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How Mushrooms Became Magic
theatlantic.com

Life cycle of the mysterious and long-dead dodo revealed by bone study
theguardian.com

Without Chick Parsons, General MacArthur May Never Have Made His Famed Return to the Philippines
smithsonianmag.com

This ancient Babylonian tablet may contain the first evidence of trigonometry
sciencemag.org

On this day in 1786, Antoine Parmentier changed Europe by giving flowers to the king and queen of France
damninteresting.com

Confederate sub’s weapon killed its own crew, researchers

Shock Tactics: Inside the Taser, the weapon that transformed policing
reuters.com

Mind-Bogglingly Detailed Image of a Nearby Star Introduces an Unexpected Mystery
gizmodo.com

We may have detected a new kind of gravitational wave
newscientist.com

The Cop Who Became a Robber
lamag.com

The Great Pot Monopoly Mystery
gq.com

Alaska€’s Permafrost Is Thawing
nytimes.com

Dinosaur-killing Asteroid Could Have Caused 2 Years of Darkness
astrobiology.com

Are These Dutch Floating Homes a Solution for Rising Seas?
citylab.com

Grenfell Was No Ordinary Accident
citylab.com

People Who Hear Voices Can Detect Hidden Speech in Unusual Sounds
neurosciencenews.com

Meet Florence, the Giant Asteroid That Will Buzz by Earth This September
smithsonianmag.com

Mars has snowstorms at night
researchgate.net

Cyborg bacteria outperform plants when turning sunlight into useful compounds
phys.org

On this day in 1934, one Gerald MacGuire approached General Smedley Butler to lead an American coup
damninteresting.com

Scientists Say It’s Raining Diamonds on Neptune and Uranus
gizmodo.com

The Secrets of the Wood Wide Web
newyorker.com

A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof
gq.com

That time a city scared itself silly over a total solar eclipse
washingtonpost.com

Massacre: An afternoon that changed a town forever
bbc.co.uk

How to Get Away With Murder in Small-Town India
nytimes.com

Danish Submarine Inventor Says He Buried Swedish Journalist at Sea
nytimes.com

Lost WW2 warship USS Indianapolis found after 72 years
bbc.com

JPL’s Design for a Clockwork Rover to Explore Venus
spectrum.ieee.org

Memories of fear could be permanently erased, study shows
theguardian.com

Oldest Surviving Photograph of a U.S. President Has Surfaced
smithsonianmag.com

At 15, Isaiah Battle was the county’s No. 1 car thief. He had every reason to stop.
tampabay.com

How Exercise Could Help You Learn a New Language
nytimes.com

Huge Blobs of Fat and Trash Are Filling the World’s Sewers
news.nationalgeographic.com

Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano
bbc.com

The Last Death-Defying Honey Hunter of Nepal
nationalgeographic.com

Solving a Murder Mystery With Ancestry Websites
theatlantic.com

How a tragic accident turned a board game into a bitter legal battle
theoutline.com

Hostile Terrain: Tank Traps, Fake Towns & Secret Tunnels of the Korean Borderlands
99percentinvisible.org

Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial
theguardian.com

The algae that terraformed Earth
bbc.com

Zika has all but disappeared in the Americas. Why?
sciencemag.org

Record-shattering 2.7-million-year-old ice core reveals start of the ice ages
sciencemag.org

Nobody Knows What Lies Beneath New York City
bloomberg.com

A crusading attorney helped free a man framed for murder. They both ended up dead.
bridgemi.com

‘Frankenstein dinosaur’ mystery solved
bbc.com

On this day in 1984, a lake in Cameroon exploded
damninteresting.com

How the neutrino went from ghost particle to vital physics tool – a tale of bombs, espionage and subtle flavours
aeon.co

Plants ‘hijacked’ to make polio vaccine
bbc.com

Inside Kim Jong-un’s Bloody Scramble to Kill Off His Family
esquire.com

Photo gallery: Voyager’s 40th Anniversary
theatlantic.com

Saudi Arabia’s missing princes
bbc.com

‘Magic mushroom’ enzyme mystery solved
cen.acs.org

Rodents help NASA take the next step to Mars
phys.org

How Big is the Biggest Possible Planet?
blogs.discovermagazine.com

40 years ago today, SETI detected a still unexplained radio burst from space
damninteresting.com

One year after Rio: What’s left behind after the flame goes out
espn.com

Behind the Hype of ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat
gizmodo.com

Cassini skims Saturn’s atmosphere
bbc.com

The Mystery of Sylvia Plath’s Lost Novel
thedailybeast.com