmag.com

Elizabeth Rona, the wandering polonium woman, changed radiation science forever
massivesci.com

How the Entertainment Industry Solved Piracy, Then Made It Popular Again
vice.com

The global soda tax experiment
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Internet Deception Is Here to Stay—So What Do We Do Now?
wired.com

The Invention of the Archive
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

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damninteresting.com

Chinese scientists jailed over ‘world’s first gene-edited babies’
news.sky.com

Hunting the missing millions from collapsed cryptocurrency
bbc.com

Sydney New Year′s Eve fireworks to go ahead despite wildfires
dw.com

Moscow brings in artificial snow amid mild winter
bbc.com

Mounties eyed Cold War candid camera scheme, declassified documents show
thestar.com

How Do You Save an Endangered Tree from Extinction When You Can’t Save Its Seeds?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Star-shaped lightning strike found at stone circle
bbc.com

Childhood Amnesia: Here’s Why Your Child Can’t Remember Being a Baby
parents.com

What a 500 million dollar apple tastes like
salon.com

Scientists Have Warned That We Absolutely Must Not Farm Octopuses
sciencealert.com

Mixing Alcohol With Diet Coke ‘Gets You Drunk Faster’, Research Reveals
vt.co

Would you befriend the person who got you fired?
washingtonpost.com

Kenya Installs the First Solar Plant That Transforms Ocean Water Into Drinking Water
theheartysoul.com

Greece had long banned cremation. Then it began running out of room for bodies
latimes.com

What is the ideal temperature for sleep?
theatlantic.com

Sweethearts Forever. Then Came Alzheimer’s, Murder and Suicide.
nytimes.com

The High Park capybaras enthralled the city after their famous escape. Now, they’ve embraced the quiet life
thestar.com

Video: Human Population Through Time [6:24]
youtube.com

How a Chase Bank Chairman Helped the Deposed Shah of Iran Enter the U.S.
nytimes.com

Space Station’s Computer Lifeline Gets ‘Open-Heart Surgery’
space.com

‘Ghost boat’ with human remains washes up in Japan
bbc.com

How a Former Bank Robber Saved Her Football Star Son from a System Unkind to the Mentally Ill
lamag.com

This Is How We’d All Die Instantly If The Sun Suddenly Went Supernova
forbes.com

Study: People misremember numerical facts to fit their biases
eurekalert.org

What Happens When Your Career Becomes Your Whole Identity
hbr.org

How an eerie discovery turned the U.S. invasion of Panama into a literal witch hunt
thestar.com

If We Ever Find Lifeforms on Other Moons, We (Probably) Won’t Be Related at All
popularmechanics.com

There Are Bad Dates, and Then There Are Dates with Bison Attacks
outsideonline.com

A fast and inexpensive device to capture and identify viruses
news.psu.edu

How astronomers weigh the universe (and everything in it)
popsci.com

America’s Aging Hospitals Aren’t Ready for the Technology Revolution
undark.org

Archaeologists discover remains of vast Mayan palace in Mexico
theguardian.com

How This Abandoned Mining Town in Greenland Helped Win World War II
smithsonianmag.com

The Histories Hidden in the Periodic Table
newyorker.com • (see also)

‘Here We Go. The Chaos Is Starting’: An Oral History of Y2K
popularmechanics.com

Video: Project Suntan – The Lockheed CL-400 [10:47]
youtube.com

Why an internet that never forgets is especially bad for young people
technologyreview.com

Information teleported between two computer chips for the first time
newatlas.com

Rotting-fruit art points up plants in peril
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

You can still buy $1 homes all over Italy
cnn.com

Antimatter Mystery Likely Due To Pulsars, Not Dark Matter
forbes.com

Scientists attempt to recreate ‘Overview effect’ from Earth
theguardian.com

‘This is the farming of the future’: the rise of hydroponic food labs
theguardian.com

‘I’m still scared’ – Asia remembers tsunami that killed 230,000
reuters.com • (see also)

The South Pointing Spoon
hakaimagazine.com

Can the swastika ever reclaim its original meaning?
qz.com

Scientists Have Officially Found a Mineral Never Before Seen in Nature
sciencealert.com

The Joy of Cosmic Mediocrity
nautil.us

Where Rent Is $13,500, She Lives Off What’s Left at the Curb
nytimes.com

Journey through National Geographic’s most powerful photographs of the decade
nationalgeographic.com