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Mount Vesuvius eruption: Extreme heat ‘turned man’s brain to glass’
bbc.com

Genetic modification could protect soldiers from chemical weapons
sciencemag.org

NOAA satellites helped save a record 421 lives in 2019
noaa.gov

A Brief Global History of the War on Cannabis
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Secretly Documenting the Intimate World of 19th Century Sex Workers (NSFW, some nudity)
messynessychic.com

A look at the “Gator” class SEAL delivery vehicle in unprecedented detail
popularmechanics.com

Researchers Discover 15 New Parasitic Wasps That Mind Control Spiders
discovermagazine.com

60 years ago today two men set out for the deepest point in all of the Earth’s oceans
damninteresting.com

How Facial Recognition Works
story.californiasunday.com

Live coronavirus outbreak tracker
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The alphabets at risk of extinction
bbc.com • (see also)

Video: The lost neighborhood under New York’s Central Park [08:15]
youtube.com

An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience
nautil.us

Could You Bungee-Jump Using Only Magnets?
wired.com

Solving a biological puzzle: How stress causes gray hair
medicalxpress.com

Snakes could be the original source of the new coronavirus outbreak in China
theconversation.com

Bumblebee Vomit: Scientists Are No Longer Ignoring It
nytimes.com

On this day in 1968 the USS Pueblo was seized by North Korea
damninteresting.com

The Making of the Cowboy Myth
saturdayeveningpost.com

Even planets have their (size) limits
theconversation.com

Study: Getting Some Sleep Doesn’t Make Eyewitnesses Any Better At Identifying Suspects
digest.bps.org.uk

Watch the First-Ever Video of Atoms Bonding Together
popularmechanics.com

The Desire for Friendship Runs Deeper in All Primates Than We Thought
lithub.com

UN calls for investigation of Saudis allegedly hacking Jeff Bezos
technologyreview.com

The Most Complete Brain Map Ever Is Here: A Fly’s ‘Connectome’
wired.com

A Look at the Unpredictably Mind-Altering Drugs You Take Every Day
observer.com

Ultrafast camera takes 1 trillion frames per second of transparent objects and phenomena
scienceblog.com

Video: The Corrupt Billionaire [29:06]
youtube.com

The Colorless Landscape Around Taal Volcano
theatlantic.com

China releases huge batch of amazing Chang’e-4 images from moon’s far side
space.com

Frozen iguanas forecast to shower south Florida as temperatures drop
theguardian.com

The Way We Write History Has Changed
theatlantic.com

The Secret History of Facial Recognition
wired.com

How Far Is It To The Edge Of The Universe?
forbes.com

In 1851, a Maryland Farmer Tried to Kidnap Free Blacks in Pennsylvania. He Wasn’t Expecting the Neighborhood to Fight Back
smithsonianmag.com

How to Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamond Batteries
popularmechanics.com

World’s Oldest Known Impact Crater Confirmed in Australia
gizmodo.com

America’s Radioactive Secret
rollingstone.com

The JFK Mistress Gunned Down in Cold Blood
thedailybeast.com

Vital Hasson, the Jew who worked for the Nazis, hunted down refugees and tore apart families in WWII Greece
theconversation.com

The Tiny Brain Cells That Connect Our Mental and Physical Health
wired.com

Heir’s Battle With Alcor Life Extension Over Dad’s Frozen Head Keeps Getting Weirder
thedailybeast.com

The next big leap for fake meat
grist.org

Looking for answers in the circadian rhythm
theweek.com

How chloroform shaped the murder mystery
wellcomecollection.org

Amazon dreams of a drone-filled sky
harpers.org

How Science Fiction Imagined the 2020s
onezero.medium.com

Buried for 50 years: Britain’s shameful role in the Biafran war
theguardian.com

Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk?
newyorker.com

On this day in 1900 “Liver-Eating Johnson” died
damninteresting.com

The martian radiation environment is a problem for human explorers that cannot be overstated
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Mayfly numbers drop by half since 2012, threatening Midwestern food chain
nationalgeographic.com

Immune discovery ‘may treat all cancer’
bbc.com

A History of the Wolf
historytoday.com

The Voyage to the End of Ice
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

How Africa’s richest woman exploited family ties, shell companies and inside deals to build an empire
icij.org

Chemists find fungal shrapnel in the air
phys.org

The Night MLK Died, Washington, D.C. Burned
citylab.com

Dozens of non-oncology drugs can kill cancer cells
medicalxpress.com • (see also)

Why Didn’t the Allies Bomb Auschwitz?
livescience.com • (see also)