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John Dillinger Is Long Dead and Somehow Still a Troublemaker
atlasobscura.com

Spilled coffee forces plane to divert over Atlantic
bbc.com

When False Claims Are Repeated, We Start To Believe They Are True
digest.bps.org.uk

The Great Everywoman Outfit Contest of 1915
narratively.com

Can Physicists Rewrite the Origin Story of the Universe?
undark.org

The Great Flood of 2019: A Complete Picture of a Slow-Motion Disaster
nytimes.com

‘Red mercury’: why does this strange myth persist?
bbc.com

How spider silk is one of the most versatile materials on Earth
nationalgeographic.com

Another Interstellar Visitor Is Headed Our Way
skyandtelescope.com

The Communication We Share with Apes
nautil.us

New article/podcast episode by Alan Bellows: Dead Reckoning
damninteresting.com

The Amazon’s tallest tree just got 50% taller – and scientists don’t know how
theconversation.com

Ship of horrors: life and death on the lawless high seas
theguardian.com

Why Talking to Strangers Is the Best Thing You Can Do for Your Mental Health
melmagazine.com

The Shootings that Shook Malibu Creek State Park
outsideonline.com

Research redefines lower limit for planet size habitability
phys.org

Long After Historic Flybys, NASA’s New Horizons Is Still Pioneering Science in the Kuiper Belt
space.com

Quantum Physics Is Fine, Human Bias About Reality Is The Real Problem
forbes.com

A teen fractured her thumb. Doctors botched the surgery and replaced it with her big toe.
beta.washingtonpost.com

Researchers are getting close to manufacturing viable human embryos from stem cells in their labs
technologyreview.com

Someone Just Moved a Billion Dollars in Bitcoin and No One Knows Why
vice.com

The big question: has terrorism ever achieved its aims?
historyextra.com

The Continuing Legacy of 9/11
newyorker.com

Water vapor — and maybe even rain — found on distant world twice the size of Earth
theverge.com • More info

On the History of the Artificial Womb
daily.jstor.org

The Humble Origins of the Man Who Discovered Dark Matter
lithub.com

Hugh Everett blew up quantum mechanics with his Many-Worlds theory in the 1950s. Physics is only just catching up
aeon.co

When the Pianos Went to War
atlasobscura.com

The CIA’s Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A ‘Poisoner In Chief’
npr.org

‘This tape rewrites everything we knew about the Beatles’
theguardian.com • (see also)

There’s a Lost Continent Hiding Beneath Europe
livescience.com

On this day in 1973 an ambitious cybernetic experiment was prematurely terminated
damninteresting.com

Ghost crabs use teeth in stomachs to ‘growl’ at predators
theguardian.com

People Recognize Objects by Visualizing Their “Skeletons”
scientificamerican.com

Marco Polo’s odyssey spawned one of the world’s first best sellers
nationalgeographic.com

Modern Life Has Made It Easier for Serial Killers to Thrive
theatlantic.com

It’s later than you think
linkedin.com

Our Seismic Solar System
eos.org

Solving the longstanding mystery of how friction leads to static electricity
phys.org

Is Interstellar Travel Really Possible?
space.com

It’s Raining on the Sun
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Newly discovered eel delivers the strongest electric jolt on record
sciencemag.org

How the ‘Suitable For All Ages’ Standard Leads to Censorship Worldwide
vice.com

In 1939, sabotage killed dozens on the City of San Francisco. The killer was never found.
sfgate.com

Did a Single Genetic Mutation Make Humans the Heart Attack Species?
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Trapped at a waterfall, this man sent out an SOS message in a bottle. Someone actually found it downstream.
washingtonpost.com

The Communist Plot to Assassinate George Orwell
lithub.com

Scientists Find the Skull of Humanity’s Ancestor — on a Computer
nytimes.com

Pulling CO2 out of the air and using it could be a trillion-dollar business
vox.com

New ‘frozen dragon’ pterosaur found hiding in plain sight
nationalgeographic.com

Photos of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair
theatlantic.com

N.S.A. Official: We Need to Prepare for the Future of War
nytimes.com

Video: Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters [9:14]
youtube.com

How Adolf Hitler, Bernie Madoff, and Amanda Knox show us the mistakes we make when meeting strangers
ideas.ted.com

Was H.H. Holmes the Real Jack the Ripper?
crimereads.com

Post-9/11 Lessons from America’s Forgotten War in the Philippines
saturdayeveningpost.com

On this day in 1945 a chicken lost its head and became a star
damninteresting.com

Illustrated Internal Bodily Functions in Japanese Woodcuts – 1800s
flashbak.com

How do you leave a warning that lasts as long as nuclear waste?
mosaicscience.com • (see also)

Inside the bizarre, bungled raid on North Korea’s Madrid embassy
theguardian.com