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Light pollution conceals true darkness from 80% of Europe and North America
theguardian.com

Wind musicians warned over hygiene as fatal case of ‘bagpipe lung’ reported
theguardian.com

Rare photo of “gigantic jet lightning” over China
apod.nasa.gov

How To Investigate a Flying Saucer, according to the CIA
cia.gov

Study: Divorce is seasonal, peaks following family vacations
medicalnewstoday.com

As Homeless Find Refuge in Forests, ‘Anger Is Palpable’ in Nearby Towns
nytimes.com

In-browser 3D nebula explorer (warning: autoplay music)
nebulabliss.com

The tragic story of Sheffield’s Park Hill bridge
theguardian.com

The story of how some parents decided to fight back against child protective services
read.atavist.com

“I Went on a Weeklong Cruise For Conspiracy Theorists. It Ended Poorly.”
popularmechanics.com

Ottawa man’s paralyzed hand moves again 18 months after landmark surgery
ottawacitizen.com

NASA just made all its research available online for free
independent.co.uk

The Life and Murder of Stella Walsh, Intersex Olympic Champion
blog.longreads.com

Video: Boredom and its physiological manifestation
youtube.com

The Unauthorized, Daredevil Documentation of the Horizons Ride at Disney World
dangerousminds.net

The Blind Man Who Taught Himself to See
mensjournal.com

Video: Dividing by zero on an old mechanical calculator
youtube.com

Clothing study reveals stylish secrets of leather-loving ancient
theguardian.com

Video: Restoring Leonardo’s five-century-old painting “The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne”
youtube.com

Brain scans hint at an explanation for the phenomenon of déjà vu
newscientist.com

Why There’s New Hope About Ending Blindness
nationalgeographic.com

Googly-Eyed Purple Squid Sighting Delights Scientists
livescience.com

Newly discovered blue whirl fire tornado burns cleaner for reduced emissions
phys.org

Mystery of Cahokia – why did North America’s largest city vanish?
theguardian.com

The Forgotten Tale of How America Converted Its 1980 Olympic Village Into a Prison
atlasobscura.com

Roach milk inspires food supplement
scidev.net

The Man Who Created Bigfoot
outsideonline.com

The CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual, published 1944 (PDF)
cia.gov

How the Hunt Brothers Cornered the Silver Market and Then Lost it All
priceonomics.com

Solar storms, a cause of northern lights, nearly led to nuclear war in 1967
cbc.ca

“Earth-like” planet possibly discovered orbiting our nearest solar neighbor Proxima Centauri
universetoday.com

The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber
nautil.us

Five years after the tsunami, a husband still searches the sea for his wife
nytimes.com

The race to save a dying language
theguardian.com

Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov

A mysterious object has been discovered with an inexplicable orbit
engadget.com

The fight over the brain of “H.M.” – the patient who revolutionized the science of memory.
nytimes.com

400-year-old Greenland shark is the oldest [known] vertebrate animal
theguardian.com

Earliest Americans could not have arrived by dry land, study indicates
theguardian.com

Looks Can Kill: The Deadly Results of Flawed Design
propublica.org

‘Bed-of-nails’ surface rips bacteria apart, leaves animal cells unharmed
acsh.org

The Mystery Of Why Sunflowers Turn To Follow The Sun — Solved
npr.org

Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace
theguardian.com

New form of light promises boost for photonic computing
newatlas.com

Dirty Stone Age tools show what was on the menu 250,000 years ago
cbc.ca

How government officials mistakenly sold artifacts from Apollo 11
csmonitor.com

Mice with genes from three parents live longer
economist.com

Poisonous Birds in Papua New Guinea – a Baffling Story of Evolution
vice.com

Why being bilingual works wonders for your brain
theguardian.com

A molecule called ‘Sandman’ could help solve the ‘mystery of sleep’
washingtonpost.com

Maya ‘snake dynasty’ tomb uncovered holding body, treasure and hieroglyphs
theguardian.com

The logistics of flying two small Beechcraft 76 aircraft from Sweden to San Diego
imgur.com

Surprises of the Faraday Cage
sinews.siam.org

Climate change could expose Cold War-era Arctic military base
cbc.ca

China’s great flood: tests on children’s bones support 4,000-year-old legend
theguardian.com

How Astronomers Plan to Solve the Mystery of the “Alien Megastructure Star”
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Smithsonian scientist’s mysterious death solved 150 years after the fact
washingtonpost.com

The atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Io is in a constant state of collapse and repair
gizmodo.com

Last mammoths on Alaska island likely died of thirst
cbc.ca

Discoveries in DNA: What’s New Since You Went to High School?
slu.edu