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Study: Soybean oil—America’s most widely consumed oil— causes worrying genetic changes in the brains of mice
eurekalert.org • (see also)

A Navy scandal sheds light on the nature of bribery and the limits of free speech
theconversation.com

The Disturbing Case of the Disappearing Sci-Fi Story
wired.com

The Mexica Didn’t Believe the Conquistadors Were Gods
daily.jstor.org

‘Experience: my brother framed me for murder’
theguardian.com

The Nasal Ranger: A Weed Farm’s Worst Enemy
popularmechanics.com

The Question Haunting the Hungarian People: “What Would You Have Done?”
lithub.com

Fishermen Accidentally Catch a Secret U.S. Navy Microphone Planted on the Ocean Floor
popularmechanics.com

Man gets 12-year sentence for keeping phone after being arrested
news.sky.com

Royal coin ‘hidden for decades’ sells for $1.3 million to mystery collector
cnbc.com

Study: Sugar changes the chemistry of your brain
eurekalert.org

Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks
eso.org

New episode of Damn Interesting Week: Hot Dog Turf Wars
damninteresting.com

Newly Sequenced Giant Squid Genome Raises as Many Questions as It Answers
gizmodo.com

How the dinosaur-killing asteroid primed Earth for modern life
nationalgeographic.com

“The crew […] depressurized the aircraft, opened the cockpit side window and cleaned the windscreen by hand”
avherald.com • More info

‘How we solved the Greek monkey mystery’
theconversation.com

Human Hibernation Is a Real Possibility
theatlantic.com

Meet 2020 AV2, the 1st asteroid entirely within the orbit of Venus
earthsky.org

Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property
bbc.com

Video: Shining a laser through a light bulb can reveal the structure of DNA [10:39]
youtube.com

Active Asteroid Unveils Fireball Identity
nao.ac.jp

A Pilgrimage to the Pub at the End of the World
outsideonline.com

Waiting for Betelgeuse to Explode
nytimes.com

Ancient fossil ‘may prove scorpion was first land-dwelling animal’
theguardian.com

Two men plead guilty to stealing over $8 million worth of rare books from Carnegie Library
post-gazette.com

Incan Idol That Allegedly Escaped Conquistadors’ Destruction Is Real, New Analysis Shows
livescience.com

The Day the Babies Arrive
reallifemag.com

The Unbelievable True Story of Bane the Nazi Hellhound, ‘Cornfed’ Schneider and the Dog-Mauling Case That Made Kimberly Guilfoyle Famous [note: profanity]
melmagazine.com

In Russia’s Far North, a Lone Group of Neanderthals May Have Been the Last of Their Kind
discovermagazine.com

The accidental Singer sewing machine revolution
bbc.com

Insect Jewelry of the Victorian Era
daily.jstor.org

Stealth Disease Likely To Blame For 20% Of Global Deaths
npr.org

Visualization: Average World Temperature since 1850
damninteresting.com • Source

What the earliest life on Earth looked like
bbc.com

Raise a glass! It’s the 100th anniversary of Prohibition.
nationalgeographic.com

How Did Humans Boil Water Before the Invention of Pots?
theatlantic.com

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