Printed from https://www.damninteresting.com/curated-links/?before=18829

Parable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of society
ncase.me

The most badass photograph ever taken in New Zealand
thespinoff.co.nz

CERN May Have Evidence of a Quasiparticle We’ve Been Hunting For Decades
sciencealert.com

The Epic Journeys of Migratory Birds
nationalgeographic.com

How New Zealand made Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Everest
sbnation.com

The surprisingly sophisticated lives of rats
anthropocenemagazine.org

Image: Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams
apod.nasa.gov

Toads Eat Beetles. Sometimes, Beetles Make Them Regret Their Meal Choice. (autoplay video)
nytimes.com

The oddities that paved the way for man to fly in space
news.com.au

The Difference a Meal Makes: On Losing the Ability to Eat Solid Food
catapult.co

We’re Killing Our Lakes and Oceans. The Consequences Are Real.
undark.org

A Brain Implant Improved Memory, Scientists Report
nytimes.com

Planets of TRAPPIST-1: Complex atmospheres, probably lots of water
arstechnica.com

A combination of imaging techniques allows researchers to observe subcellular processes within organisms
the-scientist.com

Talk is cheap: the myth of the focus group
theguardian.com

Video: Britain’s Giant Airship: R.101
youtube.com

Video: The Greatest Leap, part 5: Saving the crew of Apollo 13
arstechnica.com

Tutu’s return: missing Nigerian masterpiece found in London flat
theguardian.com

This Mutant Crayfish Clones Itself, and It’s Taking Over Europe
nytimes.com

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Megarocket Gets 1st Test Launch Today: Watch It Live
space.com

‘Superionic water ice’: Scientists create strange new form of matter that may be found inside Uranus and Neptune
independent.co.uk

Elon Musk says the Falcon Heavy has a 50-50 chance of success
arstechnica.com

As Germans celebrate the absence of the Berlin Wall, a new piece of it is discovered
washingtonpost.com

‘Extraordinary’ fossil sheds light on origins of spiders
bbc.com

An ‘Iceberg’ of Unseen Crimes: Many Cyber Offenses Go Unreported
nytimes.com

AI didn’t decode the cryptic Voynich manuscript — it just added to the mystery
theverge.com

An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness
livescience.com

London’s fatberg on show: ‘We thought of pickling it’
theguardian.com

The Three Meanings Of E=mc², Einstein’s Most Famous Equation
medium.com

Today, the Berlin Wall will have been down as long as it was up
nationalpost.com

Imaging Without Lenses
americanscientist.org

The White Darkness: A Journey Across Antarctica
newyorker.com

Look at me: why attention-seeking is the defining need of our times
theguardian.com

Brains of woodpeckers contain protein found in humans with brain damage
cbc.ca

How Cape Town is running out of water
theguardian.com

Spain cracks King Ferdinand’s 500-year-old secret code
bbc.com

Does Aging Have a Reset Button?
nautil.us

The War in Yemen and the Making of a Chaos State
theatlantic.com

Archaeologists may have found architects’ camp for Stonehenge
theguardian.com

Here’s the Solution to the 3-Year-Old, $50,000 Bitcoin Puzzle
motherboard.vice.com

In the 1920s, a Makeover Saved This Woman From the Death Penalty
racked.com

After 400 years lost, ‘cursed’ novel of Spain’s imperial age is finally published
theguardian.com

4,300-Year-Old Tomb of Royal Female Official Found in Egypt
livescience.com

In pursuit of the tortoise smugglers
theguardian.com

The Middle Ages Were Pretty Interesting, Actually
currentaffairs.org

This Mass Grave May Belong to ‘Great Viking Army’
news.nationalgeographic.com

OU astrophysicists discover planets in extragalactic galaxies using microlensing
eurekalert.org

Forensic Science Put Jimmy Genrich in Prison for 24 Years. What if It Wasn’t Science?
thenation.com

A Kingdom from Dust
story.californiasunday.com

Gallery: Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1
bbc.com

Urban Bird Feeders Are Changing the Course of Evolution
theatlantic.com

Scavenging for Intelligence: The U.S. Government’s Secret Search for Foreign Objects during the Cold War
nsarchive.gwu.edu

What If GPS Stood for “Galactic Positioning System”?
spectrum.ieee.org

Gut Microbes Combine to Cause Colon Cancer, Study Suggests
nytimes.com

Fortresses, farmlands of the Maya emerge from massive LiDAR survey
arstechnica.com

Gallery: 2,000 Days on Mars With the Curiosity Rover
theatlantic.com

A Plate of Jellyfish
nybooks.com

A mutational timer is built into the chemistry of DNA
phys.org

A new look at Venus with Akatsuki
planetary.org

Do ‘Fast and Furious’ Movies Cause a Rise in Speeding?
nytimes.com