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When your body becomes eligible for an upgrade
bbc.com

Our oceans contain enough energy to power the planet—if we could just get our hands on it
hakaimagazine.com

Meet the encephalophone: An instrument you can play with your mind, just by thinking
seattletimes.com

Why The First Complete Map of the Ocean Floor Is Stirring Controversial Waters
smithsonianmag.com

Massive balloons help polar scientists build underground tunnels
sciencemag.org

Scrap dealer finds Apollo-era NASA computers (and data tapes) in dead engineer’s basement
arstechnica.com

Private company aims to mine the moon by 2020
nypost.com

New research shows that ravens can plan ahead for different types of events
gizmodo.com

Video: NASA’s SDO Watches a Sunspot Turn Toward Earth
nasa.gov

Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed clever “energy-recycling stairs”
news.gatech.edu

‘Living Drug’ That Fights Cancer By Harnessing Immune System Clears Key Hurdle
npr.org

Text by ‘Father of Medicine’ Found in Remote Egyptian Monastery
news.nationalgeographic.com

Here’s Why Eye Contact Is So Awkward for Some People
nymag.com

How Roadkill Goes From the Freeway to the Dinner Table
eater.com

A star about the size of Saturn – the smallest ever measured – has been identified by astronomers
cam.ac.uk

Some of Juno’s early, unprocessed images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot are starting to come in
missionjuno.swri.edu

How economics became a religion
theguardian.com

One of the biggest icebergs ever recorded has just broken away from Antarctica
bbc.com

Study: Mice with no sense of smell gained less weight from the same high-calorie diet
nymag.com

Starshot: Inside the Ludicrous Plan to Send a Spacecraft to Our Neighbor Star
popularmechanics.com

What tally sticks tell us about how money works
bbc.com

Japanese Blogger Points Out Timeline Flaw In Supposed Earhart Photo
npr.org

What happened when Walmart left: devastating loss of jobs, community and access to fresh food
theguardian.com

Hubble Pushed Beyond Limits to Spot Clumps of New Stars in Distant Galaxy
nasa.gov

Researchers in China have teleported a photon from the ground to a satellite orbiting more than 500 kilometers above
technologyreview.com

What happens when galaxies get too close?
mnn.com

Unlocking the Secrets Behind the Hummingbird’s Frenzy
nationalgeographic.com

Cache of Roman letters discovered at Hadrian’s Wall
theguardian.com

Plants Turn Caterpillars Into Cannibals to Save Themselves
gizmodo.com

120 years ago today several adventurers set off for the north pole in a balloon
damninteresting.com

Lucky Break Leads to Controversial Supernova Discovery
quantamagazine.org

Why Do We See More Species in Tropical Forests? The Mystery May Finally Be Solved
smithsonianmag.com

Image: Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: The Nuclear Ring
apod.nasa.gov

Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living organisms, tests reveal
theguardian.com

On this day in 1908, scientists liquefied helium for the first time
damninteresting.com

The giant undersea rivers we know very little about
bbc.com

A Kingdom for a Horse
vqronline.org

Seventeenth-Century Shopping List Discovered Under Floorboards of Historic English Home
smithsonianmag.com

The strange and righteous history of the equals sign
arstechnica.com

Study: Even toddlers expect bullies to get more than their fair share
newscientist.com

On this day in 1958 sailors experienced a rare and terrifying event in Lituya Bay, Alaska
damninteresting.com

New Observations Suggest Our Galaxy Contains 100 Billion Failed Stars
gizmodo.com

Praying Mantises Are Devouring Bird Brains All Over the World
motherboard.vice.com

“My grandfather was a death row doctor. He tested psychedelic drugs on Texas inmates.”
texastribune.org

The pitch drop experiment, running since 1927, is about to drip its ninth drop
thetenthwatch.com

In a Lost Baby Tooth, Scientists Find Ancient Denisovan DNA
nytimes.com

This Quantum Theory Predicts That The Future Might Be Influencing The Past
sciencealert.com

Hubble’s hidden galaxy
cevolt.com

Enceladus’ sea floor has hydrothermal vents like ours
astronomy.com

What the brain’s wiring looks like
bbc.com

Solar Minimum is Coming
science.nasa.gov

This Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Domino’s And Papa John’s
forbes.com

How a Napping Subway Commuter’s Brain Knows When It’s Their Stop
nymag.com

Physicists find new particle with a double dose of charm
apnews.com

New York City has made a habit, and a business, of massacring geese. One Brooklyn man is trying to save them.
theoutline.com

NIST to redefine the kilogram based on a fundamental universal constant
washingtonpost.com

It was the biggest eruption for 700 years but scientists still can’t find the volcano responsible
bbc.com

Brutal! Vulgar! Dirty! Mae West and the gay comedy that shocked 1920s America
theguardian.com

Author of mysterious Voynich manuscript was Italian Jew, says scholar
theguardian.com

Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing, Newly Discovered Photo Suggests
nbcnews.com