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Watch Japan’s Hayabusa2 Land on Asteroid Ryugu in This Exciting Video
space.com

The Man Who Found the Titanic Is Hunting for Amelia Earhart’s Plane
livescience.com

60 years ago today Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin unintentionally skydived into a thunderstorm
damninteresting.com

How an undercover FBI sting busted an alleged multimillion-dollar stock fraud
qz.com

Dragonfly brains could make missile defenses faster and more accurate
newatlas.com

Decades-Old Computer Science Conjecture Solved in Two Pages
quantamagazine.org

The Secret History of Washing Machines
popularmechanics.com

FBI Finds Bucket of Heads, Cooler of Penises, Sewn ‘Frankenstein’ Corpse at Body Donation Center
gizmodo.com

Arctic wildfires: What’s caused huge swathes of flames to spread?
bbc.com

Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments
nature.com

Rainbows, Frogs, Dogs And ‘The Muppet Movie’ Soundtrack At 40
npr.org • (see also)

We Have Already Entered The Sixth And Final Era Of Our Universe
forbes.com

‘Heat burst’: If you slept badly last night [in the UK], this could be why
news.sky.com

After a girl vanished in 1984, Ronald Reagan pleaded for help. Her body was finally found.
washingtonpost.com

A World War II battle holds key lessons for modern warfare
theconversation.com

‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists surprised by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth
washingtonpost.com

The US’ surreal alien landscape
bbc.com

Madagascar spider silk 10 times stronger than Kevlar
cosmosmagazine.com

Enslaved on a British cannabis farm: ‘The plants were more valuable than my life’
theguardian.com

The Strange Similarity of Neuron and Galaxy Networks
nautil.us

The Apollo Experiment That Keeps on Giving
jpl.nasa.gov

Tree Stumps Are Dead, Right? This One Was Alive
nytimes.com

Indian farmers shocked as suspected meteorite crashes into rice field
theguardian.com

Dead Stars Found Whipping Around Each Other in Minutes
caltech.edu

The Dinosaur That Started a Craze
laphamsquarterly.org

A day in name-changing court
vox.com

Why Do Some People Always Remember Their Dreams, While Others Almost Never Do?
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Drink and Dive into Europe’s Underwater Wine cellars
messynessychic.com

When New Yorkers Were Menaced By Banana Peels
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

The Disappearing Physicist and His Elusive Particle
nautil.us

Mango leaves: Indian scientists’ solution to a $2.5 trillion global shipping problem
qz.com

A World Without Mad Magazine
newyorker.com

Citroën Sabotaged Wartime Nazi Truck Production in a Simple and Brilliant Way
jalopnik.com

How Bach’s anatomy may have handed him greatness
nationalgeographic.com

Josh Hader’s Fastball Is Baseball’s Most Mysterious Pitch
fivethirtyeight.com

The Unsung Woman Who Changed How We Take Care of Newborns
lithub.com

Follow-up: ‘I Found NYC’s In-N-Out Burger and Solved the Mystery of How It Got There’
vice.com

The secret seat of the Knights Templar
bbc.com

What Tick Saliva Does to the Human Body
theatlantic.com

Brilliant Visions: Peyote among the Aesthetes
publicdomainreview.org

The Café de Paris and how the Socialite Elvira Barney Got Away with Murder
flashbak.com

How the state runs business in China
theguardian.com

Mysterious Glass Beads in Clams Point to Ancient Meteorite Strike Near Florida
gizmodo.com

The painter behind ‘Birth of Venus’ invented a new kind of art
nationalgeographic.com

Siemens contractor pleads guilty to planting logic bomb in company spreadsheets
zdnet.com

Evolutionary gene loss may help explain why only humans are prone to heart attacks
sciencedaily.com

Wonder where generic drug names come from? Two women in Chicago, that’s where
latimes.com

The Harvard Professor and the Paternity Trap
thecut.com

How To Prove Einstein’s Relativity In The Palm Of Your Hand
forbes.com

This Is What It’s Like to Watch the Arctic Die
vice.com

‘Terminators’ on the Sun trigger plasma tsunamis and the start of new solar cycles
news.ucar.edu

NASA releases magnificent new images of the Milky Way
cnet.com

Research: Cannabis plant creates molecules 30 times more powerful at reducing inflammation than Aspirin
news.uoguelph.ca

What internal drug company documents on opioids reveal
washingtonpost.com

Gallery: Wildfires Rage in Central Portugal
theatlantic.com

Is it right to use Nazi research if it can save lives?
bbc.com

Solar Sailing Success: Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2
scientificamerican.com

What It Feels Like to Die from Heat Stroke
outsideonline.com

How to stroke a cat, according to science
qz.com

Brain scans of US embassy staff to Cuba may show abnormalities
theguardian.com