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The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance—by their heartbeat
technologyreview.com

Inside the shadow world of scooter chargers
expmag.com

The Night the Stonewall Inn Became a Proud Shrine
nytimes.com

Fossils of a 12-Foot-Tall, 1000-Pound Bird Found in Crimea
vice.com

On this day in 1945 the FCC moved the FM spectrum, leaving the inventor of FM radio in ruin
damninteresting.com

Fake news ‘vaccine’ works: ‘pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
cam.ac.uk

Video: How Interpreters Do Their Jobs
video.wired.com

An Oral History of Whale Cove
thewalrus.ca

Lost in the mall and other false memories
wellcomecollection.org

Sperm Donors Can’t Stay Secret Anymore. Here’s What That Means.
nytimes.com • Related

Incredible Observation Links Two Different Radioactive Phenomena Inside a Thunderstorm
gizmodo.com

Inside the deadly world of India’s sand mining mafia
nationalgeographic.com

A Gas Heist Gone Wrong, an Explosion, and 137 Deaths in Mexico
bloomberg.com

Greenland Ice Sheet: ‘More than 50 hidden lakes’ detected
bbc.com • (see also)

Growing evidence suggests Parkinson’s disease starts in gut
theguardian.com

The Hero Who Betrayed His Country
theatlantic.com

Was Apollo 11 a Beginning or an End?
texasmonthly.com

The Simple Idea Behind Einstein’s Greatest Discoveries
quantamagazine.org

These fungi drug cicadas with psilocybin or amphetamine to make them mate nonstop
sciencenews.org

Unlocking secrets of the ice worm
phys.org • (see also)

Astronomers Have Decoded a Weird Signal Coming from a Strange, 3-Body Star System
livescience.com

The golden asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire
rt.com

The Rocket Scientist Who Had to Elude the FBI Before He Could Escape Earth
lithub.com

One Type of Sitting May Pose a Greater Risk to Heart Health Than Others
inverse.com

These Monkeys Have An Archaeological Record 3,000 Years Old
blogs.discovermagazine.com

‘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