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3,000-year-old underwater castle discovered in Turkey’s largest lake
inhabitat.com

How dinosaur scales became bird feathers
bbc.com

The Root of All Cruelty?
newyorker.com

30 years ago today a rubber-masked villain hijacked Chicago television. He remains at large.
damninteresting.com

The Coast Guard’s ‘Floating Guantánamos’
nytimes.com

Thinking in a foreign language, we’re less prone to superstition
digest.bps.org.uk

Meet the Man Who Has Lived Alone on This Island for 28 Years
nationalgeographic.com

Space Dust Could Help Life Jump from Planet to Planet
space.com

Also on this day in 1980, a whole lake fell out. Coincidence? Yes.
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1980 a fire struck the MGM Grand in Las Vegas
damninteresting.com

Watch these bizarre flies dive underwater using bubbles like scuba suits
washingtonpost.com

Mysterious object confirmed to be from another solar system
theguardian.com

Video: Your Amazing Molecular Machines
youtube.com

The Serial-Killer Detector
newyorker.com

Who first buried the dead?
aeon.co

The Last of the Iron Lungs
gizmodo.com

What the idea of civilisational ‘collapse’ says about history
aeon.co

The case for flowing water on Mars is drying up
washingtonpost.com

ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before
eso.org

A Helium-Resistant Material Could Finally Usher in The Age of Nuclear Fusion
sciencealert.com

Researchers identify first brain training exercise positively linked to dementia prevention
news.medicine.iu.edu

Charles Manson, cult leader and murder-rampage mastermind who terrified nation, dies at 83
washingtonpost.com

New pulsar result supports particle dark matter
astronomy.com

The United Nations Met to Discuss a Possible Ban on “Killer Robots”
futurism.com

How A Car Crash Turned One Man Into The World’s Foremost Collector Of Vintage Child Seats 
jalopnik.com

A sign of hope from Argentina’s vanished submarine: Seven mysterious signals
washingtonpost.com

CRISPR Can Now Edit Genes Using Nanoparticles Instead of Viruses
motherboard.vice.com

As Earth’s rotation slows, 2018 could see a spike in large earthquakes
qz.com

No, there hasn’t been a human ‘head transplant’, and there may never be
theguardian.com

Human evolution was uneven and punctuated, suggests new research
eurekalert.org

When is the time to witness? When is the time to intervene?
medium.com

These may be the world’s first images of dogs—and they’re wearing leashes
sciencemag.org

A Recent Study About Stents Reveals the Power of the Placebo
slate.com

Kim Jong Un’s North Korea: Life inside the totalitarian state
washingtonpost.com

A Chess Novice Challenged [world champion] Magnus Carlsen. He Had One Month to Train
wsj.com

Video: The Changing Colors of our Living Planet
nasa.gov

Video: The Farthest — Voyager in Space
pbs.org

Man finds car 20 years after forgetting where he parked it
irishtimes.com

World’s first human head transplant a success [on cadavers], controversial scientist claims
telegraph.co.uk • or not

A JAXA/NASA mission planned for 2024 will return a sample from Martian moon Phobos
nasa.gov

LIGO and Virgo announce the detection of a black hole binary merger from June 8, 2017
ligo.caltech.edu

Why the United Nations may never be able to prosecute the Rohingya genocide
longreads.com

The Uncounted
nytimes.com

Gallery: A Photo Trip to Antarctica
theatlantic.com

When Carl Sagan Warned the World About Nuclear Winter
smithsonianmag.com

The Brutal Fight to Mine Your Data and Sell It to Your Boss
bloomberg.com

How a Wild Rocket Misfire Created Cape Canaveral
popularmechanics.com

We just sent a message to [possible] aliens who could respond by 2042
cnet.com

On this day in 1974 NASA beamed a message into deep space via Arecibo Observatory
damninteresting.com

Pluto’s Mysteriously Cool Atmosphere Might Hold The Key To Fighting Global Warming
forbes.com

A new podcast from our own Erika Nesvold ! Making New Worlds: Exploring the Ethics of Human Settlement in Space
makingnewworlds.com

Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law
quantamagazine.org

Amish Mutation Protects Against Diabetes and May Extend Life
nytimes.com

Stable plasma ring created in open air for the first time
newatlas.com

How One Woman’s Digital Life Was Weaponized Against Her (contains harsh language)
wired.com

Gorgeous video series: Envisioning Chemistry
envisioningchemistry.com

The Hidden Science and Tech of the Byzantine Empire
nautil.us

Nearby planet is ‘excellent’ target in search for life
bbc.com

Very intelligent people make less effective leaders, according to their peers and subordinates
digest.bps.org.uk

An Astonishing Video Shows CRISPR Editing DNA in Real Time
theatlantic.com