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You can download NASA’s full Shuttle Crew Operations Manual (1,161 pages, PDF)…just in case.
nasa.gov

Creating a buzz: Turkish beekeepers risk life and limb to make mad honey
theguardian.com

“The Influence of These Nautch Girls”
laphamsquarterly.org

Why Amsterdam’s Canal Houses Have Endured for 300 Years
citylab.com

This Strange Microbe May Mark One of Life’s Great Leaps
nytimes.com

How Swedes were fooled by one of the biggest scientific bluffs of our time.
medium.com

Why Discovering Martians Could Be Disappointing
nautil.us

Death and our digital ghosts
wellcomecollection.org

The Mysterious Lawyer X
story.californiasunday.com

Liberating the precolonial history of Africa
aeon.co

Bring up the bodies: the retired couple who find drowning victims
theguardian.com

Buckets, Satellites, Robots And More — How We Measure The Earth’s Average Temperature
fivethirtyeight.com

Blowing in the Wind: Why the Netherlands Is Sinking
undark.org

The Amish Keep to Themselves. And They’re Hiding a Horrifying Secret
typeinvestigations.org

Robotic skins might enable the next generation of space exploration
massivesci.com

Paris Museums Just Released 321,178 Works of Art Online for Free
vice.com

Your Fat Cells Never Disappear — Making Future Weight Gain More Likely
discovermagazine.com

Astronomers Find More ‘Unusual Objects’ Next to Milky Way’s Black Hole
vice.com

Monks behaving badly
historyextra.com

Being wealthy adds nine years to life expectancy, says study
theguardian.com

Before Beauty Vlogging, There Were Renaissance ‘Books of Secrets’
lithub.com

First he was a Navy SEAL. Then he went to Harvard Medical School. The moon could be next.
washingtonpost.com

Video: An Introduction to the James Webb Space Telescope Mission [03:43]
youtube.com

101 years ago today a massive molasses storage tank burst, flooding the streets of Boston with sticky goo
damninteresting.com

An emotionally intelligent AI could support astronauts on a trip to Mars
technologyreview.com

‘Fritz The Cat,’ [1972] The Infamous X-Rated Cartoon That Grossed $90 Million
decider.com • (see also)

Fewer than 200 Wollemi Pine trees are left in the wild, Australian firefighters just saved them
smh.com.au

New diesel scandal hits European car industry
rte.ie

How Viruses Secretly Control the Planet
insidescience.org

Secrets of ‘1,000-year-old trees’ unlocked
bbc.com

Man requests sword fight with ex-wife and lawyer to settle legal dispute
theguardian.com

The first official transport to Auschwitz brought 999 young women. This is their story.
nationalgeographic.com

Winners of the 2019 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

Neural Dendrites Reveal Their Computational Power
quantamagazine.org

What kind of data is my new car collecting about me? Nearly everything it can, apparently
theglobeandmail.com

‘The True Crime Story That Changed My Life’
crimereads.com

Scientists Find an Explanation for Powerful Gamma-Ray Bursts: Binary Stars
discovermagazine.com

Peyronie’s disease: the penis condition that affects one in 10 men
theguardian.com

‘The Irishman’ tells us who killed Jimmy Hoffa. A lawyer with a secret trove of documents says the movie got it wrong.
washingtonpost.com

Will the skyscrapers of the future be made out of wood?
nationalgeographic.com

Navigating disability in the kitchen is all about finding the right adaptations
thetakeout.com

Man Admits To Murdering Investigative Journalist, A Crime That Rocked Slovakia
npr.org

‘My decade as a fugitive’: ‘I felt I could be killed at any moment’
theguardian.com

The shipwreck that forever changed South Africa
bbc.com

For Better Brain Health, Preserve Your Hearing
nytimes.com

The risky plan to haul minerals from a mine in the Alaska wilderness
nationalgeographic.com

MDMA researcher is fixing the bad science that sent him to prison
theverge.com

Cosmic Bubbles Reveal the First Stars
nationalastro.org

Photos: The Eruption of Taal Volcano in the Philippines
theatlantic.com

Scientists Found Ancient, Never-Before-Seen Viruses in a Glacier
vice.com

Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body
media.uzh.ch

The fall of the god of cars
bbc.co.uk

The post-war adverts that tried to cure lonely women
wellcomecollection.org

If you could choose, what would make for a good death?
aeon.co

How Far Can Abused Women Go to Protect Themselves?
newyorker.com

The discovery of a legendary shipwreck has pitted treasure hunters and archaeologists against each other
hakaimagazine.com

How Insects Cope When Blood Rushes to Their Heads
nytimes.com

A Mars sample-return mission is coming. Scientists want the public to know what to expect.
space.com

Same screen, different message: Delta trials Parallel Reality display
newatlas.com

How the solar system got its ‘Great Divide,’ and why it matters for life on Earth
phys.org