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Recycled Rocket Parts Are a Toxic Lifeline in Russia
nationalgeographic.com

Scientists put a nuclear waste container through a demanding trip to see if the fuel would break
theverge.com

The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain
theatlantic.com

A small-town couple left behind a stolen painting worth over $100 million — and a big mystery
washingtonpost.com

What Makes a Hit: 60 Years of #1 Songs
www8.gsb.columbia.edu

An orca has been carrying her dead calf for 10 days. What does this mean?
salon.com

Chameleons’ Craziest Color Changes Aren’t for Camouflage
nationalgeographic.com

Kolmogorov Complexity and Our Search for Meaning
nautil.us

VLA Detects Planetary Mass Object Beyond Our Solar System
scitechdaily.com

Parents who saved their only child by giving her away
bbc.co.uk

For Some Reason, These Quantum Mechanics Toys Didn’t Catch On
spectrum.ieee.org

My son, Osama: the al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time
theguardian.com

A Radar Blip, a Flash of Light: How U.F.O.s ‘Exploded’ Into Public View
nytimes.com

Air pollution linked to changes in heart structure
theguardian.com

Bodies Keep Shrinking on This Island, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
nytimes.com

A Japanese medical university lowered women’s test scores because it was a “necessary evil”
qz.com

Asgardia: The problems in building a space society
bbc.com

The Race to Launch From U.S. Soil Heats Up
theatlantic.com

Ultracold Atoms Provide Insight into Early Universe’s Dramatic Expansion
space.com

Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth
theguardian.com

Newly Discovered Cell Type May Fuel Cystic Fibrosis
scientificamerican.com

CRISPR creates new species with single giant chromosome
technologyreview.com

71 years ago today the Star Dust disappeared amid mysterious circumstances
damninteresting.com

Cracking the Secrets of Old Faithful’s Geyser Eggs
nationalgeographic.com

Can What You Eat Affect Your Mood?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Doctors cut out a large chunk of a boy’s brain—now he’s doing just fine
arstechnica.com

John Egerton was more than a Tennessee journalist who crusaded for civil rights
bittersoutherner.com

The tipping point: Service sector employees are more susceptible to mental health issues
eurekalert.org

‘Mini-storytellers’: Japanese children pass on horror of Nagasaki bombings
theguardian.com

When the Mind’s Eye Is Blind
scientificamerican.com

Tyrian Purple: The regal colour taken from mollusc mucus
bbc.com

Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth
cam.ac.uk

What does it take to understand spiders? False eyelashes, capes and face paint
medium.com

Thieves escape by motorboat after royal jewels heist in Sweden
theguardian.com

Blue diamonds come from ocean floor pushed to the edge of Earth’s core
arstechnica.com

Scientists Are ‘Spying On Whales’ To Learn How They Eat, Talk And … Walked?
npr.org

Bacteria becoming resistant to hospital disinfectants, warn scientists
theguardian.com

That’s Not Algae Swirling on the Beach. Those Are Green Worms.
nytimes.com

How likely are you to survive a plane crash?
bbc.com

Asteroid Sample-Return Spacecraft Are Approaching Their Targets
scientificamerican.com

How Indirect Violence Gets Under a Child’s Skin — and Into the Brain
undark.org

How to tell the difference between persuasion and manipulation
aeon.co

Video: Stars orbiting the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way
youtube.com

Here’s What Earth’s Shadow Actually Looks Like
gizmodo.com

Home Sweet Homer: The Strange Saga of the Real-Life Simpsons House in Nevada
mentalfloss.com

A Pregnant Dolphin. A Fatal Gunshot. A Disturbing Trend.
nytimes.com

Axes of Evil: Four days, two murders, and one poplar tree that almost ignited World War III
magazine.atavist.com

Ancient Greek music: now we finally know what it sounded like
theconversation.com

How to Make Friends, According to Science
theatlantic.com

Hubble Takes Portrait of Opulent Ring World
nasa.gov

45 years ago today Uri Geller failed to impress Johnny Carson
damninteresting.com

Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
nytimes.com • Rebuttal

‘Spectacular’ ancient public library discovered in Germany
theguardian.com

Petrichor: why does rain smell so good?
bbc.co.uk

Exoplanet detectives create catalog of ‘light-fingerprints’ of our own Solar System
as.cornell.edu

How a U.S. Military Contractor Wanted to Use Jetpacks in the Vietnam War
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

What Do Wild Animals Do in Wildfires?
news.nationalgeographic.com

Do bacteria ever go extinct? New research says yes, bigtime
science.ubc.ca

The Sunspot Cycle Is More Intricate Than Previously Thought
scientificamerican.com

Evolving Floorplans
joelsimon.net