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Five finalists will try to land a spacecraft on the Moon this year to win the Google Lunar X Prize
theverge.com

One Man’s Daring Escape from Mao’s Darkest Prison
narrative.ly

The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill
flashbak.com

How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains
bbc.com

Organisms created with synthetic DNA pave way for entirely new life forms
theguardian.com

Astronomers hope to soon spot ‘Peggy’, an object in Saturn’s rings they know exists but can’t quite see
bbc.com

The Story of America’s Most Extreme Race Car
roadandtrack.com

This explorer discovered human time warp by living in a cave
nypost.com

Murderous Manila: On the government-sanctioned killing of suspected drug dealers
nybooks.com

A Comprehensive Map of American Lynchings: a new visualization of racial violence in the Jim Crow era
citylab.com

First baby born using 3-parent technique to treat infertility
newscientist.com

Blood-repellent materials: A new approach to medical implants
source.colostate.edu

WW2 German Ace Stumbled Across a Crippled B-17 and Escorted It Home
warhistoryonline.com

Dividing Droplets Could Explain Life’s Origin
quantamagazine.org

Scientists develop molecule that reverses antibiotic resistance
independent.co.uk

Lots of corpse flowers bloomed in 2016 and nobody knows why
bbc.com

The 1986 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year was also one of the nation’s most prolific drug runners
si.com

Timeline: Organisms that have had their genomes sequenced
yourgenome.org

A Japanese spacecraft has spotted a massive gravity wave in Venus’ atmosphere
theverge.com

I Watched Neil deGrasse Tyson Take On a Science Skeptic
gizmodo.com

The Chef of the Future Makes Only One Dish
grubstreet.com

The Lincoln Administration Turned Down a Chance to Populate the United States With Elephants
mentalfloss.com

Who Decides Who Counts as Native American?
nytimes.com

Carbon nanotube transistors push up against quantum uncertainty limits
arstechnica.com

Virtual Autopsies Help Shed Light on Possible Child Abuse
motherboard.vice.com

The search for the creator of the botnet that made most of the Internet unusable for a day last October
krebsonsecurity.com

All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Salt Mine
theatlantic.com

The story of a 29-year investigation into the mysterious murder of Native American activist Julian Pierce
melmagazine.com

The Magical Fruit: Are heat- and drought-resistant tepary beans the future of food?
cooksscience.com

Female shark learns to reproduce without males after years alone
newscientist.com

The D.B. Cooper case baffled investigators for decades. Now, scientists have a new theory.
washingtonpost.com

Mars Rover Curiosity Examines Possible Mud Cracks
nasa.gov

Study: Parents talking to kids about science and math can substantially increase competency and STEM career interest
pnas.org

The Best Kitchen Gadget of the 1600s Was a Small, Short-Legged Dog
atlasobscura.com

Listen with your eyes: one in five of us may ‘hear’ flashes of light
theguardian.com

This unique architectural idea was medieval India’s ingenious answer to perennial water shortage
bbc.com

Martin Luther King Jr. was decades ahead of his time in advocating for a universal basic income
qz.com

Plants can see, hear and smell – and respond
bbc.com

A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True, and a Lot of What Is True Is Not Known
neh.gov

This Brave Pilot Climbed Out On To The Wing Of His Stricken Bomber At 13,000 Feet
warhistoryonline.com

Study: Caffeine may counter age-related inflammation
med.stanford.edu

Japan just tried to launch the world’s smallest orbital rocket
arstechnica.com

When picky eating becomes an affliction
avclub.com

The surprising place where WWII agents learnt to fight Nazis
bbc.com

The Web Divided: Will machine translation ever bring us together?
howwegettonext.com

An ambitious new study put infants into an MRI machine to reveal how the mind gets built
quantamagazine.org

Cholera bacteria infect more effectively with a simple twist of shape
princeton.edu

NASA plans mission to a metal-rich asteroid worth quadrillions
globalnews.ca

Why Most Planets Will Either Be Lush or Dead
nautil.us

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is shutting down “The Greatest Show on Earth” after 146 years
daytondailynews.com

Scientists close in on the true mass of the Milky Way
dailynews.mcmaster.ca

Study finds association between eating hot peppers and decreased mortality
medicalxpress.com

Face of 9,500-Year-Old Man Revealed for First Time
news.nationalgeographic.com

China’s Zhou Youguang, father of Pinyin writing system, dies aged 111
bbc.com

How Antarctic bases went from wooden huts to sci-fi chic
bbc.com

Poisoned, shot and beaten: why cyanide alone may have failed to kill Rasputin
theguardian.com

That Time I Turned a Routine Traffic Ticket into the Constitutional Trial of the Century
thepublicdiscourse.com

Scientists find a way to regenerate skin that may completely prevent scarring
futurism.com

Resistance to the Antibiotic of Last Resort Is Silently Spreading
theatlantic.com

Engineers Have Created Biocompatible Microrobots That Can be Implanted Into the Human Body
sciencenewsjournal.com