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There’s a Persistent Hum in This Canadian City, and No One Knows Why
nytimes.com

NASA Wants Nuclear Engines to Fly Humans to Mars
popularmechanics.com

Homo erectus may have been a sailor – and able to speak
theguardian.com

A Fatal Disease Is Ravaging America’s Bats, and Scientists Are Struggling to Stop It
newyorker.com

The Amazing Story of the Russian Defector Who Changed his Mind
washingtonian.com

Supplements are a $30 billion racket—here’s what experts actually recommend
arstechnica.com

Mystery of 8,000-Year-Old Impaled Human Heads Has Researchers Stumped (autoplay video)
news.nationalgeographic.com

Finding a Lost Strain of Rice, and Clues to Slave Cooking
nytimes.com

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may have only 10 to 20 years left before it dies
businessinsider.in

‘An Endless War’: Why 4 U.S. Soldiers Died in a Remote African Desert
nytimes.com

Was there ever really a “sugar conspiracy”?
science.sciencemag.org

What’s Behind One of the Biggest Financial Scams in History
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

NASA’s New Spacesuit Has a Built-In Toilet
space.com

How can I become a fossil?
bbc.com

Women better represented in Victorian novels than modern, finds study
theguardian.com

China’s Dystopian Tech Could Be Contagious
theatlantic.com

Scientists unravel secrets of ‘superagers’
theguardian.com

The secret on the ocean floor
bbc.co.uk

People with depression use language differently – here’s how to spot it
theconversation.com

‘Loneliest tree’ records human epoch
bbc.com

Scientists reveal how the Roman “gate to Hell” slaughtered its victims
alphr.com

Breakthrough as scientists grow sheep embryos containing human cells
theguardian.com

Is the gun the basis of modern Anglo civilisation?
aeon.co

China’s great leap forward in science
theguardian.com

Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated. Then One Doctor Put It All Together.
nytimes.com

Yesterday Was the NASA Opportunity Rover’s 5,000th Martian Dawn
gizmodo.com

On this day in 1944 a flight of plywood aircraft executed a daring prison raid
damninteresting.com

Humanity’s Biggest Machines Will Be Built in Space
popularmechanics.com

The media exaggerates negative news. This distortion has consequences
theguardian.com

Scientists Create a New Form of Light by Linking Photons
smithsonianmag.com

How UK Spies Hacked a European Ally and Got Away With It
theintercept.com

Picasso painted over another artist’s work—and then over his own, new imaging reveals
sciencemag.org

When Will We Finally Find a Truly Earth-Like Exoplanet?
gizmodo.com

Common products like perfume, paint and printer ink are polluting the atmosphere
phys.org

What Color Is a Tennis Ball?: An investigation into a surprisingly divisive question
theatlantic.com

Is Humanity Ready for the Discovery of Alien Life?
scientificamerican.com

The Tyranny of Convenience
nytimes.com

Did Spitfires Really Ram V1 Bombs Out Of The Sky?
forces.net

You Don’t Want To Know What Was In Abby Beckley’s Eye
npr.org

Clay tablets from the cradle of civilisation provide new insight to the history of medicine
sciencenordic.com

The playboy who got away with $242m – using ‘black magic’
bbc.com

A Giant Storm on Neptune Is Disappearing as Hubble Telescope Watches
space.com

A prisoner in Peru drugged his twin brother and escaped from jail — to see his mom
washingtonpost.com

Image: The plucky NASA Opportunity rover landed on Mars in 2004 with a nominal 90-day mission, and it is still exploring. Inconceivable!
damninteresting.com

The Cuttlefish, a Master of Camouflage, Reveals a New Trick
nytimes.com

Borneo Has Lost 100,000 Orangutans Since 1999
npr.org

The Final, Terrible Voyage of the ‘Nautilus’
wired.com

Hot stuff: the thermal cameras giving us a new way of seeing our bodies
theguardian.com

Psychologists clash over how easy it is to implant false memories of committing a crime
digest.bps.org.uk

Not the end of The World: the return of Dubai’s ultimate folly
theguardian.com

The insect that painted Europe red
bbc.com

‘Paramedic ants’ observed treating injured comrades
theguardian.com

Mark Twain’s adventures in love: How a rough-edged aspiring author courted a beautiful heiress
theconversation.com

Kepler Astronomers Discover Treasure Trove of New Exoplanets
gizmodo.com

Image: Enceladus in Silhouette
apod.nasa.gov

Neutron Lifetime Puzzle Deepens, but No Dark Matter Seen
quantamagazine.org

The Sound and the Fury: Inside the Mystery of the Havana Embassy
propublica.org

The laserwort seed: One possible origin for the Valentine’s Day heart symbol
damninteresting.com

Rural America’s Drinking-Water Crisis
newrepublic.com

Huntington’s disease provides new cancer weapon
news.northwestern.edu