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Image: Once in a Blue Dune
nasa.gov

Inside a Heist of American Chip Designs, as China Bids for Tech Power
nytimes.com

FBI Releases Study of Pre-Attack Behaviors of Active Shooters (PDF)
fbi.gov

U-M researchers create world’s smallest ‘computer’
news.umich.edu

He stole the identity of a dead 8-year-old. Police now want to know what he was hiding from
thestar.com

‘Drunken’ kangaroos may be suffering grass poisoning, vets say
theguardian.com

Basement Preservationists: Can Hobbyists Save Rare Fish from Extinction?
e360.yale.edu

Cyprus turns off taps to farmers as fresh water levels drop
nbcnews.com

To Believe is to Feel: When a Mysterious Epidemic Isn’t So Mysterious
undark.org

Putting the brakes on metastatic cancer
ualberta.ca

The ‘Baby’ that ushered in modern computer age
bbc.com

Keystone Virus Makes Jump From Mosquitoes To Human For First Time
npr.org

The unlikely home of the world’s smallest desert
bbc.com

The Final Hours of the Iceman’s Tools
nytimes.com

When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong
theatlantic.com

To save money, my insurance company forced me to try drugs that didn’t work
theverge.com

Gene-edited farm animals are on their way
bbc.com

Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital
sciencemag.org

Magnetic Sense Helps Billions of Moths on an Australian Migration
nytimes.com

Neanderthal ‘minibrains’ grown in dish
sciencemag.org

Alzheimer’s link to herpes virus in brain, say scientists
theguardian.com

The Mysterious ‘Jumping Gene’ That Appears 500,000 Times in Human DNA
theatlantic.com

The unlikely nation filled with cryptocurrency mines
bbc.com

Epic Dust Storm on Mars Now Completely Covers the Red Planet
space.com

How one man died so a whale might live
theguardian.com

Spite buildings: when human grudges get architectural – in pictures
theguardian.com

Some Rivers Are So Drug-Polluted, Their Eels Get High on Cocaine
news.nationalgeographic.com

Koko, the beloved gorilla that learned to communicate using sign language, has died (aged 46)
washingtonpost.com

The people who cannot smile
bbc.com

Disposable America: A history of modern capitalism from the perspective of the straw
theatlantic.com

Why Hitchcock’s Kaleidoscope was too shocking to be made
bbc.com

Did Scientists Just Find a Missing Piece of the Universe?
gizmodo.com

The Summer Solstice and the Search for Life in the Cosmos
nytimes.com

Theory Suggests That All Genes Affect Every Complex Trait
quantamagazine.org

Where a Taboo Is Leading to the Deaths of Young Girls
nytimes.com

Why Would You Want a Prosthetic Hand That Feels Pain?
theatlantic.com

NASA can’t find most of the asteroids threatening Earth, but it has a plan
qz.com

The FBI said I was my parents’ stolen baby – but I found the truth
bbc.com

T. Rex’s Tongue Was Firmly Stuck in Its Mouth, Study Finds
gizmodo.com

The politicisation of English language proficiency, not poor English itself, creates barriers
theconversation.com

Iran’s ancient engineering marvel
bbc.com

Bones of Civil War dead found on a battlefield tell their horror stories
washingtonpost.com

Why alcohol affects women more than men: It’s more complicated than mere body size
bbc.com

As Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise, Major Crops Are Losing Nutrients
npr.org

Fixing a massive NYC plumbing leak, 55 stories underground
apnews.com

A Volcano Turns a Town Into a Cemetery
nytimes.com

Parasites Can Mind-Control Animals Without Infecting Them
theatlantic.com

How traveling across the Sahara became a crime
qz.com

Canada legalises recreational cannabis use
bbc.com

Volcanic Eruptions Spawned Mysterious Medusae Fossae Formation on Mars
sci-news.com

Enigmatic Stone Balls from 5,000 Years Ago Continue to Baffle Archaeologists
livescience.com

The Last Days of Marc-André Leclerc
outsideonline.com

Inside the Crypto World’s Biggest Scandal
wired.com

Urgent need to prepare for manmade virus attacks, says US government report
theguardian.com

‘This is huge’: black liberationist speaks out after her 40 years in prison
theguardian.com

Salvaged from the Waterloo battlefield, Napoleon’s hat fetched €280,000 at auction
qz.com

How hats were placed atop the Easter Island statues
bbc.com

This Supercomputer Can Calculate in 1 Second What Would Take You 6 Billion Years
space.com

Pushing the limit: could cyanobacteria terraform Mars?
cosmosmagazine.com

The man who went to the North Korean place that ‘doesn’t exist’
bbc.com