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Incredible ‘Hypatia’ Stone Contains Compounds Not Found in the Solar System
popularmechanics.com

Mysterious explosion of a deadly plague may come down to a sugar in ice cream
arstechnica.com

Scientists closer to unveiling source of mysterious bursts from distant object
cbc.ca

When personality changes from bad to good: Brain injury does not always result in an undesirable personality change
bbc.com

Why an Old Theory of Everything Is Gaining New Life
quantamagazine.org

Project Diana bounces radio waves off moon, January 10, 1946
edn.com

Tonya Harding Would Like Her Apology Now
nytimes.com

The Michelangelo Sculpture That Was Sold for Scrap
thedailybeast.com

PHOTOS: The Sahara Desert, Painted White With Snow
npr.org

The Mystery of the Exiled Billionaire Whistle-Blower
nytimes.com

What’s The Difference Between Children’s Books In China And The U.S.?
npr.org

How Birds of Paradise Produce Super-Black Feathers
theatlantic.com

Caterpillar Cameos
biographic.com

Danger in the Forest
5280.com

Most images of black holes are illustrations. Here’s what our telescopes actually capture.
vox.com

A Vast, 430-Year-Old World Map, Full of Places and Creatures, Real and Imagined
atlasobscura.com

“The day I accidentally killed a little boy”
bbc.com

The Psychology of Inequality
newyorker.com

Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won’t happen again
arstechnica.com

A Copenhagen killing: the story behind the submarine murder
theguardian.com

The Tattooist of Auschwitz – and his secret love
bbc.com

Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down?
theglobeandmail.com

Deformable Mirrors Could Help Astronomers See Exoplanets Directly
extremetech.com

When Deportation is a Death Sentence
newyorker.com

Drinking and darts: Does alcohol improve performance?
bbc.com

Found: Most Distant Black Hole
onicorns.net

My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror
theintercept.com

On this day in 1965 Randy Gardner set the world record for longest waking period
damninteresting.com

Losing Faith in the State, Some Mexican Towns Quietly Break Away
nytimes.com

Chemists discover plausible recipe for early life on Earth
phys.org

5,000-year old rock art found in India is likely the oldest depiction of a supernova
qz.com

NASA’s $1 billion Jupiter probe has taken mind-bending new photos of the gas giant
businessinsider.com

The Struggling Artist at 86
nytimes.com

A Hit Man Came to Kill Susan Kuhnhausen. She Survived. He Didn’t.
wweek.com

How ‘Not in My Backyard’ Became ‘Not in My Neighborhood’
nytimes.com

Plot thickens as New Horizons moves within year of next flyby
spaceflightnow.com

Red Dawn in Lapland
outsideonline.com

The Universe is producing more massive stars than we thought
arstechnica.com

Two families separated by one argument and 100 years
theguardian.com

Magic mushroom compound might treat depression by reviving emotional responsiveness in the brain
psypost.org

Astronaut John Young, Who Flew In Space 6 Times, Dies At 87
npr.org

Curiosity Rover Spots Weird Tube-Like Structures on Mars
space.com

Seattle 3 Year Time-lapse Video from the Space Needle
medium.com

Largest known prime number discovered
sciencedaily.com

The mosquitoes that are fighting dengue and Zika
bbc.com

Awake Under Anesthesia
newyorker.com

Experience: I was given new hands for Christmas
theguardian.com

Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection
propublica.org

How a researcher hacked his own computer and found ‘worst’ chip flaw
reuters.com

The Bomb That Went Off Twice
features.propublica.org

How I discovered the origins of the cigar-shaped alien ‘asteroid’ ‘Oumuamua
theconversation.com

Crohn’s disease patient in fact had Heinz sauce sachet perforating intestine
theguardian.com

The Case for the Subway
nytimes.com

195 years ago today, a man named Beale signed a cryptic letter that marked the beginning of a still-unsolved mystery
damninteresting.com

The scammers gaming India’s overcrowded job market
theguardian.com

Surprise as DNA reveals new group of Native Americans: the ancient Beringians
theguardian.com

Meltdown and Spectre
spectreattack.com

You’re Descended from Royalty and So Is Everybody Else
nautil.us

How an A.I. ‘Cat-and-Mouse Game’ Generates Believable Fake Photos
nytimes.com

My Year on “Mars”
scientificamerican.com