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How a vegan diet could affect your intelligence
bbc.com

These birds ‘retweet’ alarm calls—but are careful about spreading rumors
nationalgeographic.com

Most dietary supplements don’t do anything. Why do we spend $35 billion a year on them?
washingtonpost.com

Coronavirus: Photos From Wuhan Under Quarantine
theatlantic.com

Two old satellites could collide over US, space debris tracker warns
cnet.com

Trapped in Iran
1843magazine.com

Question time: my life as a quiz obsessive
theguardian.com

The Geocities Archive Is Bringing the Early Internet to Life
vice.com

What Happens When They Find a World War II Bomb Down the Street
atlasobscura.com

These lava lakes drained catastrophically—and scientists caught it in action
nationalgeographic.com

Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data
vice.com

Fourth Spy at Los Alamos Knew A-Bomb’s Inner Secrets
nytimes.com

Ask Ethan: How Can We See 46.1 Billion Light-Years Away In A 13.8 Billion Year Old Universe?
forbes.com

Remains found by Pompeii really are Pliny the Elder, new tests indicate
haaretz.com • (see also)

Who really discovered Antarctica? Depends who you ask.
nationalgeographic.com

A Graveyard of Giant Spacecraft Spins Through Space
theatlantic.com

How Smart Were Our Ancestors? Blood Flow Provides a Clue
realclearscience.com

What your voice would sound like on other planets and moons
popsci.com

Gallery: Detroit’s salt mine: City beneath the city
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This new coronavirus was preventable. But we never seem to learn the lessons of former outbreaks
latimes.com

Image:Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Evaporates
apod.nasa.gov

This Rat Had ‘No Brain’ and It Somehow Lived a Normal Life
technologynetworks.com

One ping after another: why everyone needs a notification detox
theguardian.com

Carnivorous Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Was a True Jurassic Nightmare
gizmodo.com

How North Korea Tricked Two Women Into Assassinating Kim Jong-un’s Half-Brother, Kim Jong-nam
thedailybeast.com

Containing new coronavirus may not be feasible, experts say
statnews.com

How the North Korean hackers behind WannaCry got away with a stunning crypto-heist
technologyreview.com

Astronauts complete 4-spacewalk marathon to fix space station’s $2 billion antimatter detector
space.com

Scientists find mysterious origin of brightest explosion ever seen in the universe
independent.co.uk

On this day in 1972 Vesna Vulovic was the sole survivor of a presumed terrorist attack
damninteresting.com

Anatomy of a Lie: How Iran Covered Up the Downing of an Airliner
nytimes.com

Selling a Charismatic Technology
lareviewofbooks.org

How pollen cracked these mysteries
bbc.co.uk

A Twist in the 2,000-Year-Old Mystery of Herculaneum
theatlantic.com

UBC study links living near highways to risk of neurological disorders
vancouversun.com

The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets
thehustle.co

‘What in the Sam Hill are you doing out here?’ Snowmobiler finds family of 5 stuck in frozen wilderness
cbc.ca

Has physicist’s gravity theory solved ‘impossible’ dark energy riddle?
theguardian.com

Video: The Murder of Jill Dando, a BBC news anchor and presenter of Crimewatch [58:51]
youtube.com

What is PFAS, the dangerous “forever chemical” found in drinking water?
nationalgeographic.com

Psychology’s Stubborn Diversity Problem
theatlantic.com

Claws out! Why cats are causing chaos and controversy across Britain
theguardian.com

Gravity: We might have been getting it wrong this whole time
phys.org

Behind the Scenes at Rotten Tomatoes
wired.com

Arctic obsession drove explorers to seek the North Pole
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

Chinese city plans to build coronavirus hospital in six days
theguardian.com

Astronomers Spot Loads Of Oxygen In Ancient ‘Nearby’ Star
forbes.com

For Hottest Planet, a Major Meltdown, Study Shows
jpl.nasa.gov

Video: Photorealistic mathematical simulation of planets colliding
gfycat.com

Ants run secret farms on English oak trees, photographer discovers
theguardian.com

Video: 10 year timelapse of United States weather radar [02:01:45]
youtube.com

It May Be the Biggest Tax Heist Ever. And Europe Wants Justice.
nytimes.com

200 years of exploring Antarctica – the world’s coldest, most forbidding and most peaceful continent
theconversation.com

The good news was she had contracted a rare, deadly parasite
cbc.ca

This Is What We’ll See When Betelgeuse Really Does Go Supernova
forbes.com

Winston Churchill’s Death And The Top-Secret Plans For His Funeral
historyextra.com

Jewel beetle’s bright colored shell serves as camouflage from predators
arstechnica.com

New episode of Damn Interesting Week! Ornamental Servitude
damninteresting.com

A story of ruined reputations and failed memory, of courage and corruption, and a pair of poor black men who became pawns in a bitter political war
magazine.atavist.com

The Nazis and the Trawniki Men
washingtonpost.com