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They Introduced the World to Songs of Slavery. It Almost Broke Them.
topic.com

The Hot Mess of Hawai‘i’s Renewable Power Push
hakaimagazine.com

How Grenfell survivors came together – and how Britain failed them
theguardian.com

The Day the Music Burned
nytimes.com

900-year-old grape pips reveal unbroken history of French wine variety
theguardian.com

On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship
lithub.com

The Artists Using Artificial Intelligence to Dream Up the Future of Music
spin.com

Couple wins millions using lottery loophole
msn.com • (see also)

Apollo’s brain: The computer that guided man to the Moon
newatlas.com

Burn, bacteria, burn: A fiery ghost town holds promising microbial secrets
medium.com • (see also)

He always hated women. Then he decided to kill them.
washingtonpost.com

Mass anomaly detected under the moon’s largest crater
phys.org

A rare tour of the tunnel that is ground zero for a nuclear waste controversy
cbsnews.com • (see also)

Scientists Discover The Loneliest, Most Isolated Galaxy In The Entire Universe
medium.com • (see also)

Camouflage Gets Weird
daily.jstor.org

The Intimacy of Crime Scene Photos in Belle Epoque Paris
atlasobscura.com

The Heady, Thorny Journey to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
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How To Live Off the Grid
popularmechanics.com

Massive 8,000-mile ‘dead zone’ could be one of the gulf’s largest
nationalgeographic.com

The tooth fairy economy, explained
vox.com

His DNA solved a century-old jailhouse rape. The victim: his grandmother.
buzzfeednews.com

Mapped: The Literal Translation of Every Country’s Name
visualcapitalist.com

Ancient asteroid crater located off coast of Scotland
theguardian.com

UMBC’s Sarah Stellwagen first in world to sequence genes for spider glue
news.umbc.edu

25 years after murders, OJ says ‘Life is fine’
apnews.com

Trophies made from human skulls hint at regional conflicts around the time of Maya civilization’s mysterious collapse
theconversation.com

The maths problem that could bring the world to a halt
bbc.com

Bizarre pentaquark turns out to be a new kind of subatomic ‘molecule’
newscientist.com

Manipulating neck temperature can reduce contagious yawning in humans, study finds
psypost.org

The warming Arctic permafrost may be releasing more nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, than previously thought
news.harvard.edu

What Happens in an Internet Minute in 2019?
visualcapitalist.com

The Elderly Are Getting Complex Surgeries. Often It Doesn’t End Well.
nytimes.com

A settler forgot where he buried $100,000 in gold around the Bay Area. It might still be out there.
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The race to replace Viagra
theguardian.com

Does reading fiction make us better people?
bbc.com

Shakespeare Didn’t Write Alone
theatlantic.com

Newly restored 19th-century German ship sinks after collision
theguardian.com

The Business of Health Care Depends on Exploiting Doctors and Nurses
nytimes.com • (see also)

Researchers discover meat-eating plant in Ontario, Canada
phys.org

The science behind why some of us are shy
bbc.com

Exposing modern forgers
phys.org

The design decision that almost ruined the Moon landing
fastcompany.com

Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube.
nytimes.com

Fungus Modified to Produce Spider Venom That Could Be Used to Kill Malaria Carrying Mosquitoes
interestingengineering.com

To stop a virus, California has euthanized more than 1.2 million birds
latimes.com • (see also)

An Algorithm Generated Eerily Accurate Portraits Based Only On Someone’s Voice
gizmodo.com

Everest through the eyes of a Sherpa: ‘Climbers need to wake up’
bbc.com

Document casts new light on Chaucer ‘rape’ case
theguardian.com

Phyllis Latour Doyle: The Forgotten Spy Whose Knitting Helped Pave the Way for D-Day
amightygirl.com

Cost plunges for capturing carbon dioxide from the air
sciencemag.org

Study: Eating while standing reduces a person’s enjoyment of food, leading them to eat less of it than seated eaters
inverse.com

World’s first 360-degree infinity pool would top a 55-story tower in London
newatlas.com

‘I left the ad industry because our use of data tracking terrified me’
fastcompany.com

24-hour webcam lets you watch as engineers build NASA’s next Mars rover
newatlas.com

A Former Military Operative Sets Sights on Poachers
spiegel.de

The Cold War Fashion Showdown
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Fossil ‘sea monster’ found in Antarctica was the heaviest of its kind
nationalgeographic.com

A Surreal Subterranean Junkyard Piled With Old Cars
wired.com

The Longest Train Ride in the World
basementgeographer.com

He Enlisted at 14, Went to Vietnam at 15 and Died a Month Later
nytimes.com