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Humans Are Destroying Animals’ Ancestral Knowledge
theatlantic.com

We know music is pleasurable, the question is why?
aeon.co

Pit Talk: the secret coal mine language that’s now going extinct
theconversation.com

Centuries-old Torah not lost in Rio museum fire
cbc.ca

Cell reprogramming converts open wounds into healthy skin
newatlas.com

How Hot Is Europa? Now There’s a Map for That
eos.org

Scientists Have a Plan to Hunt the Ancient, Dead Star that Birthed Our Solar System
livescience.com

The Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra
quantamagazine.org

Parkinson’s disease gave her the gift of creativity
nautil.us

Is This Fish Self-Aware?
hakaimagazine.com

In 1900, Photographing an Entire Train Required the World’s Biggest Camera
atlasobscura.com

When Concorde was the future
1843magazine.com

Coastal Labs Studying Increased Flooding Consider Moving Because Of Increased Flooding
npr.org

The Bullet in My Arm
theatlantic.com

“I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on”
theguardian.com

NASA’s Kepler telescope wakes up, begins hunting for planets again
cnet.com

Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3 million prize for discovering pulsars
arstechnica.com

India Strikes Down Colonial-Era Ban on Gay Sex
nytimes.com

On this day in 2005, we at Damn Interesting published our first article ever. Bring on the teenager-oriented witticisms.
damninteresting.com

Tidal Power is the Next Big Green Wave
thewalrus.ca

The tree that bleeds… metal?
bbc.com

A professor schemed to get a raise and win his department’s respect. Instead, he wrecked his career.
chronicle.com

How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels
nationalgeographic.com

Jupiter’s magnetic field is surprisingly weird
sciencenews.org

Faster Than Light? Neutron-Star Merger Shot Out a Jet with Seemingly Impossible Speed
space.com

Getting Inside the Mind of a Plagiarist
lithub.com • (see also)

Black hole disks may be hiding in the centers of galaxies
elte.hu

How a Vancouver actor joined a self-help group and ended up in an alleged sex cult
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

This Tiny Songbird Rolls Its Head to Break Its Victim’s Neck
theatlantic.com

The sinking islands of the Southern US
bbc.com

How Scotland’s 35-Year Kilt Ban Backfired in Spectacular Fashion
mentalfloss.com

DNA Analysis Reveals a Genus of Plants Hiding in Plain Sight
quantamagazine.org

How a growing market for citrus fruit spawned the mafia
aeon.co

Plane Quarantined at JFK Airport After Passengers Mysteriously Fall Ill
gizmodo.com

A Once-Captive Dolphin Has Introduced Her Friends to a Silly Trend
theatlantic.com

Too Good to Be True? A Nonaddictive Opioid without Lethal Side Effects Shows Promise
scientificamerican.com

First known omnivorous shark species identified
theguardian.com

A supernova secret may be hidden inside meteorites
astronomy.com

Scientists take samples in bid to clone extinct ancient foal as ‘first step’ to restoring woolly mammoth
siberiantimes.com

Saturn Sprouts Another Weird Hexagon, Puzzling Scientists
livescience.com

Brazil’s Biggest Meteorite Survives Museum-Destroying Fire
space.com

Ten Things I Never Knew About Las Vegas Until I Ran a High-Roller Suite
bloomberg.com

Stolen Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz Recovered
fbi.gov

The vagina is self-cleaning – so why does the ‘feminine hygiene’ industry exist?
theguardian.com

98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite
wired.com

Airport security trays carry more viruses than toilet surfaces, scientists find
theguardian.com

Hearing Aids Are Finally Entering the 21st Century
scientificamerican.com

The First Floridians
bittersoutherner.com

Deer antlers are a dual-use technology
economist.com

What Does Science Tell Us About Sex Ed?
fivethirtyeight.com

Fast-Tracking Drug Approvals at the FDA
undark.org

EU and national funders launch plan for free and immediate open access to journals
sciencebusiness.net

Forgotten heroes of the Enigma story
nature.com

Accretion disk detected around 10,000 year old protostar, by far the ‘youngest’ ever seen
sites.google.com

Double Blow to Brazil Museum: Neglect, Then Flames
nytimes.com

Humans can withstand stronger gravity found on distant exoplanets, say physicists
physicsworld.com

Do dropping sperm counts mean we’re headed toward extinction?
gq.com

Russia says space station leak could be deliberate sabotage
phys.org

Scientists pioneer a new way to turn sunlight into fuel
joh.cam.ac.uk

Loopholes and the ‘Anti-Realism’ of the Quantum World
wired.com