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Beautiful photo from today’s Expedition 49 Soyuz MS-01 Landing
m.flickr.com

NASA’s new Scout ‘intruder alert’ system scans for small nearby asteroids that could strike the Earth
npr.org

‘They’re not human’: How 19th-century Inuit coped with a real-life invasion of the ‘walking dead’
news.nationalpost.com

Starfish are dying out in the Pacific – and no-one is quite sure why
independent.co.uk

How the Brown Rat Conquered New York City (and Every Other One, Too)
nytimes.com

Iron-munching microbe discovered
mpg.de

Video: Ultra HD fisheye fly-through of the International Space Station
youtube.com

Inside the ‘Frozen Zoo’ That Could Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life
gq.com

Video: Beautiful Chemical Reactions
youtube.com

Plano surgeon Christopher Duntsch left a trail of bodies. The shocking story of a madman with a scalpel.
dmagazine.com

A $100m initiative to listen for alien signals from a star with an unusual dimming pattern
bbc.com

Into the Storm: The True Story of a Harrowing Ocean Rescue
gq.com

Worms seen farming plants to be eaten later for the first time
newscientist.com

Scientists identify 1st fossilized dinosaur brain tissue
cbc.ca

Scientists “Switch Off” Self-Control Using Brain Stimulation
scientificamerican.com

Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? (aka panspermia)
astronomy.com

The Big League Prospect Who Became a Mob Hit Man
nytimes.com

Scientists think the common cold may at last be beatable
statnews.com

The spy who couldn’t spell: how the biggest heist in the history of US espionage was foiled
theguardian.com

Video, 1946: German WW2 helmets getting a second life as pots, pans, and colanders
youtube.com

‘It’s Transformative’: Māori Women Talk About Their Sacred Chin Tattoos
broadly.vice.com

King-Killers in America (and the American Who Avenged the King)
blog.longreads.com

When High Rollers Get Screwed Over by Vegas Casinos, They Call This Guy
thrillist.com

New Bacteria Groups, and Stunning Diversity, Discovered Underground
newscenter.lbl.gov

Rebelling Against the Void
outsideonline.com

Unlocking the secrets of bacterial biofilms – to use against them
theconversation.com

Shhh! My Not-So-Quiet Life as a Librarian with Tourette’s
narrative.ly

Behind This Plant’s Blue Leaves Lies a Weird Trick of Quantum Mechanics
popularmechanics.com

The world’s knowledge is being buried in a salt mine
bbc.com

Video: Beautiful HD footage of the Arctic from Colonel Chris Hadfield’s recent expedition
youtube.com

Pagan god ‘caught’ in river by fisherman confirmed as being up to 4,200 years old and ‘unique’
siberiantimes.com

The 19th Century Yoruba repatriation
orishaimage.com

Cracking the Cranial Vault: What It Feels Like to Perform Brain Surgery
vice.com

Computer scientists can now prove software to be error-free with same certainty that mathematicians prove theorems
quantamagazine.org

Russian scientists in the Arctic have discovered ruins of a secret WW2 German military base
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Spiders can ‘tune’ their webs to sound out plucky potential mates
theguardian.com

Video: The science behind the stereogram craze of the 1990s
youtube.com

“I spent 28 years on death row”
theguardian.com

Tardigrades Can Survive Almost Anything, and Now We Know How
secondnexus.com

Was the [US] Declaration of Independence ‘defaced’? Experts say yes.
washingtonpost.com

Weird Extragalactic X-Ray Flares Baffle Astronomers
scientificamerican.com

Scientists find a storm on Jupiter that towers above the planet’s pole
arstechnica.co.uk

New construction techniques make it possible to build skyscrapers made of wood
economist.com

Aberfan: The mistake that cost a village its children
bbc.co.uk

Evidence mounts for the existence of ‘Planet Nine’ beyond Pluto
nytimes.com

Those Ancient Stone Tools — Did Humans Make Them, Or Was It Really Monkeys?
npr.org

The secret behind Italy’s rarest pasta
bbc.com

Documentary, 1995: Waco-The Inside Story
vimeo.com

Placebos: It turns out they work even when you know they’re placebos
abc.net.au

What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980?
outsideonline.com

80 Years Later, Polar Explorer’s Sunken Ship Floats Again
scientificamerican.com

Feeding cows seaweed could slash global greenhouse gas emissions, researchers say
abc.net.au

DNA reveals the “Higgs bison,” a hybrid Ice Age species depicted in ancient cave art
cbc.ca

Why the U.S. Military Still Flies Cold-War Era Planes
theatlantic.com

Migraines could be caused by gut bacteria, study suggests
theguardian.com

Why billionaires have more sons
bbc.com

What Happens to American Myth When You Take the Driver Out of It?
nymag.com

Mars: Inside the High-Risk, High-Stakes Race to the Red Planet
nationalgeographic.com

Rare, Neolithic ‘Goddess’ Figurine Discovered in Turkey (estimated 8,000 years old)
livescience.com

Dirty secrets of the mail fraud mafia
money.cnn.com