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Fear, more than hate, feeds online bigotry and real-world violence
theconversation.com

The same taste receptors found on the tongue are in the stomach, intestines and elsewhere, too. What are they doing there?
knowablemagazine.org

Once parents felt children needed a little fear to grow up well. Today they are desperately protective. What went wrong?
aeon.co

The Cavernous World under the Woods
hakaimagazine.com

England, But New: How John Smith’s 1616 Map Helped Define America
atlasobscura.com

Over a period spanning decades, three teachers at one Ottawa high school preyed on their teenage students
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Crippled and gigantic, a tadpole-shaped galaxy
cosmosmagazine.com

Trouble in the Congo: The Misadventures of Glencore
bloomberg.com

He claims he’s America’s deadliest serial killer with 90 victims. Police believe him.
washingtonpost.com

Colorful Asteroids Near Neptune Reveal a Solar System Conundrum
scientificamerican.com

America’s Health-Care System Is Making the Opioid Crisis Worse
theatlantic.com

Some Good News, and a Hard Truth, About Science
nytimes.com

Elevator at one of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers plunges 84 floors after hoist rope breaks
cbsnews.com

Targeted Advertising Is Ruining the Internet and Breaking the World
motherboard.vice.com

Why NASA wants to look at flying tourists to space — a dramatic change for a by-the-book agency
washingtonpost.com

11 Things We’d Really Like to Know (And a Few We’d Rather Not)
nytimes.com

High score, low pay: why the gig economy loves gamification
theguardian.com

Take me to your Leda: sensual Pompeii bedroom art uncovered
theguardian.com

How cat tongues work—and can inspire human tech
nationalgeographic.com

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