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A 127-year-old physics riddle solved
phys.org

Lau Sing Kee, War Hero Jailed for Helping Immigrants
nytimes.com

How to have an all-renewable electric grid
theconversation.com • (see also)

When your gut bacteria talk, your brain listens and replies
massivesci.com

The next trick for CRISPR is gene-editing pain away
technologyreview.com

Why a Polish Village Hasn’t Seen a Baby Boy Born for Almost 10 Years
blogs.discovermagazine.com • (see also)

What Happens When a Drone Crashes Into Your Face?
popularmechanics.com

The first photo of all four Beatles together, taken 57 years ago today; and the last photo of all four together, taken 50 years ago today.
damninteresting.com

Millions of old gadgets ‘stockpiled in drawers’
bbc.com

Python wars: the snake epidemic eating away at Florida
theguardian.com

85 years ago today General Smedley Darlington Butler was approached by Gerald MacGuire to lead a coup in the United States
damninteresting.com

A Chunk of Trinitite Reminds Us of the Sheer, Devastating Power of the Atomic Bomb
smithsonianmag.com

Secrets of the 9-1-1 Dispatcher
crimereads.com

To Solve Hospital Overcrowding, Think Like a Mathematician
undark.org

Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction?
nautil.us

The Family: ‘Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15’
bbc.com

How K-pop is luring young North Koreans to cross the line
washingtonpost.com

How Men’s Bodies Change When they Become Fathers
parenting.nytimes.com

Inside the Twisted, Worldwide Hunt for a $7 Million Stolen Car
esquire.com

The Curse of Playing the Wicked Witch of the West
narratively.com

What Albert Einstein owes to David Hume
aeon.co

The Big Business of Scavenging in Postindustrial America
nytimes.com

Woman Finds 3.72-Carat Yellow Diamond While Watching YouTube Video on How to Find Diamonds
gizmodo.com

33 years ago today a cloud of deadly gas erupted from a lake and killed over 1,700 people
damninteresting.com

What Is Dark Energy?
livescience.com

Scientists Are Discovering Long-Lost Rules for Ancient Board Games
vice.com

Sartre’s Bad Trip
theparisreview.org

The Racism of Carl Jung
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Feel like quitting? Blame your brain cells
massivesci.com

YouTube has removed videos of robots fighting, citing “animal cruelty”
technologyreview.com

The Hottest Thing in Food Is Made of Peas, Soy, and Mung Beans
bloomberg.com

How Guillotine Haircuts became all the Rage in France
messynessychic.com

A brief history of the Vikings
historyextra.com

‘My Life With Face Blindness’
washingtonpost.com

You Won’t See Quantum Internet Coming
gizmodo.com

Why a Promising, Potent Cancer Therapy Isn’t Used in the US
wired.com

The Invention of Dessert
daily.jstor.org

Way Before Roller Coasters, Russians Zipped Down Enormous Ice Slides
atlasobscura.com

Why cashier’s checks are part of so many online scams
vox.com

Titanic sub dive reveals parts are being lost to sea
bbc.com

Beatings, murders and prisoners set on fire: inside the prison called ‘gangland’
theguardian.com

On this day in 1981 Dr. Julie Cliff received a telex about a mysterious malady in Mozambique
damninteresting.com

Blow to 10,000-hour rule as study finds practice doesn’t always make perfect
theguardian.com

Think ‘like’ began with Valley Girls? Guess again.
thelily.com

Air pollution linked to bipolar disorder, depression
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

The Cold War spy technology which we all use
bbc.com

India’s Skeleton Lake contains the bones of mysterious European migrants
sciencenews.org • (see also)

The Bloody Benders: America’s First Family of Serial Killers
crimereads.com

A young Indian couple married for love. Then the bride’s father hired assassins.
washingtonpost.com

Scientists finally know how big earthquakes start: With many smaller ones
latimes.com

When a $2.1 Million Drug Could Cure Your Child’s Fatal Disease
bloomberg.com

Huge hoard of dinosaur bones found in Wyoming
bbc.co.uk

The Planet Needs a New Internet
earther.gizmodo.com

Colossal crabs may hold clue to Amelia Earhart fate
nationalgeographic.com

Beware the Epiphany-Industrial Complex
wired.com

When a Volcano in El Salvador Cooled Down the Entire World
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

In the Straits: The Story of the Inmate Turned Millionaire Turned Lone Survivor
seattlemet.com

In 897, the corpse of a pope was exhumed—to be put on trial.
nationalgeographic.com

A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires
newyorker.com

The Philippines has spent three decades restoring the biggest clams in the world
hakaimagazine.com