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These Researchers Want to Run a Cable From the Earth to the Moon
futurism.com • (see also)

The Dawn of WWII, According to the Chief of British Secret Intelligence
daily.jstor.org

Why you should think about being a good ancestor
ideas.ted.com

The Mysterious Vaping Illness That’s ‘Becoming an Epidemic’
nytimes.com

A Dutch gallerist made thousands of forgeries and passed them off as the work of real artists. When he was caught, a new con began.
magazine.atavist.com

How Big Is the Universe?
livescience.com

A water tunnel, 1,036 meters long, excavated through a mountain on the Greek island of Samos in the sixth century B.C.
fermatslibrary.com

The International Space Station Is More Valuable Than Many People Realize
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Scientists discover evidence for past high-level sea rise
phys.org

The Rise of the ‘One-and-Done’ Family
parents.com

Cormac McCarthy’s Three Punctuation Rules, and How They All Go Back to James Joyce
openculture.com

A Very Fast, Very Safe, Very SLIMM Nuclear Reactor
forbes.com

Waiting for the Monsoon, Discovering a Brain Tumor Instead
nytimes.com

The world’s most advanced nanotube computer may keep Moore’s Law alive
technologyreview.com

The greatest threat to life on Earth may come from space
theguardian.com

The frighteningly simple technique that hijacked Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account
theverge.com

The Mad Beach Party of 1923
messynessychic.com

80 years ago today Nazi SS agents took over Polish radio stations to broadcast fake anti-German sentiments
damninteresting.com

The Government Needs Your Help Finding Sketchy Underground Tunnels
popularmechanics.com

How Colonialism Shaped Body Shaming
daily.jstor.org

Flying Aircraft Carriers
amusingplanet.com

Possible Detection of a Black Hole So Big It ‘Should Not Exist’
quantamagazine.org

Archaeology of the 99%
knowablemagazine.org

When Royalty, Scientists, and Gardeners All Wanted Fake Fruit
atlasobscura.com

Scientists discover way to ‘grow’ tooth enamel
theguardian.com

Why Soviets Sent Dogs to Space While Americans Used Primates
theatlantic.com

Forget single genes: CRISPR now cuts and splices whole chromosomes
sciencemag.org

See the Final Stages of a Star’s Life via the Hubble Space Telescope
scitechdaily.com

China’s Chang’e-4 lunar rover has discovered an unusually colored, ‘gel-like’ substance on the far side of the moon
space.com • (see also)

Trapping the Tiniest Sound
scientificamerican.com

Climate change is bad for the planet, but groundbreaking for archeology
qz.com

Glowing gold reveals stellar explosion as a rare kilonova
newatlas.com

In the Age of the Psychonauts
longreads.com

Are Dark Photons the Secret ‘Fifth Force’ Holding Our Universe Together?
livescience.com

What It’s Like To Use LA’s Singing, Self-Cleaning, Automated Park Restroom
laist.com

From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how the prison economy works
theguardian.com

Northern Lights In The U.S. This Weekend? Dramatic Geomagnetic Storm Predicted As Milky Way Peaks
forbes.com

Ones that got away: posters for films that never happened – in pictures
theguardian.com

How Veterans Affairs failed to stop a pathologist who misdiagnosed 3,000 cases
washingtonpost.com

The Rich Can’t Get Richer Forever, Can They?
newyorker.com

How Britain fought Hitler with humour
bbc.com

How to Teach an Iris Scanner That the Eye It’s Looking at Is Dead
spectrum.ieee.org

Here’s Why Spiky Shapes Seem Angry And Round Sounds Are Calming
digest.bps.org.uk

The ‘Great Wall’ of Malta
bbc.com

The Accidental Invention of the Slinky
smithsonianmag.com

Websites have been quietly hacking iPhones for years, says Google
technologyreview.com

What it’s like to take a mini horse on an airplane
vox.com • (see also)

Countdown to WW2: the 72 hours that took the world to war
historyextra.com

What Would Life on an Ocean Moon Look Like?
gizmodo.com

How pioneering photographer Frank Hurley came face to face with the future of the Great Barrier Reef in 1922
theconversation.com

Compasses to point true north for first time in 360 years
theguardian.com

15,000-year-old Idaho archaeology site now among America’s oldest
nationalgeographic.com

They were CIA-backed Chinese rebels. Now you’re invited to their once-secret hideaway.
pri.org

The two illusions that tricked Arthur Conan Doyle
bbc.com

How Not to Grow Old in America
nytimes.com

The silent decline of the platypus, Australia’s beloved oddity
nationalgeographic.com

Astronomers Baffled by ‘Cosmic Mountain Ranges’ Jutting Through the Milky Way
livescience.com

Why we laugh when we know we shouldn’t
qz.com • (see also)

Gene-edited cattle have a major screwup in their DNA
technologyreview.com

Are we doing enough to prevent human extinction?
vox.com