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Sheep Glands Point to Nukes as Source of Mysterious 1979 Explosion
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Novelist who wrote about ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ charged with murdering her husband
thespec.com

Science fiction was around in medieval times – here’s what it looked like
theconversation.com

The business of voluntourism: do western do-gooders actually do harm?
theguardian.com

The Typo That Helped End World War II
mentalfloss.com

Bacteria in a Dinosaur Bone Reignite a Heated Debate
theatlantic.com

Elephant birds: Who killed the largest birds that ever lived?
bbc.com

Plan to Build a Genetic Noah’s Ark Includes a Staggering 66,000 Species
gizmodo.com

The FBI Mysteriously Close New Mexico Observatory
popularmechanics.com

Bismuth shows novel conducting properties
phys.org

How One Man Is Recreating Lost Colors
nytimes.com

170 years ago today a three-foot-long iron rod was not the last thing to go through Phineas Gage’s head
damninteresting.com

NASA Starts 45-Day Clock to Contact Mars Rover Opportunity as Dust Storm Wanes
space.com

The secret life of fungi
bbc.com

The inside story of Canada’s first face transplant
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

‘Miraculous’: Missouri boy survives after falling head-first on to meat skewer
theguardian.com

Archaeologists Have Found the World’s Oldest Known Drawing in a South African Cave
gizmodo.com

The lost decade – on the lingering fallout from the 2008 financial crisis
bbc.co.uk

Russian theory that NASA sabotaged the space station spreading like wildfire
arstechnica.com

Harvard followed 800 people over the course of multiple decades and found 6 things that make people live longer, happier lives
businessinsider.com

Why Hurricane Florence Is Such a Dangerous Storm
nationalgeographic.com

A New Test for the Leading Big Bang Theory
quantamagazine.org

Local heroes help clean up image of ‘haunted’ dam at Gunma-Saitama border
the-japan-news.com

Phishing Is the Internet’s Most Successful Con
theatlantic.com

The giant hangar built for an Arctic airship
bbc.com

Hole in Sun’s Atmosphere Amps Up Northern Lights
space.com

More Than 800 Egyptian Tombs Revealed in Ancient Burial Ground
nationalgeographic.com

The Falling Man (2016)
esquire.com

The World’s First War Submarine Was Made of Wood, Tar, and a Bit of Metal
atlasobscura.com

What Termites Can Teach Us
newyorker.com

A factchecker goes to psychic school: can you predict what happens next?
theguardian.com

Ariel, 26, missing
theoutline.com

Construction Crew Finds Stash of Ancient Gold Coins in Abandoned Italian Cinema
livescience.com

Trevor the lonely duck gets tiny island of Niue in a flap
theguardian.com

Appeals Court Upholds CRISPR Patent, Potentially Ending Bitter Dispute
gizmodo.com

How Teeth Became Tusks, and Tusks Became Liabilities
nytimes.com

Cape Town Is an Omen
theatlantic.com

An unusual pair of asteroids points to an early planetary rearrangement in our solar system
rdmag.com

Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.
nytimes.com

Mysterious Light Flashes Are Coming from Deep Space, and AI Just Found More of Them
space.com

Three new species of fish discovered in the extreme depths of the Pacific Ocean
ncl.ac.uk

45 years ago today an ambitious cybernetic experiment was prematurely terminated
damninteresting.com

Poisoning Daddy (1996)
texasmonthly.com

A Friend of Beethoven, Now Rediscovered in His Own Right
nytimes.com

The Last of the Universe’s Ordinary Matter Has Been Found
quantamagazine.org

Mysterious Glowing Clams Could Help Save the Planet
theatlantic.com

A doctor in Bangladesh has found a simple way to treat infant pneumonia
economist.com

Galaxy Punches Through Neighbor to Spawn Giant Ring of Black Holes
space.com

US military builds barracks using “world’s largest” 3D printer
newatlas.com

A New York City Train Station Opens for the First Time After Being Destroyed in 9/11
jalopnik.com

Surreal Photos of Life in a Mystical ‘Moonland’
nationalgeographic.com

A Spy Story: Sergei Skripal Was a Little Fish. He Had a Big Enemy.
nytimes.com

The Search for ET May Be Missing Life on Low-Oxygen Worlds
scientificamerican.com

California Tries New Tack on Gun Violence: Ammunition Control
nytimes.com

Huge gold-encrusted rocks unearthed in Australia
bbc.com

Victim’s family speaks out after fire exposes wealthy man’s secret underground tunnels
cbsnews.com

Two fascist spies were awarded fake Nazi medals after the end of the second world war by an MI5 officer who penetrated their secret network
theguardian.com

Ten years of Large Hadron Collider discoveries are just the start of decoding the universe
theconversation.com

On this day in 1890 a fast food icon was born
damninteresting.com

Image: Jupiter in composite color infrared (Juno spacecraft, 2017)
gemini.edu