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The Whitey Bulger Murder Mystery: Two Assailants and a Prison Full of Suspects
nytimes.com

Why NASA thinks this crater is the best spot to search for life on Mars
nationalgeographic.com

Milky Way star set to go supernova
cosmosmagazine.com

The Forgotten Legend of Silicon Valley’s Flying Saucer Man (autoplay video)
bloomberg.com

4,000-year-old termite mounds found in Brazil are visible from space
phys.org

Do Animals Grift Each Other?
gizmodo.com

Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment
citylab.com

New Arecibo Message updates original attempt to contact ET
newatlas.com

Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past?
newyorker.com

The Ethical Quandary of Human Infection Studies
undark.org

Universal Quantum Phenomenon Found in Strange Metals
quantamagazine.org

Russia Might Actually Build a Nuclear-Powered Rocket
popularmechanics.com

How a 6-Year-Old Survived Being Lost in the Woods
outsideonline.com

A scientist’s work linking minds and machines helps a paralyzed woman escape her body
newyorker.com

Why It’s Easier to Make Decisions for Someone Else
hbr.org

Fanworms, “Nature’s Eye Factories”, Stick Them Pretty Much Anywhere
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Space: how far have we gone – and where are we going?
theguardian.com

The shipwreck that created a culture
bbc.com

The Land That Failed to Fail
nytimes.com

Italy’s olive crisis intensifies as deadly tree disease spreads
nature.com

International Space Station gets “Refabricator” for 20th birthday
qz.com

One simple reason we aren’t acting faster on climate change?
bbc.com

NASA Is Landing on Mars Soon! Here’s How to Watch the InSight Excitement.
space.com

We Finally Know How Wombats Produce Their Distinctly Cube-Shaped Poop
gizmodo.com

How American Air Power Came From Way Behind to Win World War II
thedailybeast.com

Why Iceland Imports Ice From Other Countries
amusingplanet.com

Does Your Apartment Have Friendly Microbes?
thecut.com

DrKoop.com: C. Everett Koop’s Unlikely Dot-Com Play
tedium.co

Video: Divers Surprised by Gorgeous ‘Feather Boa’ of the Sea.
livescience.com

Zombies are everywhere. Parasites mean you could be one too.
nationalgeographic.com

‘Philosophically speaking, we can never fully trust our memory’
theguardian.com

Jonestown: Rebuilding my life after surviving the massacre
bbc.com

The Fax Is Not Yet Obsolete
theatlantic.com • (see also)

‘Indiana Jones of art’ finds stolen Cyprus mosaic
bbc.com

‘Catastrophic’ megafloods created Mars’ giant canyons – study
rt.com

When Families Un-Adopt a Child
theatlantic.com

Nemi Ships: How Caligula’s Floating Pleasure Palaces Were Found and Lost Again
blogs.discovermagazine.com

How Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their Nuts?
livescience.com

The Lost World of Prehistoric Parasites
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Enigmatic ridges on Pluto may be the remains of vanished nitrogen glaciers
arstechnica.com

Submarine that vanished with 44 crew is found sunken in Atlantic
theguardian.com

California’s Wildfires Have Spawned a Truly Weird New Conspiracy Theory
earther.gizmodo.com

The Human Brain Is a Time Traveler
nytimes.com

An apocalyptic cult, 900 dead: remembering the Jonestown massacre, 40 years on
theguardian.com

The Never-Ending Now
perell.com

Study: Long-term exposure to road traffic noise may increase the risk of obesity
eurekalert.org

The million-dollar drug
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

PHOTOS: Dust And Danger For Adults — And Kids — In Bolivia’s Mines
npr.org

Largest overhaul of scientific units since 1875 wins approval
nature.com

New ‘SLICE’ Tool Can Massively Expand Immune System’s Cancer-Fighting Repertoire
ucsf.edu

Video: The Bank That Almost Broke Britain [59:00]
youtube.com

Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’
theguardian.com

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