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Forty years after his time with the U.S. Forest Service, a writer reflects on his years fighting fires
longreads.com

The Soviet Union’s Scientific Marvels Came From Prisons
theatlantic.com

The Falklands penguins that would not explode
bbc.com

Never Before Seen: Deer Spotted Eating Human Bones
news.nationalgeographic.com

There are diseases hidden in ice, and they are waking up
bbc.com

The technologies that can make humans a multi-planet species within a century
techtimes.com

Aspirin May Prevent Cancer from Spreading, New Research Shows
scientificamerican.com

A space engine that could make flying into orbit commonplace
ft.com

On this day in 1931, Colonel Sanders shot a man over an advertising dispute
damninteresting.com

Researchers cure diabetes in mice without side effects
upi.com

The officers who protect Britain’s nuclear plants
bbc.com

Iceland drills 4.7 km down into volcano to tap clean energy
phys.org

KFC: Still battering the image of Harland Sanders. Yikes.
thegrapevine.theroot.com • more info

80 years ago today the Hindenburg burned
damninteresting.com

Video: GOES-16’s Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) imagery from severe storms April 28-29, 2017
youtube.com

Bacterial Hair on Undersea Volcano Unlike Any Seen Before
blogs.scientificamerican.com

“My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year”
bbc.com

A new study suggests that throwing a little more slowly can help improve accuracy
nytimes.com

The Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts
outsideonline.com

Parasite living inside fish eyeball controls its behaviour
newscientist.com

First results from Jupiter probe show huge magnetism and storms
newscientist.com

‘Exercise-in-a-pill’ boosts athletic endurance by 70 percent
sciencedaily.com

The BMW Addiction That Completely Destroyed This Man’s Life
jalopnik.com

Printing bricks from moondust using the sun’s heat
phys.org

Video: How an optical illusion can make some phenomena appear to exceed the speed of light
youtube.com

Antibody Makes Alzheimer’s Protein Detectable in Blood
directorsblog.nih.gov

A Rare Journey Into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, a Super-Bunker That Can Survive Anything
wired.com

How the Tension Between Mercy and Blame Shaped Our Legal Codes
nautil.us

There Is a Fake ID God, and He Lives in China
melmagazine.com

Scientists Find Giant Wave Rolling Through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
nasa.gov

The Shipping and Handling of a Gigantic Space Telescope
theatlantic.com

Where oil rigs go to die
theguardian.com

Why You’re Biased About Being Biased
nautil.us

Scientists Just Found a Completely New Kind of Symbiotic Relationship
gizmodo.com

Two Fungal Species Cooperate To Synthesize An Antibiotic
acsh.org

CERN points giant magnet at the Sun to look for dark matter particles
arstechnica.com

SOFIA Confirms Nearby Planetary System is Similar to Our Own
nasa.gov

CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals
sciencedirect.com

Cassini Finds ‘The Big Empty’ Close to Saturn
jpl.nasa.gov

Astronomers discover a rare star full of calcium, but no clear origin
sciencealert.com

Dwarf planetary systems will transform the hunt for alien life
aeon.co

How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group
theatlantic.com

Self-proclaimed (but never confirmed) ‘oldest human’ dies in Indonesia, claimed age 146
theguardian.com

Clues as to why cockroaches are so prolific
sciencedaily.com

Incorrigible Sin: The story of a seventeenth-century fornication trial in Massachusetts Bay
theawl.com

The Accidental Get Away Driver: How one man drove right into the center of a daring and dangerous crime
gq.com

Why the Rich Don’t Give to Charity
theatlantic.com

Antarctic’s never-frozen Blood Falls has new explanation
theweathernetwork.com

Video: Beautiful close-up footage of today’s SpaceX first stage rocket landing
instagram.com

Video: A 750-Year-Old Secret: See How Soy Sauce Is Still Made Today
youtube.com

The strange death, and even stranger life of “Cocaine Cowboy” Andrew Carter Thornton II
muckrock.com

NASA’s meteorite-resistant space fabric is like futuristic chainmail
yahoo.com

Conspiracy Theorists May Really Just Be Lonely
scientificamerican.com

The Living Disappeared: Searching for the children kidnapped during Argentina’s military dictatorship
story.californiasunday.com

‘Anumeric’ People: What Happens When a Language Has No Words for Numbers?
sciencealert.com

Why Wisdom Teeth Are So Much Trouble
theatlantic.com

Is Dark Matter “Fuzzy”?
chandra.harvard.edu

How a Daughter’€™s Search for Her Biological Father Led Her to an Execution in Arkansas
theintercept.com

Is The Tasmanian Tiger Really Extinct?
daily.jstor.org

Long after their bones were gone, Neanderthals’ DNA survived in cave
cbsnews.com