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The epilepsy diagnosis
wellcomecollection.org • Part 1

Why ‘care’ and the ‘scare’ are inseparable when you love someone
aeon.co

We Spend Billions on Fitness and It’s Doing Nothing for Us
outsideonline.com

One of the First True Monorail Systems Debuts in 1910, Wins High Praise from Winston Churchill, Then Fails
flashbak.com

New Clues About ‘Ambigram’ Viruses With Strange Reversible Genes
quantamagazine.org

‘The Falcon Thief’ exposes the high-flying life of a notorious rare-bird smuggler
livescience.com

New discovery: Madagascar’s bizarre aye-aye has six fingers on each hand
sciencex.com

Saturn’s weird, Earth-like moon just failed a key test for alien life
livescience.com

How Two 1950s Kids Playing on the Railroad Tracks Found a National Treasure
smithsonianmag.com

Did these scientists just create the first lab-grown human breastmilk?
massivesci.com

How Many Exoplanets Have Been Discovered, and How Many Are Waiting to Be Found?
discovermagazine.com

Inside the Bowling Alley’s Mechanical Heart With the Guy Who Keeps It Beating
gizmodo.com

The coronavirus is the first true social-media “infodemic”
technologyreview.com

“If I Couldn’t Tell These Stories, I Would Die”: Lincoln and Laughter
saturdayeveningpost.com

The Unexpected Elegance of Apocalyptic Seed Vaults, In Photos
atlasobscura.com

Why so many of the world’s oldest companies are in Japan
bbc.com

The secret ingredient in this face mask that could prevent the next coronavirus? A dash of salt
thestar.com

Qarman CubeSat: falling into a fireball (experimental satellite using cork as a heat shield)
esa.int • (see also)

Could DAMA’s ‘Dark Matter Signal’ Simply Be Poorly Analyzed Noise?
forbes.com

The Life and Legend of Calamity Jane
crimereads.com

Europe’s planet-hunting CHEOPS telescope beams down first image. It’s better than expected
space.com

Immune Cell Assassins Reveal Their Nurturing Side
quantamagazine.org

People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia
vice.com • (see also)

How the Earliest Crime Scene Investigators Identified Murder Victims
crimereads.com • (see also)

Meet the Physicist Predicting When Online Hate Will Turn to Real-World Violence
discovermagazine.com

‘Stolen’ elections open wounds that may never heal
theconversation.com

Robot-assisted high-precision surgery has passed its first test in humans
technologyreview.com

The Rebellious, Scandalous Origins of Polka
daily.jstor.org

The Last Days at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: The Cold War Begins
lithub.com • Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • Day 4

These Scots Still Fish Like the Vikings
atlasobscura.com

The Big (Yet Hidden) Consequences of Antarctica’s Record Heat
wired.com

Canada’s little-known geological wonder
bbc.com

Virtuoso mourns beloved £150,000 piano smashed by movers
theguardian.com

276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram six years ago. Where are they now?
nationalgeographic.com

Objects Made by Prisoners in the United States
theatlantic.com • (see also)

Ancient Genes Reveal The Last Mammoths on Earth Were a Sickly Mess
sciencealert.com

Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire
theguardian.com

Chinese Hacking Is Alarming. So Are Data Brokers.
nytimes.com

NASA gives JPL green light to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth
latimes.com

‘The intelligence coup of the Century’ – How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades
washingtonpost.com

Goodbye, Operator
richmondfed.org

NASA Will Only Tolerate So Much Danger
theatlantic.com

Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece
openculture.com

Beyond Plan B: Seven radical climate change solutions
expmag.com

How thin, delicate butterfly wings keep from overheating
sciencenews.org

New edible cotton seeds are packed with protein
newatlas.com

A Horse Has 5 Toes, and Then It Doesn’t
nytimes.com

Gallery: ‘We’re above civilisation’: life in a cosmic ray station
theguardian.com

Something Stinks in the Panhandle
texasobserver.org

Our sun will never look the same again thanks to two solar probes and one giant telescope
space.com

‘Under Siege’: desperate Mexico region uses guns, children to fend off cartels
reuters.com

Spain and Mexico renew search for 17th-century treasure galleon
theguardian.com • (see also)

Afternoon of the Pawnbrokers
thebaffler.com

When a Women-Led Campaign Made It Illegal to Spit in Public in New York City
smithsonianmag.com

Stolen Art, Nazis, and the Eternal Search for Justice
crimereads.com

Lewd, creepy and insulting: Surprisingly dark Valentine’s Day cards from the past
historyextra.com

Archaeologists Uncover a 7,300-Year-Old Neolithic Massacre in the Mountains of Spain
realclearscience.com

How Agatha Christie mystery The Pale Horse may have inspired a murderer
theguardian.com

A 1921 massacre destroyed ‘Black Wall Street’ in Tulsa. The city is still looking for the dead
thestar.com

Photo Essay: Cashmere Crisis Looms in Himalayan Ice Desert
petapixel.com