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The story of cannibalism that came true
bbc.com

India’s first lunar lander about to try for risky touchdown
nationalgeographic.com

Satellite Captures Four Tropical Cyclones from Space
nasa.gov

Large Underwater Observatory Disappears Without a Trace, Baffling Scientists
gizmodo.com

Left-handed DNA found – and it changes brain structure
bbc.com

Ancient farmers burned the Amazon, but today’s fires are very different
nationalgeographic.com

Photos: The Wreckage Left by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas
theatlantic.com

1949 Chicago: A City Of Extremes Photographed By Stanley Kubrick
flashbak.com

Utopia, Abandoned
nytimes.com

Metaphors Are Us
nautil.us

What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves
newyorker.com

Why the U-2 Is Such a Badass Plane
popularmechanics.com

How Prohibition Tossed a Wet Blanket on America’s Inventors
atlasobscura.com

Is there a worst time of day to get sick?
bbc.com

Sign of the times: how the signature became a meaningless scrawl
theguardian.com

How warm oceans supercharge deadly hurricanes
nationalgeographic.com

Please, My Digital Archive. It’s Very Sick.
laphamsquarterly.org

The Tragedy on Howse Peak
outsideonline.com

Why Polish people hate rules
bbc.com

Why Monster Stories Captivate Us
nautil.us

America’s lost street kids: the scapegoating of troubled youths
theguardian.com

The Hard-Drinking Early Smithsonian Naturalists of the Megatherium Club
smithsonianmag.com

How American Tycoons Created the Dinosaur
nautil.us

The race to create a perfect lie detector – and the dangers of succeeding
theguardian.com

These Marsupials Drop Dead After Mating
nytimes.com

The Mercury 6 Flight Story In Photos
flashbak.com

Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
wellcomecollection.org

Killer Set: The Strange History of Performers Dying Onstage
vanityfair.com

Bacterial Clones Show Surprising Individuality
quantamagazine.org

Superconductivity at the boiling temperature of water is possible, say physicists
physicsworld.com

Planet WASP-12b Might Be on a Death Spiral into its Parent Star
skyandtelescope.com

‘A Photo Trip to Washington State, Dedicated to My Parents’
theatlantic.com

These High-Flying Geese Are ‘the Astronauts of the Bird World’
nytimes.com

The American Founders made sure the president could never suspend Congress
theconversation.com

Special Skull Windows Helped Dinosaur Brains Keep Cool
smithsonianmag.com

Venus’ Ocean of Air and Clouds
planetary.org

You know the “enhance” function TV cops use on pictures? It’s real now.
vox.com

NASA Just Added a Helicopter to Its Mars 2020 Rover
blogs.discovermagazine.com

America and WW2: When, How And Why Did The US Enter And Why Not Sooner?
historyextra.com

How 9/11 made Gander into a tourist destination
washingtonpost.com

The Physics of Pancakes
popularmechanics.com

How Mesh Messaging Apps Work, and Why You Might Need One
gizmodo.com

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

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