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An Alzheimer’s study used electrostimulation to evoke vivid memories – here’s what it could mean
theconversation.com • (see also)

Inside the Ongoing Search for the the ‘Perfect’ Painkiller
melmagazine.com

This Picasso painting had never been seen before. Until a neural network painted it.
technologyreview.com

Imelda Blanketed the Houston Area In Almost 1 Million Lightning Bolts
vice.com

The Georgian guide to university life
historyextra.com • (see also)

Facebook and Google have ad trackers on your streaming TV, studies find
arstechnica.com

In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness
lithub.com

The Mountains Where Space Junk Litter
amusingplanet.com

Mysterious magnetic pulses discovered on Mars
nationalgeographic.com

How to Survive a Lightning Strike
getpocket.com • (see also)

Parenting’s New Frontier: What Happens When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone?
vogue.com

The simple words that save lives
bbc.com

‘It Gets To You.’ Extremism Researchers Confront The Unseen Toll Of Their Work
npr.org

The Mysterious Death Of The Hacker Who Turned In Chelsea Manning
npr.org

Venus puts on variety show among its cloud-tops
europlanet-society.org

Three young women race to defuse a carbon bomb in the Arctic, the fastest-warming place on the planet
reuters.com

‘My father had a lifelong ticket to fly anywhere. Then they took it away’
theguardian.com

The number of birds in the United States and Canada has declined by 29 percent over the past half-century
nytimes.com • (see also)

Crash Course: How Boeing’s managerial revolution created the 737 MAX disaster
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Magellan was first to sail around the world, right? Think again.
nationalgeographic.com

Microbe that got man drunk could help explain common liver disease
sciencemag.org

Did a common childhood illness take down the Neanderthals?
phys.org

How to Feed a Mars Colony of 1 Million People
space.com • (see also)

The Problem with Failing to Admit We Don’t Know
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Scientists use ancient human DNA to approximate the appearance of Denisovans
theguardian.com

It’s a Dirty Job, but Someone Has to Do It and Not Get Eaten
nytimes.com

Has Banksy Monkeyed Around With His Parliament of Chimps?
nytimes.com

He was ‘perfectly healthy’ before the mosquito bite. Nine days later, he was brain dead.
sfgate.com

Rock-munching sea urchins have self-sharpening teeth
sciencemag.org

Could we intercept interstellar comet C/2019 Q4 Borisov?
phys.org

The Internet Relies on People Working for Free
onezero.medium.com

We’re increasingly bombarded with choices – and it’s stressing us out
theconversation.com

Weather collectors and prognosticators
laphamsquarterly.org

An Exclusive Image of the Interstellar Comet That Stunned Astronomers
popularmechanics.com

When New Yorkers Burned Down a Quarantine Hospital
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Greenland Unicorns and the Magical Alicorn
publicdomainreview.org

Simply Changing The Order Of Fast Food Menus Nudges Customers Towards Healthier Soft Drink Choices
digest.bps.org.uk

Have modern zoos really put their history behind them?
aeon.co

Dust cloud sparked explosion in primitive life on Earth, say scientists
theguardian.com

The Impact of Climate Change on Kivalina, Alaska
theatlantic.com

Semelparous organisms reproduce exactly once in a lifetime
daily.jstor.org

Giving birth two million years ago was ‘relatively easy’
bbc.com

The Hunt for the Serial Killer of Laredo
texasmonthly.com

Rome brought pomp and prosperity to this ancient outpost in Jordan
nationalgeographic.com

Something strange is happening to Greenland’s ice sheet
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

What we can learn from the world’s first computer bug
1843magazine.com

New hunt for dark matter: Physicists theorize a novel way to explore the nature of dark matter with lasers
phys.org

Why is it so hard to stop people dying from snakebite?
mosaicscience.com

Comet’s collapsing cliffs and bouncing boulders
esa.int

This One Experiment Reveals More About Reality Than Any Quantum Interpretation Ever Will
forbes.com

What Can Brain Scans Tell Us About Sex?
nytimes.com

Astronomers giddy about 2nd interstellar object in 2 years
axios.com

Are conspiracy theories on the rise in the US?
theconversation.com

We’re going to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to deflect it
technologyreview.com

The People Vs. the Banks
laphamsquarterly.org

A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect
wired.com

What We Know About the Navy’s UFOs
popularmechanics.com

The Biggest Volcano on Jupiter’s Molten Moon Io Is Likely to Erupt at Any Moment
gizmodo.com

Unique anatomy sets giraffe apart in the animal kingdom
nationalgeographic.com

Devastated by Dorian: Photos From the Bahamas
theatlantic.com