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Surprising hidden order unites prime numbers and crystal-like materials
phys.org

What the Heck Happened on the International Space Station?
theatlantic.com

Could Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope detect alien life?
bbc.com

Inside the Daring Life of a Forgotten Female War Photographer
nationalgeographic.com

What would happen if we all took smart drugs?
bbc.com

Movie Night in Tehran: What it’s like to love films in a country where they’re banned
thewalrus.ca

An Inside Account of the National Prisoners’ Strike
newyorker.com

Charles Kellogg Sang Like a Bird and Drove a Giant Tree
atlasobscura.com

The real Goldfinger: the London banker who broke the world
theguardian.com

Mexico’s Drug Cartels Are Moving Into the Gasoline Industry
rollingstone.com

Cuba’s “Sonic Attack” on the U.S. Embassy Could Have Been Merely Sounds Emitted By a Listening Device
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Massive solar and wind farms could bring vegetation back to the Sahara
theconversation.com

Mysterious “Lunar Swirls” Point to Moon’s Volcanic, Magnetic Past
news.rutgers.edu

The Last Thing Mom Asked
nytimes.com

New Super-High-Resolution Map Shows Antarctica In Unprecedented Detail
earther.gizmodo.com

Mapping what it would take for a renaissance for nuclear energy
arstechnica.com

The murky history of the colour yellow
bbc.com

Scientists Spot Ancient, Ultra-Fast Wind from the Early Universe
livescience.com

Fish-eye lens may entangle pairs of atoms
phys.org

The man who won the lottery 14 times
thehustle.co

Space laser starts chasing the wind
bbc.com

On this day in 1934 the Morro Castle burned
damninteresting.com

Bricks from Moon dust
esa.int

Engineering tour de force births programmable optical quantum computer
arstechnica.com

Genoa Bridge Collapse: The Road to Tragedy
nytimes.com

Bizarre Reaction to Antibiotics Gave Woman ‘Black Hairy Tongue’
gizmodo.com

Elon Musk and the Meaning of ‘Off the Record’
theatlantic.com

What Does Quantum Theory Actually Tell Us about Reality?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Horses may understand human emotion, especially anger
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Historians’ Favorite Anecdote About Victorian-Era Orgasms Is Probably a Myth
theatlantic.com

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