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R0: How scientists quantify the intensity of an outbreak like coronavirus and its pandemic potential
theconversation.com

An algorithm that can spot cause and effect could supercharge medical AI
technologyreview.com

An Afternoon With Uncut Gems Breakout Wayne Diamond, New York’s Last Bon Vivant
gq.com

Day Two at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: When Churchill Quoted Marx to Stalin
lithub.com • Part 1

The Edison of the Slot Machines
theparisreview.org • (see also)

The modern alchemists racing to create a new element
bbc.com • (see also)

Jim Crow laws created ‘slavery by another name’
nationalgeographic.com

Our Home Supercluster, Laniakea, Is Dissolving Before Our Eyes
forbes.com

New quantum switch turns metals into insulators
phys.org

Permafrost Is Thawing So Fast, It’s Gouging Holes in the Arctic
wired.com

Yarn grown from human skin cells could be knitted into your body
newscientist.com

Bent into shape: The rules of tree form
knowablemagazine.org • (see also)

Researchers identify unique neuron that computes like a compass
medicalxpress.com

No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air
scientificamerican.com

Could a habitable planet orbit a black hole?
sciencemag.org

Mathematicians Prove Batchelor’s Law of Turbulence
quantamagazine.org

New Origin Story for Gross Blobs That Wash Up on Beaches
nytimes.com

Catherine Burns: Inside the 50-Year Disappearance of an Oscar Nominee
hollywoodreporter.com

This clifftop monastery is surprisingly accessible
nationalgeographic.com

Nearly 400 Years Later, the Fork Remains at the Center of American Dining Controversy
getpocket.com

Abusing Pets and Drugs, One Vet Has Left Decades of Despair in His Wake
nytimes.com

The Deadliest Disaster at Sea Killed Thousands, Yet Its Story Is Little-Known. Why?
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Check out the first-ever electric car designed by Porsche, the 1898 P1
arstechnica.com • (see also)

The Navy Is Arming Nuclear Subs With Lasers. No One Knows Why.
popularmechanics.com

Day One at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: ‘De Gaulle Thinks He’s Joan of Arc’
lithub.com

100 years ago, Congress threw out results of the census
theconversation.com

Why rare beetles are being smuggled to Japan at an alarming rate
nationalgeographic.com

Do People Crave Foods Their Moms Ate During Pregnancy?
theatlantic.com

Fungi That ‘Eat’ Radiation Are Growing on the Walls of Chernobyl’s Ruined Nuclear Reactor
realclearscience.com

Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
newyorker.com

Sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other
phys.org

Astronomers Discover ‘Invisible’ Stars So Dim That We Can’t See Them at All
sciencealert.com

A Small-Rocket Maker Is Running a Different Kind of Space Race
bloomberg.com

Researchers Find ‘Anonymized’ Data Is Even Less Anonymous Than We Thought
vice.com

The Secret History of Lipstick
messynessychic.com

Nazi wives: the women beside Hess, Goebbels, Göring and Himmler
historyextra.com

Wild Gray Seals Clap Their Flippers Underwater to Communicate, New Research Suggests
gizmodo.com

Everything You Need To Know About Russia’s (Possibly Fictional) Super Heavy Rocket
popularmechanics.com

Inside Mexico’s war on drugs: Conversations with ‘el narco’
theconversation.com

The Oxford Professor Who Kept Tabs on His Student—Who Turned Out To Be a Conman
lithub.com

The Eerie Repopulation of the Fukushima Exclusion Zone
wired.com

Coronavirus outbreak: Scientists explain 3 ways the epidemic could end
vox.com

A New Theory of Complex Emotions
thecut.com

For hundreds of years, there were rumors of a shipwrecked treasure on the Oregon coast. But no one found anything, until an unlikely hunter began digging.
magazine.atavist.com

The divers rescuing a drowning island
bbc.com • Sea also

‘All we can offer is the chain’: the scandal of Ghana’s shackled sick
theguardian.com

The fact-checker’s dilemma: Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview
niemanlab.org

China Pledged to Build a New Hospital in 10 Days. It’s Close.
nytimes.com

The People of Las Vegas
believermag.com

This Arctic Explorer Was One Tent Pole Away from Death
outsideonline.com

The right music playlist makes your workouts more effective, study says
us.cnn.com

We Found Missing Links in Tomato Evolution
realclearscience.com

Fossilized Tooth Captures a Pterosaur’s Failed Squid Meal
nytimes.com

Airports for the Supersonic Age
airporthistory.org

The CIA’s Infamous, Unsolved Cryptographic Puzzle Gets a ‘Final Clue’
vice.com • (see also)

Image: Apollo 14 Heads for Home
apod.nasa.gov

Scientists Are Rapidly Finding Weird Materials Older Than the Solar System on Earth
vice.com

‘It was like a movie’: the high school students who uncovered a toxic waste scandal
theguardian.com • (see also)

Virus tricked into glowing reveals entryway to cellular victim
arstechnica.com

Image: Earth’s moon in 400 megapixels
easyzoom.com • More info