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In a comment thread on reddit, Alan explains the effects of being on the business end of a front-page post in one of the largest subreddits (/r/todayilearned).
reddit.com

Large Hadron Collider discovers “pentaquark” particle that was predicted to exist in the 1960s.
bbc.com

Best image of Pluto yet, HD images expected in the coming hours/days.
bbc.com

An earthquake will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest. The question is when.
newyorker.com

Photo: This canister is attached to the New Horizons spacecraft (via reddit.com/r/space).
i.imgur.com

Photo: Galaxy NGC 6744 has flocculent arms and an elongated core like the Milky Way. No other galaxy we know of more closely resembles our own.
en.wikipedia.org

Per Wikipedia, photos of Pluto from New Horizons will xfer at about 1 kbit/s, comparable to a mid-80s dial-up modem.
en.wikipedia.org

New photo of Pluto from New Horizons from 3.1 million km away.
pluto.jhuapl.edu

Photos: Ruins of the Soviet space shuttle program
cnn.com

Image: A world map that shows only the time zones.
cartographerswithoutborders.org

Audio: Why People Do Bad Things; a look at how framing shapes ethical choices.
npr.org

Video: The Mechanics of the Film Projector
youtube.com

After a hospital error, two pairs of Colombian identical twins were raised as two pairs of fraternal twins.
nyti.ms

Video: Sharks Discovered Inside Underwater Volcano
video.nationalgeographic.com

Pluto becoming clearer as New Horizons approaches.
nasa.gov