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A child genius raised in poverty who wanted to change the world, and the violent crime that nearly destroyed her
magazine.atavist.com

Lost and Found: On the imminent retirement of some of America’s most skilled corpse hunters
5280.com

Oldest recorded solar eclipse helps date the Egyptian pharaohs
cam.ac.uk

Jupiter’s X-ray auroras pulse independently
phys.org

In desert of Oman, a gateway to life on Mars
phys.org

UCLA neuroscientists use weak electrical signal to stimulate human brain and improve memory
newsroom.ucla.edu

Then and now: An aerial view of Chicago taken in 1914 with video from today
chicagotribune.com

On this day in 1961 the Soviet Union tested the most powerful bomb ever constructed
damninteresting.com

The Woman Who Charted the Last Great American Wilderness
outsideonline.com

35 years ago today (approximately) a natural gas pipeline in Siberia exploded due to pirated software
damninteresting.com

When Kids Have to Act Like Parents, It Affects Them for Life
theatlantic.com

Math’s Beautiful Monsters
nautil.us

To Stay Young, Kill Zombie Cells
scientificamerican.com

The strange reason deaf children aren’t taught sign language
mic.com

The Lost Children of Tuam
nytimes.com

In case you missed it: National Archives Releases JFK Assassination Records
archives.gov

How renting furniture in Texas can land you in jail
texastribune.org

French Regulators Approve Human Trial of a Bionic Eye
spectrum.ieee.org

The physics of time travel isn’t just the stuff of science fiction
qz.com

‘Dinosaur mummy’ unveiled in Canada museum
ntd.tv

Rediscovering History’s Lost First Female Video Game Designer
fastcodesign.com

10 things to know about sleep as the clocks go back
bbc.com

Did Ceres once have an ocean?
earthsky.org

Why do humans have numbers: are they cultural or innate?
aeon.co

Beyond Genghis Khan: how looting threatens to erase Mongolia’s history
theguardian.com

The True, Twisted Story of Amityville Horror
topic.com

Two American Women Rescued After Five Months at Sea
nbcnews.com

Mark Twain’s Get-Rich-Quick Schemes
theparisreview.org

How to Read the JFK Assassination Files
politico.com

How the Soviet Union Snooped Waters for Enemy Subs – Without Sonar
popularmechanics.com

Heart surgery survival chances ‘better in the afternoon’
bbc.com

The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics
quantamagazine.org

A Turkey-Sized Dinosaur With a Raccoon-Like Bandit Mask
nytimes.com

Barry Jones Was Sent to Death Row for the Murder of a 4-Year-Old Girl. Did Arizona Get It Wrong?
theintercept.com

Universe shouldn’t exist, CERN physicists conclude
cosmosmagazine.com

Resignation syndrome: Sweden’s mystery illness
bbc.com

15 years ago today the Glacier Girl flew again
damninteresting.com

Medieval love of squirrel fur may have helped spread leprosy, study reveals
theguardian.com

In this bizarre religion, the aliens who will save our planet can’t decide whether they’re feminist
timeline.com

Why scientists are redefining the kilogram
engadget.com

We May Have Just Been Visited By An Interstellar Comet
lightsinthedark.com

The Gruesome, Bloody World of Victorian Surgery
theatlantic.com

Chinatown’s Ghost Scam
newyorker.com

Conjoined Twins Have Survived One of The World’s Rarest Surgeries
sciencealert.com

Astrolabe: Shipwreck find ‘earliest navigation tool’
bbc.com

Early results from NASA’s Twins Study: Space encourages gene expression
upi.com

America Has a Monopoly Problem—and It’s Huge
thenation.com

In the U.S. market for human bodies, anyone can sell the donated dead
reuters.com

A tale of ‘trons’: the suffix that tells the story of modern science
aeon.co

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass
thenation.com

Driverless Cars Made Me Nervous. Then I Tried One.
nytimes.com

‘Reality shrivels. This is your life now’: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy
theguardian.com

Why we still don’t understand sleep, and why it matters
mosaicscience.com

Small-minded? Shrews shrink their skulls to survive winter, study shows
theguardian.com

Mars Rover Curiosity Tests Rock Drill After 10-Month Wait
space.com

Spider genes put a new spin on arachnids’ potent venoms, stunning silks, and surprising history
sciencemag.org

The Battle That Created Germany
global.handelsblatt.com

Experience: I set myself on fire
theguardian.com

What Mongolian Nomads Teach Us About the Digital Future
wired.com

Photons pair up like superconducting electrons
nature.com