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Focus On Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms In Danger
npr.org

We’re Bad at Death. Can We Talk?
nytimes.com

NASA’s mission to Mars includes a year-long stay on the moon
engadget.com

The incredible taste of umami was proven in 1907 in Japan—but ignored by the West for a century
qz.com

NYU Accidentally Exposed Military Code-breaking Computer Project to Entire Internet
theintercept.com

Video: history of the entire world, i guess (some salty language)
youtube.com

Where have all the insects gone?
sciencemag.org

Seeing with Your Tongue
newyorker.com

‘All the Men Here Are Either on Drugs or Unemployed’
theatlantic.com

James Webb Space Telescope shipped to Texas for its biggest test yet
spaceflightnow.com

First Of Its Kind: 4,000-Year-Old Funeral Garden Found in Egypt
sciencenewsjournal.com

Researchers Find Gut Bacteria Can Trigger Brain Lesions That Lead to Strokes
sciencealert.com

Why escalators and venetian blinds could give you a headache
theguardian.com

Found: Pages From One of the First Books Ever Printed in England
atlasobscura.com

Buzz Aldrin to NASA: Retire the International Space Station ASAP to Reach Mars
space.com

The Scientific Truth About Planet Nine, So Far
forbes.com

Massive Lava Waves Detected on Jupiter’s Moon Io
gizmodo.com

NASA is losing the race to build a better rocket
theverge.com

Rare dinosaur with preserved skin and bone-crushing tail found in Montana
arstechnica.com

Image: Wildly Interacting Galaxy from Hubble
apod.nasa.gov

Nifty: Antarctica’s ‘Dragon Skin’ Ice
gizmodo.com

100 years ago today “The Sleepy Sickness” was first clinically identified
damninteresting.com

The Search for Life on Mars Is about to Get Weird
scientificamerican.com

Scientists Can’t Fully Explain These Strange Floating Lights in Texas
motherboard.vice.com

On this day in 1898, hydrogen was liquefied for the first time
damninteresting.com

How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
nytimes.com

Scaling the World’s Most Lethal Mountain, in the Dead of Winter
nytimes.com

Hamburg’s 30 year, $592-million USD plan to hold back the rising sea
hakaimagazine.com

The psychological effects of growing up with an extremely common name
qz.com

The Mongols built an empire with one technological breakthrough
arstechnica.com

The world’s biggest plane may have a new mission
bbc.com

Celebrated ‘Baby Louie’ Fossil Identified as New Dinosaur Species
gizmodo.com

Muscle Enzyme Explains Weight Gain in Middle Age
directorsblog.nih.gov

A New Addition to the Human Family Tree Is Surprisingly Young
theatlantic.com

Crocker Land: The Legendary Arctic Island That Didn’t Actually Exist
mentalfloss.com

Faecal transplants could cause recipients to take on donors’ traits
abc.net.au

On this day in 1963, Earthling scientists created an artificial ring around their planet
damninteresting.com

On the dearth of data regarding the long-term effects of using antidepressants
theguardian.com

The Billionaire and the Flood: How a Tragedy Transformed a Resort and the Town that Depended on It
washingtonian.com

Radiation-Resistant Mutants at Chernobyl Pave the Way for Life on Mars
motherboard.vice.com

Stanford scientists have grown mini-human brains in a dish
thestar.com

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