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Happiness Won’t Save You
nytimes.com

Leaf-cutter ants are coated in rocky crystal armor, never before seen in insects
nationalgeographic.com

Here’s what we know about Earth’s new minimoon
universetoday.com

Meet the Microbes Living on Da Vinci’s Iconic Sketches
wired.com

Contemplating the End of Physics
quantamagazine.org

Charles Darwin: Notebooks worth millions lost for 20 years
bbc.com

The Life of Carla Capponi, Nazi-Fighter of Occupied Rome
lithub.com

On this day in 1703 “The Great Storm” threatened an important piece of experimental architecture
damninteresting.com

Video: What Genghis Khan’s Mongolian Sounded Like [9:32]
youtube.com • (see also)

Massive Swarm of Eels Is The Most Fish Ever Recorded at The Bottom of The Ocean
sciencealert.com

New Chemistry and the Birth of Public Hygiene
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

North Korean gymnast defects by vaulting fences
watoday.com.au

‘My Hunt for the Original McDonald’s French-Fry Recipe’
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Theories abound over mystery metal monolith found in Utah
theguardian.com • Location? • See also

The Original Selfie Craze Was the Mirror
smithsonianmag.com

The 2,400-year-old Lady of Baza statue reveals insights into ancient Spain
nationalgeographic.com

Video: How Radioactivity Makes Planets Habitable [5:40]
youtube.com

‘Superbolts’ are real, and they flash up to 1,000 times brighter than regular lightning
livescience.com • (see also)

Video: Bizarre Spinning Glue [12:35]
youtube.com

Hints of twisted light offer clues to dark energy’s nature
nature.com

A New Study About Color Tries to Decode ‘The Brain’s Pantone’
wired.com • (see also)

Scientists Are Sharing Memories of The Iconic Arecibo Telescope, And It’s Emotional
sciencealert.com

Why Scientists Are Shooting Lasers at This Nebula
popularmechanics.com

How a Thanksgiving Day gag ruffled feathers in Mission Control
arstechnica.com

The rise and fall of Tab
theconversation.com • (see also)

The Mystery of Male Pregnancy and Birth in Seahorses
discovermagazine.com

Hegra, an Ancient City in Saudi Arabia Untouched for Millennia, Makes Its Public Debut
smithsonianmag.com

If You Pay a Mouse To Eat a Cookie, Will He Like It More or Less?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Laughing is good for your mind and your body
theconversation.com • (see also)

Conjoined twins: ‘We always knew we were different’
bbc.com

China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft to return the first lunar samples since 1976
nationalgeographic.com

How German Librarians Finally Caught an Elusive Book Thief
atlasobscura.com

The forgotten Hawaiian islands in Canada
bbc.com

Helicopter pilot finds ‘strange’ monolith in remote part of Utah
theguardian.com • (see also)

400 years ago, visitors to this painted cave took hallucinogens
nationalgeographic.com

Robots Invade the Construction Site
wired.com

Earth’s History Is Hidden in the Hair of Dead People
theatlantic.com • (see also)

New insights from study of people age 90 and above
cbsnews.com

Dreamliner crew rest: The secret space where your 787 pilots, attendants sleep
thepointsguy.co.uk

‘It was a total invasion’: the virus that came back from the dead
theguardian.com

The Biggest Misunderstanding About the Sun
realclearscience.com

We’re About to Witness a Super-Rare Planetary Alignment Not Seen in 800 Years
sciencealert.com

Can a Computer Devise a Theory of Everything?
nytimes.com

New curio by Alan Bellows: It Belongs in a Museum
dam.mn

On this day in 1987 a Max Headroom doppelgänger invaded Chicago’s television screens
damninteresting.com

Where Was the Birthplace of Modern Humans?
discovermagazine.com

Life-size model heart 3D-printed out of cardiac tissue-like material
newatlas.com

In Phytoremediation, Plants Extract Toxins from Soils
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Scarce Food Turns Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars Into Monsters
realclearscience.com

Astronomers discover new ‘fossil galaxy’ buried deep within the Milky Way
phys.org

The seaweed swamping the Atlantic Ocean
bbc.com

Pompeii dig reveals ‘almost perfect’ remains of a master and his slave
theguardian.com

Who killed this Indigenous family in the Peruvian Amazon? And why?
nationalgeographic.com

Video: GM’s $2,000,000,000 Disaster [14:53]
youtube.com

Ponzi Scheme Suspect Uses Underwater Scooter to Flee F.B.I.
nytimes.com • (see also)

If we’re alone in the Universe, should we do anything about it?
aeon.co

Plant evolves to become less visible to humans
phys.org

The Weirdest Objects in the Universe
airspacemag.com

The Tragedy of a Ruined Telescope
theatlantic.com

Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up
scientificamerican.com