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What Makes a Hit Film?
medium.com

What the Lion Air Pilots May Have Needed to Do to Avoid a Crash
nytimes.com

Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’
sciencemag.org

How zoos protect—and evacuate—animals during wildfires
nationalgeographic.com

It Took 17 Years to Catch the Unabomber, but 5 Days to Find Cesar Sayoc
theatlantic.com

The big sleep: how the world’s most chaotic country is beating a deadly disease
theguardian.com

Rains bring death to the Atacama Desert
newatlas.com

This Chemical Is So Hot It Destroys Nerve Endings—in a Good Way
wired.com

European Researchers Baked Fake Moon Dust into Money and Screws
livescience.com

Why your mental map of the world is (probably) wrong
nationalgeographic.com

Whales are stressed out by climate change, and it shows in their earwax
arstechnica.com

‘It’s torture’: critics step up bid to stop US school using electric shocks on children
theguardian.com

The Great Virginia Grape Heist
theatlantic.com

Couple and Homeless Man Charged With Conspiracy Over $400,000 GoFundMe
gizmodo.com

Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck
theatlantic.com

I Found the Best Burger Place in America. And Then I Killed It.
thrillist.com

Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ produce electrical patterns that resemble those of premature babies
nature.com

What you need to know about the new ‘Super Earth’
deseretnews.com

Historic breakthrough: WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience team first to use ultrasound to treat Alzheimer’s
wvnews.com

Image: Detailed anatomy of the human body illustrated in the style of a subway map
reddit.com

On this day in 1974 the Arecibo Message was beamed into space
damninteresting.com

Rare microbes lead scientists to discover new branch on the tree of life
cbc.ca

Photos: What it’s like to fight deadly wildfires
nationalgeographic.com

A Bold New Strategy for Stopping the Rise of Superbugs
theatlantic.com

Lost Disney film found in Japan
bbc.com

Deadly European supervolcano could be rumbling towards a colossal eruption – study
rt.com

Canada: how a dying man’s wish that his tattoos outlive him came true
theguardian.com

Here’s Why Tires Are Black
jalopnik.com

The US military is testing stratospheric balloons that ride the wind so they never have to come down
technologyreview.com

Amateur Mathematician Finds Smallest Universal Cover
quantamagazine.org

The Colors We Eat
nautil.us

The Secret History of Plasma Weapons
popularmechanics.com

Being bionic: how technology transformed my life
theguardian.com

Egyptian Women and the Fight for the Right to Work
newyorker.com

The Cost of Courage: The 2 Couples Who Rescued My Family From The Nazis
npr.org

The Tragedy of Goodyear’s Allegedly Defective G159 Tire Keeps Getting Worse
jalopnik.com

The girl in the wheelchair said she was critically ill. Her mother’s brutal murder exposed the truth.
washingtonpost.com

Why Don’t We Forget How to Ride a Bike?
scientificamerican.com

Coffee or tea? The answer might be in your genes
theguardian.com

Your Children’s Yellowstone Will Be Radically Different
nytimes.com

Antifungal resistance is here – and it could be just as dangerous to humans as antibiotic resistance
theatlantic.com

China is about to visit uncharted territory on the moon
sciencenews.org • (see also)

Upsettingly Large Fungus in Michigan Weighs 440 Tons and Is 2,500 Years Old
gizmodo.com

Only Michelangelo made abdomens – and wonky toes – like these
theguardian.com

Crossing the Sahara in the Fourteenth Century
laphamsquarterly.org

Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior
phys.org

System error: Japan cybersecurity minister admits he has never used a computer
theguardian.com

‘Oumuamua: new findings rejig size
cosmosmagazine.com

Ancient Greek city Tenea found by archaeologists
bbc.com

A Massive Impact Crater Has Been Detected Beneath Greenland’s Ice Sheet
gizmodo.com

Super-Earth Orbiting Barnard’s Star
eso.org

Penises of the ancient world: phallus found in Roman toilet was far from the first
theguardian.com

Teufelsberg: Berlin’s Graffitied Ruin Is Perfect for Spy Lovers
thedailybeast.com

The Tay Bridge Disaster And The World’s Worst Poem
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

Jannie Duncan: “Beautiful Human” or Fugitive Killer?
narratively.com

Gaia spots a ‘ghost’ galaxy next door
cam.ac.uk

Partial mycoheterotrophs: The green plants that feed on fungi
theconversation.com

Pregnancy Changes Perception of Odors and Tastes
maxplanck.nautil.us

The U.S. Army Is Trying to Design a Civilian-Safe Land Mine
popularmechanics.com

Re: Hate Mail
longreads.com