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04 September 2019

How a High School Dropout Hacked a Million Devices

thedailybeast.com

The Strange Case of Daniel Defoe’s Civet Scheme

daily.jstor.org

A slur or point of pride? The Slants’ journey to litigate their band name

pri.org

You Can’t Keep Your Parents’ Skulls

theatlantic.com

03 September 2019

How do people learn to cook a toxic plant safely?

bbc.com • (see also)

Why meaning is more sunken into words than we realise

aeon.co

How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It

scientificamerican.com

Ida and Louise Cook, Two Unusual Heroines of the Second World War

newyorker.com

Woman is first to receive cornea made from ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells

nature.com

Asteroid That’s Nearly the Height of the World’s Tallest Building Is Flying by Earth Soon

livescience.com

How to Get Better at Embracing Unknowns

scientificamerican.com

Woodblocks in Wonderland: The Japanese Fairy Tale Series

publicdomainreview.org • (see also)

‘In 1973, My Fiancé’s Mother Was Murdered by Her Husband’

crimereads.com

Strange Metal-like Bonds Discovered in Customized Crystals

quantamagazine.org

Could microbes be affecting Venus’ climate?

earthsky.org

Antarctic robot might lead way to life beyond Earth

pri.org • (see also)

Is Dying at Home Overrated?

nytimes.com

Ancient dog bones tell us what was on the menu for both dogs and humans

massivesci.com

Stop calling it a choice: Biological factors drive homosexuality

theconversation.com

One of the most iconic photos of American workers is not what it seems

washingtonpost.com

Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy

technologyreview.com

The Book Disease: On Bibliomania

laphamsquarterly.org

A Town for People with Chronic Fatigue

newyorker.com

On Dark Tourism: Murder, Hauntings, and the Serial Killer Capital of Australia

lithub.com

Scientists Watch Atoms Fall to See Earth’s Changing Structure

wired.com

The hellish future of Las Vegas in the climate crisis: ‘A place where we never go outside’

theguardian.com

Fossil colour studies are changing our idea of how dinosaurs looked

horizon-magazine.eu

Coming soon to the battlefield: Robots that can kill

publicintegrity.org

Social worker, diaper changer, dietitian, day planner, warden and more — all at dismal wages

nytimes.com

A charismatic con artist devastated her victims—then they fought back

abc.net.au

An extraordinary landscape at the edge of the world

bbc.com

Monadnock Building: The Last Brick Skyscraper

amusingplanet.com

The wall holding back a desert

bbc.com

02 September 2019

Centuries of breeding have reshaped dog brains—here’s how

nationalgeographic.com

The mystery of the missing millionaire continues to enthrall

nationalpost.com

Why are fossils more often male?

cosmosmagazine.com

SpaceX Satellite in Near Collision with European Space Agency’s Aeolus

interestingengineering.com

Ability to detect directional gaze is not unique to humans

phys.org

A New Lake Grows in Kilaeua Caldera

blogs.scientificamerican.com

Teen’s Junk Food Diet Caused Him to Go Blind, Doctors Say

livescience.com

Europe and US teaming up for asteroid deflection

esa.int

The science of senolytics: how a new pill could spell the end of ageing

theguardian.com

How Two Sisters Pulled Off a Daring Escape From Saudi Arabia

vice.com

Some Vaccine Doubters Swayed by Outbreaks

uidaho.edu

Earth’s “fingerprint” could one day help us find a habitable exoplanet

technologyreview.com

The Hidden Science of Elevators

popularmechanics.com

xkcd’s Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space)

wired.com • (see also)

What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers

hbr.org

160 years ago today the Earth was struck by the most powerful geomagnetic storm in recorded history

damninteresting.com

Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier

topgear.com

The Price of Self-Delusion

the-american-interest.com

The Secret Story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’s Last Tango