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A Visual History of Supernova Discovery
w.astro.berkeley.edu

The secret lives of young IS fighters
bbc.co.uk

Would Your Dog Eat You if You Died?
news.nationalgeographic.com

Psychologists Open a Window on Brutal C.I.A. Interrogations
nytimes.com

Who Is Causing All the Fires in San Francisco? An investigation by the oft-interesting Jon Ronson
gq.com

Beyond the Five Senses: Telepathy, echolocation, and the future of perception
theatlantic.com

Brain-Invading Tapeworm That Eluded Doctors Spotted by New DNA Test
scientificamerican.com

In Defectors From the North, Doctors in South Korea Find Hope — and Data
undark.org

The quantum view of reality might not be so weird after all
aeon.co

Trained to Kill: How Four Boy Soldiers Survived Boko Haram
nytimes.com

Fake online stores reveal gamblers’ shadow banking system
uk.reuters.com

Photos: Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites
publicdomainreview.org

Why British English is full of silly-sounding words
bbc.co.uk

The doctors who assist in suicide on what it’s like to end a life
torontolife.com

Weird orbits hint ‘Planet Ten’ might lurk at solar system edge
newscientist.com

FBI investigated a group of Dungeons and Dragons players as part of the Unabomber case
muckrock.com

Scientists solve mystery of unexplained “bright nights”
news.agu.org

The geeks are inherent at birth: older men have geekier sons, study finds
theguardian.com

Video: High-quality footage of New York City from 1911
moma.org

Nanostructures explain why jewel scarab beetles look like pure gold
nanowerk.com

Video/Documentary: Pablo Escobar’s Hitman Popeye Released from Jail
youtube.com

Texas Couple Exonerated 25 Years After Being Convicted of Lurid Crimes That Never Happened
theintercept.com

Google has built a stunning, searchable archive of 3,000 years of world fashion
qz.com

Reinventing the toilet
mosaicscience.com

Why Is the Speed of Light So Slow?
space.com

‘Buried alive’: the old men stuck in Britain’s prisons
theguardian.com

DNA Replication Has Been Filmed For The First Time, And It’s Not What We Expected
sciencealert.com

‘We are probably not alone’ – NASA finds 10 planets which could sustain life
news.sky.com

She was the town’s leading heroin dealer. She was 19 years old
theguardian.com

Cats Domesticated Themselves, Ancient DNA Shows
news.nationalgeographic.com

Hidden trove of suspected Nazi artifacts found in Argentina (note: autoplay video)
abcnews.go.com

Every year, thousands of drowned wildebeest feed this African ecosystem
sciencemag.org

How do you draw a circle? We analyzed 100,000 drawings to show how culture shapes our instincts
qz.com

The botanists’ last stand: The daring work of saving the last samples of dying species
qz.com

Death pools can bring financial security for the long-lived
economist.com

How to clean inside the Large Hadron Collider
symmetrymagazine.org

Video: BBC: Our World – Homeless in Hawaii (2017)
vid.me

The scientific story of how each element was made
medium.com

NASA eyes Neptune and Uranus for missions in the 2030s
newscientist.com

The Mammoth Pirates
rferl.org

Jupiter’s Clouds of Many Colors
nasa.gov

Confessions of a Cartel Hit Man
mensjournal.com

The Lunar Sea: The moon influences life in a surprising and subtle way: with its light.
hakaimagazine.com

New study suggests Jupiter’s formation divided Solar System in two
arstechnica.com

Video: A flight through the SpaceX Falcon factory
instagram.com

Study: Reading/hearing words about brightness cause eye pupils to contract, words about darkness do the opposite
medicalxpress.com

Study: The negative effects of shift work or jet lag on circadian rhythms can be reduced by changing meal times
qz.com

History by lawsuit: After Gawker’s demise, the “inventor of e-mail” targets Techdirt
arstechnica.com

Being told to feel happy is making us miserable
qz.com

How to wipe out mosquitoes and eradicate malaria? A mutant fungus may hold the answer
scmp.com

Inuit Tactile Maps of Greenland
amusingplanet.com

Video: Seeing the Invisible
youtube.com

From Harper’s Magazine, 1939: The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge (PDF)
library.ias.edu

The lost genius of the Post Office
politico.com

How a Philly Ob-Gyn Ended Up Delivering a Baby Gorilla
theatlantic.com

Worm Grows 2 Heads in Space, Surprising Scientists
livescience.com

How the world’s first accountants counted on cuneiform
bbc.com

New kind of ‘tan in a bottle’ may one day protect against skin cancer
sciencenews.org

How Wells Fargo’s Cutthroat Corporate Culture Allegedly Drove Bankers to Fraud
vanityfair.com

An investigation into American writer Thomas Pynchon, who has never given an interview in his 54-year career
piaui.folha.uol.com.br