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One Sperm Donor. 36 Children. A Mess of Lawsuits.
theatlantic.com

When the Otters Vanished, Everything Else Started to Crumble
nytimes.com

The controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminals
nature.com

Refresh your feeds! The latest episode of Damn Interesting Week awaits you: Isaac’s Children
damninteresting.com

Chemistry detectives figured out how to best preserve and display Edvard Munch’s The Scream
massivesci.com

On this day in 1973 an ambitious 70s era cybernetic experiment was prematurely terminated
damninteresting.com

Not aliens but ORCs: What are these mysterious giant radio rings in the sky?
syfy.com

Those Orange Bay Area Skies and the Science of Light
wired.com

How To Get Away with Murder
historytoday.com

Expert on Amazon tribes killed by arrow from uncontacted group
theguardian.com

Video: The Pythagorean Siphon Inside Your Washing Machine [11:30]
youtube.com

The origin of North Korea’s ‘ghost boats’
bbc.com

The Fascinating (and Forgotten) Story of Hetty Green, America’s First Female Tycoon
avenuemagazine.com

How the French Revolution created the metric system
nationalgeographic.com

Hundreds of Americans Planted ‘Chinese Mystery Seeds’
vice.com

Surprise: Neutron Stars And White Dwarf Stars Aren’t Actually Stars
forbes.com

The remarkable ways animals understand numbers
bbc.com

The Most Common Pain Relief Drug in The World Induces Risky Behaviour, Study Suggests
sciencealert.com

Strongest magnetic field in universe directly detected by X-ray space observatory
phys.org

Particles As Big as Softballs Ejected From Asteroid Bennu Seem to Do the Impossible
scitechdaily.com

“Oops! We Made A Hit…” – Unexpected Chart-Toppers
culturesonar.com

How Algorithms Are Changing What We Read Online
thewalrus.ca

The Magical Art of Selling Soap
laphamsquarterly.org

Jet-age glamour was more than just aesthetic: its promise of motionless movement reshaped perception of time and space
aeon.co

‘My Week Shadowing a Tornado Hunter in Oklahoma’
outsideonline.com

How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found
quantamagazine.org

Food Fads Have Always Been Ridiculous. Just Ask the Great Masticator.
narratively.com

Facts v feelings: how to stop our emotions misleading us
theguardian.com

A New Cosmic Tension: The Universe Might Be Too Thin
quantamagazine.org

Ancient boardgames: Experts find the missing piece (but can’t figure out how to play)
middleeasteye.net

Meteorite craters may be where life began on Earth, says study
theweathernetwork.com

Researchers may have finally found evidence for sleep in sharks
hakaimagazine.com

Another Chinese rocket falls near a school, creating toxic orange cloud
arstechnica.com

How to Escape From a Volcano Eruption
wired.com

The weird space that lies outside our Solar System
bbc.com

Portable MRI can detect brain abnormalities at bedside
news.yale.edu

This hummingbird survives cold nights by nearly freezing itself solid
sciencenews.org

“Pyjama Plot” Shows the Quantum World Is Even Stranger Than We Thought
scitechdaily.com

The Damn Interesting Curio Cabinet is now live on Apple Podcasts!
podcasts.apple.com

How Groups of Cells Cooperate to Build Organs and Organisms
the-scientist.com

Apologies for the prolonged outage, our headquarters has been without electrons for a couple of days
sltrib.com

Scientists find a shortcut to make a rare — and possibly healthier — sugar
massivesci.com

How a Soviet Triple Agent Recruited New Spies in the West
thedailybeast.com

The daring nun who hid and saved 83 Jewish children
bbc.com

The Leyat Helica propeller car: A wonderfully bad idea
newatlas.com

The mystery of Central Asia’s ‘desert kites’
bbc.com

‘Beethoven was black’: why a century-old idea still has power today
theguardian.com

The Uncanny Tale of Shimmel Zohar
theatlantic.com

Can diamonds burn?
livescience.com

Your Smartphone Can Tell If You’re Drunk-Walking
wired.com

Why is there a normal galaxy sitting at the edge of the Universe?
syfy.com

On this day in 1934, a fire started aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle
damninteresting.com

Simulation Reveals What Dark Matter Might Look Like if We Could See It
sciencealert.com

‘At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here’s what I want to pass on’
theguardian.com

Unlimited Information Is Transforming Society
scientificamerican.com

John Cage musical work changes chord for first time in seven years
bbc.com

New curio by Marisa Brook: For Your Eyes Only
damninteresting.com

Amazon Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones in Trees to Get More Work
bloomberg.com

Engineers Have Figured Out How to Make Interactive Paper
gizmodo.com

The new neuroscience of stuttering
knowablemagazine.org