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The moons of Uranus are fascinating enough on their own that we should send a flagship mission out there
phys.org

The mystery of the missing portrait of Robert Hooke, 17th-century scientist extraordinaire
theconversation.com

Mobility device for the blind works like a handheld robotic guide dog
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Is Dining Out Dead?
thewalrus.ca

Inside the Quest for Documents That Could Resolve a Cold War Mystery
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If language began in the hands, why did it ever leave?
aeon.co

Sea Otter Teeth Are Gross but Really Useful for Scientists
atlasobscura.com

Know sweat: scientists solve mystery behind body odour
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An Oral History of Big Mouth Billy Bass
melmagazine.com

Miners on the Moon
airspacemag.com

The dying teenager who wanted world peace (and love)
bbc.com

How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
newyorker.com

What the heroin industry can teach us about solar power
bbc.com

‘My Midlife Crisis on a Boat in the Arctic’
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An American Tragedy: The Colorful Life and Shocking Death of Ovid Neal III
narratively.com

How Bits of Quantum Gravity Can Buzz
quantamagazine.org

How the world’s smelliest fruit could power your phone
bbc.com

The spectacular tale of a stranded circus—and its great escape from Honduras
nationalgeographic.com

The star cluster closest to Earth is in its death throes
sciencenews.org

Rock from Mars heads home after 600,000 year odyssey across space
theguardian.com

Do dreams exist to protect the brain’s visual cortex?
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Ancient microbial arms race sharpened our immune system—but also left us vulnerable
sciencemag.org

A Renaissance masterpiece, Nazi looters, a double murder … and a happy ending
theguardian.com

On this day in 1959 Lt. Col. William Rankin survived forty minutes in the Death Zone
damninteresting.com

The real science behind SETI’s hunt for intelligent aliens
arstechnica.com • (see also)

The Surgeons Who Said No to Gloves
daily.jstor.org

The Constant Risk of a Consolidated Internet
theatlantic.com

Family of Oddball Meteorites Stumped Researchers for Decades
scitechdaily.com

NASA ASTHROS: Stratospheric Balloon the Size of a Football Stadium Will Carry a Cutting-Edge Telescope
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Finding Gene Cernan’s Missing Moon Camera
spacecamera.co

Before Vaccines, Variolation Was Seriously Trendy
daily.jstor.org

Cosmonaut builds engineered cartilage aboard the International Space Station
physicsworld.com

“The Far Side” Returns to a Weird World
newyorker.com • (see also)

The Doctor From Nazi Germany and the Search for Life on Mars
nytimes.com

An abandoned British island reclaimed by nature
bbc.com

Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs
theconversation.com

Subterranean Psychonaut
thislandpress.com

The Living Ghost Dogs That Haunt the Amazon
earther.gizmodo.com

How to Outrun a Dinosaur
wired.com

Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS
newscientist.com

Mysterious deep “blue hole” off Florida’s coast sparks search for signs of life
cbsnews.com

Behold! Saturn has no summertime blues in this amazing Hubble telescope photo
space.com

NASA added 6 HD video cameras to its next Mars rover so we can all watch the first footage of a spacecraft landing on another planet
businessinsider.com

On this day in 1915 the SS Eastland capsized, resulting in one of the deadliest accidents of the 20th century
damninteresting.com

Love avocados? Thank the toxodon
theconversation.com

Proteus: Design for a ‘space station’ in the ocean unveiled
edition.cnn.com

This Is How They Wiped Themselves in Ancient Rome
daily.jstor.org

The US says Russia just tested an “anti-satellite weapon” in orbit
technologyreview.com

New Study Shows Which Groups Hoarded Toilet Paper
aarp.org

The latest Damn Interesting Week is available now: This Time It’s Personal
damninteresting.com

El Topo: The weirdest western ever made
bbc.com

Cracking the Case of South India’s Missing Vegetables
atlasobscura.com

No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public
nytimes.com

Pompeii’s most recent finds reveal new clues to city’s destruction
nationalgeographic.com

Some ‘Inactive’ Drug Ingredients May Be Anything But, Study Finds
gizmodo.com

Video: How Toilet Paper Companies Dealt With The 845% Demand Spike [6:27]
youtube.com

How Antidepressants Work Is a Mystery Scientists Still Don’t Understand
discovermagazine.com

3 Great Mysteries About Life on Mars
nytimes.com

Lynx take epic, 2,000-mile treks—but why is a mystery
nationalgeographic.com

How the Lynching of Timothy Coggins Was Finally Solved After 34 Years
gq.com