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Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years
nationalgeographic.com

Postwar prosperity depended on a truce between capitalist growth and democratic fairness. Is it possible to get it back?
aeon.co

How Cities (and Citizens) Create Hostile Environments
wired.com

Awakening after a sleeping pill: Restoring functional brain networks after severe brain injury
medicalxpress.com

Some planets may be better for life than Earth
phys.org

A Common Plant Virus Is an Unlikely Ally in the War on Cancer
wired.com • (see also)

Choice blindness: Do you know yourself as well as you think?
bbc.com

New curio by Marisa Brook: It’s Not Rocket Science
dam.mn

Video: Underground LSD Palace [19:20]
youtube.com

In Their Own Words: Unpublished Children’s Notebooks Reveal Poignant View of History
collectorsweekly.com

A Mammoth Find Near Mexico City
sapiens.org

Boldly Go! NASA’s New Space Toilet Is on Its Way to the Space Station – Here’s How It Works
scitechdaily.com

Algorithm discovers how six simple molecules could evolve into life’s building blocks
chemistryworld.com

Video: The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats [21:11]
youtube.com

How Hong Kong is modernising love hotels
bbc.com

Stalked for 11 years: one woman’s fight for freedom from an abusive ex-boyfriend
theguardian.com

How a Chinese malware gang defrauded Facebook users of $4 million
zdnet.com

Why Did Our Mammal Ancestors Stop Laying Eggs?
discovermagazine.com

Dead water: A new study sheds light on a ship-stopping phenomenon first described over 100 years ago
hakaimagazine.com • (see also)

How Does Science Really Work?
newyorker.com

Astronomers reveal first direct image of Beta Pictoris c using new astronomy instrument
phys.org

Transparent Wood Could Be the Window of the Future
usda.gov

Preserved Brain Tissue Found in Victim of Ancient Vesuvius Eruption, Scientists Report
gizmodo.com

Memristor Breakthrough: First Single Device To Act Like a Neuron
spectrum.ieee.org

Researchers Have Discovered a Hidden Drawing Behind ‘Mona Lisa’
popularmechanics.com

Woman’s odd headache was from tapeworm larvae in her brain
livescience.com

DEFA: What happened to East Germany′s cinematic legacy?
dw.com • (see also)

Definitely not Windows 95: What operating systems keep things running in space?
arstechnica.com

Every Penguin in the World Comes from Earth’s Lost Eighth Continent
popularmechanics.com

A tiny pest helped stoke this year’s devastating wildfires
nationalgeographic.com

The Espionage Threat to U.S. Businesses
lawfareblog.com

Hubble Watches Exploding Star Fade into Oblivion
hubblesite.org • Video

Photos: An Ancient Town Submerged—Hasankeyf Underwater
theatlantic.com

Toilet paper precursors, a brief history of pole-sitting, harassment via eBay, revival of the autopsy, moon radiation, the unlikely romance of wasps and figs
damninteresting.com

Decapitated and dismembered skeletons reveal lost Iron Age massacre
livescience.com

A Rogue Earth-Mass Planet Has Been Discovered Freely Floating in the Milky Way Without a Star
universetoday.com

Ancient Humans’ Eyes Were Nearly Black. Future Humans Could Have All New Colors
realclearscience.com

At the Edge of Time, a Litter of Galactic Puppies
nytimes.com

The world’s southernmost tree hangs on in one of the windiest places on Earth
theconversation.com • (see also)

Greyhound racing in the U.S. is coming to an end
nationalgeographic.com

How the Mercury 13 Fought to Get Women in Space
daily.jstor.org

Virtually Blind Mole-Rats Use Their Eyes to ‘See’ Magnetic Fields, Experiment Shows
sciencealert.com • (see also)

There’s too much gold in the universe. No one knows where it came from.
livescience.com

A journey through slime
wellcomecollection.org

Stellar explosion in Earth’s proximity
phys.org

On this day in 1769 Isabel Godin headed into the Amazon jungle to seek out her long-lost husband
damninteresting.com

A shocking crime spree, a surprising culprit: How a Minnesota grandmother became a killer.
magazine.atavist.com

Polar bear attacks military helicopter in Canada: “First time anybody has encountered this”
newsweek.com

A Fuller Picture of Artemisia Gentileschi
newyorker.com • (see also)

Revolutionary archaeology reveals the deepest possible Anthropocene
aeon.co

Alchemy Arrives in a Burst of Light
quantamagazine.org

Paramedics Test Jetpack For Daring Mountain Rescues
futurism.com

Irish Court Says Subway Bread Is Too Sugary to Be Called ‘Bread’
foodandwine.com

Nüshu: China’s secret female-only language
bbc.com

The Great Lakes are filled to their brims, with no signs of receding
physicstoday.scitation.org

How one man spent 34 years in prison after setting fire to a pair of curtains
theguardian.com

A New Tool for Detecting Deepfakes Looks for What Isn’t There: an Invisible Pulse
gizmodo.com

The Strange Surface of Ceres
physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com

Maybe Volcanoes Could Explain the Phosphine in Venus’ Atmosphere
universetoday.com

The grim truth behind eyewitness accounts of sea serpents
nature.com