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Naked mole-rats are now even weirder: Without oxygen, they live like plants
washingtonpost.com

Discovery May Help Decipher Ancient Inca String Code
news.nationalgeographic.com

Antarctic Scientists Go Chasing Waterfalls
theatlantic.com

Musings on the origins of language, a rare bit of non-fiction from author Cormac McCarthy
nautil.us

Radar images of asteroid 2014 JO25, which passed within 1.8 million kilometers of Earth yesterday
apod.nasa.gov

A Georgia State anthropologist explores what motivated rescuers during the Rwandan genocide
sapiens.org

Every Kid Can Enjoy a Day at the Waterpark With This Air-Powered Wheelchair
gizmodo.com

102 villagers, 750 refugees, one grand experiment
theguardian.com

The Damn Interesting 2017 Super-Fun-Time* Reader/Listener Survey is finally here!
goo.gl

Why high potentials struggle—and how they can grow through it
hbr.org

Newfound Alien Planet Is Best Place Yet to Search for Life (autoplay video)
space.com

Our Machines Now Have Knowledge We’ll Never Understand
backchannel.com

The case for being grumpy at work
qz.com

Mummies discovered in ancient tomb near Egypt’s Luxor
france24.com

Landslides on Ceres reflect hidden ice
zinfoze.com

Psychedelic drugs induce ‘heightened state of consciousness’, brain scans show
theguardian.com

Opening of UN files on Holocaust will ‘rewrite chapters of history’
theguardian.com

Patricia Cornwell Investigates Jack the Ripper
bookclubbabble.com

Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove
nytimes.com

Console Repairmen Explain Why Cockroaches Love PS4s
kotaku.com

Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines
newscientist.com

Hole accidentally cut in U.K. museum floor reveals stairs to hidden tomb of five archbishops
nationalpost.com

Scientists find giant, elusive clam known as ‘the unicorn of mollusks’
washingtonpost.com

Finally, NASA has its universe of images in one happy, searchable place
arstechnica.com

Can We Bring Back the Passenger Pigeon?
nybooks.com

Receding glacier causes immense Canadian river to vanish in four days
theguardian.com

How One Inmate Changed The Prison System From The Inside
npr.org

22,000 years of history evaporates after freezer failure melts Arctic ice cores
theguardian.com

The “True” Human Diet: From the standpoint of paleoecology, the so-called Paleo diet is a myth
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Researchers find ‘night owl’ gene variant
cbc.ca

How the BBC’s truth offensive beat Hitler’s propaganda machine
theguardian.com

Where Slang Comes From
pudding.cool

Listening to one’s favorite music causes connections in a brain circuit important for internally-focused thoughts
nature.com

World’s oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117
bbc.co.uk

On the irreplaceable medical marvel that is horseshoe crab blood
popularmechanics.com

What My Stroke Taught Me: The surprising, quiet nourishment of losing my internal monologue
nautil.us

The Crisis of Attention Theft—Ads That Steal Your Time for Nothing in Return
wired.com

NASA ‘sting’ operation against 74-year-old widow of Apollo engineer draws court rebuke
washingtonpost.com

Researchers create healing elixir from the blood of a dragon
nypost.com

Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators
newscientist.com

When the Mob Protested The Godfather
mentalfloss.com

‘I’M A GONER’: El Faro’s last hours as ship sails into storm
apnews.com

What Do Animals See in a Mirror?
nautil.us

New research says starting university classes at 11am or later would improve learning
qz.com

NASA: Nearly all the elements needed for life have been detected on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
usatoday.com

Two Years Later, We Finally Know Why People Saw “The Dress” Differently
slate.com

A visualization of what Earth’s night sky will look like in 5,000,000 years (from ESA)
sci.esa.int

10 years ago Kristina Anderson was shot while in her French class at Virginia Tech
chronicle.com

Waterloo researchers capture first “image” of a dark matter web that connects galaxies
ras.org.uk

Snowden Documents Reveal Scope of Secrets Exposed to China in 2001 Spy Plane Incident
theintercept.com

Prisoners built two PCs from parts, hid them in ceiling, connected to the state’s network and did cybershenanigans
theregister.co.uk

Mimicking an impact on Earth’s early atmosphere yields all 4 RNA bases
arstechnica.com

The life of an American country doctor was heroic, necessary, and utterly exhausting
timeline.com

Tomorrow, 2pm Eastern: NASA to Reveal New Discoveries in News Conference on Oceans Beyond Earth
nasa.gov

NASA and Amazon announce first-ever 4K Ultra HD livestream from space
dailydot.com

Scientists unravel mystery of the loose shoelace
theguardian.com

Louis de Wohl: The Astrologer Who Helped Foil Hitler
thedailybeast.com

A New, More Rigorous Study Confirms: The More You Use Facebook, the Worse You Feel
hbr.org

On Venus, tectonics without the plates
arstechnica.com

‘Cold’ Great Spot discovered on Jupiter
news.agu.org