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The Mola Is a Giant Bag of Secrets
theatlantic.com

‘Mindblowing’ haul of fossils over 500m years old unearthed in China
theguardian.com

The Fight to Tame a Swelling River With Dams That May Be Outmatched by Climate Change
nytimes.com

A Twin Inside a Twin: In Colombia, an Extraordinary Birth
nytimes.com

Video: The Truth About Wasabi [6:41]
youtube.com

The Biology of Death-Feigning
daily.jstor.org

Chop Up a Worm. It Will Regenerate. Scientists Figured Out Why.
nytimes.com

‘Super-smeller’ helps develop swab test for Parkinson’s disease
theguardian.com

On Pluto, It’s Been Spring Since 1990
theatlantic.com

An exclusive tour of the restoration of Apollo mission control
bbc.com

LHCb discovers matter-antimatter asymmetry in charm quarks
symmetrymagazine.org • More info

Edvard Munch’s Scream isn’t screaming, says British Museum
telegraph.co.uk

‘There Is No Reason to Cross the U.S. by Train. But I Did It Anyway.’
nytimes.com

Stats Experts Plead: Just Say No to P-Hacking
undark.org

HK G11: The Space-Age Rifle That Never Was
popularmechanics.com

Aging Is a Communication Breakdown
nautil.us

What are the values that drive decision making by AI?
aeon.co

Quantum Machine Appears to Defy Universe’s Push for Disorder
quantamagazine.org

How to move a masterpiece: the secret business of shipping priceless artworks
theguardian.com

Clever math enables MRI to map molecules implicated in multiple sclerosis, other diseases
sciencemag.org

From Pong to Red Dead: Can video game music change the way you play?
bbc.co.uk

Artificial meat: UK scientists growing ‘bacon’ in labs
bbc.com

Once sacred, the Oracle at Delphi was lost for a millennium. See how it was found.
nationalgeographic.com

How a Viral Comet Crash Into Jupiter Helped Popularize the Internet
space.com

Fermi Discovers ‘Cannonball’ Pulsar Speeding Through Space
scitechdaily.com

Here’s how airplane crash investigations work, according to an aviation safety expert
theconversation.com

Neptune’s Moon Triton Is Destination of Proposed NASA Mission
nytimes.com

How one quiet lorry sparked a toxic waste crisis
bbc.com

In a first, fossil bird found with unlaid egg
nationalgeographic.com

The Surprisingly Little-Known History of White Rice in Korea
food52.com

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019 [USA]
prisonpolicy.org

Researchers find Americans set their thermostat to match African environmental temperatures
phys.org

Exploding Whales, Poisoned Porpoises: The Gruesome World of Cetacean Autopsies
earther.gizmodo.com

How a psychiatry professor accidentally discovered he was a psychopath
cbc.ca • (see also)

A pilot who hitched a ride on a Lion Air 737 saved that plane. The next day, the same Boeing jet crashed
latimes.com • More info

Giant sunfish washes up on Australian beach: ‘I thought it was a shipwreck’
theguardian.com

After Two Decades, a Fishy Genetic Mystery Has Been Solved
theatlantic.com

Cyclone Idai devastation in pictures
bbc.com

The Mysterious, Exploding Asteroid
theatlantic.com

A journey to the Disappointment Islands
bbc.com

The short reign of Elagabalus, Rome’s hard-partying emperor
nationalgeographic.com

The Hayabusa2 Mission to Asteroid Ryugu Just Dropped Its First Scientific Results
gizmodo.com

Preparing to Unleash Crispr on an Unprepared World
wired.com

Newly Discovered Papers Found in Vincent van Gogh’s London Lodging
smithsonianmag.com

Minitremors detected on Mars for first time
sciencemag.org

A new Einstein cross is discovered
phys.org

The True, Complicated Story of the Ayahuasca Murders
mensjournal.com

The Cost of Not Knowing a Huntington’s Diagnosis
theatlantic.com

The emperor who shot himself rather than be taken prisoner by invading British forces
theconversation.com

Extreme flooding has submerged the home of the Pentagon’s “nuclear strategic deterrence and global strike capabilities”
motherboard.vice.com

The Pyrex Glass Controversy That Just Won’t Die
gizmodo.com

Why you shouldn’t bury your pet in the backyard
theconversation.com

Misophonia: When Life’s Noises Drive You Mad
npr.org

Death of the calorie
1843magazine.com

Mysterious Planetwide Rumble May Have Come From the Largest Underwater Eruption Ever Recorded
gizmodo.com

A Huge Collection of Apollo 11 Press Kits
kottke.org

Awesome interpolated video of New Horizons’ approach and flyby of Ultima Thule (Dec. 7, 2018 to Jan. 1, 2019)
pluto.jhuapl.edu • More info

Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Win Abel Prize for Mathematics
nytimes.com

Data visualization: Bar chart race — the most populous cities in the world
observablehq.com

Biologists Discover Unknown Powers in Mighty Mitochondria
quantamagazine.org