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Lean-burn physiology gives Sherpas peak-performance
bbc.com

Their life seemed like a fairy tale—until her body was discovered in a suitcase by the Humber River
torontolife.com

Gravitational Waves Are Permanently Warping The Fabric of Space-Time
sciencealert.com

Merging white dwarfs may create most of our galaxy’s antimatter
astronomy.com

Researchers propose new type of planetary object
news.agu.org

Freeze-Dried Space Sperm Gives Rise to Healthy Baby Mice
space.com

‘I knew they were sugar pills but I felt fantastic’ – the rise of open-label placebos
theguardian.com

New Zealand: The next major space hub?
newatlas.com

The Mystery of the Wasting House-Cats
nytimes.com

NASA plans emergency spacewalk on International Space Station
reuters.com

Babies From Skin Cells? Prospect Is Unsettling to Some Experts
mobile.nytimes.com

Weird energy beam seems to travel five times the speed of light
newscientist.com

Tuscan archives yield up secrets of Leonardo’s mystery mother
theguardian.com

A Place Where Something Evil Happened
dmagazine.com

Human antibodies in Ebola survivor’s blood effective against all strains
newatlas.com

On this day in 1946 a scientist at Los Alamos was ‘bitten by the nuclear dragon’
damninteresting.com

Researchers in Taiwan detect a protostar in the ‘hamburger’ stage with a dusty accretion disk
almaobservatory.org

Scientists Sneak A Peek At How Ladybugs Fold Their Wings
npr.org

The Blackener’s Cave in Iceland may contain the oldest standing Viking structure in the world
archaeology.org

A Grand New Theory of Life’s Evolution on Earth
theatlantic.com

How army rations helped change food
bbc.com

Humans have accidentally created a protective bubble around Earth
mashable.com

Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, say goodbye to the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’.
bbc.co.uk

Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts
theguardian.com

Mapping super massive black holes in the distant Universe
uopnews.port.ac.uk

How the Beatles Wrote ‘A Day in the Life’
theatlantic.com

Swallowable gastric balloon could help the obese lose weight without surgery
theguardian.com

A ‘Hacker’ Exposed a Mexican Drug Lord, Now He’s Trying to Save His Own Life
motherboard.vice.com

The Secret Life of Urban Crows
seattlemet.com

Tabby’s star is dimming again, and astronomers are excited
arstechnica.com

Rivers on three worlds tell different tales
news.mit.edu

33 years ago today a very special episode of Press Your Luck was taped
damninteresting.com

New Zealand quake scientists make surprising find underground
cbsnews.com

Antarctica: “mosses that once grew less than a millimeter per year now growing over 3mm per year on average”
washingtonpost.com

Origins of ‘eh’: How 2 little letters came to define Canadians
cbc.ca

NASA Notices Unexpected Flashes of Light Reflecting Off Earth
inverse.com

American Trees Are Moving West, and No One Knows Why
theatlantic.com

Scientists have found a mysterious ‘puffy’ planet with the density of styrofoam
businessinsider.com

90 years ago today Grace Fryer filed a lawsuit against the employer who was killing her with radioactive paint
damninteresting.com

‘Molecular Condoms’ Could Be the Best Form of Birth Control Yet
gizmodo.com

Video: LUNAR – A gorgeous short film about Apollo 11
vimeo.com

How hard did it rain on Mars?
elsevier.com

The Mystery of the 2,000-Year-Old Iron Beads
atlasobscura.com

When Your Child Is a Psychopath
theatlantic.com

The Bizarre Story Behind the FBI’€™s Fake Documentary About the Bundy Family
theintercept.com

Three murders in Philadelphia in the early 1990s, and three men who didn’t commit them
slate.com

An Air Force Academy cadet created a bullet-stopping goo to use for body armor
businessinsider.com

Movie Shows Ceres at Opposition from Sun (one fully lit rotation)
jpl.nasa.gov

Cosmic rays suggest dark matter is a self-annihilating WIMP
arstechnica.com

20 years ago today President Clinton apologized on behalf of the nation for a true evil government conspiracy
damninteresting.com

What causes that feeling of being watched
bbc.com

Closest alien world to our solar system could be ripe for life, models suggest
sciencemag.org

A Story of Slavery in Modern America
theatlantic.com

Measles Outbreak Caused by Anti-Vax Campaign, Officials Say
livescience.com

400 year-old mystery of Prince Rupert’s drops finally cracked
newatlas.com

Atomic clocks and solid walls: New tools in the search for dark matter
arstechnica.com

Resurrecting a Dragon: A 3D visualization of the incredibly well preserved nodosaur fossil
nationalgeographic.com

Dinosaur asteroid hit ‘worst possible place’
bbc.com

40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found
digitaljournal.com

I acted as a man to get work – until I was accused of rape
bbc.com