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‘This is going to be a bad one’: A new pest is causing quarantines in Va. and Pa.
washingtonpost.com

How Snakes Swallow
daily.jstor.org

A Device to Detect ‘Aggression’ in Schools Often Misfires
wired.com

Meet the shape-shifting baby amphibians that become cannibals
nationalgeographic.com

What Is The Smallest Possible Distance In The Universe?
forbes.com

Researchers Demonstrate How U.S. Emergency Alert System Can Be Hijacked and Weaponized
vice.com

Life could exist in a 2D universe (according to physics, anyway)
technologyreview.com

He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back
wired.com

Can a neural network write riddles?
iforcedabot.com

Monarch butterflies raised in captivity don’t migrate
sciencemag.org

The Six-Year Struggle to Regain Ownership of the ‘This Is Fine’ Dog
vulture.com

Philosophers Debate New ‘Sonic Black Hole’ Discovery
quantamagazine.org

May We Entertain You?
laphamsquarterly.org

80-Year Quest to Create Metallic Hydrogen May Finally Be Complete
gizmodo.com

How biohackers are trying to upgrade their brains, their bodies — and human nature
vox.com

Retaining the royals: why has the British monarchy survived – and thrived?
historyextra.com

The World’s First Parachute Jump
amusingplanet.com

The most bizarre things grizzly bears eat, from elk to moths
nationalgeographic.com

Report: Hackers using telecoms like ‘global spy system’
apnews.com

Insulin is a 100-year-old drug whose wholesale price has tripled in ten years
prospect.org

Yes, The Apollo Moon Landings Really Did Happen
forbes.com

The spectacularly doomed plan to fill [San Francisco Bay] with a 36-lane freeway
sfgate.com

German scientists say spinach chemical should be banned from sports
dw.com

The Chilling Mystery of High-Altitude Suicides
vice.com

Accelerating exoplanet discovery using chemical fingerprints of stars
theconversation.com

‘Dark patterns’ are steering many internet users into making bad decisions
latimes.com

Christina Crawford on life after Mommie Dearest: ‘My mother should have been in jail’
theguardian.com

The Last of Its Kind
theatlantic.com

The simple rule that can help you predict the future
bbc.com

Gallery: The serious side of historical games
wellcomecollection.org

A Water-Stressed World Turns to Desalination
citylab.com

Why Traffic Jams Are Never Your Fault
saturdayeveningpost.com

Why Most Planets Will Either Be Lush or Dead
earth.nautil.us • (see also)

We Can Predict Where Measles Will Happen. Why Don’t We?
fivethirtyeight.com

What’s in a Name? Taxonomy Problems Vex Biologists
quantamagazine.org

Late-Maturing Amygdala Neurons May Play Role in Emotional Development, Mood Disorders
ucsf.edu

The Hidden Light Show Below
hakaimagazine.com

Apollo 11: Mission Out of Control
wired.com

World War II Bomb Explodes 75 Years Later, Creates Massive Crater in German Field
popularmechanics.com

Dung beetles have a surprisingly sophisticated way of navigating the world
nationalgeographic.com

Weird, Wonderful Photos From Another Era
theatlantic.com

Many people still believe the moon landing was fake. But who’s profiting?
vox.com

When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Overlord’ to Spy on Users
vice.com

Ancient Water Underlies Arid Egypt
eos.org

‘Bathtub rings’ around Titan’s lakes might be made of alien crystals
eurekalert.org

Took You By Surprise: John and Paul’s Lost Reunion
longreads.com

Noah Webster’s civil war of words over American English
aeon.co

To Save the Whales, Crab Fishers Are Testing Ropeless Gear
hakaimagazine.com

Unique Gut Microbiome Composition May Be Fibromyalgia Marker
psychologytoday.com

Do Prisons Make Us Safer?
scientificamerican.com

Mars colonisation possible through sperm bank in space, study suggests
theguardian.com

What Was Hemingway Doing in Cuba During World War II?
lithub.com

Why do people faint?
theconversation.com

When Germany Called its Soldiers Hysterical
daily.jstor.org

How Graffiti Became Gentrified
newrepublic.com

AI Could Give Millions Online Legal Help. But What Will the Law Allow?
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Scientists Want to Make Fuel and Plastic Out of Bacteria
hakaimagazine.com

We probed Santorini’s volcano with sound to learn what’s going on beneath the surface
theconversation.com

‘This is a nightmare’: A woman fell asleep mid-flight and woke up trapped in a dark plane alone
washingtonpost.com

Life on Mars gets a test run in the Utah desert
latimes.com