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‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss
washingtonpost.com

On mana: why we bestow certain objects with unearthly powers
aeon.co

Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars?
nautil.us

A Naturalist With a Checkered Past Rediscovered a Long-lost Parrot…Then Things Got Interesting
audubon.org

Trees and plants reached ‘peak carbon’ 10 years ago
cosmosmagazine.com

How an Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations
nytimes.com

Male Gorillas Love Hanging Around With Infants
theatlantic.com

10 stomachs, 32 brains and 18 testicles – a day inside the UK’s only leech farm
theguardian.com

The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
theguardian.com

Sensational find of Viking ships and Viking village in Halden, Norway (machine translated)
navva.org

Sears, the Original Everything Store, Nears a Bankruptcy Filing
nytimes.com

If You Traveled Far Enough Through Space, Would You Return To Your Starting Point?
forbes.com

The Da Vinci mystery: why is his $450m masterpiece really being kept under wraps?
theguardian.com

When Pop-Up Books Taught Popular Science
theatlantic.com

How the ‘blues’ of polar heroes throws light on Sad syndrome
theguardian.com

Sprayable antennas turn surfaces into ultra-thin, transparent transmitters
newatlas.com

Study: Most of the Arctic’s permanent ice is gone
cosmosmagazine.com

Elaborate and ‘exceptionally well-preserved’ ancient Roman shrine uncovered by Pompeii excavators
independent.co.uk

Scientists say that more than 100 thousand varieties of rice have been safeguarded for the future
bbc.com

Hubble’s Hardware Woes and the Painful Era of Aging Spacecraft
theatlantic.com

The least-gifted children of high-income parents graduate from college at higher rates than the most-gifted children of low-income parents
washingtonpost.com

Fifth-century child’s skeleton shows evidence of “vampire burial”
arstechnica.com

Essays reveal Stephen Hawking predicted race of ‘superhumans’
theguardian.com

Lab-Grown Human Retinas Illuminate How Eyes Develop Color Vision
scientificamerican.com

This Is The Real Reason We Haven’t Directly Detected Dark Matter
medium.com

Thinking outside the box: Adults with ADHD not constrained in creativity
news.umich.edu

Decades After Taking Henrietta Lacks’s Cells Without Consent, Johns Hopkins Names Building After Her
democracynow.org • (see also)

Researchers identify a “looming eyes” optical illusion that frightens birds away from airports
gizmodo.com

At 10 trillion frames per second, this camera captures light in slow motion
techcrunch.com

‘Lifeboats’ Amid the World’s Wildfires
nytimes.com

The Never-Ending Drought Story
outsideonline.com

Why is it fun to be frightened?
theconversation.com

Surgery in Space: Medicine’s Final Frontier
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Rocket launches to be grounded while mid-air failure is investigated
theguardian.com

The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail
nytimes.com

Robotic bees could pollinate plants in case of insect apocalypse
theguardian.com

The last lighthouse keeper of Capri
bbc.com

Ancient rock carvings in India hint at a 12,000-year-old lost civilisation
qz.com

Opportunity Rover Still Silent on Mars, 4 Months After Epic Dust Storm Began
space.com

Hidden Secrets of Pulsars Revealed by Trippy Computer Simulations
gizmodo.com

Africa’s ‘youngest’ billionaire kidnapped in Tanzania
dw.com

See ancient Egypt’s stunning, lifelike mummy portraits
nationalgeographic.com

How five anomalous events at two neutrino experiments provide evidence for supersymmetry
nautil.us

Stunning snail found in dinosaur-era amber
nationalgeographic.com

New Mars rover gets high-tech paint job for harsh conditions on Mars
arstechnica.com

Psychologists’ face off reveals humans can recognise 5,000 people
theguardian.com

Same-Sex Mice Parents Give Birth to Healthy Brood
scientificamerican.com

Stephen Hawking’s final scientific paper released
theguardian.com

The Great Rikers Island Art Heist
esquire.com

Photos From the Aftermath of Hurricane Michael
theatlantic.com

The Maya Kept Jaguar Zoos For Centuries
theatlantic.com

Serial killers of Ecatepec confess to eating the remains of their victims
mexiconewsdaily.com

Cryptocurrencies Just Plummeted $13 Billion in Value Over the Course of a Few Hours
gizmodo.com

The Fight to Save the Last Swimming Camels on Earth
earther.gizmodo.com

Child marriage in the U.S. is surprisingly prevalent. Now states are passing laws to make it harder
washingtonpost.com

Mysterious Deep-Space Flashes: 19 More ‘Fast Radio Bursts’ Found
space.com

The Raid on Bermuda That Saved the American Revolution
smithsonianmag.com

Famous Experiment Dooms Alternative to Quantum Weirdness
quantamagazine.org

So Can We Terraform Mars or Not?
nautil.us

Ballistic Reentry: How Astronauts Survive a Failed Launch
popularmechanics.com